sorry, it took some time, but my botanist is finally done

[hider=Sunny][h1]Sunny O’Connor[/h1]
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Gender: Female
Age: 31
Nationality: American 

Personality: 
[indent]Sunny is an upbeat, optimistic, and passionate woman. Ever since she was a young girl, her family knew her as their very own little “ray of sunshine” because she came into the world with a smile that beamed so bright it could single-handedly power any town you put her in.[/indent]

Skills:
> PhD in Botany. Sunny can raise knowledge about the hows, whats, and whys of any plant that is brought up faster than any Wikipedia page.
> Bachelor’s degree in herbalism. Keenly interested in the medicinal properties of plants and their healing capabilities.
> Knowledgable in paleobotany
> Extensive laboratory research
> Canopy and understory fieldwork
> Gardening
> Camping
> Cooking, home and outdoors

Personal Belongings:
> Secateurs, trowels, magnifying glass, and a camera to collect evidence of plant species.
> Machete and a swiss army knife for the more hardy plants.
> A pair of durable gardening gloves.
> Binoculars.
> Plastic+paper bags and vials to collect plant specimens on the go.
> A 2-L water bottle to make like a plant and stay hydrated.
> A leatherbound journal to jot down field notes.
> Sunglasses, a heavy winter coat, and a sun cap.
> A handful of rations, trail mix, and granola bars.

Background:
[indent]When she grew into adolescence, Sunny grew a fondness for plants that she could never quite explain. It all began with a small high school science project that involved sprouting a bean. After a few weeks of careful and affectionate grow-time, Sunny eventually found herself in love with the process of it all. Every day, she would hop out of bed and water the tiny science project first thing in the morning. See, with this little bean plant, there was always something to look forward to– a shiny leaf, a brand-spanking-new millimeter of height, and even later on, the most beautiful, purest, white flower buds she’d ever seen in her entire ten years of life. Something as simple as this made her the happiest little kid in the whole wide world.

The O’Connors then started a garden together. With the help of Sunny, they nourished the flowerbeds and grew a variety of plants and crops for their household like it was second nature. Sunny had a green thumb, and if that wasn’t obvious, the dozens of baskets worth of fruits and vegetables they amassed every season spoke for themselves. It was through experiencing this simple joy in life that she was inadvertently taught about her deep love for plants, her need to care for them, and her desire to understand more about them. 

Combining her undying love for plants and boundless thirst for knowledge, her course in life had already been decided at a young age. Equipped with an abundant set of skills and a wide expanse of knowledge on every herb, flower, vegetable, weed, or plant one could think of, it was no question that she’d end up at a temple in Antarctica to investigate any signs of fossilized vegetation growing within or around it.[/indent] [/hider]