Ughei Bhoi

Ughei Bhoi is 5ft 5in tall, and 15 years old. He prefers not to be called Ughei. Acquaintances have come to call him Bug for several reasons, the most obvious being those telescopic protrusions erupting from his scalp and the fact he has a genuine flair for anything technological. 

He lives and works as a mechanic in a workshop belonging to his adopted father Elgar. We must clarify that this workshop and the term ‘mechanic,’ both relate to physical technological enhancements of one’s body as opposed to fixing up inanimate objects such as cars. Elgar’s shop is well established, although perhaps not for the right reasons. Whilst their skill precedes them the shop is also known to run an underground service of less-than-legal procedures. Most mechanics won’t service known criminals or mercenaries, Bug and Elgar on the other hand are willing to sell new modifications to anyone providing they can pay and abide by workshop rules. Charrock is one such faithful client. Zya too keeps her custom loyal to Elgar and Bug and although she isn’t a criminal she does have a penchant for some rather odd, outdated and therefore illegal methods of modification.

We were instructed prior to interview that it might be difficult to coax Bug out into the ‘real’ world. In his declining letter Bug states that he is intensely focused on his work and thus cannot be torn away from his confines. (We suspect he is actually a socially inept hermit, with dare we say, slight hikikomori tendencies and a complete lack of understanding of anything that isn’t technologic.)

After several failed attempts at inviting him to attend our studio we were informed that the best way to get a meeting would be to travel to said workshop or take the interview via live connection. As it was the cheaper of the two options we chose the latter. Thus this is the first interview conducted from afar with the subject in an entirely different location to ourselves.

To further complicate matters Bug isn’t the talkative type. We were going to ask about the weather but then realised there are no windows in his room and he likely hasn’t been outdoors since leaving the orphanage.

His manner is somewhat androgynous and he gives no clear indication of his gender in the way he dresses, speaks or acts. His modifications are the only subject he talks of at length. It took some prompting but he explains that his bionic red eye was present from birth whilst his telescopic headgear and other alterations were added as he grew. He did most of the work himself and is clearly not vain as none of his mods are for atheistic reasons. Even his tattoos were grafted on because they had personal meanings as opposed to covering up the fact that he has no hair. Interestingly Bug has never had any hair, anywhere, not even a single eyelash. 

From this brief conversation we can clearly see he is a genuine and highly intelligent individual. Although a bit of an anomaly Bug is just the type of weird friend we would secretly like to have on hand in a technological emergency.