The Awakened Salad

Salad began preparing the drinks, mugs and spoons clinking in the otherwise silent apartment. They considered putting the hot chocolate powder into a bowl for Ene, but this wasn’t like the old days. As nice as it would be to slip into old habits, this wasn’t the time. Once everything was ready, Salad set two steaming mugs of hot chocolate on the table (complete with marshmallows and chocolate powder sprinkled on top, because even if they were a murderer, they weren’t without class). They sat down and took a sip. “Okay, then. Talk.”

Our foreshadowing skills are just that good. Also it really has been almost four years, huh. That’s insane, I would’ve thought maybe two or something. Almost four years later, Salad opened the door and there was Ene, sitting at their table. In their apartment, just like the old days, when they would watch terrible movies and throw popcorn at each other. Ene had even left Salad’s usual seat free - the chair closest to the window where it was warmest. It was almost a picture perfect recreation of the past. Almost. Because then they had stabbed Ene and run, and nothing had been the same since. ”Hello, Salad,” Ene said before Salad had time to properly process everything. “We need to talk about the Paradox People.” Salad had to fight the urge to bolt, down the stairs and away from whatever madness this was. It was finally hitting them now. Ene was back, Ene was here, and… and- He just wants to talk, they told themselves. Don’t lose your head. There was always the possibility that things might get violent, but Salad had never known Ene to start fights without first getting a read of the situation. So they slid off their coat, kicked off their shoes and headed to the kitchen. “Ok,” they said, fighting to keep their voice even. “Do you want some tea? I have hot chocolate as well if you’d prefer.” This was not what they wanted to deal with today, but Enes at your dinner table were notoriously hard to get rid of.

*slides in holding a plate of samples like a cartoon character, complete with the skidding sound effect* ABSOLUTELY NOT

I see all that happens on my thread... TPBM thinks glitter is amazing *belatedly parties* what? I'm only thirteen pages late The reason it's so awesome is because everyone kept it going, so thank you!

Ahem, actually, if you look closely you will see I also nominated Tesh smh ene, learn to read

*comes out of inactivity to nominate you and @Tesh back and I'm doing what Tesh did since I also knew you before you ascended to mod mwahahahaha*

A short distance away, hidden among the branches of a tree, a figure watched the exchange with amusement.

This was so much fun last time! I'm definitely joining again! @Tesh *pokes you*

*throws rainbow confetti everywhere* Happy Pride Month everyone!

If it's not very plot relevant, I'd probably just throw in a line or two about it somewhere, it doesn't necessarily have to be a big deal. Something like Veil's comments about liking girls could work. In my experience, a lot of people default to a character being straight unless there's explicit confirmation otherwise.

*welcomes Fritz and Tesh onto the gay bus*

Yes! I can't wait!

I’m not an expert on gender identities but a quick search brings up agender or neutrois? They could be starting points, at least. https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Agender https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Neutrois

I am always watching... *ominously melts back into the shadows* 999

Salad nommed on the green cheese.

When you go down your first Sanderson rabbit hole and learn about the Cosmere:

Relatable Welcome to this corner of the Shard! Have a welcome s’more By the way, we like to discourage posting twice or more in a row to keep threads neater. You can quote multiple people by clicking the + button on the bottom left of posts. It’s nothing to worry about, we all do it at some point or another

@Emi @theTruthshaper (Troof why do all of my recent memes relate to you in some way or another?)

YOU'LL NEVER GET AN ANSWER OUT OF ME!!! *runs and hides behind Tesh* I prefer sledding. Skiing is kinda hard when you're a salad. It's raining tacos Hmm... brie is my favourite, but mozzarella is a very close second because of how versatile it is (shredded mozzarella also makes for a very convenient snack )

Finished Nier Automata, and I have no words right now. Just wow. It wasn’t my favourite game, but I appreciate what it set out to do. The soundtrack is amazing as well; it’s quickly becoming one of my favourites. Now I need a calming game where I can turn off my brain and just relax. The rest of my backlog will have to wait

*begins drowning in ranch* Helpppfff... Truthfggglesssssssss... *their cries for help are drowned out as they becomes submerged*

A couple of days ago *begins sweating* he knows too much Aghhh Lessie don’t do this to me I can’t decide Umm *panics* nope can’t choose I’m going to be boring and not answer your question