G.A.R.I.S

G.A.R.I.S is one of the victims of Ira Sukma's corruption in the Dafa & Lulu Universe. She mainly appears as the opponent in Mathematics Subject Episodes of Legenda 8 Batu Sakti arc.

## Appearances

### Debut

Dunia G.A.R.I.S (The Virtual World of G.A.R.I.S)

## Background

Grace Amarta Rudi Soewarmo also known by her game’s persona name G.A.R.I.S is a game developer who has been working on her game since high school. Grace took a pride in her work and get easily angry when the game that she developed get mocked by others.

## Legenda 8 Batu Sakti

In 'Dunia G.A.R.I.S (*The Virtual World of G.A.R.I.S*)', Grace get so angry to the point that she get possessed by Ira Sukma when Made unintentionally mocked her game. She kidnapped both Bona and Made into the 2D Side-scrolling World. On the side note, Made by default never really like any digital games. So he thinks Grace’s game is boring. Grace’s pride gets hurt, she attacks Bona and Made without warning.

When Grace becoming her persona (G.A.R.I.S), she takes on a whole new personality. She embraces fully in becoming the villain of her own video game. But as part of the game that she created, she gets limitations the same way as any enemy in a video game. She also always gets enough hints to make sure Bona and Made know how to play the game.

She has a little mischievous strikes as when she removes Bona from the game when he has finished his task. Yet, she said to Made that she made Bona disappeared. Made can not believe that he has lost one of his best friends. The truth is, Bona is just fine in the real world.

Next time Grace shows up is at the Heroes' Headquarter to help Bu Nana in giving lessons to the kids in 'Para Pahlawan Tersudut (*The Cornered Heroes*)'. She has developed a VR game that can also teach Bu Nana’s lessons through the game. She asked Dafa and friends to try the game before she published it.

But when everyone enters the game, there was this error that makes Grace transform into her persona, G.A.R.I.S. Afterwards, G.A.R.I.S tells everyone that they will disappear one by one unless they solve the challenges in time.

## Personality

Grace has been loving games and game development since she was in high school. Once she made her own game, she was thrilled and keep developing it. Yet, no one ever appreciated her video game.

> “I just can’t hold it anymore. I have been working on this game since I was in high school and yet no one appreciated it.” -Grace to Bona and Made in ‘Dunia G.A.R.I.S (The Virtual World of G.A.R.I.S)’.
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Even if everyone mocks her works, Grace keeps her pain alone. She always holds her anger and drowns in her sorrow. She never shows her pain because she wants everyone else happy and not to feel bad about her. Therefore, Grace is always trying to be somebody who is always kind and happy.
Unfortunately, she can not hold it anymore. When she displayed her game at a games con, Made unintentionally mocks her game and makes her explode. Ira Sukma smells her furious and corrupts her.

> “All of them... All of them are just the same… Everyone just mocks my work!” -Grace in ‘Dunia G.A.R.I.S (The Virtual World of G.A.R.I.S)’
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Grace’s personality will totally change when she becomes G.A.R.I.S. She becomes devious, mischievous, and straight villainous. Grace embraces her evil persona when entering her game to the point of laughing at Made while Made is in a state of total sadness when he thought he just lost Bona. She also does the same thing to Dafa, Lulu, Made, Bona, Cika, Dira, and Puti in ‘Para Pahlawan Tersudut (The Cornered Heroes)’.

## Powers and Abilities

### Power

* **Reality Warping:** Grace can change the 3D real world into a 2D side-scrolling video game where she decides the rules of that world.
* **Line Attack:** She can generates attack in the form if line in the 2D world to attack her opponent.
* **Monsters Summoner:** She can create a bunch of monsters to attack any victim that is trapped in her game world to trap her enemies. She has created spider monsters, mancis monsters, worm monsters, and the pigmins. If the victim can not solve the game puzzle in time then it's game over.

### Ability

* **Strategic Master**: Grace is an excellent strategic planner. In ‘Dunia G.A.R.I.S (The Virtual World of G.A.R.I.S)’, she thinks that if Bona faces her one by one, she will be defeated easily. Therefore, she removed Bona from the game and left Made alone to face her.

## The Ultimate Form

When anyone managed to solve every challenge in the 2D Side-scrolling World, they will face G.A.R.I.S as the final boss. But, G.A.R.I.S will appear in her ultimate form. This form is way stronger than before and has drones that shoot lasers.

## Items

In her 2D Side-scrolling World, G.A.R.I.S can generate any items to help her face her enemies.

### Weapon

* Line Attack: The line attack is made of energy that follows straight dots.
* Line Laser Drones: G.A.R.I.S generates her line attack using these drones in her ultimate form. The drones are floating around her back.

### Properties

* Life Points Bar: G.A.R.I.S use this life points bar in her 2D Side-scrolling World to display the amount of the remaining energy of each player including hers. This feature is first sighted in ‘Dunia G.A.R.I.S (The Virtual World of G.A.R.I.S)’.
* Health Potion: This item becomes a reward for anyone who has resolved the challenge in 2D Side-scrolling World. G.A.R.I.S once gave this item to Bona and Made one each to restore their life points after resolving a challenge in  ‘Dunia G.A.R.I.S (The Virtual World of G.A.R.I.S)’.
* Speedboat: G.A.R.I.S uses a triangle to trap her opponents in ‘Para Pahlawan Tersudut (The Cornered Heroes)’. The victims can not escape unless they can solve the challenge.
* Parallelogram Door: G.A.R.I.S uses this door to trap her opponents in ‘Para Pahlawan Tersudut (The Cornered Heroes)’. G.A.R.I.S once trapped Made with it and a UFO that flew above him.
* UFO: When Made was trapped in the parallelogram door, G.A.R.I.S sent a UFO to threaten him inside. The UFO will suck Made in if Made can not solve the challenge.
* Clock: G.A.R.I.S uses a big clock for her riddle. If her opponents can not solve the riddle, they will be attacked by various monsters.

## Weakness

G.A.R.I.S can only use her power in 2D Side-scrolling World. Therefore, she can not harm anyone outside. Moreover, G.A.R.I.S needs a spare of time to launch her attack. Her opponents can use this time to dodge or even counter her. After G.A.R.I.S launch her attack, she will run out of energy and need time to restore it (sleep mode). At this moment, her opponents can attack her.

## Trivia

* Even though Grace is a digital game developer, she also loves to play any traditional game. In ‘Dunia G.A.R.I.S (The Virtual World of G.A.R.I.S)’, she asked Made to play with her.