Ticktania Tockman

"what they said"

- who and when

Ticktania Tockman is the daughter of Tock the Ticking Watchdog from The Phantom Tollbooth, a 'modern fairy tale' published in 1961 and written by Norton Juster. She is calculating and doesn't appreciate those who waste time, but is bizzarely whimsical in her own way. She is a Royal-Rebel.

Personality
Ticktania is precise, calculating, self-contained, and a bit of a perfectionist. She has a unique brand of humor thanks to her prolonged detatchment from human contact. She also has a surreal outlook on life that is nothing short of a more intellectual version of Wonderlandian.

Appearance
Ticktania is tall and leggy, with a kind face and an absent-minded smile. She has an hourglass figure, which she finds funny due to her time-themed destiny. She has wavy brown hair with blonde streaks that she keeps just long enough to place into two pigtails which resemble dog ears.

How the Story Goes
The book centres around a young man named Milo who is perpetually dissatisfied and annoyed with his current circumstances.

When a collapsable tollbooth marked "TO MILO, WHO HAS PLENTY OF TIME" appears in his room, he finds himself transported to a surreal land with a sense of irony and wordplay, he must embark on a quest to rescue the Princesses Ryhme and Reason.

Along the way, he forges a fellowship with Tock, the literal watchdog of a land called The Doldrums, and a verbally superflous beetle named Humbug.

How does Ticktania come into it?
After Tock's adventure with Milo, he started a family, intending to raise the next Watchdog of the Doldrums. He did, and this of course is Ticktania. Ticktania actually "tocks" rather than "ticks", but Tock has the same unfortunate tendancy to name inaccurately, as his parents did.

Family
Her Dad inadvertantly instilled a mentality in Ticktania that anything short of a trial isn't worth your time. She lives by this and yearns to make her father proud. Both her parents taught her proper fitness and how to keep her strength at peak.

Friends
TBA

Pet
She calls her old-fashioned alarm clock "William" and considers it her pet, but no-one else really considers it such.

Romance
She's not sure how to feel Lemuel Sobek, tending to be shy around him, but thinks she might have a small crush.

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Trivia

 * She is fluent in Riddlish, and even further versed in a varation of Riddlish called "Digidictus" that is common to her homeland. This dialect is much harder to master and contains more wordplay than bizarre ryhming combinations.

Quotes

 * "Well, that's a minute I can never get back."

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