Role: Head Researcher Site: D3 Name: Dr. Basil Llewellyn Age: 30 Gender: Nonbinary, they/them Description: Pale skin with many dark freckles, yellow hair that looks brown at the roots. They have hazel-green eyes which are usually hidden behind large circular glasses, and usually also have a flower of some sort tucked behind one ear. They wear a lab coat with large pockets for collecting samples and holding materials, and a green t-shirt and shorts under it. They also wear knee-high rain boots. They have about twelve variants of the same outfit so they don't have to worry about getting it dirty, since exploring the underground jungle isn't exactly a clean job. <-- there's a placeholder ref over there while I make them a new one specifically for this rp lol ^^' Personality: Self-described 'introvert forcing themself to be an extrovert'. Basil presents as a knowledgeable but approachable researcher, while internally being something more along the lines of a nervous wreck. Their unchecked anxiety has a habit of coming out as occasional seemingly uncharacteristic bouts of caustic sarcasm. Likes: Plants, botany, biology, living things, science, the color green, being complimented. Dislikes: Overly perceptive people, eating meat (they're a vegetarian), loud noises, the dark. Bloodline: Zenith Starlets: Offensive-Small silver dagger, unbreakable and can cut through just about anything, which makes it useful for collecting tough plants. The dagger is also permanently coated in a presumably plant-based anticoagulant, which means that Basil has to be very careful not to accidentally cut themself or anyone else with it, since one cut could make a person bleed out. Defensive-Set of arm gauntlets, also unbreakable. Backstory: As a child, Basil always loved plants, and their aim since a young age was to end up at site D3 somehow. Originally, they aspired to be a hunter, but when their offensive starlet manifested and its abilities were found out, it was labelled as a potential liability (since, y'know, if they accidentally cut someone else with it, that wouldn't end well), and they shifted their focus to research instead. They became a researcher at site D3 at the age of 18, basically as soon as they could. Basil quickly becoming the protege of the then-head researcher due to their admirable abilities with plants and skills in calming the jumpier nightmares. They became the head researcher when the previous one retired, and have been researching the nightmares and the plants found here ever since. Basil nurtures a soft spot for the calm nightmares here, though they wouldn't hesitate to eliminate any of the more hostile nightmares if need be. In a way, Basil sees themself in the nightmares, and craves more knowledge about them, so they're running several secret and slightly more dubious research studies outside their more usual duties. They also frequently watch the hunters from afar, observing the nightmares' behavior and taking meticulous notes. ]
