The Name's Topaz

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Hello there! I'm Topaz, savior of the universe and third best pilot on Timber Hearth. Solanum told me about this "Tumblr" thing she used to be on, and shockingly, it still works!

I figured I'd make a blog and see who else is out there.

Heya!! I'm Cynthia/Finn, any/all, @cynthiadasorceress. This is a roleplay blog for my Hatchling OC Topaz, specifically my AU "Blink of an Eye." (full transparency: this au is not super fleshed out, it's mostly my self-indulgent fix-it au)

Naturally, we have some rules around here:

No nsfw. End of discussion.

Magic anons are allowed within reason.

Crossovers, especially AU crossovers, are allowed!!

No flirting with Topaz or any other characters! This includes jokes

More to be added

General info:

We are probably going to have periods of unexpected silence! We get burned out easily and have some stuff going on outside of Tumblr

No DNI, we block freely tho

More to be added

The basics of the AU is that, instead of the Universe ending and starting as a totally new thing, it was reborn. Everybody (including Solanum!) woke up either back where they were at the beginning of the loops, or around a Very Normal Campfire in the village. The travellers all kinda know What's Up, but only the Time Buddies really get it. Solanum, once introduced, was quickly integrated into the village.

Current place in timeline: about a month after the Rebirth. Every Hearthian is aware that the time loops happened, but most don't truly understand them. Solanum is still settling into the village, and now learning more than basic Hearthian.

Characters (and fun facts):

Topaz! The main freak /aff. Will be answering questions by default. Literally cannot process alcohol because of an enzyme deficiency. Very smart, but very reckless. Still learning to slow down and value the time they have after the loops. Can read most Nomaian text, and speak some of it! [Status: available!] [Mood: angry]

Hal! Topaz's best bud. Loves linguistics and Nomai culture, so much to the point of even trying out certain Nomai pronouns (current set: they/she). Full name is Halite (reserved for friends). Crushing on Topaz. [Status: available!] [Mood: happy]

Gabbro! Pretty much the same as in-game tbh.. also still getting used to not being able to bedrot (hammockrot?) for eternity. Sometimes called Gabbs or Gabby. [Status: available!] [Mood: chilling]

Solanum! Woke up on the Quantum grove after the Rebirth. Still integrating into the village, but everybody is more than welcoming of her. Can read a fair amount of Hearthian text, and is able to say simple phrases and short sentences. Nomaian will be translated to Icelandic. [Status: available!] [Mood: social, slightly nervous]

More to be added + guest appearances <3!

Tag guide:

“Is this thing on??” - Answering asks

“Ship Log Updated” - Plot, lore, or important character stuff

“...Who are you?” - Crossovers, AU meet-ups, and similar

ooc post - self explanatory.

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

They grounded me.

They grounded me again.

What do I have to do to convince these guys I'm fine? What do I have to do to go back to space?! I've seen every inch of this planet, it doesn't exactly change over a day, I want to explore something new! URGH..!!

At least my ankle is mostly better? I guess? None of this would have happened if I hadn't sprained it in the first place, but whatever. I can go on walks on my own. Silver linings or something, right?

[Topaz is now available for questions! Current mood: angry]

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Are you doing alright?

Topaz is.. better. I think. They still aren't in the mood to answer anything, but I don't think that's just because of the incident. Gossan and the others have been talking about grounding them again, and I'm pretty sure they've heard. They, uh... Aren't fond of the idea, to say the least.

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Hello, it's Hal!

About Topaz's most recent post; one of Mica's projects backfired while they were testing it. Nothing serious happened, but it was pretty loud and it spooked Topaz a good bit.

They are fine now, but they probably won't be open to answering many questions for a while. Until then, Gabbro, Solanum and I are all more than willing to interact ::]

[Topaz is not available for asks...]

[All asks will now default to Hal when answered.]

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Waht was that. Someth in just happened what jaut happened.

Soemhtijg just exppoded and i know slate isnt workign right niw so what just happened. sun agian? Cnat do this again no nono n on o no

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

I was wondering about that!! Just wanted to ask whether you got to see the new cool language, and I'm so excited that you did! What's your favorite thing about it so far? (Sorry I'm taking over this blog for linguistic talk xD)

I've certainly gotten to see it! As for my favorite part, I, uh.. don't have one yet. We're still trying to figure out if the writing system is alphabetic or logographic, we haven't even started picking apart what it means..

Solanum's trying her best to help, but it seems the language is entirely foreign to her, too

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

That is wonderful rambling I loved every bit of it!! Youre actually my favorite hearthian hal I would listen to you foreveeeer. So don't apologize. As a linguistic nerd myself I badly envy your opportunity of figuring out a WHOLE OTHER ALIEN LANGUAGE. That's so cool. You're so cool for doing it

O-oh, uh- thank you! Didn't really.. expect to be anyone's favorite, hah..

Topaz and I just started working out the Owlk language, so if you're ever curious feel free to ask about that. It just might be a bit until I can actually. Answer. Your questions

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Topaz. Hal. I know you worked on that translator device together so im asking both of you but either of you is fine honestly - im DYING for i need to learn more about nomaian NOW. please tell me sometihng about how they talk please please please

Hello! It's Hal, Topaz let me take over this one.

The most interesting, and most difficult, part of Nomaian is probably the syntax. Both Hearthian and what I've learned is called "English" (the language you are speaking, I assume? Most of these things get translated before we get them, so I'm not sure) put adjectives before nouns, adverbs before verbs, and so on. The description comes before the described.

The Nomai do it differently, putting the described before the description, like "a tree green." Now, that on its own isn't all that confusing - it's just a simple switch, you can figure that out easily. The problem is that things like species names are also treated like descriptions. What humans (I assume that's what you are? Sorry if I'm wrong) might call trout, the Nomai would call "fish, trout." Or, to translate more literally, "fish of the trout variety." Again, that on its own isn't too hard to figure out! But once you start describing specific species, it gets.. complicated.

As an example, to describe a rock: "a stone of the igneous variety, shiny and black. Likely a stone of the obsidian variety."

Talking to Solanum has been.. interesting, to say the least.

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Update on the whole "banned from space" situation: I managed to convince Gossan and Gneiss to clear me for flying!

...and then, not even two days later, I tripped on a rock and sprained my ankle. So now I'm not even allowed to take a walk on my own.

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

[okay ooc post but can anybody actually see this blog's profile]

[Tumblr won't show it to us unless we are specifically on this blog so we're making sure]

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Sighh..... Still waiting for the green light to fly again. Apparently, even though I literally saved the universe, I'm "worse than Feldspar" and "need a lot of therapy" before they let me near the launch pad again......

I can only translate so much Nomai text before I lose it, y'know!

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Any favourite foods? Welcome to the Ventures! Happy to hear another one’s joined us. -Cobalt

My favorite food is probably potato soup, it's so good..

And it's nice to be here! ::}

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Any hobbies/interests?

Well, flying, but that's obvious.. hm.. honestly, really anything to do with science, but astrophysics especially is fun. Gabby's been trying to get me into Quantum research lately, and it's pretty cool.

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

what if fish had wings like firebees

I. Don't know? I think that's a Spinel question..

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

For Topaz. "Third" best pilot ? Who are the other two ?

Feldspar and Gossan! I'm pretty good, had an eternity to figure out flying and all, but I gotta credit my start!

[ask-topaz-thehatchling]

Topaz ! What do you think about Gabbro ?

They're pretty cool! Kinda wish they'd go on trips with me more often, but I get they're still settling back into living again.