Gary

Gary is a side character in the Elsaverse that only appears in Redemption for Jessika (2016). He works as a prosecutor at Sangrive's Courthouse. He is married to Cynthia and is a good friend of Marc, his co-worker at the court. Gary doesn't have any power.

Character Overview
Gary has been working as a prosecutor for a few years now, always with a professional attitude. His marriage with Cynthia was experiencing sort of a crisis; as she is a Mayhem fan, Gary decided to do something she may like and bought some tickets for one of their concerts. Coincidentally, that was the very same concert Charles Reyes decided to use to break with his girlfriend, Jessica Springfield, to make her feel guilty about the riot he was planning to start. As Charles expected, Jessica sang in anger after the breakup, and her power broadcasted that anger to the audience in the stadium. This affected Gary and Cynthia, as both of them started to feel all of their frustrations with their failing marriage bubbling up: amidst the turmoil, she punched Gary, and he responded by slapping her. Their marriage obviously resented this, and they spent several weeks without even talking to each other.

Embarrassed and unable to face the truth of having hit his wife, Gary spent that time looking for someone else to blame. As the riot resulted in five deaths, he took the case into his own hands as State prosecutor, and his first target was Mayhem's singer, Jessica, as he felt people's mood changed as soon as she started singing. He pushed for a hearing, even though he hadn't any proof about her actual guilt. That hearing is the intro scene of Redemption for Jessika, and his pathetic, baseless claims are quickly dismantled by Jessica's lawyer, Johan... even though Gary is actually right, in a way. Judge Oppenworth dismisses the case and complains to Gary's boss; fortunately for him, his boss convinces the Judge that Gary doesn't need to be fired, as he feared it might happen. However, while Gary was in the courtroom, Anastasia Bertradino sneaked into his office and anonymously left him an envelope with a pen drive: inside of it there was a picture of another possible culprit, Charles Reyes, actually starting the riot by throwing a punch while smiling.

Finally realizing he must own up to his actions, Gary takes the picture and starts looking for Charles, although at that point he doesn't even know his name. The picture ends up on Michelle Won's phone, but, most importantly, is seen by Marc, who happens to be starting an improbable relationship with his idol, Jessica Springfield. That's how Gary finds out Charles' identity and searches his last known address, but the suspect seems to have dropped off the face of the planet. Meanwhile, the fact that he's actively prosecuting someone else who can be blamed for everything that happened at the concert is also helping him to deal with his marriage crisis, with Cynthia slowly forgiving him. The reconciliation is finally sealed during a lunch with Marc and Cynthia's idol, Jessica, in which the singer thanks Gary for all that he's doing.

Miscellaneous

 * During their marital crisis, a redhead girl that introduces herself as an intern at the Courthouse, tells Cynthia that Gary has cheated on her. Behind this false accusation is, most likely, Chloe.


 * On the lewd, non-canon path, Cynthia uses Marc to get her revenge for her husband's alleged infidelity, forcing Gary to watch her having sex with Marc in Gary's office. She then softens up a bit and lets his husband take part in the action, before finally confessing that she would like to try more daring things in their marriage. Gary seems to be happy to oblige.