Hye-Jin Kim

Eun-Ae Choi (Mother)

Hyun Choi (Step-father)

Hye-jin A. Kim was a highly-skilled Cyber Security Manager, eventually leaving the workplace due to frequent and severe PTSD episodes.

During this time, Hye-jin dove in head-first into Mint Eye, after gaining a few tapes that was affiliated with Mint Eye.

## Personality

Hye-jin is an INTX, enneagramed with 2w3.

Hye-Jin’s personality to the public is rather a somewhat facade to her true personality.

Hye-Jin’s traits have been described as having undamaged, unwavering loyalty to those she comes into close contact and whom she thinks will be “useful” to her. She has adapted to not trust as easily, despite this fact, she bears a warm aura around herself.

She automatically sees suspicion within every one she meets, friend or foe, due to her past. She seeks adventure constantly, always grateful to what Earth offers to Hye’s eyes.

## Appearance

Hye-jin has a pale complexion, accompanied with an hourglass figure. She has red-brown hair, extending to her lower back area. Her eyes are vermillion red.

Currently as of writing, she is mostly seen wearing her work outfit as a maid, but she has shown an affinity to fairycore and indie fashion. Hye-jin wears the Believer's cloak most of the time when traveling between halls, often hanging the cloak at a place where there is significantly less people inside a room.

## Background

Hye-jin was born to two rich lovers whom were married, all three were at peace until a conflicting fight and a divorce happened between Hye-jin's parents when Hye was 5 years old; her mother had full custody of Hye-Jin.

After the divorce, Hye-jin's mother found and re-married to Hye-jin's step-father, which brought Salem into the mix. Hye and Salem are three years apart, and there started the neglect and abuse. Their parents neglected their needs and threw them both into extracurriculars, which made both siblings think they were in a competition to win their parents' approval. Hence, you may see both standing off to each other. Their story only thickens with Salem emotionally and verbally abusing Hye-jin, trying to gaslight and be the selfish winner to their parents' approval.

As well as side for the majority of their parents' squabbles about academics. This went on for until Hye-jin was 14 and Salem was 17, where one night he came home, gave her money, crying and begging for forgiveness. Hye-jin forgave Salem, but never forgot.

Often, Hye would get PTSD flashbacks to the abuse and would self-isolate from Salem for months at a time.

When Hye was 16, she graduated early from her high school and spent 4 years at SKY University for IT, more specifically, Cyber Security. Once she graduated, she worked at a high-class Cyber Security company to encrypt private data and keep it safe.

Hye-jin discovers Mint Eye by an Art Museum lockdown, exploring an abandoned room with an acquaintance and finding a harp and cassette tapes. She then afterwards found Magenta.

## Relationships - Magenta

#### Hyo-Sonn

Meeting in Archives, Hyo-sonn and Hye-jin have had an easy time getting along with each other. They will both sometimes flirt with each other and compliment each other and the other automatically getting embarrassed by their kind words.

#### Daedalus

Meeting Daedalus before going by his pseudonym, Daedalus and Hye-jin met at the Laboratory. Hye-jin was asked to leave to Laboratory by Daedalus, this resulted in a promise of taking Hye-jin to the orchards which he soon fulfilled. Hye-jin seems to be suspicious and cautious around Daedalus, and other times she doesn't.

#### Seung-Ji

Meeting before Mint Eye, Hye-jin found Seung at the subway station when wanting to go explore out in the city.

Reuniting with him in Mint Eye, Hye-jin was wary at first with him around. Now, they're seen to speak in French from time to time. Seung-ji was the first person Hye-jin has asked about how to become a disciple of Magenta.

#### Jameson

Both befriended each other by Hye-jin retrieving Jameson's medicine and offering fruit and encouragement to him.

#### Cain

Neutral with each other. Baked a cake together.

## Relationships - Pre-Magenta

#### Salem

Even though they've grown up together, they don't get along well. They often have tension surrounding them and have often argued in public places. Hye-jin's PTSD stems directly from Salem. Despite this, Hye-jin is one of the select people that Salem still allows to be called by his real name.

#### Saechoo Kim

During childhood, she'd only hear his name due to his payments of child support. Before the divorce, the father and child were very close, though Hye-jin never recalls his face. Saechoo eventually remarried and has had more children, implying she has more people related to her.

#### Eun-Ae Choi

A mother whom neglected her daughter. Though during Hye-jin's childhood, she vastly encouraged Hye-jin to take part in academics, wanting her child to succeed and make the family name bigger. During Hye-jin's adolescence, she rarely spoke directly to her.

#### Hyun Choi

An actor who "raised" his children. He caused many internal issues for Hye-jin and Salem.

Not much is known about Hyun Choi, both Hye-jin and Salem rarely mention him.

#### Minny

Minny was a great best friend back before moving to Magenta. Hye-jin and Minny's friendship stems back to adolescence. Not much is known about Minny, other than Hye-jin had romantic feelings for her for a year before they faded out.

#### Paris

Paris was a friend Salem and Hye-jin met during high school. Paris and Hye-jin were rather close as well, eventually growing romantic feelings for each other, however both agreed that this would not the the right time to date. This did not stop them from being affectionate towards each other, in fact, it made them more affectionate towards each other. Paris is the only person that knows Hye-jin went to Mint Eye.

## Quotes

“I want to know everything about Magenta and Paradise as a whole, it’d be the least that I can do to show how much this place can change a person.”

”Yeah, I think it’s sweet. We all show appreciation in different ways, and if your way is making food for someone you care about, I’m not one to judge.”

“I dream of good health. Unless you wanna talk about my dream last night then…”

## Trivia

* Hye-jin speaks fluently in Korean, English, and French. She knows a bit of Japanese but doesn't plan on studying on the language.
* Hye-jin works out tri-weekly, the logs don't mention this however.
* Flower language is an interest she wants to pick up.
* Hye-jin averages 4 hours of sleep.