Chris

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Aliases: none Status: Supporting

Chris is Mary Jane’s friend: tall, fit, and extraordinarily handsome, the kind of host who kisses a woman’s hand on introduction. He gets pulled from polite party hosting into the full Chino-and-Homeboy experience across two stories and somehow stays charming through all of it.

Description

Everything about Chris reads easy confidence: tall, fit, African American, a warm handshake and a slow smile, with just enough Spanish to be dangerous: “Un poquito. Para hablar con las mujeres bonitas.” He’s a Business major (“money guy,” per Uncle Rob’s taxonomy), has never touched weed in his life, and carries himself like a man who has never struggled through cardio. Underneath the polish he’s genuinely decent: the guy who shrugs off a date climbing out his bathroom window and still asks after her.

Role in Volume 01

In The Cursed Joint of Bayankala he’s the host of the party Mary Jane brings Chino and Homegirl to, and the evening’s romantic lead opposite “Juanita” (the name Homegirl blurts out when he kisses her hand and short-circuits her). He flirts with her in Spanish over tequila, takes her obvious interest at face value, and carries her into a bedroom, where she vanishes into the bathroom and out the window mid-hookup when the curse lifts. In Mary Jane’s Four Dimensional Adventure he’s out jogging when he runs into the crew’s park workout, meets the actual Homeboy for the first time (muttering “no lady boner” through the handshake), asks after his “cousin,” and gets looped into the interdimensional crisis back at the apartment, where his practical streak shines: while Homeboy is sniffing Mary Jane’s abandoned panties for clues, Chris just checks her pants pockets, finds her ID, and asks, “Wasn’t that easier?” He rolls Mary Jane’s Monopoly dice for her from the void, lends her his jogging hoodie when she phases back naked, and bows out for work with the whole thing filed under interesting.

The Adventures: Volume 02

• Tequila Homegirl: Runs into Homegirl at King Taco with his cousin Destiny; asks “Juanita” out. Takes her to dinner, discovers her flipping back to Homeboy mid-date, and handles it with grace (“we’re cool”). Drives the hungover Homegirl home in the morning.

Relationships

• Mary Jane: the friend who vouches for him (“Damn, Mary Jane is right. You are fucking awesome,” per Chino) and drags him into the orbit.
• Homegirl / “Juanita”: smitten at first sight; tells Homeboy to pass along that he had a good time, understands the “lady issues,” and wants to see her again next time she’s in town. Unaware she no longer exists.
• Chino & Homeboy: friendly; treats their chaos as entertainment.
• Uncle Rob: grills him on his education, scoffs at “Business,” then trades Black Panther salutes with him.

Notes

• The running consensus on Chris: he’s awesome.
• Has never smoked weed, a first for the extended cast.