Dream, Dream Common room, Meals on Wheels?

[swindle_blitz]

Swindle: *sitting on a couch, going over some of the days paperwork*

Oppy: Hey, Swindle! I have a great idea for a new way to sell fastfuel to bots!

Swindle: Another one? *chuckles* What is it?

Oppy: Two tubs of warm broth type stuff. One could be savory oil, and one sweet. And skewers of different flavoured gummi things warming in the oil. People could pay a set fee, and then eat all the skewers they wanted, and drink a little of the oil. I saw something like it in a video about Asian street food.

Swindle: All they can eat? Hmmm...well, we don't have any eating venues quite like that, do we? Wouldn't hurt to give it a try, we do have the capitol for such a venture.

Oppy: **nod nod** And the gummi and oil are cheap but filling, so we probably wouldn't be making a loss even if the price was low. Maybe poorer sectors?

Swindle: *grins* That sounds like a good idea. The more people we can reach, the better.

Oppy: Yeah! And we can add a little more healthy minerals if we need to, too. Depending on the sector and the needs of the populace.

Swindle: Absolutely! *he then thinks about it* We should hire locally if we can as well.

Oppy: Yes. And with oil and gummi, we won't have to just hire bots, if none of the local ones want the job. *grin* It'll be like an ice cream stand, only better. *pause* I wonder if we could rig it up on some kind of bicycle, like those ice cream stands I've seen...

Swindle: *Frowns slightly at that, considering what he's seen as ice cream bikes is...on the small side* Well, I'm not sure about that, Op, that kinda seems too smal....*pauses, as he'd started scanning the multinet*...wait, something like this?

*Swindle sends Oppy the page ( https://paulandernst.com/configurator/ ) he finds...*

Oppy: Yes! Only without the counter over the bike part. Just a couple of tanks for the oil, and a place to store new gummy skewers and the delicious foam cups to hold the oil.

Swindle: Skewers should be edible as well...*though he's got a slight frown again as he brings up a holoscreen* ...we have a foam that won't melt from hot oil? Unless we use a minor wish on them, for... safety concerns.

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[random_xtras]

It wouldn't need to be hot. Just warm. And ... do you think blue plastic would work for the skewers? **looks down at baby sibling, who is sitting on the floor and growling while gnawing on a blue plastic disk**

[swindle_blitz]

True, true... and the blue skewers would be perfect. *continues to look over the holoscreen* I am now unsure about how much we could do an 'all-you-can-eat' from a mobile cart, though. Subspace container to keep the gummi skewers, of course, but with people coming and going in an open area, it would be hard to keep track of everyone. *a small pause, then a smirk* Doesn't mean the serving size can't be large.

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Hmm. Yeah. The human people who do the thing with the organic food aren't mobile. **absently takes a glitter bitty from his wife as he thinks about this, then looks back to his dad** Do you think we should limit servings, or just use a stationary stand?

[swindle_blitz]

Well, it depends. I do like the mobile idea, particularly in areas where going from place to place in a small area would be best for the populance. *Swindle closes his holoscreen* We could do both, depending on the areas.

[random_xtras]

Alright. And with the good filling minerals in there, it shouldn't take too many skewers to fill most bots anyway. **pauses as his tiny son wriggles** Hmmm? You have an idea, Swindle?

gbSwindle: **flail** Bargain!

Oppy: **snerks softly** No. We already thought of that part.

[swindle_blitz]

*Swindle chuckles, and tickles gbSwindle a bit* Yes, just trying to figure out the size of the bargain. *He then looks back up to Oppy* Would half a dozen be enough? It sounds like a nice round number to me.

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Oh, yeah. The skewers are pretty big. The ones for humans are over a foot long. **grins at happy wiggly bitty**

gbSwindle: **giggle giggle wiggle. Pause and look up** Money?

[swindle_blitz]

*Swindle nods, grinning* Now all we'd have to do is design the food bike. The seat and pedals should be easily adjustable, to fit any number of potential future employees. *He grins at gbSwindle as well* Perhaps not much money for us, but the customers should be able to save money.

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**sparkly little bitty gives Grandpa a confused look** ...Bargain?

Oppy: **meanwhile, looking very thoughtful** Hmmmm. Yes. Should we get the dwarves in the Backwater to make them?

[swindle_blitz]

*Swindle chuckles* Yes, a bargain. *He then blinked, and blushed a bit* Erm, I was thinking of building a prototype ourselves. But yes, yes, they'd probably be able to do it better. *He looked a little embarrassed* I keep forgetting we can outsource these things now. Couple million cycles of habit is still hard to overcome.

[random_xtras]

**offers a hug with the arm not holding the bitty, still looking thoughtful** Yeah. Making something adjustable and really sturdy will be easy for them. Of course we could also try the Three Jacks, but they're more into high tech things. Either way, we'll have to start with some sort of diagram, huh?

gbSwindle: Yay! Bargain! **wiggles and reaches for Grandpa**

[swindle_blitz]

*Swindle chuckles with the hug* True, true. The diagram shouldn't be too hard to do, should it? *Swindle then picks up the tiny gbSwindle and snuggles him*