Defusing someone elses attempt at necromancy even after they are dead is not exactly easy, or fun, or something I would want to do, but since this was my own damn office I felt I had to actually get back inside somehow. So there I was trying to sort out if the dead woman in my office had actually used a blood trap of some kind, or was she just lying. The answer was somewhere in the middle, it appeared she had made an attempt at one, but in typical amateur fashion she had not actually completed the actual trap. I say appeared because even though it didn't look completed it was still very very dangerous (its like explosive, sure it looks like the person didn't set the bomb up right, but that still doesn't mean the magic wasn't potentially very lethal, plus she took her own life, a way to super charge necromancy). I wish I had a rat or an annoying child to test it out on, but since the only other living thing with me was Valerie and as assholish as I am I didn't feel it was nice enough to just let her step in and hope for the best. So I did using all of my of magical tricks (also known as gingerly walking in and hoping I didn't explode into a huge flesh bomb) as I am still writing this journal clearly I didn't explode in flesh and sadness.
"Why would she do that to herself?" It was a good question, I mean she literally cornered herself waiting for me, and then killed herself, if she was trying to implicate me in the murder it was a bad effort, I mean it would be obvious to anyone who looked at the body she killed herself in horrifying fashion.
"No clue, she trapped herself in here, kind of tried to kill me and then killed herself, honestly I wish most of my enemies did that." After verifying it was safe we left to go to Captain Dupont, because I'm not an idiot and I didn't want to be accused of another murder.
"So you're saying you came across Mr. Chance's wife she talked very briefly about not coming and closer and then killed herself." Dupont did not seemingly sound convinced, I still had Valerie with me, but I was really thinking that wasn't the smartest move in case Dupont arrested both of us.
"That's exactly what happened Captain Dupont I can vouch for Trezlan." Valerie was doing her best to get arrested along side me.
"That's just confusing." Dupont sounded literally bewildered, it was nice to have someone who's first move wasn't to just blame me anyway. I mean I'm sure that was his second move, but it was nice to have a delay.
"That's what I thought Captain Dupont, clearly though you can solve your case, wife did it, overcome with grief and fear of being caught she killed herself in my office." He looked at me like I was being overly callous and then shrugged his shoulders.
"Works for me, I'll send someone to get the body." True to his word he did send someone to collect the body (the blood I had to clean up, it ruined my new desk even, what a selfish person!). Valerie left me to work on the poison (despite the case being solved she wanted to find out what actually killed chance) and the pajama people seemingly left me alone as well. So I thought everything was resolved until I noticed one of my books out of order and found the note the dead Mrs. Chance had left, and like all things in my stupid life things got more complicated right quick.
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