Florence Kannon

Florence is passionate first and foremost. Once she sets her mind to what she wants, there’s no holding back. She’s smart and witty, but lacks good social cues or social grace. With this, she can be good at putting on a poker face if need be, and can hide secrets pretty well. At least she would like to think so. Unlike her sister who is ultimately a better planner, Flo thinks on her toes and can react quickly to different problems that arise. However, this means she’s likely to act impulsively and not think about the long term consequences of her actions. Florence has two sides. One is the science geek, who can recite planet in the milk way and stars, thinks a date is at its best when a nature documentary or the Discovery Channel is playing and eats lunch in the science building if she could help it. She’s honest, kind, and supportive to her friends. And likes to crack a couple of jokes here or there. The other side is the street racer rebel, she’s angry and would rather punch someone across the face then talk for much longer. She loves the adrenaline that comes with intense races and likes to be herself with nothing to hold back. There’s still some sides of her geek self that comes out, that being she is still kind and honest at the end of the day, even though she doesn’t seem like it at first. She wants to be the best at what she does and her competitive spirit comes alive.

## History:

Florence Kannon, apart of the Kannon family who rose to luxury from a woman’s looks and two scholarship worthy children. Florence grew up in Florida with her mother Carmella Kannon and sister, Naomi Kannon. Carmella ran the household and worked two jobs, therefore the sisters had to look out for each other. Naomi was the oldest by three years and did her best to keep Florence from terrorizing any groups of bugs or old ladies, occasionally. Florence was a daydreamer who had big big dreams of working for NASA and being an astronaut. Naomi and Carmella did their best to encourage her dreams by giving her glow in the dark stars in her room and a telescope whenever they could. Naomi wasn’t without her dreams either, she dreamed of becoming an Olympic surfer representing America in the big leagues and traveling the world. She was good at it too, being the talk of the town. Florence would gift her surfing boards and would be decked out in “GO NAOMI” gear whenever she was nervous for a competition. This all changed when Edward Kannon, a business owner in Oregon, saw Carmella in the restaurant she worked at. Smitten, the two talked and one thing lead to another and the two were married. Florence was not happy about their marriage as the small family found out, he had two other families he was married to. However, his wealth kept food on the table and the mother wouldn’t have to work if she simply stayed by Edward’s side. Therefore, Carmella became a mistress while the daughters carried the Kannon last name. Moving to Oregon and homeschooling with other kids.
As high school came about, Edward wanted Naomi to be the one to go to Silver Oak Academy in order to pursue law at an ivy college, having to toss her surfing dreams away. Meanwhile, Edward didn’t care what Florence did, as long as it didn’t taint his image. So, she did something that could taint his image. Her friends at homeschool all had cars at this point, and she would go with them to street races. There she found people were gambling on cars and the racer received money as well. This business was nationwide wherever there were racers, there were those gambling. So Flo began street racing. She was god awful in the beginning. Never winning even the casual races as she just got her license. But, she never wanted to give up if this meant the family could earn money another way, she wanted to do it. Eventually, she became wickedly good at it through constant training and learning how to outsmart the enemy. She had a deep desire too, to be the best racer in Oregon. Naomi knew Florence was racing, and Florence knew she couldn’t hide it from everyone much longer. At this point Naomi was at her breaking point, she knew what she wanted with no way out. Except maybe one way. Naomi had an idea for Florence: Naomi was going to leave the family, look for bigger and better things. Therefore, she wanted Florence to go to Silver Oak Academy as her. With that, Florence could go to ivy schools in order to become employed by NASA and she could finally go see the world. If she said no, Naomi would tell Edward about the racing. Florence was taken aback at first, refusing for Naomi to leave. But, through persistence, Florence agreed. However, she didn’t want to give up racing. Nor, did she want to give up NASA. So, she planned to head to Silver Oak Academy with a mountain of secrets on her shoulders, if that meant everyone would be happy in the end.