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[watch_wait]

[ooc: Charlie's dead]

The bar door opens, and Bartleby standing in it, holding a limp, blonde body in his arms. There's a heavily pregnant woman leaning against him, and when the door opens she gives a small cry and begins to slump to the floor. Bartleby can't catch her - he's cradling Charlie's corpse.

He looks around hopelessly.

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[youalleverybody]

Liam hears Claire cry out from wherever he is in the bar, and looks round automatically.

And then he's staring, face abruptly white.

And then he's running.

Oh no, oh Charlie, oh God please no...

[watch_wait]

Bartleby takes a few unsteady steps into the room, half-dragging Claire with him, and the door closes behind him.

[youalleverybody]

Liam skids to a halt when he reaches them, and drops to his knees. His eyes are full of disbelief and dawning grief, and he reaches out to touch Charlie's hand.

It's cold.

[watch_wait]

Bartleby looks from him to David to Loki to Richard to Armand to Echo. And closes his eyes with a small sound.

[youalleverybody]

Liam lets out a choked sob.

He's dead. Oh God...

His voice cracks as he asks simply, "How?"

[watch_wait]

"He got hanged." Bartleby repeats the words numbly."

[youalleverybody]

And Liam looks up at that, eyes blazing through the tears.

"Hanged? What...? Who..."

[watch_wait]

"Someone I didn't kill." Every word drives a needle into Bartleby.

[youalleverybody]

Liam closes his eyes tight, swallowing. When he speaks, it's as if the words are being dragged out of him.

"Can you go back to the island? With... without him?"

[watch_wait]

"I don't think so." He knows he's failed.

[youalleverybody]

Liam is physically shaking.

"If there's a way. If you find a way, you take me with you. And the bastard pays."

[watch_wait]

Bartleby nods. "Yesss."

[youalleverybody]

Liam nods silently and reaches out, cradling Charlie's body like a child.

He bows his head and sobs.

[watch_wait]

Bartleby's tears are quieter, dripping down his face.

[drama_coach]

"Liam?" She isn't sure what's happened yet, but from the look on Liam's face, it's clearly something bad.

Then she sees the body on the floor, and knows right away who it is. ". . . Oh. Liam." She kneels next to him, at a loss for words.

[youalleverybody]

He looks up at her, eyes desolate and full of tears.

"Dianne. He's dead..."