Kris Meyers

**Christine "Kris" Meyers** is one of Hunter\_Gr33n's many OCs.

She is a main character in *The Meyers, the Zaborowska, and the Yoneyamas*. a work in progress created by Hunter on the Archive of Our Own.

## Christine Meyers

### Relatives

Beverly Meyers (mother), Richard Meyers (father), Kevin Teller (uncle), Linda Cooper (aunt), Marina Teller (cousin), Lisette Pierce (aunt), Emil Pierce (uncle), Sebastian Pierce (cousin), Philomena Teller (distant ancestor), Jacob Zaborowski (husband), Anton Zaborowski (father-in-law), Magda Lemberger (mother-in-law) Carol Zaborowski (aunt-in-law), Corinne Zaborowski (daughter), Natalie Koenig (possible cousin-in-law)

### Affiliation

The Neighborhood Kids, Meyers-Zaborowski Family

### Occupation

Diarist, student (1976-1995), novelist (1985-1996) babysitter (1986-1990), Kmart cashier (1997-2005), accountant (2005-2024)

## Appearances

### Appears in

The Meyers, the Zaborowskis, and the Yoneyamas (Kris's Diary, Corrine and Angie and Rita [TBA])

## Appearance

Kris Meyers is a middle-aged woman with wavy long brown hair that goes down to her shoulders, though she usually tied it into a ponytail during her youth. She has hazel eyes, often drawn in a style akin to the Lenny Face or Omori, and a medium-large nose, though not as big as her daughter's. She tends to wear a beige- or ochre-colored blazer and a white undershirt, as well as indigo-colored jeans or sweatpants (usually the same color as her blazer) and white sneakers. In colder weather, she dons a bronze-colored peacoat and swaps her sneakers for a pair of oxblood-colored Doc Martens.

In college, she usually wore a black t-shirt with the logo of the Wu-Tang Clan, which Lucille got her into, navy blue jeans, and the necklace Jacob made for her, though she stored it away for safekeeping since late into college.

During grade school, she often wore bell bottoms and neon-colored shirts with many pins. She also wears the necklace Jacob made for her starting in early 1982. Sometimes-- especially during high school-- she would wear a knee-length skirt, knee- or crew-length socks, and leg warmers.

## Personality & Interests

Kris is usually pretty outgoing and athletic, often playing basketball with the rest of the Neighborhood Kids, even after they have long since grown up. That said, she is also known to be shy at times, especially when adapting to a new environment. She is awkward around small children in particular, but is delighted to be around those older than her, inverse to Jennifer, who is terse and often ticked off by her elders and ecstatic around children.

Kris tends to keep to herself when writing in her diary, often using it to vent her thoughts and feelings in ways that might not be acceptable at the time. She is also known to be defensive around the people she cares about, akin to an older sister.

She is a fan of basketball, creative writing, and the book *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* by Lewis Carroll. She got into Star Wars and the Wu-Tang Clan thanks to Jacob and Lucille, respectively. As a subversion, she does not become as big a fan of Pokemon (which Shinji tried to get her into) as her and Shinji had hoped, but she still enjoys the games. She also has some interest in Animal Crossing, having bought the game on release day.

Despite not being part of the art scene, unlike her daughter and her friend, she strongly opposes AI art, with Corinne saying that "to her, it draws 'the fine line between innovation and thievery.'" It is implied that Corinne and Angie influenced her opinions in some way. She feels the same way about AI-generated literature, though this is more personal to her, being a writer herself.

## Life

Kris Meyers was born on June 18, 1971 in Brooklyn. She attended an unspecified elementary school from 1976 until she graduated 5th grade in 1981. Around this time she met a group of children around her age, whom she collectively refers to as "the Neighborhood Kids," including Jacob Zaborowski, Jaime, Noah, and the Washington twins. She regularly hangs out with Juliana around this time, though whether or not she was a member of the Neighborhood Kids is unknown.

On her tenth birthday, Kris was given a diary by her parents, Beverly and Richard. She proceeds to write in it almost every day until 1991 (see the College subheading). She also made regular visits to Gladys van Dyke and Rosemary Claes, two old ladies who lived in the hamlet of Syosset.

### Middle school

From 1981 to 1984, Kris attended IS 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos for middle school. Here, she began writing a novel called *The Book of the Black River*, which eventually sparked into a series of four books. She was also sometimes bullied by schoolyard bully Shane Lopez and juggled her personal life with her novel and the homework her teachers assign.

Around the end of her time in middle school, she first met future colleague Shinji Yoneyama while on a visit to the Bronx.

### High school

Kris attended high school for most of the remaining part of the 1980s-- namely from 1984 until her graduation in 1988. Here, she met Jennifer and Hannah Nguyen, two young women with whom Kris shared a homeroom class since 9th grade.

Starting during the 1985-1986 academic year, an underclassman named Leigh Santos begins harassing her, mostly over her diary. Jennifer, as it turns out, was similarly harassed by Leigh, and the two start a campaign to raise awareness for their plight. This involves them both taking up a part-time job in babysitting that runs more or less concurrently with the remainder of their school careers.

Somewhere around this point, Kris and Jacob begin to have romantic feelings for each other, and they were both in the graduating class of 1988.

### College

Kris and Jacob were concurrently accepted into the University of Brooklyn in 1990. Here, they reunite with Lucille, Jaime, Noah, and Jennifer (all of whom stopped talking to each other during the whole or 1989), while also being further introduced to Shinji. During the early 1990s, the group also produced many amateur films after Lucille was left with a surplus of VHS tapes from her filming project.

On Christmas 1990, Jacob gave Kris a diary, under the assumption that her old diary would've been almost entirely filled out by this point. At first, she reacts less than pleased.

On the 10th of May, 1991, Kris wrote the last entry in her old diary. She begins writing in Jacob's gift diary (which she has learned to appreciate by now) the very next day. She would keep using this diary for the rest of her college life.

Kris Meyers graduated college in 1995, with a major in calculus and a minor in astronomy.

### Post-College

In 1996, Kris and Jacob held a joint wedding alongside their colleague Shinji, who had fallen in love with another woman by now. This is also around the time Kris finishes writing her *Black River* anthology with her fourth and final book, *Riverside*.

She moves, alongside Jacob, to Jacob's home neighborhood of Bushwick by 1999, at which point their daughter, Corinne Zaborowski, is conceived. Corinne is then born in April the next year.

In 2003, the three of them relocate to the Bronx following unaffordable rent costs in Brooklyn. During this move, Kris's second diary was lost among boxes and would not be found again until late 2004. She buys herself yet *another* replacement diary some weeks after her move and writes in that one until at least 2011, with it being suggested by Corinne that she still writes in it when she writes her memoir, despite being 53 at that point. She also gets a stable job as an accountant shortly after Corinne's fifth birthday.

## Relationships

### Jacob Zaborowski

Jacob Zaborowski has been one of Kris's closest friends since around third grade. She is often supportive towards him, though she doesn't usually understand his tangents about science fiction. He feels the same way about her, just with her tangents about *The Black River Anthology*, the book series Kris writes.

Later in life, they got married and started a family.

### Corinne Zaborowski

Corinne Zaborowski is Kris and Jacob's daughter. Kris usually supports her and her actions, and supporting her decision to write a memoir. Corinne is, as she usually is, apathetic and a bit crass toward her mother at times, but they almost always make up.

### Angie Yoneyama

Kris is a bit doting and supportive of Angie, not unlike how she is with Corinne, and is content with her sharing a interest in writing and the *Animal Crossing* games.

### Noah Eisler

Kris looks up to and strongly respects Noah, him being her upperclassman. She often sees him as being a tutor or mentor-like figure. However, she views him as a person with weaknesses and flaws as well, stating in her 9/19/1981 entry that "behind all that muscle and intellect is a fragile, easily-swayed young man."

### Shinji Yoneyama

Kris and Shinji did not know each other until around college, where they were introduced to each other by their mutual friend Jaime Reyes. Shinji treats Kris with the same kind of respect as someone would treat a close friend.

After they graduated, their respective daughters got along extremely well, not least because of their parents knowing each other well.

### Shane Lopez and Leigh Santos

Kris detests Shane and Leigh, who bullied her frequently during middle and high school, respectively. Kris was also unreasonably upset when she found out that her daughter was in the seventh-grade history class Shane taught.

### Rest of the Neighborhood Kids

Kris and Lucille are on very good terms, with Kris considering her to be her "second best friend." She invited her to Corinne's fifth birthday, which was just about reserved for her closest of close friends. Her relationship with the Nguyen and Washington twins are both similar to this, though she does seem to prefer one member over the other (Jennifer Nguyen and Zondra Washington, respectively). She used to be a good friend of Jaime, but they have since grown apart by the early 2000s.

### Marina Teller

Kris holds some contempt towards her cousin Marina, thinking of her as being a bit bossy, but still seems to be on good terms with her as of 1981. Marina is one of the few people outside of the Neighborhood Kids and her immediate family who Kris has shown her diary to, suggesting that Kris at least trusts Marina.

### Gladys van Dyke and Rosemary Claes

Kris got along with Gladys and Rosemary and tended to visit them in Syosset. Kris would later attend Gladys's funeral alongside the rest of her friend group.

## Trivia

* In *The Strangeness Club*, Eunice has a book titled *Riverside*. It is implied to have been written by Kris herself, since the book is described as being part of a "fantasy anthology series" not unlike the one she writes in *Kris's Diary*. In-universe, it is known that the book *Riverside* was written by an author named Christine Meyers. Christine--of which Kris is a nickname--is Kris's real name.
* In the in-universe film *The Mystery of Maiahi*, Kris plays the role of Maya the Android.