#futterwacken

She may have the typical ojou-sama personality with proper manners and etiquette; however, her whimsical attitude is often mixed in. She can’t read the atmosphere sometimes and ends up making things confusing or awkward.

But she is helpful when it comes to studying. All her mind-blowing way of phrasing often get stuck in someone’s head, her parent’s tutoring her also contributed to that.

She definitely would be one of those who would say mind blowing things like “Why call them apartments when they’re built together?” 

Ottilie will probably end up eating weird things in the forest if left by herself. She can’t help but want to eat something very colorful, so someone always has to stop her before anything happens. She always says that she is doing it for discovery, no honey, the medical books states that is NOT edible, you don’t need to discover if it can kill you or not!

Though a lot of her friends and relatives thought she’d be a professor like her parents, she actually wants to make perfumes in the future. She has a home-made pipette that she brought from home to make a variety of scents and fragrances. Her side of the room always has a lot of scented things kept in boxes such as candles, perfume, scented paper, incense sticks and many more.

Whenever she makes a fragrance, she always has colorful smoke swirling around her, sometimes she can make fragrances that form shapes from the smoke when used. That’s because she incorporates her magic along with magical herbs into them.

Hometown: Kingdom of Roses

Family History

Ottilie lives in the Kingdom of Roses, her parents are both professors of a school and they teach philosophy and mathematics. The entire family is an odd bunch, always living by the Hatter’s philosophy and would all quote odd poetry that doesn’t make much sense to others other than themselves. 

Her family may be a bit odd but they are well respected for having so many students to sign up for their classes and getting good grades. They are also of nobility so they are always invited to gatherings and parties.

Ottilie was just as whimsical as her parents, which often made her stick out among other children. But it’s not like anyone could say anything when Ottilie was more well-behaved than most children.

Childhood Memories

Ottilie once experienced the cruelty of nature when she released a wild rabbit she fostered when it was injured, just a few meters away a Hawk flew down and snatched it. She cried for a week and even made a crude drawing of the rabbit and placed it on a fake grave her parents made just to make her feel better. Her parents won’t let her live it down and would always tell guests and friends about it, Ottilie is embarrassed from being reminded.

Ottilie tends to be a bit unpredictable when it comes to incantations and alchemy. She is never one to follow the rules and tends to go into a different direction. It always ends with a chaotic scenario… mostly scent related.

Despite her mishaps, she doesn’t struggle with most of her subjects thanks to her parents who were both teachers. But not a lot of students ask for her notes despite her excellent academic skills because… all of her notes are indecipherable. Littered with riddles and scribbles that make no sense to none other than Ottilie.

Squeaks

Her pet is a Hickory Horned Devil Caterpillar that makes a lot of squeaking noises. Ottilie has a terrarium purse to always carry Squeaks around in.

Unlike other animal companions, Squeaks cannot be heard talking even by other animals oddly enough. But Ottilie can understand his squeaking as if they were words with no problem.

Squeaks is just as odd as his owner. Like a synchronized being, Squeaks gestures when Ottilie gestures.

Her unique magic is called, “Shroomy Sprout”. Just by touching a patch of dirt, she can grow mysterious mushrooms with a variety of effects.

Every mushroom always changes from every little thing she does such as what food she ate, how she felt and even if she was sick. The mushrooms don’t stay there for long and will disappear in a puff of smoke after 10 minutes if not used. 

Ottilie tends to use these mushrooms to make special perfumes that have different after effects depending on what mushroom she used. This type of perfume is not all that popular due to its unpredictability. They were probably used for pranks by a certain someone.

Ignacio Phosia

A Mathematics professor who is fascinated with numbers so much that he arranged his belongings in a certain amount if one plays close attention. His study is his perfectly counted space, he doesn’t like it if the number of items is in disarray. So, he is the only on who can clean his study and no one can enter without permission.

He manages the house budget of course due to his love for numbers. Many would often consult him about finances despite his eccentric personality. Ignacio is quite friendly and outgoing.

But despite being seen with a goofy grin, his smile turns into a scowl if his family is insulted in any way. Other than numbers, he can count the number of flaws and failures of a person had he wanted to. Fear the nice ones, as they say.

Ottilie often gives him perfume, bottled herbs and caterpillar eggs as gifts. Ignacio keeps them in in his study in the highest shelf where you could see but not reach.

Calix Phosia

She was known to be a popular woman who was often sought out by bachelors to wed. But she fell for Ignacio for being whimsical instead of vying for her status and reputation. She just loved how absurd he was and being such a gentleman on top of that.

She was the one who reads poems to Ottilie when she was a child. Which is how Ottilie developed a certain love for the whimsical wonders.

The character’s name, “Ottilie” came from a Google search for the most unique sounding names, while her last name, “Phosia” was made up from the word metamorphosis.

Ottilie’s first design was confusing. The pigtail-curl hairstyle was hard to draw repeatedly.

Futterwacken (フッターワッケン寮, Futtāwakken Ryō) was founded on the Wonders (不思議) of the Curious Explorer and is inspired by the world of Alice in Wonderland. Students of this dorm excel in Magic History and follow the absurd rules of the Mad Hatter.

Dorm Founder: Alice

Known in-universe as the Curious Explorer (好奇の探検家).

Dorm Crest

The dorm crest features a frame with a pink outline and purple interior. The frame features a silhouette of the Mad Hatter's tea party. There is additionally a banner with the dorm's name on it. On top of the frame is a clock with a light yellow outline and Roman numerals and the interior of the clock features pink and purple stripes. On top of the clock is a rabbit head with it's inner ears being pink in color. On both sides of the picture frame are rose bushes with two red roses and one white rose. There are also flamingos on both sides with the left one being pink and the right one being blue.

Dorm Leader: Allison Liddel

Futterwacken's current dorm leader is Allison Liddel, a rebellious prankster with a love of exploring.

Dorm Fairy: Sui

Sui (スイ, Sui) is Futterwacken's dorm fairy and vice dorm leader. She is described as being good at entertaining. She pops out from everywhere, she only resides in one teapot but finding it is hard unless you're the dorm leader. The teapots in the dorm follow her command and would listen to her when the dorm leader isn't around. Sui loves to play pranks on people.

Her current appearance is based on Allison's childhood love for nursery rhymes and Sui's appearance is based on her personal favorite, The Walrus and the Carpenter. This nursery rhyme was the one that her mother always read to her and Maddison. Alison felt sorry for the little oysters so much as a child that she refused to eat when they were served at dinner. It was a funny memory for Allison.

Dorm Living Quarters

• The Futterwacken dorm living quarters is described as resembling a mansion with the exterior is decorated with singing flowers that greet students with a tune. They are often used as a pet project by the professors. The process of raising it is quite difficult though, it needs specific procedures and fertilizers if you want a certain musical piece.

• The most bizarre thing you could find in the dorm living quarters is the floating teapots. They have a design on the body that indicate which tea is in the pot. Nobody knows what makes them float but no one's going to find out anyway and the tea inside the pot is affected by the teapots emotions. If it feels anything negative, the tea will taste like swamp water. So the students of the dorm make sure to keep the pots at high spirits by polishing them and being polite.

• The building may look small on the outside but inside it has a staircase that leads downwards onto several rooms and doors. One could easily get lost if they don't memorize which door leads to their destination. The students use their own clocks or watches to tell time. The clocks in the Futterwacken dorm living quarters only ring at 3 o'clock and it's when the teapots start to float frantically.

• Instead of the Queen of Hearts rules, they follow the rules of the Mad Hatter. But this only applies to tea time and nothing else. However, the rules are so absurd that it looks like it was written by a madman.

Futterwacken Doors

The dorm has several doors that lead to random places all over Twisted Wonderland. Most doors have a unique design that can give away clues to the location it leads to, but then there are times that some doors would change positions in the building, depending on the time or day a certain door may change it's usual spot. Regarding, MG Genie's VIP parties that may be accessed through one of these doors is a mystery even to the Futterwacken students. The door to the VIP party is a golden door that has an Arabian design with a golden MG letters engraved on the door. The door has the color scheme of the Mad Hatter (Teal and Yellow) with a 10/6 quarters sign on the front. The doorknob is sentient and talks in riddles, the dorm leader and the dorm fairy know how to translate and answer the riddles asked by the doorknob. Most of them don't make sense but that's the point, it's all nonsense. Once the door has been unlocked it leads to a whimsical world of plants with curly leaves and teacups growing out of them and the scent of tea wafting in the air. The Hatter Pots are odd with unique colors and shapes, some have more than one spout, some have a square-shaped body.

Hatter Day

• In similar fashion to Heartslabyul with their "Unbirthday Party", Futterwacken also has its own party. It's called, Hatter Day (ハッター・デー).

• An extravagant yet unusual tea party held on Saturday on the first week of the month. Students have to wear hats they have to make themselves and wear wonderland themed clothing to match with their hats. Some of them sew the clothes on their own while others go to Glastanzerin to request a commission.

• They hold the party in from of the dorm, with an very long table in the garden. The singing flowers are placed as the centerpieces and the floating teapots come out and whistle to the tune.

• But the best part of Hatter Day is the "Great Teapot Hunt". Within the dorm's many doors, there is a unique door that only shows up on Hatter Day, it bears the mark of the Mad Hatter and has a talking doorknob. If one enters this door they are lead to a bright colored forest with teacups growing out of bushes and the scent of tea is everywhere.

• Students here would spot the wild teapots called, Hatter Pots (Allison jokingly refers to them as "Crackpots"). These teapots don't look normal, they have the oddest of shapes and colors and most importantly, they are very chaotic to catch. But the reason why they catch them is the tea contained within. It holds odd flavors but they are considered a golden opportunity to try the most bizarre tea flavors out there. The way these wild Hatter Pots don't work the same as the ones in the dorm. They open their lids and mimic the action of "consuming" tea leaves to make the tea. And they clean themselves in a nearby fountain that spouts soap water and is surrounded by dogs with brushes for faces and students are allowed to only catch ONE. And the reason why every student participates is because for some odd reason, the Hatter Pots serve tea to those who caught them only, they won't serve anyone else. • The Hatter Pots are only around for Hatter Day. When the tea party ends, they disappear in an explosion of glitter and fireworks while whistling an odd tune. They teleport back to their domain and go about their little teapot business.

• It's a much less organized yet eccentric event for the students. A contrast to the detailed and very organized unbirthday party at Heartslabyul.

Secrets

The reason why Futterwacken is a special dorm is because of the doors it has inside, it could lead to places in Twisted Wonderland, or perhaps ... A doorway to other dimensions such as the world the protagonist came from.

Why do the students of this dorm have keys instead of gem brooches? Maybe they are the ones who can navigate through these doors without getting stuck? Allison's unique magic has its limits. So she has her dorm keys to help her travel. Maybe that's why there's very few students in this dormitory.

Rules of the Mad Hatter

• No mustard! (No explanation, just no mustard!)

• In case of a Mad Watch please strike with mallet.

• One must always have Butter!

• Oysters must be kept away from the Walrus at all times!

• If one must tell stories, one must sing it.

• There's no order to sit but one must be careful which chair is hexed.

• If it's no one's birthday, one must bring an unbirthday gift!

• At the end of the tea party, there must be a cake that will fly up and explode into fireworks.

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