Gardenia

Character Profile
Online
Name	Gardenia
Gender	Female
Class	Long Arm
Media Information
Japanese Voice	Yumi Touma
English Voice	Carolyn Hennesy
First Appearance	.hack//Infection
Offline
Name	?
Age	18
Gender	Female

"I'm the silent type and usually don't have much to say, but it's strange... for some reason, I seem to talk a lot more when you are around."

— Gardenia —

Gardenia (ガルデニア) is a Long Arm of few words in the .hack//Games.

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Gardenia.

Appearance

Gardenia is a blonde Long Arm that wears white and green armor over a matching battle dress. Her red eyes often gaze coldly and she almost never smiles, although she seems to warm up to Kite after spending a lot of time with him.

Personality

Gardenia is a quiet type; when she speaks she doesn't make sure to get her point clear, often making Kite misunderstand her.

Offline

Basic Info

In real life Gardenia is a senior in High School, and president of the Naginata club, which explains her choice of Long Arm. She professes to being a big flower lover. In one of her e-mails, she mentions that she visited a green house, but got depressed because it seemed like the flowers were trapped inside. She also seems to enjoy eating strange types of food: one of her favorites is raw octopus.

History

.hack//Games

Kite first meets Gardenia after he follows a post on the BBS by the Gardenia fan club. The fan club gives him a letter to deliver to Gardenia and he accepts the job. When he encounters Gardenia in the field's dungeon, it is clear that she wants nothing to do with the letter, but Kite pursues anyway. At the bottom level of the dungeon, Kite aids Gardenia in dispatching a monster. Gardenia, impressed by Kite's skill, agrees to accept the letter on the condition that he joins her party whenever she calls.

Gardenia calls Kite to join her in several fields that have flowers for names. In Outbreak, Gardenia calls Kite to another dungeon and talks about how she feels she is like a flower, and how the life of a flower is short. At the bottom of the dungeon, Gardenia says goodbye; Kite takes this the wrong way, believing her to be referring to her life ending soon. Gardenia laughs and reassures Kite that she meant her time in The World is short since she has obligations in the real world, and that she looks forward to joining Kite whenever she has the chance.

.hack//Another Birth

After hearing about a "beautiful and mysterious player", Chimney, NOVA, and BlackRose travel to Θ Soft Solitary Tri-Pansy. In the field they meet several members of Gardenia's fan club, who ask if they've seen "Gar". NOVA tells them that he hasn't, and the fans go off disappointed. Later they meet with Gardenia in a dungeon and help her get away from several of her fans. After thanking them for their help Gardenia notices BlackRose. Gardenia recognizes her as Kite's partner, but warps away without telling her that she's also a friend of Kite's.

Trivia

• Gardenia joins Kite at level 10 with a level 2 weapon called Amazon Spear.
• Contrary to many rumors, Gardenia was NOT one of the players that controlled Mimika.
• Gardenia is so popular that she has her own fanclub, though it is unknown why she is so popular.
• Gardenia also seems to be very skilled at Grunty Racing, being in third place on certain servers.

Gardenia's Mission Areas

• Infection:
  • Θ Soft Solitary Tri Pansy: Area where Gardenia joins Kite.
  • Θ Beautiful Someone's Treasure Gem: Gardenia invites Kite to a mission.
• Mutation:
  • Λ Quiet Oblivious Cabbage: Gardenia has invited Kite to a dungeon. There was no reason listed or given.
• Outbreak:
  • Σ Dolorous Promised Clavicle: Gardenia invites Kite to another area.

Kite's party members.
Balmung	BlackRose	Elk	Gardenia	Helba
Marlo	Mia	Mistral	Moonstone	Natsume
Nuke Usagimaru	Orca	Piros	Rachel	Sanjuro
Sora	Subaru	Tsukasa	Terajima Ryoko	Wiseman