The Awakened Salad

On 2/23/2024 at 11:35 AM, AonEne said:

"Hot chocolate, please," Ene said, glancing over to watch. He wasn't worried about poison. 

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.”

14 hours ago, AonEne said:

It's really funny that I was the person who taught you what bigender was years before I even realized I was bigender  and that it was in this interaction! 

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. 

14 hours ago, AonEne said:

Almost four years later, Ene stepped into the Physical Realm. Alive. 

He'd learned a lot while dead. (Not dead, they told him, but it felt close enough in his opinion.) How to control the powers he'd never known he had. Who it was that had sent Salad, one of his dearest friends, to kill him, and why. They didn't know why Salad had agreed. Had...any of it ever been real? 

Another thing he'd learned was how to absorb betrayal and keep moving. 

He sat, now, in Salad's apartment, waiting for them to get home from their latest hit. He kept most of his emotions off his face. He felt a lot about this, but now was a time to look serious. Not to let Salad get the jump on him again. And when the front door opened, he was ready. 

"Hello, Salad," Ene said. "We need to talk about the Paradox People." 

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. 

On 28/01/2022 at 3:58 PM, Voidspawn said:

...are the samples all gone?

*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

On 09/02/2022 at 6:37 AM, Sequence said:

Happy 100th page @The Awakened Salad. Your thread is officially awesome.

*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 

On 24/12/2021 at 4:16 PM, AonEne said:

I really don't know if I can choose, I have so many favorites...but @The Awakened Salad and @Tesh are like, kinda okay, I guess  ahahahaha you can't nominate me back cause mods aren't allowed, take THAT, I WIN ANY COMPLIMENT WARS 

*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*

9 hours ago, Tani said:

Rylia checks her swing, drops her sword, steps forward, and shoves Ara into Exodus. She then summons her sword.

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

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Tentatively poking my head back through the door. Not completely sure if I want to rejoin, so I'd prefer if no one started an interaction yet.

This was so much fun last time! I'm definitely joining again!

@Tesh *pokes you*

*throws rainbow confetti everywhere* Happy Pride Month everyone!

5 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Exactly how are you supposed to make it clear that a character is gay if their sexuality is totally unimportant to the story? This is a genuine question, btw.

When I write I might know X is gay, but if I wouldn’t mention a straight character’s sexuality then why would I bring up a gay one’s? Treating a character differently because they’re gay is literally discrimination... And often it feels very shoehorned to bring it up, because literally the only reason to bring up a character’s sexuality is to point out ‘this character is LGBTQ.’

So how do you do this?

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*  

9 hours ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

 

IT'S HAPPENING! IT'S REALLY HAPPENING!

Yes! I can't wait!

4 hours ago, More Cynical Than Funny said:

I don't really identify as anything. I'll accept any pronoun, and don't really care what gender you give me. And yet I have a period so I say I am a woman because it is easier to explain honestly. I just am sort of a gender neutral person even tho I don't call myself that if you know what I mean. I'm chill with he/she/they/it (yes even it) 

 

Is there a word for that?

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

On 07/04/2021 at 11:38 AM, Toothless of Shinovar said:

True but I do not know if you remember TPBM's author rejoined after a long time and replied to it. (I think...)

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:

6 hours ago, Tani said:

About the socially awkward part: I have a hard time talking to people who don't talk to me first and have never talked to me before - unless I'm closely related to them. Like if I know someone's my cousin but haven't ever talked to them before I can talk to them. Kind of.

It's easiest for me to talk to people I've talked to before.

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?)

On 24/03/2021 at 6:56 AM, Truthless of Shinovar said:

TELL ME SALAD YOUR MEMORY OR YOUR SENSES OR ILL BRING OUT THE APPLE CIDER VINEGAR!

On a separate note, do you ever go skiing on the moon slopes?

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.

12 hours ago, Tesh said:

What does the weather on the moon look like today?

And what's your favorite type of cheese?

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 

2 hours ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

NOOOOOOOO *begins to pour obscene amounts of ranch onto Salad* TELL MEEEEE

*begins drowning in ranch*

Helpppfff... Truthfggglesssssssss... 

*their cries for help are drowned out as they becomes submerged* 

9 hours ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

When’s the last time you hugged a dog?

Are croutons kinda like your bones?

Given the choice between losing your memory or losing both your sight and hearing, which would you choose?

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 

7 hours ago, AonEne said:

Pffft I love this so much. Was the YT vid at all related to RWBY or just some random thing? 

I don’t think so; I’ve never seen RWBY so I don’t think I would’ve watched a video about it, but you never know *shrugs* 

okay maybe I do spend too much time here

3 hours ago, AonEne said:

A Chinese dragon, floating and glowing yellow. It's from the show RWBY. Apparently no one ever understands what it is.

Once I was watching a YouTube video and the yellow RWBY dragon showed up and I was like "hey that's Ene!" and I got really excited for a second before realising. 

this hasn't happened to me many times with other sharders no not at all