Miss Notch

"The school maid, she ensures the general cleanliness of the school, as well as overseeing mealtimes for the students. She is aided in her tasks by an army of steam-powered robots. Prim, proper and polite, she never raises her voice to the students, even when threatening them. Very little escapes her attention."

"- Hollow Fields School Files, Vol. 1"

Miss Notch, full name Emily Notch, is the maid at Hollow Fields and one of the Engineers. She is also one of the school's security measures. Aside from this, she is also a scientist on par with the other engineers. She specializes in Live Taxidermy and Xenotransplantation.

Appearance
Notch has short red hair that is tufted upwards and outwards to make an upside-down triangle. She wears a white maid hat, full-length maroon gloves, a white sleeveless maid dress with a maroon leotard underneath and maroon accents and a large white bow with trailing tails on the back, maroon stocking garters, and thigh high maroon boots edged with lace. Like all of the engineers, her eyes are blank red circles that can move to indicate expressions, she has two stitches coming down the center of her forehead, and her clothing is in heavy disrepair.

Her voice "sounds tiny and mechanical, like a toy."

Personality
She is always cheerful and eager to please, her sweet demeanor standing out from most at Hollow Fields. However, she's just as cheerful when disciplining or disposing of problem children and is coldly efficient when she needs to be. All descriptions of her point out that she is best avoided by children. She is very loyal to Miss Weaver and always has a cheerful attitude. She worries greatly over Miss Weaver's health, fussing over here in the past when Weaver was still sick and in the present time not being afraid to knock Miss Weaver down without warning to protect her. She has some affectations of a french maid, addressing female students as "mademoiselle."

History
Like all of the Engineers aside from Stinch, she used to be human. She was originally Miss Weaver's young maid, perhaps even only a teenager as Mr. Croach and one of his scientists call her a child when they first see her. As a human she seemed to be more unsure of Weaver's ethics and ideas, appearing apprehensive of the actions she had to take against Dr. Bleak for her. As an Engineer her belief in and loyalty to Weaver is unwavering.