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barlow: What are we doing up here? I thought you said there was a robbery in your house?
rebecca: Yes, there was. A glass decanter was stolen from my bedroom. It's not very valuable, but it WAS a gift from your aunt Vedalia, so it's special to me.
rebecca: You can look out the window and you can see right into my bedroom across the way.
barlow: So I see...
rebecca: And the decanter was sitting right on that table in front of the window.
barlow: I guess it wouldn't be hard for someone to climb up and steal it.
rebecca: I know. That's why I borrowed this camera from Eliza. It has a motion sensor to take a photograph of the thief.
barlow: Where are you going with this?
rebecca: I'm at a loss here, Barlow. I need someone to help, and you might be the only one I can turn to.
barlow: Oh... okay...
barlow: When did you install this camera?
rebecca: I borrowed it from Eliza at about nine o'clock this morning. I had it all set up by about nine thirty.
barlow: So you had a good idea that someone wanted to steal your decanter.
rebecca: Yes, but I've been out-smarted...
rebecca: At some point, someone broke into this room and stole the film from the camera. It must be the same person who stole my decanter!
barlow: So... someone STOLE the film, too?
rebecca: Exactly!
crystal: Rebecca, I've been looking all over for you. We're running really low on coffee beans...
barlow: Crystal, did you just leave the diner unattended?
crystal: No, Alex and Annabelle are down there filling in for me.
crystal: Hey, what's going on in here?
rebecca: This is a crime scene, Crystal, and we can use your help in this as well.
barlow: Aw, she's busy. I can handle this by myself.
rebecca: I don't mind if you help, Crystal. Barlow can fill you in on everything that happened.
rebecca: Any questions, Barlow?
barlow: Why bring us into this?
rebecca: Why, I trust the both of you!
barlow: That's not what I meant. You're known for having the power to tell when people are lying to you. I don't see why you need us.
rebecca: Well... I just think it might be more complicated than that...
barlow: What time did this happen?
rebecca: It must be some time between noon and three o'clock...
rebecca: I checked on things at noon... and the decanter and the camera were both accounted for. You and I were both in the diner from noon until three o'clock...
rebecca: Crystal started her shift at the diner at three, and I immediately came back here and found the camera film had been taken. Then I brought you up here.
barlow: And it's a little after three o'clock now... So based on that we should be checking where everyone was between noon and three.
barlow: Why would someone steal that decanter?
rebecca: I... don't know. I just know that it was there and then someone took it.
crystal: It's not possible that it fell? Maybe it's on the floor and we can't see it.
rebecca: But the fact that someone ALSO stole the film out of this camera proves that someone did it intentionally. I just want to know WHO.
barlow: Why aren't you able to tell who did it? Is there something wrong with your witchery powers?
rebecca: Alright, you saw through it. I... I don't know why, but for some reason my powers aren't working right today.
rebecca: It might be related to this case, or it might just be a temporary problem. The point is, I can't tell if someone is lying to me or not.
crystal: Don't worry, Rebecca. We'll do everything we possibly can to help you.
barlow: This is going to require logic and tact. I can uncover the thief using my knowledge of human nature.
crystal: Yeah, whatever Barlow. We still haven't examined all of the clues. It seems foolish to try to solve this without doing the footwork.
barlow: Bah!
barlow: Tact is not something that demons have a lot of.
crystal: What? And this is coming out of Barlow's mouth?!
crystal: Tact is not something you gain from reading every mystery novel you get your hands on!
barlow: Neither does it come from recklessly jumping into everything that suits your fancy!
crystal: What? What have I recklessly jumped into?!
barlow: Your guitar playing, for one thing. How many weeks have you been torturing Annabelle and I with your so-called folk singing?
crystal: At least I'm learning something!
barlow: Where were YOU when this happened?
crystal: Where was I? I was at our house.
barlow: MY house.
crystal: I was cleaning up that mirror that broke in the middle of the night. There were shards of glass all over the place. It took me from about noon to three o'clock to get it all cleaned up.
barlow: Why wasn't Annabelle cleaning up? She IS our cleaning-zombie, after all.
crystal: She was skipping out again. I'm really getting tired of her slacking off on her job.
crystal: I guess Annabelle was with Alex again. She was taking his picture for the back cover of that history book he plans to write.
barlow: For a blood-thirty zombie and a righteous fear-monger, those two seem to spend a lot of time together.
barlow: I can solve this without even leaving the diner.
crystal: What?! There's no way you could do that!
barlow: What, then? You think I should waste my time running around looking for little scraps of paper or smudgy fingerprints? I'm going to do this the smart way. I'll let the thief come to ME.
crystal: What makes you so sure you can solve this without going anywhere?
barlow: This can be solved by psychology and logic alone.
barlow: I don't plan on exerting myself, and I'd prefer to solve this case in a comfortable place with a constant supply of coffee.
barlow: You can go ahead and run all over town. You won't get any farther than I will.
barlow: Everybody goes to the diner. It's the social hub of Spider Cliff. I'm just going to wait there and let everybody come to me.
crystal: And you expect that to work?
barlow: You can go ahead and run all over town. You won't get any farther than I will.
barlow: I think the guilty person will confide in me.
crystal: Right... so you're just going to wait at the diner until someone walks in and confesses?
barlow: That's about it, yes.
crystal: Well good luck with that! While you wait around, I'll be out solving this caper.