"So, if you enjoyed watching this video, give it a like!"
"We need encouragement if we're ever going to play this game again."
Phil giggled, but quickly tried to cover it up so that he could finish the conclusion to their video. "Click over here to subscribe to Daniel's channel..."
Dan wiggled his eyebrows at the camera as Phil pointed to the space below his body.
"And click over here to subscribe to my channel!"
He paused for a few seconds and looked down to where he would edit his channel logo later.
"And here-" Dan gestured to the small space between them, "Is our gaming channel! So click here if you wanna see more stupid shit like this in the future!"
Phil turned to face him while a playful smile stretched across his face. "Dan! I thought you said you'd try to cut back on your swearing?"
"I gave up on that goal pretty quickly." He returned his attention to the audience. "So yeah, bye!"
"Bye guys!" Phil concluded as he waved madly at the camera. He outstretched his arm to stop the recording while Dan took a sip of water. A comfortable silence spread between them as they waited for the game to save and close, both of them unaware of who would speak first. It ended up being Phil.
"Well, that was quite the experience!" he stated enthusiastically, that signature smile still beaming from his face.
Dan, however, looked at him in complete disbelief. "I hated that game."
"But it was still interesting to play."
"It really wasn't."
"So, I'm guessing since you disliked it that much, you want me to edit it?"
Dan gave him a pouty face and blinked his eyes rapidly, hoping the exaggerated actions would amuse Phil. Which of course, it did.
"I'm taking that as a yes."
"Yep!"
Phil huffed at Dan's happy response, but grinned nonetheless. It just meant that he wouldn't be editing the next two videos for their gaming channel.
"Well, I'm outta here," Dan sassed as he left the office chair, it squeaking slightly as it rolled back from the desk.
"Ok. I'll probably just start to edit the video now, and get it out of the way."
Dan clicked his fingers and pointed tauntingly at his friend. "Have fun!"
"Sure will..." Phil muttered to himself as the door closed swiftly.
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Nearly done Phil thought to himself. He'd spent three and a half hours chained to his office chair, not including the time he'd been recording the gaming video with Dan. His back ached from sitting upright in the same position for so long, but he didn't move from his place because he was just so close. So close to finalising the video, and showing it to Dan to make sure it looked fine.
But something caught his eye as he rewatched a certain part of the clip.
He'd placed the face cam in the top right-hand corner of the screen; in a position that had covered most of the battery percentage symbol of the iPad they had been using for the game. However, he thought he'd seen something move behind the face cam. Like a change of colour, or something like that. It wasn't anything major. It was just something that intrigued Phil.
He moved the face cam recording a few centimetres to the left so that he could fully see the battery level without an obstruction. He studied the clip for a few moments, and rewinded the recording in case he had missed something.
Now thinking he was paranoid, Phil was just about to pause the video when he spotted it. It was the battery symbol.
It had actually risen by 5%, even though the device hadn't been connected to a power outlet. And it continued to rise for a couple of seconds before stopping. It didn't return to the percentage level it had been previously.
What the heck?
Confused, and mildly concerned, Phil stared at the screen. It certainly wasn't something you'd expect to happen. Struggling to come up with a reason for why it had done that, Phil decided he'd show Dan. Surely, he could explain the weird occurrence?
He rose from his seated position and exited the recording room, his laptop in hand and the editing program still open. He made his way downstairs to the living room, where he found a very comfortable Dan slouching in his usual position on their couch; the sofa crease now even more prominent than usual with Dan's lounging form on it.
"Hey Dan, could you take a look at this for a sec?"
The younger tore his eyes from the screen and turned to look at Phil, immediately noticing the laptop in his grasp.
"Oh, have you finished editing?"
Phil bit his lip for a moment before responding. "Not really, no. I was just wondering if you knew what this was..."
He walked over to the couch and sat down next to Dan, who was now curiously searching the screen for whatever Phil was talking about. Waiting patiently, he watched on as Phil rewinded the recording and pressed play.
After a few moments, Dan looked at Phil side on, questioning what his friend actually wanted him to give his opinion on.
"Ok, do you see the battery symbol?" he finally asked.
Dan quickly switched his attention to the top right-hand corner of the screen, where the power level was displayed with 74%.
"Watch that."
Just as Phil said that, the percentage numbers abruptly jumped up to 79%, and continued to rise for another minute. When it finally stopped escalating, the iPad's power levels were at 91%. The numbers did not glitch back to 74%.
Dan sat silently, a pondering expression painted on his features as he rewatched the footage again. It seemed even Dan was struggling to come up with a reason for it.
"Um, maybe it was a bug?" he answered, even though it sounded like a question.
Phil caught on to his friend's uncertainty quickly. "I doubt it. It would've gone back to its original power level if that was the case."
Dan sighed aloud dramatically and stared at Phil, confusion crossing his face for a moment; only for the emotion to be replaced with one of indifference. "Then I have no clue, Phil. Maybe we should just cover it with the face cam and forget about it. It can't mean anything important."
Frowning in slight dismay, Phil turned to face the screen again and moved the face cam over the battery symbol, just as Dan suggested. He was right; it was probably just a minor bug, or something like that. Nothing they should be worrying about.
"Ok so, other than that, it's good to upload?"
Dan glanced up at him again and smiled softly. "Yep, as good as it'll ever be."
Resisting the urge to sit down next to Dan and scroll through Tumblr mindlessly, Phil made his way to his bedroom to upload the video and read a book before going to bed. He did, after all, want to get to bed at an hour that was somewhat reasonable. But in the world of Dan and Phil, that may as well be 2am.