Bok Hui Barbara Shin-Rierson

Bok Hui is a Korean-American woman who used to work for a seedy stripper bar for cash after finishing her military service. She also has her own secrets; able to conjure tendrils of shadow and stars from beyond space with a wave of her hands.

## Appearance

Bok Hui is a Korean-American woman in her mid-20s. She has dark brown hair, shaved down on the left, and dark brown eyes. She's "on the short side" - 5'3" when standing at attention. She dresses casually, often in jeans and a motorcycle jacket with heeled boots.

## Background

### Early life

Bok Hui's supernatural abilities emerged in her childhood, growing up in a tight-knit blended family in a small town in Massachussets. As a child, she invented constellations of glow-in-the-dark stars on her ceiling that would sing to her, perhaps an early indication of her links to the occult.

Her Catholic upbringing led her to believe her powers were a curse, and she attempted to suppress her abilities. Despite her best efforts, she was unable to contain her powers, resulting in violent outbursts at home and at church. These incidents culminated with what she calls the "Easter incident" at her church, where she lashed out with sound from beyond our reality. This left her barely human, covered in grey patches and fuzzy orange spots.

By working with her father and brother, she was able to regain her humanity through meditation in the garden outside her family home. However, she was convinced that it was just a matter of time before she had another episode, so she joined the military to be as far away from people she cared about as possible.

### Safe Harbor

#### San Diego, California

After her military service, Bok Hui moved to San Diego and got a job as a waitress at a seedy strip club called Peaches under the assumed name "Baby." She rented an apartment where she could pay in cash and lived out of a duffle bag, ready to leave at a moment's notice.

One night, a disgruntled customer who had been thrown out of the club returned with an AR-15 and opened fire on the staff and customers. Bok Hui called the police, then used baleful starlight to disorient the shooter. Once he was stunned, she shot and killed him using the sawed off shotgun the bartender kept behind the bar.

Bok Hui immediately left the scene. She went out the back door, got on her motorbike, and went to her apartment. She quickly packed everything into her duffle bag, left a month of rent in cash, and hit the road.

The shooter had been stalking a dancer named Allison, who was incredibly attractive but not the stereotypical stripper. After one particularly severe incident of harassment, Allison had started calling in to cancel her shifts on nights when the customer ultimately showed up. He became increasingly agitated, as she was never there when he came to the club. There was no particular pattern to his visits to the club, so Bok Hui suspected Allison might have some supernatural way of knowing when he was going to come. Bok Hui went to Allison's apartment to check on her, but learned she had recently moved out.

With nowhere else to go, Bok Hui went to a motel on the edge of town and got a room for the night. As soon as she checked in, her step-brother Dennis called to check on her, having heard about the mass shooting on TV. He insisted that she come home to show everyone she is okay. Bok Hui lied, saying she wasn't at work that day and downplaying the seriousness of the shooting.

Shortly after, Allison called Bok Hui, confirming that she knew her stalker was going to do something terrible. She told Bok Hui she was in a safe place, and ultimately invited Bok Hui to join her.

During the call with Allison, Bok Hui heard a knock at her motel door. The man outside her door is a fashionable man in his early 30s, whistling the theme from "Peter and the Wolf". Terrified, Bok Hui gets the address for the safe place from Allison, then uses impossible geometries to slip past the Whistler and get on her motorcycle, then speeds away.