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AU were instead of like, yeeting him off the moon or whatever, Lucretia’s holy symbol was only just powerful enough to keep Barry from fully manifesting, so he ends up kinda like…haunting the Bureau.

And like, he’s still Lich Barry, trying to go for the dramatics and all, but keeping up the charade when he’s just barely managing to even be there’s a little tricky and sometimes he forgets to be spooky. So some days everyone wakes up to  ＴＨＥ ＨＵＮＧＥＲ ＡＰＰＲＯＡＣＨＥＳ burned into the quad, and other days Taako leaves the shower to find ＴＨＥＲＥ ＷＡＳ ＡＮ ＥＡＲＲＩＮＧ  ＢＡＣＫ ＯＮ ＴＨＥ ＦＬＯＯＲ,Ｉ ＰＵＴ ＩＴ ＯＮ ＴＨＥ ＤＲＥＳＳＥＲ ＦＯＲ ＹＯＵ scrawled into the steam.

In between spontaneously combusting paper work and the occasional broken mug, Barry is actually pretty helpful. He opens doors for people who are carrying stuff. He makes bloody massages appear reminding Merle to take his meds. He had a whole long ass conversation with Carey about relationships through Thieves Cant. The members of the B.O.B. start to get pretty attached to their erratic but friendly poltergeist. Because he’s never fully manifested, and therefore not visible, most people assume he’s one of their dead comrades (There’s a betting pool on who it actually is. People hold out hope for Boyland, but a lot of people strongly suspect Lucas Miller) and Lucretia doesn’t know how to explain that it’s actually a Red Robe that we really need to get rid of guys without explaining why a Red Robe would scratch ＬＵＣＲＥＴＩＡ ＨＡＶＥ ＹＯＵ ＲＥＡＤ ＴＨＥＳＥ ＤＥＴＥＣＴＩＶＥ ＮＯＶＥＬＳ ＴＨＥＹ’ＲＥ ＡＣＴＵＡＬＬＹ ＲＥＡＬＬＹ ＧＯＯＤ Ｉ ＴＨＩＮＫ ＹＯＵ’Ｄ ＬＩＫＷＡＩＴ ＦＵＣＫ ＮＯ Ｉ’Ｍ ＭＡＤ ＡＴ ＹＯＵ ＮＥＶＥＲ ＭＩＮＤ into her office door.