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The sun is shining brightly, enveloping the area in an exhilarating flair which directly drives your excitement further when you walk along the white sidewalk – directly towards the building with the massive glass-front.
Your eyes are directly driven across the large letters at the top, naming this special place the “Breeze Academy”, and also to the insides, through the glass-pane as it’s easy to recognize that what you see is one of the main, flooded training areas you have heard so much about.
In your mind you can already hear the bubbling and occasional moans of strain as well as joy coming from the silhouettes barely visible from your position. The wet, scented air just enhances this those thoughts even if it origins more likely from the large lake belonging to the shore where the “Academy” had been built on.
However, you don’t only want to watch from the outside but actually be part of all this! Thus the reception is your goal.
The doors slide open and you enter a room just of the right size not to appear uncomfortably overwhelming. With half an eye you notice a plate saying “Dry Lobby” but inhabitants who are lounging around might distract you slightly – quickly making you feel a tad out of place especially if you are wearing clothes because that seems somewhat uncommon here.
Still that isn’t really new for you – after all the entire rule-set which is also proudly present on a wall, is giving a hint of that and had been available to you long beforehand. Together with friend’s suggestions that had surely been part of your motivation to lead you here after all. You remember how you have been told about this place, described as a heaven for all lovers of aquatic adventures, challenges – and pleasures.

Eventually a warm, somewhat echoing voice draws you from your thoughts. You need a moment to comprehend that the person talking is the one inside a round, approximately 15 feet tall glass-cylinder surrounded by a wooden table: It is a mature, yet sweet looking, female avian with a beautiful cobalt-blue feathers yellow-golden chest. The setup is quickly revealing that she is the receptionist but of course she wasn’t just standing or sitting on a chair like for her job but instead floated in water – the tube was flooded except for a surface about 8 feet above her head.
The more impressive it was how she talked though; bubbles seeped from her gray, smooth beak but still the sound was clear touching – testifying that she surely had lots of experience with that. After all she was Terrie Wingheart, the initiator and manager of the Breeze Academy.
People who have contact to her regularly, know that she can choose to breathe water and possess a form of telepathy but decides not to use it on newcomers, not to scare them. Also even after years here, it is still fun to challenge her lungs! She didn’t excuse herself a single time to get any fresh air during her entire talk with you and only if your eye is trained for such a thing, you might notice how her chest gradually deflated though.
However, you will have enough time to make your own experiences with her in the next weeks and months. Right now she is just welcoming you and explains this place which shall be your home for a possibly long, lovely time.
The formalities luckily don’t take long and after you are reminded that there will be a practice-oriented skill test additionally to the written one for safety reasons, a small lid opens inside the desk, revealing a set of keys and you are also given an adjustable band so you can safely wear them around your wrist, leg or neck. So you get on your way to your room, just seeing from the corner of your eyes how the bird idly floats to the surface, only to take a single, calm breath before she focuses on the next customer.

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FINALLY IT'S OVER!
I was commissioned this comic by  Dragon-Tear more than one year ago, I can't believe I finally completed it! YAY!!!
I will try to post one page a day (even if it's already published lol) in order to not flood the submission section ;3

A little general info:
The “Breeze Academy/Apartments” (basically the same ^_^ ) is still an open world for aquatic or generally breathless roleplays and all kinds of adventures. If you are an artist/commissioner, you can draw inspiration from it freely too; it would just be kind to notify Artizard and me of the results though :3
We are open to contribution with new aspects for it as well!


Characters on this page:
Terrie @  Wingheart //  Terrie_Wingheart

[comment by  Dragon-Tear