Yall if i had more time I would write such a Brimmed Hat Olruggio Olrfrey fic, Thinking up a brimmed cap Olruggio Au, that roughly goes like this-
Olruggio
A brimmed cap that dapples in forbidden magic but does not seem to want to be a brimmed hat themself, I can see him being distant with other brimmed hats that have more extreme views and him keeping more so to the edge of things, easily sliding between the two side and acts more like an observer than an active participant in the chaos.
He still sticks to his inventions, But encourages his apprentices for their interest in other forms of forbidden magic as he says- life is the best teacher 👀 and sometimes the best way to learn is from mistakes.
However where Olruggios role really step in and where he and Qifrey cross paths is when Inguin succefully manages to convince Coco to join their side.
In this fic Coco would be an apprentice of Inguins naturally.
Inguin was there initially when Coco cast the spell that crystallised her mother, in this Au that is the first time Qifrey and Inguin meet face to face and since Coco is still new to magic and freshly traumatised, Inguines offer to be able to help save her mother sooner is of course is much more tempting to a child who's nieve to the world of magic and so she accepts the help with a hushed appolgy to Qifrey who now just lost another connection to the brimmed hats.
Inguin is more extreme in their teachings, often throwing Coco into extreme scenarios rather than letting her explore magic naturally and choose her own path. Or even at the best of times neglecting her to let her figure things out on her own which is NEVER good when magic is involved and so Olruggio (painfully soft hearted Olruggio) steps in because this kid nearly blew her own leg off by trying to draw a flying glyph on her bare feet-
She remains Inguins student but she conciders Olruggio another master of her's as he often steps in when things get too out of hand, and seems to have her best interest at heart.
In this au Coco and Tetia are both on the side of the brimmed hats, Olruggio having found Tetia when she was younger and lost in the woods.
Qifrey and Olruggio Cross paths, and there's almost this instant fascination with one another, they have heard about each other of course, Qifrey one of the greatest witches of the Pointed caps who chooses to live In an atelier far away from all.
And Olruggio the star of the brimmed caps who's inventions baffle even the pointed hat world to the point they adapt some of his creations for more 'legal' use.
Qifrey however is still desperate for answers and thinks Olruggio might have them. So the two fight, it starts to rain, till Qifrey manages to get Olruggio on his knees with rain cleaver pointed at his throat.
They have a back and forth like that, with Olruggio not once raising his voice and more so treating Qifrey like an idiot who acts impulsively, Qifrey getting emmbaressed by that, but where the story really kicks off is somehow during the fight Olruggio got stabbed ei
With a branch and Qifrey didnt notice (nor care tbh) till well.. the brimmed hat is now bleeding out in front of him but just as Olruggio is about to pass out and Qifrey realises what's happening there is a sudden cry from the distance, a strong gust of wind and something- or someone zooming past him to catch Olruggio.
Enter Tatia and Coco, who look absolutely terrifyed because we'll they just found their teacher bleeding out and a pointed cap with a sword is right there.
There's a bit of a stand off but Qifrey sees them for what they are. Terrifyed children. He didn't realise there were other children with the brims outside of Coco, and seeing as Coco met Qifrey before its a bit easier to talk her out of standing defensively when Tatias healing magic doesn't fully work, after all she still is a child who's learning and the fact that it's raining means the ink won't stay for long. So to prove he means no harm, Qifrey does his little bubble thing to keep the rain away and that's enough for the girls to relucently trust him when he says that their teacher needs actual help, and Qifrey can give it but they will need to trust him for this.
Because like hell Qifrey is letting this man die without getting his answers!
So they go back to his Ateleir, Olruggio gets bandaged up but is still fast asleep, Coco and Tatia get to meet Agott and Richeh, though Qifrey made the girls take off their brimmed hats so his students wouldn't be in danger of knowing the truth should the knights moralis find out.
While Olruggio sleeps however Qifrey gets a better idea on who this..Olruggio is as a teacher and is surprised to find he doesn't align with what he thought all brimmed hats were. Coco and Tatia also seen to genuinely care for this man.
The rest of the fanfic carries on after Olruggio wakes up and is 1. CONFUSED 2. EXASPERATED with the fact the girls trusted a stranger. 3. Now feels like he owes this pointed cap something for doing all this.
Qifrey is surprised that Olruggio didn't seem to even attempt a memory wipe spell on him to get out of this and that's when he learns about Olruggios strong distate for the spell as a whole.
I'll stop here though before I ramble too much, because trust there's more but yeah! That's it! :D
