Hey, guys! Now that I've finally committed to her face and gotten pretty good idea of her since I only have 192830129 other concepts I want to try here lol, let's see if we can't plot something. She's still very much a WIP, but I intend to have her apped by tomorrow for adds on Monday for sure! Here's some info on her:
Dr. Kathra Culler is a botanist (and horticulturist) on the Astraeus who really only signed up for the mission to get away from all the BS that is her personal/family life. She thought it would be a good way to get some space (pun unintentional, but it stays) for a few years to get her head on straight and decide what she wants to do with her life and career instead of trying to accommodate the needs/desires of those around her the way she has for her entire life. She grew up with (too much) money on Penglai until her fathers divorced when she was a teenager, then moved to Eden (with her scientist dad) for the entirety of her higher education. She's pansexual and polyamorous and, at the time of leaving for this mission, was experiencing the drama that comes with being romantically involved with five (technically more, but they weren't actually her "official" partners) very different people. Not that she's talked about this, because she'd rather die than have people find out that her personal life is (was?) a privileged mess.
Personality-wise, she's technically an ambivert who pushes a little too hard on her extrovert qualities to compensate in social situations. It can really run her down and send her retreating under a proverbial rock sometimes, as she finds dealing with people to be emotionally exhausting. (Fortunately, all the time she spends with plants is the perfect recharge opportunity for her.) She can come across as aloof and cold if she's not making a conscious effort to be perceived otherwise, but is only really concerned with the opinions of others when they can have an impact on furthering her career. Sometimes her "nice" can come across as "fake" because it doesn't always come naturally to her, not because she's maliciously disingenuous or trying to be manipulative. (People still might think she is, though, she doesn't know.) She's not great at small talk and trying too hard to be has been known to have semi-disastrous results for her, but talk to her about something meaningful (or, y'know, just plants) and she's completely there for it. When she clicks with someone, whether it be a friendship or more, she tends to hold onto that relationship tenaciously. To the people who truly know and understand her, she has intelligence, wit, humor, passion, honesty, and fathomless depths that she would deny the existence of to her grave. She doesn't actually like being perceived as a normal human with emotions and feelings. She'd much rather people just think she's part plant or something lol.
TL;DR, I know, but this is how it so often goes in my life! 😩 Anyway, as I'm adding to/finishing up her survey, I'd love to get some things set in stone for her before I submit her app. Throw all the things this way, we'll see what sticks. And I look forward to writing with you all! This concept seems really exciting. I'm excited about it!