Aquaria

introduction
aquaria is a young female seawing mutt who is an aspiring marine biologist. she's currently apprenticing under two other scientists- an entomologist named ten and a scientific illustrator named birulai, who have borderline adopted her after finding out about her strained relationship with her own parents. however, the most curious part of aquaria is definitely her aquarium underbelly, which she is named for. she has no idea how she got it and where it came from, and while it has caused her a lot of existential crises in the past, she's learned to just... accept it as part of herself, and be proud of its uniqueness. 
appearance
*studying to be a marine biologist... totally doesn't kidnap fish to put in her own... personal aquarium... that is inside her... literally. her entire underbelly is an actual aquarium.
*yes, the front of her shirt is very wet from all the water. a blue glow can be seen around her chest, this glowing comes from some sort of strange core that can be seen floating in the water.
*loves gummy sharks... as in she likes looking and holding at them... feels too guilty to eat them. actually has one around her neck... because she's weird like that.
*glasses are tinted and are fashioned after moon jellies. they don't actually function as glasses and are more akin to sunglasses than anything. doesn't actually need glasses.
*her shirt is actually fashioned after a real package of gummy sharks.
*luminous patterns look like polished glass or rocks. she likes touching them because she likes the feel of smooth things.
*owns one of those gel package things that naturally spawn in every aquarium gift shop... you know the ones, the cylinder-shaped gel things with little plastic sea creatures in it. is seen fidgeting with this or the gummy shark around her neck.
*pupils vaguely resemble a swimming fish.
appearance notes from some of radar's concepts for her!
personality
*very apologetic and seems kind of anxious, constantly apologizes for her underbelly getting things wet.
*has ruined many a sketch of birulai's and has felt horrible each time, thinks she should be able to control it better when she... can't.
*has a tendency to ramble when anxious and considers a lull in conversation to be completely her fault so she just starts talking about random stuff
*struggles making eye contact and looks up instead of looking the other dragon in the eyes
*this, coupled with the rambling, makes aquaria seem out of touch with reality- which is inaccurate. she's weirdly political and knows a little too much about what's going on in the world right know, which makes her slightly paranoid and have a constant sense of impending doom. 
*starts overthinking quickly. like, one thing will go slightly wrong and she will go through all of the possible pasts presents and futures when it didn't go wrong
*one thing that helps with this is to just get her talking about random obscure marine animal facts
*aquaria, although not very street smart, is very in tune with others' emotions and learns their quirks and habits quickly.
*is birulai’s apprentice, has no interest in art or bugs just needs the work on her resume 
history
*homeschooled real bad had no like social interactions ever
relationships
bait and petrel • parents
aquaria doesn't like thinking about them. negative
april • lost sister
aquaria only has vague memories of her older sister, and misses the relationship she could have had with her. neutral
birulai and ten • adopted parents
birulai and ten have provided aquaria a surprising amount of care she's never really felt before. what started out as just a partnership has evolved into something more, and aquaria may have finally found the family she was looking for. although birulai latched on to aquaria and started caring for her very quickly, ten took a bit more time to warm up to her. even now ten says they can barely stand the kid but is joking and sees aquaria's spark of love for her subject and sees that she's just as passionate about it as ten and birulai are about theirs. very positive
innesi • adopted aunt
aquaria doesn't know innesi too well, but feels very comfortable around the older dragon. positive
trivia
*aquaria has been a concept of mine since Jan 2024 but i've really struggled to find/come up with a design for her- until radar the flameo hotman stepped in!!
*inspired by some of olivia rodrigo's music, especially her guts album.
Gummy sharks.png|radar!
AquariaMoodboard.webp|moodboard put together by me
	11 DY
	seawing mutt
	female
	she/her
	
	student marine biologist
	
	mother, father, lost sister, birulai (adopted father), ten (adopted parent), innesi (adopted aunt)
	the base of pyrrhia's "tail"
	gummy sharks, marine biology
	judgmental and overly loud dragons
	cool underbelly
	future partner?
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:SeaWings
Category:Hybrids
Category:Occupation (Student)
Category:Occupation (Scientist)
Category:LGBT+
Category:Work in Progress
Category:Content (Atomic Ahren)