Lock's tail twitched in amusement.

"I [i]did[/i] go for quality," he said, "unless you're saying your sister isn't?"

"[i]I'd[/i] say he picked the quality twin," Shock agreed.

Her wicked grin widened at Carmilla's disdain. Barrel, amused by Carmilla's reaction, just giggled where he sat.

Lock's head snapped to face Chad. His tail twitched again, though this time, with clear annoyance. That annoyance increased with Chad's insinuation that he didn't know what he was doing. Barrel, as he sat beside Chad, snerked at his brother's expense. Shock glowered at Chad from behind a sip of pumpkin lager. Sobki, sensing danger, leaned over and gave Chad a soft slap at the back of the head.

"Not cool, bro," he said.

Lock narrowed his eyes at Chad and scowled.

"Because they aren't a 'set'," he said. "They're two [i]completely[/i] different monsters who [i]happen[/i] to look alike, and I'm dating the one that likes me."

Shock started to say something, only to snicker at the insinuation that Lock needed [i]Chad's[/i] help to woo over Carmilla. She quickly took another sip of her drink to save face. As funny as it normally was to take hits at Lock's ego and rile up Carmilla, she didn't want to give Chad any credit. Barrel was halfway through a set of giggles before he followed his sister's lead.

Lock's scowl slowly became a pleasant grin.

"And because it's more fun to fuck with Carmilla this way."

That got a chorus of laughter from his siblings, with Shock in particular happy enough to let loose after reigning it in.