Mai Xiong
Role: One of the three captives freed at Blount Fisheries
Affiliation: Boston Hmong community
Location: Boston
First Appeared: Session 02 - Telephone
Description
Appearance: Hmong woman in her 30s. Came out of the fungal sleep last of the three captives. Intact, composed, unimpressed by any of what just happened to her.
Personality: Does not suffer fools. Gives exactly as much as she gets — when Lee got belligerent with her in writing, she hit right back, in Hmong-accented English and with a middle finger to match his. She is, however, a hockey fan, and Jacques got the unfiltered version of that enthusiasm the moment she recognized him.
Voice / Mannerisms: Direct. Unsentimental. Cuts through bullshit in very few words. Not above a little fan-girl energy when warranted.
Background
Like Sapper Ripley and Monroe Tanner, Mai was at Fenway Park for Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and lost consciousness after the Buckner error. She has no memory of how she arrived at Blount Fisheries.
She was the second of the three captives pulled free from the dark fungal growth on the wall.
Session 02
Introduced herself to Jacques almost the moment she was standing:
"My, my, my, my name is Mai."
— Mai Xiong
"Oh — so strong. You look much stronger in real life than you do on the cards in the TV."
— Mai Xiong
Recognized the concept of ectoplasm from the Ghostbusters movie and immediately cross-examined Leonard on it — "Did you just say ectoplasm? Like from the Ghostbusters movie? Is that what you're talking about?"
When she saw Pierre and Jacques silently coordinating with Lee — because Lee's new telepathy was, at that point, functionally shouting into their heads — she diagnosed it immediately:
"You nerds. This is some Spock bullshit. Hell no."
— Mai Xiong
Lee on the Notepad
Because Lee was mute from the Grief-Eater's Wail, Chandler handed him a reporter's notepad and pen so he could communicate. Lee chose to be belligerent and openly racist in his written and eventually-telepathic responses to Mai. Mai dressed him down without missing a beat:
"My name not Sandy, your name not Everett. What's your name?"
— Mai Xiong
"You write like a child."
— Mai Xiong
"You need to respect your elders."
— Mai Xiong
When Lee flipped her off, she flipped him off back and moved on.
Left Spectacle Island with Detective O'Malley and the Coast Guard. Returned to Boston. Has Jacques's phone number. Lee does not have hers.
Connections
| Character / Faction | Relationship |
|---|---|
| Jacques le Coq | Fan; took his number before leaving the island |
| Lee Smith | Mutual antagonism; he wrote ugly things; she filed it away |
| Sapper Ripley | Fellow captive |
| Monroe Tanner | Fellow captive |
| The Grief-Eater | Was held pinned by its dark fungal growth |