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[lockonstratos]

[ When the camera comes on, anyone who knows Lyle will see a familiar face smiling back at them. Well, familiar except the eyepatch (and maybe he looks a little younger? It could just be the lighting). ]

Hi. I bet I got some of you thinking “what happened to Lyle” for a second there. Surprise, I’m his big brother. I don’t now how it’s done here, but by my estimate today is Lyle’s birthday! Consider this an invitation to celebrate with us. You don’t even have to be his friend. Come over and make a friend. No gifts required. Food will be provided.

[ Yes, he's making a finger gun at the camera before leaning in to cut the feed. What a nerd. ]

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[video | un: flamel]

[alchemyfreak]

That means it's your birthday too.

[lockonstratos]

[ He's going to pretend (very badly) to be shocked by this. ]

You don't say!

[alchemyfreak]

Nice try.

[Just... all of this. Not even that fake shock.]

You left out a time and place for this celebration. Directions might also help.

[lockonstratos]

Mmm, good point. I guess I figured his friends know where he lives.

[alchemyfreak]

In this place, people move too frequently to keep up.

Besides, who said the party was going to be there?

[Lockon hadn't specified, but at this point Ed may be acting intentionally difficult.]

[lockonstratos]

I wouldn't really call it a party. More like... a causal gathering of friends.

[ No worries, Ed. Lockon's accustom to difficult people. ]

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[holds_up_walls]

[Since Neil didn't make this private from him...]

And... you?

[lockonstratos]

[ It's not a surprise shindig or anything. ]

Happy birthday, Lyle!

[holds_up_walls]

Thank you. And happy birthday to you.

[You know... since you failed to mention its yours too]

[lockonstratos]

[ Pshaw! Lyle's the one with friends here who might want to actually celebrate. ]

This will be our firth birthday together in a while. I thought it would be fun to meet your friends and just hang out.

[holds_up_walls]

[Okay, well that makes sense...]

Yeah it will. Man I can't remember the last time we celebrated together.

[video] b1gbrother

[relieable]

[he was going to say so many things when he first saw that face on screen. even though the person looks like Lyle, Osomatsu can immediately tell the difference. as a twin (sextuplet!) himself, he knows how important it is to... you know, distinguish one person from the other. defining traits, yadda-yadda.

anyway.

Osomatsu grins at the camera]

Ah, so you’re Neil. It’s a pleasure. And, uh. Happy birthday. [check out that eyepatch, even!]

[lockonstratos]

[ Well, anyone who spends more than a few minutes with the Dylandys could probably tell them apart easily. Lockon's not surprised that Lyle's friend can tellt hem apart on sight. ]

I am, though not many people call me that. I prefer Lockon if it's all the same. And who might you be?

[relieable]

Right, right. Sorry. Lyle mentioned that you'd changed your name for some reason. [Lockon still sounds... weird, but then again, Osomatsu is Japanese, so foreign names all sound kind of strange to him] I'll remember next time! [no he won't] My name is Osomatsu!

[lockonstratos]

Oh? I'm surprised he mentioned me.

[ Maybe he shouldn't be surprised, but he always thought he'd some something to earn his brother's ire all those years ago. It was easier to deal with the estrangement thinking Lyle was upset than to admit he hadn't made any real effort to reconnect with his brother. Sorry, Lyle. ]

Osomatsu... [ He repeats the name slowly, sounding it out to make sure he didn't brutalize it too badly. ] How do you know my little brother?

[relieable]

[well, Lyle doesn't talk about Lockon often...]

That's... a funny story, actually. [it's not a funny story, but Osomatsu's nervous. he feels like he's meeting a parent, only it matters more because Lockon is the older twin] Y'see we're kind of... sort of... dating?

[Video]

[drunken_tactics]

And a happy birthday to you, Mr. Stratos.

[lockonstratos]

You're supposed to say that Lyle, Miss Sumeragi.

[drunken_tactics]

I will when I see him, but for now, I'll say it to you.

[lockonstratos]

I appreciate it. We'll have drinks later to celebrate.

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[luckyescape]

You had me at food but I have another question on top of that.

[Freya always goes where there is free food.]

Does your brother know the details about space elevators?

[She asks all the important questions.]

[lockonstratos]

[ Who doesn't love free food? ]

I don't know? Maybe? You'll have to ask him.

[luckyescape]

I absolutely will.

[And eat all of the food.]

[lockonstratos]

Let me know if he does. I'm curious about them myself, but engineering just couldn't hold my interest for long.

[luckyescape]

If he explains it well enough I'm going to make a model. Then we can get Lego's versions of ourselves and play with the space elevator.


[Freya is almost positive that Lego's have spanned worlds.]