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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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[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.

[lockonstratos]

Me either. It had to be when we were still small.

[holds_up_walls]

Yeah like before hitting 10 or something like that. Well, we get to celebrate together again this year.

[lockonstratos]

You're not planning to drag me out for some sort of wild night, are you?

[holds_up_walls]

And what if I am?

[lockonstratos]

You should let me know so I'm dressed appropriately.

[ Not like he has anything nicer than jeans and t-shirts... ]

[holds_up_walls]

[He laughs at that]

Sure. I'll do that. Don't want you looking like a bum at a club.

[He knows exactly what Neil has! He's seen them!]

[lockonstratos]

[ SHOCK! ]

Are you saying I dress like a bum?

[ He's trying no to laugh because it's kind of true. ]

[holds_up_walls]

[Lyle's grinning like a loon at the fact that Neil is trying not to laugh. It's true. It's totally true. At least Lyle likes to think that he has some style]

Well, not completely. Just some.

[lockonstratos]

That's a horrible thing to say about your only brother! [ Perhaps he's cheesing up the dramatics just a little. ]

[holds_up_walls]

What would be better? "At least you're not wearing a tracksuit"? For the love of God, that would just be the worst.

[lockonstratos]

I promise, I'm not that bad! I'm more of a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy.

[holds_up_walls]

Good. If you were, I might have to disown you. No one would ever be able to tell we were brothers again.

[Except... yeah]

[lockonstratos]

[ Yeah.... there's that pesky little identical twins thing. But Neil laughed. ]

You'd have to change your hair. I'm older, I get to keep mine how it is.

[holds_up_walls]

By like nine minutes. Also I'm older now. You have to change yours.

[Yeah really like that's actually going to work]

[lockonstratos]

I'm still the first born. You change yours.

[ What adorable brats they are. ]

[holds_up_walls]

Well I can spell floccinaucinihilipilification, so yeah.

[So adorable. And he really just wants to see what the response is to that]

[lockonstratos]

That's exactly why I get to keep my hair and you have to change yours. No one should know how to spell that. I'm not even certain it's a real word.

[holds_up_walls]

[Lyle laughs at that]

Why not. It's a good word. And it is a real word. It's the estimation of how valueless something is.

[Yes, he realizes the irony of the word]

[lockonstratos]

You're making my case for me.

[ If only he looked as serious as he was trying to sound in this little 'argument' of theirs. ]

Don't you think it's a little funny that we independently ended up with the same hairstyle?

[holds_up_walls]

Hey! It's a good word.

[Yeah, this was a silly argument especially when Lyle decided to break out that word]

Yeah, that was a bit odd. I mean, we had the same style for a while when we were kids and it just got longer so I mean it's not unexpected, but yeah still.

[lockonstratos]

I'm not saying it's a bad word. It's just one of those words people use when they're trying to be smarter than others, right? I mean, have you ever heard anyone use it in a sentence in casual conversation?

[ He chuckled a bit, trying to imagine that. ]

I suppose since I have this eyepatch, you can keep my hair. People will be able to tell us apart.

[holds_up_walls]

I won't lie. It is a weird people break out for that reason. I break it out because I randomly decided at one point I needed to memorize one of the longest words in the English language. Most of them are medical. This one is at least ironic. If ever heard someone use this in a serious conversation, I'd think they were crazy.

Keep "your" hair. How nice of you.

[lockonstratos]

I know where you sleep. I could always shave it in the night if I were a more spiteful person.

[ He's teasing. He wouldn't do anything like that to anyone, let alone his own brother. ]

Please tell me you were trying to impress someone when you memorized that?