I live on a 50-acre property in the forests of Vermont with Winsley Herman. We reside in a 2 story, pristine, well-cultured manor. I live there simply because of its seclusion from the prying eyes of those around me. Without government interference, he can properly Conduct my arms deals in peace and travel when needed. I however am just starting to build a collection of (stolen) cars, it seems the GTA bug never really left me. Winsley slowly started building a bunker beneath the property after he was told that the end is coming by a strange man. Hopefully, we will never have to use it but it's better to be safe than sorry.
Winsley is rather wealthy, but I am also starting to make my own money by stealing and scraping cars from distant towns in Vermont, bringing them to the property one at a time, and selling parts from them online. I don't want to depend on anyone, I've never had to, even in The Infinite Lot, but now that I have no legitimacy in this world, so now I must. I'm not too fond of it, so I'm trying to get the money on my own to not need to. I declined Winsley's offer to be his dedicated mechanic, I don't want to continue my dependency on him. Right now though, my needs are met.
Chris wants to save everyone in the city Origin from "The Infinite Parking Lot." He strives to find a method of mass dimensional travel in order to usher all of the occupants there out and into a more hospitable dimension, even if he can't take them to their individual homes. Chris doesn't know exactly how far he would go for this, but he can't imagine he wouldn't kill certain people to do it, the Brotherhood of Blood for example, or even this "Traveler" (although he doesn't yet know how hard a Harbinger would be to kill, or potentially pointless.) Chris is a good guy, but it takes a whole new step to make the sacrifice play. Not everyone can be a true hero. But he might if it comes to it.
That's easy, finding himself in The Infinite Parking Lot. There were no means to supply his addictions, and his skills as a car thief made him a valuable asset to the people of Origin. It helped him reshape his life, long before the Contract ever happened. Honestly, the Contract has yet to be as impactful in his life as The Lot. The Lot even left a mark on him that's still affecting him, it turns out his addictions basically transferred to car theft. Now whenever he goes to a new place, grand theft auto is the first thing on his mind. It's going to get him in trouble one day.
Cool Rupert, the man who ran Origin. Knew a lot about things most people didn't. Like Contractors, other worldly technology, The Infinite Parking Lot, et cetera. He was like a mentor, a father figure, and a leader to a lot of people in Origin, kept the place running, including Chris.
Winsley Herman, a man so dashing Chris left an unprepared sleazy car salesman of a Contractor behind to follow him into a completely unknown world. Chris was shy bout his orientation before Winsley, but knowing that man has changed him in ways only matched by The Lot and The Contract.
Mark Sinclair, the man left behind. Didn't know him well, didn't care to, he had that sleazy used car salesman vibe. Supposedly him and Winsley were in the same line of work; making, selling and trading supernatural items. In retrospect, he might have actually been a nice enough guy though.
Chris' childhood was as hard, and fraught with peril as you might expect an ex-junkie, kleptomaniac, car thief's home life to be. His parents we addicted to drugs and alcohol, routinely stealing in order to get their fix before providing for their kids or even eating. Chris went to school, but got addicted young and followed his parents footsteps before dropping out. He just stopped bothering to go, and no one cared enough to try to get him to go back, in or outside his family. He had the attitude but not the build to be a bully, and so ran more than fought. No one, not students nor faculty cared enough about him, much less got along with him. In a sense, going to another dimension helped make him a better person than who he started out becoming. He's kicked drugs, but still gets high from the rush of grand theft auto.