Rieta

Rieta (リィタ) is one of the characters from the Flame World. She is one of the antagonists of The Gray Garden and a loyal underling of Ivlis.

Physical Description
Rieta has strawberry golden hair with messy bangs and a long side ponytail that is tied with a large ruby red ribbon; her ponytail ends in curls or a ringlet. She has rose red eyes and fair skin unlike most of Deep-Sea Prisoner's characters. Rieta has abnormally large crimson claws. She wears a necklace that accessorizes a small orange sun with no center. She has pointed ears.

She adorns herself in a ruby red bralette that has peach linings, burgundy colored detached sleeves that have frilled endings, and a small red bow at the top (area closer to shoulders), wearing as well maroon harem pants that also adorns the ends with a small red bow, a large red long split skirt that has two luminous orange suns separate of their spikes (that indicate their radiance), while the spikes are connected into a ring around the sphere of the sun. Atop of the large wrap is a huge ruby red ribbon knotted into a bow. She also wears black flats.

A black sun - the same as the suns on the red wrap around her waist - is tattooed on the left side of her torso, slightly curving to her side.

The lamp Rieta was turned into, by Reficul, is ruby red as well and has an orange sun, the same as the suns on her torso and wrap around her waist, decorating it.

Personality
Rieta has shown time and time again that she's fiercely loyal to Ivlis and does everything to ensure that his orders are executed and that all is in "order" for him, evidence of this is her hobby is simply "helping Ivlis." This is seen more in the 9-14 Sunahama update, in which she is seen comforting a saddened Ivlis. Rieta is very competent and has shown this in her certainty in how a situation or battle will play out; examples of Rieta's competence is when she was advising that retreat was necessary when Etihw appeared, changing the stakes of the battle.

She is extraordinarily powerful, showing to be able to remove Ater and Arbus without trouble and taking down Grora just as easily, proceeding to even saying that it would "need a god" to take her down; furthermore, the player cannot defeat Rieta in the first battle you have with her in the game.

Rieta appears to have a very cheerful attitude and is always, if not most of the time, smiling vibrantly in most situations; most of her works are always shown of her smiling.

Background
Rieta has appeared in the short flash story, The Sun's Curse as a silhouette; this further implies that she has been acquainted with Ivlis long before the events of The Gray Garden, or even the Flame Underworld itself. Rieta is also one of the females who Ivlis was aroused by in the past because she was a "special being."

Min​or

 * The Gray Garden - Antagonist

Cameo

 * The Sun's Curse - Appears as a silhouette in the background.
 * Truth - Appears in a flashback alongside Ivlis.

Emalf
Emalf is Rieta's fellow comrade. Rieta has saved Emalf once from Ater and Arbus when they pursued in taking him in as a prisoner, sending the twin demons out of the Flame Underworld. Emalf appears to be afraid of upsetting Rieta, as seen when she assumes he's done his work and he lies to her (as Poemi makes clear in her thoughts, accusing Emalf of being a liar.) In one case, Rieta refers to him as an idiot.

Poemi
Poemi is Rieta's fellow comrade. When Poemi asked Rieta in The Gray Garden if she could "play" with Yosafire, Froze, Rawberry, and Macarona, Rieta told her that it was not the time, but Poemi persisted and negotiated that she would throw the girls into the prison and "play" with them later. Rieta agreed to the proposition. On one occasion Rieta also referred to Poemi as an "idiot."

Ivlis
Ivlis is Rieta's boss. Rieta has always been with Ivlis even from way back when he was still in the Land of Sun. She is fiercely loyal to him and has shown to harbor possible romantic feelings for the devil. It was also shown in now-deleted Sunahama posts that Rieta is one of three women that Ivlis can be attracted to.

Rieta displays determination towards making sure that everything is in order for Ivlis, and ensures his safety above all else. In The Gray Garden for instance, she steps between Ivlis and Reficul and boldly states that she will not allow anyone to lay a finger on the devil. In a (now deleted) Sunahama update, it was said that Rieta was the reason why there were so few girls around Ivlis, since the two of them were close prior to Rieta's disappearance.

Rieta also deeply cares about Ivlis' well being. In The Gray Garden she advised him that they should retreat during battle, and later encourages him to cheer up when he is feeling upset. In the Truth mini-comic, Rieta is shown comforting Ivlis when he is thinking about Siralos.

Additionally, in log 2017年01月24日 (火), there is an artwork in which Rieta is seen crying behind a smiling Ivlis. The title of the log, "ただ、あなたの笑顔が見たかった" (I just wanted to see your smile) alludes to Rieta's desire is to see Ivlis happy.

Deep-Sea Prisoner commented on their relationship that it is one that "cannot be easily explained with words." When asked where Rieta currently is, Deep-Sea Prisoner responded with, "I think she'll come back at some point. This is a sort of trial for Ivlis, losing the last person - and only person - he could rely on."

Reficul
Whilst Reficul trying to punish Ivlis in The Gray Garden, Rieta attempted to intervene. Reficul proceeded to turn her into a lamp genie, casting her away to unknown whereabouts.

Battle Statistics
Rieta is the penultimate boss of the The Gray Garden. Throughout the game, the player battles her twice. The first instance of battling her, however, is impossible to win as she won't take any damage. It immediately ends after a few turns.

Trivia

 * The bonus room states that she likes Lord Ivlis, hates dust, and has a hobby of helping him. She got turned into a lamp genie by Reficul.
 * Among the members of the trio that invaded the Gray Garden, she is the strongest. She is also a user of potent, magical powers.
 * Her name means "pearl."
 * Rieta can be seen as a silhouette in one of the storybook-like scenes in the flash story The Sun's Curse.
 * Rieta is most likely based on the supernatural creatures (broad meaning being demon) from early Arabian known as "Jinn," an individual member of jinn are known as "genies." Genies are often associated with lamps such as where Rieta had been trapped in by Reficul.
 * This could mean that Rieta was created from smokeless or "scorching fire" such as Jinn have been made from.
 * In the 9-12 update in the Sunahama Log, she was counted as one of the Three Exceptions (Rieta, Yosafire, Reficul) in regards of Ivlis' homosexuality.
 * She's also stated to be a special being.
 * In the (DELETED) update between 9-18 to 9-21 in the Sunahama Log, it's been said that her current whereabouts are unknown, but that she "will be found soon."

Quotes

 * "Probably ought to break their arms and legs or something, just to be on the safe side." (To Poemi, about Yosafire and co.)
 * "Nice to meet you. I'm Rieta. Now I'm going to obliterate you." (To Grora)
 * "Yes, everything... shall be as Lord Ivlis commands." (The Bonus Room, from The Gray Garden)
 * "I just wanted to see you smile, nothing more than that." (Referring to Ivlis)