Gala

* Episode 2
* Episode 1
* Fury

**Gala** is a werewolf and one of the customers who occasionally visits the coffee shop.

## Appearance

Gala is a broad and tan-skinned man. He has blueish black hair and a beard, and his eyes are a greenish-blue color. While not easily seen in game his are ears have a very traditional lycanthrope point to them. His face and forearms are covered in scars and bandages. He wears a teal green scrub shirt, that slightly expose his chest, and a grayish blue blazer with a name tag pinned to the left breast pocket. He also wears a matching pair of grayish blue trousers and a pair of dark brown loafers.

In **Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly,** Gale now wears a navy-blue blazer with his name tag pinned to the left breast pocket, and a light blue button-down with the top button undone, that slightly expose his chest, along with a haphazardly tightened dark-blue tie. He also has is Hospital I.D card clipped to his button-down's left breast pocket that's partially hidden by his blazer.

## Personality

Gala tends to be kindhearted and gentle with everyone. He is always eager to help others, explaining how he got the idea to work in a hospital in the first place. He also seems like a very wise person, as he gives advice to Baileys about his relationship with Lua, and reminds him of the two sides of the coin of his will to leave his elven family. Gala takes care of his friends, as shown multiple times in his dialogues with Hyde and the special comic about him, when he does his best to comfort his vampire best friend.

As a war veteran, Gala appears to have suffered of PTSD at some point, as explained briefly by Hyde. With the help of a therapist and his friend, he eventually overcame this issue. Those events encouraged him even further to work in a hospital.

## Tomodachill Profile

 **My self summary**
 **Favorite things**
Food : Anything warm and made with ginger.
Music : Metal Maiden
 **What I'm doing with my life**
Trying to heal myself by helping other people heal.

## Story

### Background

Very little is known about Gala's early life, except that he used to be a soldier. He fought in a war, but the only thing said about it is that it changed him and he experienced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder afterwards.

Before coming to Seattle Gala worked as a cab driver in Manhattan, New York in the early 1960's. He said he liked the long drives back and forth from the airports that the job offered him. However, he had to stop after a few months because the job got pretty dangerous, mainly because people kept trying to pick a fight with him and some tried to rob him or skip out of paying their cab fare. He chalks this up to it being the early 60s, and people not being as kind to non-human species as they are in 2023.

Somewhere in the 1960's, the werewolf meets Hyde in a bar (that would later become Coffee Talk) during a night. The latter was very drunk and on the edge of fighting with criminal dwarves. He tries to threaten the dwarves by pretending Gala is his bodyguard. Gala intervened to protect Hyde as he "sensed that he was a nice guy". It turned into a fight, and Gala and Hyde got kicked away in the streets. As the vampire was too drunk to go home by himself or remember his house location, he drove Hyde to his apartment.

The next day, Hyde offers Gala to be his bodyguard (for real, this time). He accepts, and remains a bodyguard for several years, protecting Hyde and driving him around, as shown in the extra comics. However, after overcoming his PTSD, he decides to resign and to start working in a hospital. At some point after Hyde went to work as a model in Los Angeles, he meets the barista and becomes a costumer of Coffee Talks.

### Episode 1

#### Day 2

**Gala** is already a regular of the coffee shop, and is seen for the first time alongside Hyde during Day 2. As his friend came to Seattle for a few weeks for work, he shows him how much the place has changed since their first meeting.

**Drinks -** **Gala** orders a Jahe Tubruk.

#### Day 4

After Day 2, he comes regularly in the coffee shop, either alone or with Hyde. He explains that he might have found out a remedy for his fury, and tries to describe it to the Barista so they can brew it. The only thing he initially is sure about is that it contains caffeine and ginger. If the player manages to guess the remedy, he will still ask for it the days after, to check if it truly is the correct brew.

**Drinks -** **Gala** orders a Gala Had.

#### Day 7

**Gala** has a talk with Baileys about his relationship with Lua, to try and help him understand every side of the coin.

**Drinks -** **Gala** orders a Gala Had.

#### Day 8

**Gala** arrives with Hyde, where he explains how Gala became his bodyguard.

**Drinks -** **Gala** orders a Gala Had.

#### Day 11

Gala will appear in a fit of rage in his werewolf form.

**Drinks -** **Gala** orders a Gala Had.

#### Day 12

If given a **Gala** Had drink on Day 11, Gala will appear and apologise for his behaviour. He pays for Freya's drink to redeem himself.

**Drinks -** **Gala** orders a Gala Had.

#### Epilogue

##### Good Ending

When Hyde comes back from his trip to Seoul, he brings back some ginger to his friend, probably so he can makes his own remedy. In the good ending, he also brings back some handcuffs, referencing to the joke he made in Day 2 (about how werewolves could use more "kinky" methods to calm their fury).

### Remaining text for Coffee Talk EP1 Days:

The day of the full moon, the Evening Whispers publishes an article about how a new fury sedative was conceived by the government. Gala explains that even though it was not released the same day, many werewolves ran to the hospital to beg for the sedative. As some started to get aggressive, Gala had to lock some in security rooms and make sure everyone would stay safe during the night. However, after doing so, he has no time to come back home for his own transformation, so he makes his way, as a werewolf, to Coffee Talk.

## Relationships

### Hyde

Gala met Hyde in the 1960's, after he protected him during a night in a bar. After those events, Hyde offers him a job of bodyguard due to his strength. He accepts, and over time the two grow closer and become very good friends. When the werewolf suffers from PTSD, Hyde convinces him to get help for his mental health. Even after the vampire leaves for LA, they will remain in good touch, and meet at the coffee shop several times to chat when Hyde comes back to Seattle.

Both are very considerate of the other's feelings. In the extra Hyde comic, Gala asks how he feels after his divorce, and does not believe him when the other replies that he doesn't really care. Gala always tries to help his friend make some social interactions, and sometimes even forced him to meet some people. Freya and the barista often find their relationship amusing, and they compare them to a video of a puppy and a baby tiger, noticing that some friendships are really unusual.

Even though Hyde and Gala are described as friends, some undertones of deeper feelings are present in the game. Hyde jokingly flirts with him, offering him a pair of handcuffs after his trip to Seoul. At some point, the vampires questions what would life be if they never met, but gets flustered and shuts down when Gala asks what he means by that. When their common story arc is finished, the achievement unlocked is called "There's a spark", hinting a possible romantic relationship in the future.

### Wolfpack

Even though no name or detail is dropped, Gala explains to Baileys that, for werewolves, Wolfpack comes first and they are very loyal to one another as a family. This probably includes him as he is also a werewolf.