full name: christopher john ripley nicknames: chris birthday: august 26 age: 40s gender/pronouns: cis-male, he/his hometown: washington, d.c. sign: virgo religion: irreligious orientation: bisexual occupation: corporate lawyer family: travis ripley ii (father), barbara ripley (mother), travis ripley iii (brother), babette ripley (sister), barrett ripley (brother) +: reliable, practical, charming, serious -: obsessive, demanding, shrewd, self-righteous blurb: chris was the third and, for a while, last ripley child. he grew up in the lap of luxury thanks to the old money on his mother's side and the lucrative firm his father's family owned. it was pretty much set in stone that the ripley boys would follow in their father's footsteps and go into law, hopefully joining the family firm. even if chris had more of a proclivity toward sports, that wasn't a viable career according to his father (though his mother loudly encouraged him). it might have been a viable option had he not gotten injured in his senior year, something travis replied to with an i told you so, which helped exactly no one. this was a difficult time for chris who was still adjusting to having a new sibling at home. barrett was only 2 when chris left for college. with the career ending injury having shifted christopher's options into perspective, he became something of a pessimist but dove into the career path that had been deigned for him from his birth. post-grad, he moved back home and got a job at the firm where his older brother was already working, already making a name for himself, already showing everyone how much of a competition this was going to be. on top of competing with travis, he also had to worry about babette who couldn't settle for being anything less than the best. chris decided all he had to do was be better than the worst, so he's been coasting on middle ground ever since choosing not to interfere with the silent, overly competitive game his siblings play in order to gain their father's favor. he never wanted this, anyway.
