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Cherry (Bomb)
Full adopted name: Cherry Maria Tshui Espiritu.
D.O.B. ─ July 4, 1972.
PLACE OF BIRTH – Bogotá, Colombia.
HEIGHT – 5 feet 4 inches.
BUILD ─ Curvaceous
HAIR COLOR – Black
EYE COLOR – Dark brown
Partner ─ None.
Family ─ The FARC the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. In Spanish Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia.
PERSONALITY ─ She was anointed as a teenager with the name Cherry Bomb because her birthdate coincided with a Cherry Bomb exploding in a fireworks factory resulting in the building and its contents turning into a giant fireworks display. Shaped by abandonment at age 13, left as a farm helper north of Bogotá she willing experimented with sex. Then abducted by soldiers and raped until she grabbed a gun from one soldier and killed him and then three more. She escaped into the mountains finding a home with the FARC and met Jago. He simply befriended her and later they made love on a few occasions, but Cherry found that she had lost her interest in sex, perhaps she needed love. Loyal to Jago. Calm and efficient in firefights. She does not hide her figure or full breasts.
HOBBIES – Secretly-reading. Preferred topics science and philosophy and for fiction thrilers and mysteries.
PETS – None. She like to see animals in their natural habitat. But since arriving at WCR she is very fond of Rosie the Irish Wolfhound and Pipestone the llama.
EDUCATION – No official education. She learned English from FARC teachers, reading, and Jago. While uneducated she possesses a high natural intelligence. A quick learner and problem solver. Besides, as Jim would say-luck, her intelligence helped her survive her upbringing, the conditions and the battles. She is a voracious learner and thinks about the possibility of a formal education, which she achieves taking adult education at Wenatchee Valley College in Omak, and in Wenatchee, Washington. She receives an Associate of Arts and Sciences degree with Direct Transfer Agreement to a Washington State 4-year university.
OCCUPATION – FARC freedom fighter has been her only occupation.
CAREER – She is a veteran of many battles. A capable fighter.
MODUS OPERANDI – Loyalty to the FARC. Skeptical of men in particular, underneath wants a real relationship but is willing to accept friendship.
BOOKS APPEARS IN – Ecuador, Out of Time, Nemesis, Remilious, Cherry
OTHER INFORMATION
Favorite Books – Few books were available to her. She horded books that were found or stolen and read them many times struggling with the ones in English. She kept the knowledge she gained to herself: The Vortex by José Eustasio Rivera; Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; Las estrellas son negras (Dark Stars) by Arnoldo Palacios; Heidi by Johanna Spyri; The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe; Catalina by Elisa Mujica.
Favorite Plants ─ Bougainvillea, hibiscus, orchids, and all palm trees.
Favorite Countries ─ From stories and her friend Dr. Dakine, she read she wanted to travel the U.S., France, Switzerland, and Africa. Other than Colombia, she has only been to Cuenca Ecuador and the Amazon until arriving in Northern Washington State.
Favorite music – Salsa.
Favorite weapon – Her old and trusted AK-47.