Bottled Time

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yeah, that dog Roxy got incinerated and we found this match with your print on it.

[Weirdguy149]

"BY THE WAY, HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? I'M NEW, THE NAME'S... BIPPER. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COLOR SCHEME."

[Billy5545]

"What! Who died?! And I'm the killer?! I can assure you that I did not do anything last night!"Dio says with genuine shock, as even he doesn't know about it. He then gets his answer about the victim, which reminds him of the dog he used to kill back in his world, Danny.

Something then clicks to him, "wait, this means that someone beneath me was foolish enough to frame me as a murderer. Also, what are your" proofs" against me?"

"And greetings, Bipper." Dio is tempted to also call the possessed Dipper a mongrel or monkey, but he remembers what Nikei said to him.

[Oggy123]

Adobe Flash then wakes up.
"Morning... Is... everyone okay? Do the rebels got any of us?"

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Cool Sendri looks solemmly at Flash. ...Roxy....ANYWAYSS. DIO, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT A LASSER GUN?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

And what about this match we found, or that footprint that looked like it could have belonged to you?

[PointMaid]

Indeed.

[Kennifer]

"God I don't know what to make of any of this any more. Maybe this guy's just that good an actor?"

Did the rocks hit her in the head too hard or is she too drunk?

(it's probably both)

[Oggy123]

"(Gulp)"

[Billy5545]

"I just got woken up from my beautiful sleep, Adobe. So that dog, Roxy, got burned like a trash."

"And I did not remember any of them, as I did not touch them all. And I still do not know what marks were placed on that gun and match
Someone must have stealthily planted those marks from me! Such fool! I am going to take this matter to myself!" Dio says the part about the gun and match with real confusion among the fury in his tone, considering the investigators did not tell him about what marks were apparently placed by him on them and that as far as he remember, he really did not touch them.

> Investigate the footprint first by stamping your foot in an empty place in the ground and comparing it to the footprint to see if it really matches Dio's foot or if there are subtle differences

[TalesofUnder]

>Stamp the ground (3)

After stamping the ground, it leaves a mark that doesn't quite match up to the footprints found earlier.

[PointMaid]

Brain scratches his head.

> Are there specific marks, like wearing on a shoe, that are consistent between the two?

> Could it have been made by adding something to Dio's shoes to produce a slightly different mark?

> Can Brain find traces of that on Dio's shoes? Or maybe find whatever was used around somewhere?

[Kennifer]

"Here, let me see."

Kennifer bends over to check out the prints.

> Could the footprint from last night have been altered to hide that it was Dio's?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Been thinkin’ over where else the laser could have come from. Is it possible someone entered the future rift and something from there? Surely that time period would have lasers.

[PointMaid]

It might, Jay. That doesn't explain the fingerprints on your chin, though.

[Dookie]

"Hmmm...this is all very confusing. Fingerprints? On his chin?"

[Kennifer]

"I mean if he had his own fingerprints on his chin that wouldn't be weird because, you know, people touch their own faces. Somebody else's would be pretty damn weird though."

[TalesofUnder]

>Are there consistent marks? (3)

There are consistent marks, but also a few inconsistent ones. I don't know, what do you want from me? I don't know how to describe shoe prints.

>Was it made by adding something to his shoes? (3)

You don't see anything in the print that indicates as such.

>Traces on Dio's shoe, or find something that was used (2)

You can't concentrate on things... maybe because you submitted three actions simultaneously?

>Could the footprint have been altered? (1)

You're too drunk to know, and come to think of it, you might have drank too much wine and arjdjdkrkskslelwpcjrnapdkfkrk.

[Kennifer]

Kennifer just... giggles kinda drunkenly.

She stays bent over though, 'cause she wants to look at the footprints. If you look at the booty, that's on you.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Been thinkin’ over where else the laser could have come from. Is it possible someone entered the future rift and something from there? Surely that time period would have lasers.

WELL, FLORAN SSAYSS THERE'SS ONLY ONE WAY TO MAKE SSURE; FLORAN'SS GONNA GO CHECK THE FUTURE RIFT TO SSEE IF SSUCH DEVICESS ARE AVALIABLE. YOU BROSS CAN COME TOO. ALSSO, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE LEFT IN THE DAY? WE SSHOULD FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE WE BECOME VULNERABLE IN THE DARK ONCE MORE.

[Kennifer]

"Yeah, it'd definitely be nice to know how long we've got to figure this out before night falls and the killers get someone else."

...and so she could sleep off the wine, but she didn't add that part just yet.

[KungFuCutbug]

WELL, FLORAN SSAYSS THERE'SS ONLY ONE WAY TO MAKE SSURE; FLORAN'SS GONNA GO CHECK THE FUTURE RIFT TO SSEE IF SSUCH DEVICESS ARE AVALIABLE. YOU BROSS CAN COME TOO. ALSSO, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE LEFT IN THE DAY? WE SSHOULD FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE WE BECOME VULNERABLE IN THE DARK ONCE MORE.

[Luke gets up and dusts his shoulders off.] “Perhaps I'll come with you, since you offered.” [I'm really just using this as an opportunity to make a Future Luke Triton joke. But don't tell him I said that.]

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Sounds good to me.

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

I'll come too... Safety in numbers.

[MadeOfMilk]

I'll come to the future rift too. Trust me, I'm from the future, I know what I'm doing.