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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]

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?

[holds_up_walls]

And I know where you sleep too. It's like right next to each other.

[He knows Neil won't so he's just teasing along]

Why else would someone decide to memorize one of the longest words in the English language? In hindsight, its only impressive when you're in a certain age range of school. Then you're just showing off.

[lockonstratos]

Did it work? Were they impressed?

[holds_up_walls]

They were. At the time. So it worked. Now its just another random fact in my head.

[lockonstratos]

Could be worse. At least you've got a fond memory to go with it.

[holds_up_walls]

That is true. I do have that. She was rather impressed with that.

[lockonstratos]

Then it was worth the effort. Not that I condone learning things just to impress others.

[holds_up_walls]

Well learning something to impress someone is better than fighting to impress someone... so there is that.

[lockonstratos]

Yeah, I guess that's true. Never really understood that. I guess that's why I ended up where I a-- where I was.

[holds_up_walls]

You never understood why people would fight to impress someone?

[lockonstratos]

Or why anyone would find it impressive. Anyone can throw a punch. Anyone can just be violent. At its core, it doesn't really take much skill at all. On a macro scale, that sort of mentality just causes problems.

[holds_up_walls]

Yeah, that's true. When you are young and inherently stupid, fighting or watching others fight seems more impressive than it actually is.

[lockonstratos]

You've got a point there. Showing off with intelligence is a much cooler option though.

[holds_up_walls]

Usually the less popular option in school, but more impressive as an adult. And safer. I've never gotten hurt spelling that word.

[lockonstratos]

Yeah? You sure you never pulled a muscle getting those ridiculously long words out?

[holds_up_walls]

Well actually you know, there was this one time, I fumbled over two syllables and I was unable to speak for a week.