What’s your name?

Thessaloniki. Lately on Earth, he's been using the name Theodore Nicholson, and going by "Nick". He's used variants of this, as well as Thessaloniki Chase, some time ago.

What does your vessel look like -- gender, height, weight, apparent age, hair, eyes, skin, etc.?

He is a mid-to-late 50's man. Tall, thin, and slightly weather beaten. Probably about 5'11" and maybe 180 pounds. Looks like perhaps a trace of native American in him; dark skin, black hair, dark brown eyes. He has an easy smile, and is a little quiet, and good natured. He is polite and well-mannered, although most would mark him as slightly old fashioned. He dresses neatly, usually cotton pants, Oxford shirt, and a sweater or cardigan, and often a tie. The tie is often loud, or the sweater an eye-catching pattern in southwestern colors. He usually wears a little silver and turquoise jewelry, which does little to argue with the subtle suggestion he's from the southwest, and perhaps of native stock. When working on cars, he has overalls, the blue ones with his name stitched on them. Working out on the Ranch, he will wear a t-shirt and blue jeans. He is not insanely muscled, but is fit. While he is scrupulously clean, there is often if not always grease under his fingernails, and he is quietly pleased by this.

What is your earthly Role?

He is an auto restorer. He has a Role in society as one; he makes his way by doing it, and by cagey investements over the past coupe of hundred years he traded a Marcite for a perfect '54 Lincoln Continental and a couple of motorcycles across the years. He has built a Ranch out in the middle of nowhere to do this in, with garages, a house, and storage.

How old are you in actuality? What and when was your first earthly assignment?

He's about 300 years old, and has spent most of his time in the new world, although, he has made trips all over. He likes airplanes, and can sit and watch the flow of people and machines at the airport for a long time; the carefully controlled and choreographed dance they do is beautiful to him. His first earthly assignment was, oddly, in South America, as the Spanish were colonizing. He went down to try make the Spanish and the natives interrelate better, which was very difficult. Peace is not an easy thing to create, and he only vaguely succeeded.

Have you always worked for your current Superior?

Yes.

Have you ever erred seriously under this Superior?

Early on, he misunderstood an instruction and delivered something to the wrong place. He didn't think it made sense, but he did what he was told. Because of that, an important plan couldn't happen, and evil took over another city in South America. He learned both to ask more questions, and to take a little more initiative and not be quite so pedantic and such a stickler for following rules to the letter.

What is your working relationship with your Superior like?

He respects Eli's wisdom, calm, and obvious joy of the wold which he has helped create. When on assignment, he makes sure he understands it, and then does his utmost to complete it, even if what he has to do to make things right isn't quite what anyone thought they would be. Lately, he has not been on assignment, and has been merely keeping busy and following the last direction he received, rather happily so. He feels he works for a very sensible and right Archangel.

Would you be interested in service to a different Superior?

No, thank you.

What do you think your Superior would say are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?

His greatest strength is that, once given a task, he will do his utmost to complete it, even as goals and requirements change. He can be flexible and keep up with sudden changes in direction. That same strength is also part of his weakness; once focused, he will work on that to the exclusion of all else, and may miss things.

If you were assigned a Word today, what would it be?

Auto Restoration, probably. Perhaps Interstate Freeways. =) That might explain his Free Coffee Ritual.

Do you have the ambition to seek a Word?

He doesn't really want a word. I don't know if it's so much the lack of ambition, but the lack of desire to be tied down so. He enjoys being able to go and do many different things for Eli, as is required.

Do you have friends on the Other Side? Does your Superior know?

Sure. He's known a lot of people who've Fallen, and he's reasonably willing to look the other way, as long as they don't do anything too egregious that he finds out about. If they're polite and at least partly subtle, they're just as welcome to come by the Ranch and shoot the breeze as the angels. Anyway, they sometimes drop good hints. Some of the Demons are fun at parties, too.

Yes, Eli knows. As long as they're not being too destructive, and remain vaguely subtle around the Angels, they can be merely watched, and gently persuaded.

How do you feel about Demons in general? Are there Bands or Princes to whom you’re more opposed than others?

Many of the demons are very destructive, and those are particularly unpleasant. The Calabim are just AWFUL, because they can do so much wanton damage. Vapula is also terrible, because he could be using his skills for great good, and, instead, destroys things. A terrible waste.

Are there specific Attunements, Songs, Skills, etc., which you don’t currently have but are pursuing?

He has transubstantiation, and would like Abracadabra. The Mercurian attunement of making reliquaries might be interesting, too. He'd like more songs; a high score at Corporeal Motion would be cool.

What’s your general opinion of mortals?

He thinks they can be a lot of fun. They are interesting, because they can both create and destroy, and do or not do, and each chooses differently. The reasons why are endlessly fascinating.

What about the whole sex thing? Have you ever had sex with a mortal?

Sex is fun. Yes. Perhaps not as often as possible, but he certainly doesn't shy away from it. His current vessel isn't one which particularly attracts women, but the cars help make up for that.

Have you ever killed a mortal?

Unhappily, yes. It is best avoided, but accidents happen, and some mortals seem bound and determined to do truly awful things.

What’s your attitude towards mortal laws?

It's easiest to follow them. Coping with the after effects of not doing so makes living a calm and productive life difficult. Most of them are for the greater good, and therefore a positive thing for the Symphony, anyway. When it is best not to, though, they get ignored. They are not the primary concern.

Religions?

Some of them are pretty out there, but they're all an important part of the great scheme of things.

Sin?

Sin is bad. However, many people worry about a lot of things that it's hard to count as "sin", you know? So, a lot of things that many would say are sin, really aren't.

Are there mortal habits which you’ve acquired?

Yes. Eating, sleeping, sex, clothes. Driving. Coffee.

What about God? What’s up with Him?

God's kind of a busy fellow, and it's best to let Him alone. He's got the whole Universe to look after. I'll just take care of my little bit here, and if He needs me to do something differently, or take care of something, He'll let me know, one way or another.

And Lucifer? What’s his deal?

Well, it seems his word of the month for the last several millennia could be "bitterness" or perhaps "sore loser". On one hand, it is important to have the dark, so the light can shine more brightly. On the other, he's a mean and destructive son of a bitch, and it's no fun cleaning up after him.

Have you ever doubted God’s wisdom or questioned your place in the Symphony? What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us?

At one point, he had some doubts as to if this was really the right answer to things, and came as close as he ever did to a Fall. Relatively speaking, it wasn't very close, but he did ponder the issue seriously. Eli quite subtly gave him a couple of things to do, coping with some particularly destructive Calabim, one of whom was quite entrenched in the local human hierarchy, and couldn't be merely bombed out. This showed him how distasteful the Other Side and he has not had much difficulty with that worry since. God isn't a slob like one of us? Doesn't matter either way.

Do you like to fight? Are you good at it?

No. He's not good at it. He's better at running away, or bringing the people who are good at it. It's messy. Lately he's picked up a gun to try and be a little more dangerous with if he has to.

With what musical instrument do you associate your part in the Symphony? What musical style?

Probably the cello. It usually hums along, a steady and important part of the bass line, but can leap up and burst in to the melody, carrying things for a while, as needed. Usually, he just works along steadily, but when it's needed, he leaps in to the midst of things and does what is required.

Do mortals have free will? What about Celestials?

Yes. Yes.

Who’s your best friend? Worst enemy? Most heated rival?

His best friend is probably one of the celestials that comes by to the Ranch to admire the cars and to talk about things. Someone to bring news from the outside world, and to take messages to people, and who can stay and talk about philosophy or something BESIDES old cars. =). He holds a big BBQ every spring before he goes on the road and has for the last sixty years or so.

The enemy is definitely that fucking bastard who keeps rusting out the old cars. Someone got the Word "ruin" or "rust" and they are no fun.

You’re told that the Game is investigating you. How do you react?

He doesn't much react. He tries to act at all times in a way that would stand up to scrutiny, and doesn't feel the need to change or hide anything. If they have a problem with him. they'll tell him.

What if they’re investigating your best friend?

Harder. Make sure his friend knows, and ask them if there is anything he can do to help. Consider their requests seriously, but only help them if it's really something he can do without implicating himself in anything too negative.

Have you ever accumulated significant Dissonance, or even Discord?

Not really. He's been on a couple of tasks which caused dissonance, and he worked hard to recover from that. He tries hard to avoid it.

Your best friend is perilously close to Tripping, even Falling. How do you handle it? What if he or she has already Fallen? Has a friend of yours ever Tripped or Fallen?

Similar to if the Game is investigating. Talk to them about it and see if they're really clear on what they're doing. Maybe show them what they could become. See if there is anything he can do to help change their mind without pulling himself over the edge. He will try and show them the horror they might become; Eli did it for him, and he'll try and use that wisdom for his friends.

If they Fall, don't ask about the details. If he finds out anything too disturbing or damaging, he'll have to react. He hates killing friends, but he will if they insist on being unpleasant.

Is there anything that could make you defy the will of your Superior? What about the Will of God? What if you’re ordered to perform actions which run contrary to your deepest individual commitments?

Probably not. If he is asked to do something which runs contrary to his commitments, he would be more likely to stop and examine his own feelings and suspect them before he suspects God or Eli. He trusts them and their judgment, even if he didn't understand it.

If you could eradicate one sin in the corporeal realm, what would it be? What if you could maximize one virtue?

He would remove thoughtless violence and destruction. That really irritates him. He would maximize compassion.

Is there a mortal whose character you particularly admire?

Harry Truman was a very respectable man. Dependable, intelligent and thoughtful, and well-spoken.

Despise?

Whoever it is that invented plastic packaging and auto parts. They're hard to work with, and hard to dispose of. And the plastic parts can't be fixed well.

What do you do when you don’t have a specific assignment?

He has a Ranch. He restores cars, or drives around and gets parts, or talks to people or finds things, or helps people with their cars, or finds owners for the restored cars, to spread the pride and joy he has rebuilt.

With whom do you associate if the choice is entirely yours?

People who respect craftsmanship and machinery, be they celestial or mortal. Past and history are important. Waste is not.

With whom do you prefer not to associate?

Anyone violent, thoughtless, or unpredictable. Many of the other Ofanin, oddly, as they seem quite flighty. They're welcome at the house, but usually a little frenetic for him.

How do you dress? Do you pay much attention to mortal fashion? Do you have any tattoos or piercings?

He dresses conservatively, and carefully. See above. He doesn't pay too much attention to fashion, wearing what is a fairly timeless and acceptable kind of clothing. His clothes do not get too old, and he replaces them often enough so as not to be too dated. He has no tattoos or piercings.

Assuming for a moment that you enjoy mortal entertainment, what’s your favorite movie? Book? Album?

Generally, he ignores them as being kind of transient. He'll play almost any kind of music, the more dancable the better.

If you had to compare yourself to a media personality, who would it be?

You know that guy from This Old House? Except, he does it for cars.

Is there a media personality who *screams* “NYBBAS”?

Bob Barker. Dirty old man, tricking innocent housewives.

Do you eat or drink? Smoke? Use drugs? Details please thanks.

Eat, yes. He'll try almost any food, and usually eats as a human would. He enjoys it, and it helps him fit in human society. The flavors and textures are fascinating. Drink, same as eating. He doesn't become drunk (do angels get drunk) although will drunk alcohol. He home brews beer. He doesn't use drugs; he sees no reason to.

Do you know what “felching” is? Who the fuck thinks of that? Seriously, that’s fucked up.

Yes. Obviously, some devil did. It is disgusting, isn't it?