Garai

Garai is an NPC from Forgotten Indigo. He is an ex-member of the Tide's Edge and is currently considered factionless.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Garai is a person of unknown height, with a tan skintone and long, dark hair tied in a low ponytail and covering his left eye. His chin has unshaved stubble, and ice encases parts of their hair and clothing. They wear a long, tan trenchcoat, black pants, dress shirt, boots, and gloves. He is always pictured holding a flower in his mouth, specifically a calla lily.

### Personality

Garai can be described as a lackadaisical kind of person, treating everything lightheartedly. He's shown to have some level of skill and competency, but doesn't often demonstrate this. Many times he's made major mistakes on the job as a result of carelessness. He's friendly and outgoing to others, even to people he's just met, and often tries to crack jokes, though they're frequently unfunny.

## History

Garai was already an orphan by the time the One Week War happened, but as more kids came to the orphanage, he took on the role of an older brother figure. He eventually became part of the Tide's Edge with many of those same kids, and was the Tide Captain. He was paired with Tear and trained him in sword fighting, as well as generally raising him. After the Empty Night, and the IPD being kicked out of the city, Garai left the Tide's Edge; the group was forced to become some form of law enforcement, and that wasn't something he had an interest in participating in. After this, he's done various other jobs (including being a security guard at an art gallery and at Pinion Tower, and being a private investigator), none of which he's been very good at, partially because he tends to sleep on the job. Multiple robberies have been a result of his lack of effort, most notably a painting of Leticia Lucent; however nobody could remember what the painting was of.

## Abilities

Garai, being an orphan, doesn't know his family ancestry, and as a result, doesn't know what kind of animal/creature traits he may have. However, it's been noted he, at least, is likely part ice elemental. Water tends to collect around them, both freezing and unfreezing constantly, which they seem to have no control over. Jay has stated they're like a "walking bad weather effect". It's been noted he tends to sometimes leave puddles of water, which seems to be an annoyance for everyone involved. It's also been noted he always feels colder than most people, and things like air conditioners make him uncomfortably cold.

Garai is also skilled with a sword, and presumably has other combat skills. He has demonstrated this on only a couple of occasions, once during the Scavenger Hunt sidestory, and once with Kawasaki Sakurayu in the With The Tide sidestory.

## Relationships

### Tide's Edge

Garai cares for the Tide like a family, and is considered an older brother figure. While it seems he has somewhat attempted to distance himself after leaving, he still clearly cares about them, and visits sometimes. He considers their current work as law enforcement "stodgy".

### Julius Tear

Garai raised and trained Julius Tear, much to the moth's chagrin. While Garai loves and cares for Tear as a little brother, Tear actively goes out of his way to avoid him. He even threw a birthday party for Sonder on the same day as Garai's birthday, and locked him out of the event, so they wouldn't have to spend time together. Tear hates how much they like to talk. According to his conversation with Jeremiah in The Siren Night 1, Garai made a goal to make Tear laugh. He has not yet achieved it.

### Vann

Compared to the rest of the Tide, Garai and Vann have a different relationship, as Vann isn't like a younger brother to him, but probably a bit more equal. The two are undoubtedly close, however, as they were both some of the original members upon the founding of the Tide's Edge. Notably, Garai is one of the few who remembered Vann after he was hit by Aporia.

### Cassius

While Cassius doesn't remember who Garai is due to his amnesia, Garai seems to have known him in the past, however they never elaborate much on their previous relationship. They've assumedly known each other for a long time, though, since upon seeing Cassius for the first time since the Empty Night, Garai says, "Lil Cassie's all grown up!" Lil Cassie is a nickname given to Cassius by Garai, despite the fact that, at this point, Cassius is taller.

## Trivia

* Garai's birthday is Coire 18th.
	+ This "just so happens" to be the same day as Sonder's birthday, which was chosen via throwing a dart at a calendar.
* The flower they hold in their mouth is a calla lily, a flower that is, notably, poisonous. It causes blisters, burning, and swelling in the mouth, nausea and vomiting, and diarrhea. It's possible that it's safe for Garai since they have unknown ancestry, and may be of a race that can safely consume poison, however this can't be proven. It could also be that it doesn't have these properties for whatever reason.
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## Gallery

Garai's default icon drawn by MonnichiConcept art/sketches by Monnichibond up icon drawn by WanderingMask