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Young Entrepreneurs; Monday, Period 6 [ 03/09].

Turtle very decidedly did not want to move around today any more than was necessary, even in the occasional wince of pain was the only indication that anything was wrong. So, once she got all the food set out and sat down, that was that. No more moving, except to pass out a few packets of information.

"Okay," she started, not even bothering to move for the gavel. "What I've done for these packets is gathered some information about various different kind of cases and boxes, because, no matter how much you talk about putting things into a kit, it's all pretty moot if you don't have anything to put it in. Now, these aren't an end-all, be-all. There might be a better, more cost-effective route to go than wholesaling cases like these. But these are options that an entrepreneur has and must consider, so look them over, think about them, think about other options if you can, and come back next week with some idea and what you might do for this particular product."

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Case closed!

If you've got anything to say about them now. Because cases, man. So exciting.

Talk about other stuff with your fellow entrepreneurs, because it's a lot more exciting than casings.

And arguably just as important.

Who comes in a nice tight red casing...

I gots nothing. Too busy flailing.

Leto Atreides

Ned

Mondays meant that Ned spent some of Sunday baking so he could bring some pies in for the club meeting. Today was no different as Ned brought along a sugar topped cherry pie (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sweet-dreams/sugar-topped-cherry-pie-recipe/index.html) and a Vermont apple pie (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/40-a-day/vermont-apple-pie-recipe/index.html).

Edited 2009-03-09 15:05 (UTC)

...it was form fitting, thank you very much. But he was there. And still a bit bouncy from getting to fight aaaaaalll week long.

Leto looked from the cases to Turtle and then back at the cases. He could think of nothing to say.

Yes, certainly more exciting than cases, or so Leto thought. He was also quite looking forward to those pies.

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Turtle eyed this week's apple pie a little wistfully as it sat there, just out of her reach. She was really curious as to how she was more sore today than yesterday, but...she took a breath, steeled herself, and then took the darn pain of stretching out her arm to reach for a slice and pull it in closer to her. It would be worth it!

Now if only she could bring herself to be assured that it was totally proper to just eat it off the plate without utensils or even using your hands, like a pig at a trough, when your arms were like weights of pain.

But even she wasn't that desperate. Her bites were just very small and dainty today, as little movement as possible.

Jack Burton

Turtle arched an eyebrow at the look.

"What?" she asked.

"I fail to see the importance of cases," Leto replied.

"What else are we going to put our Fandom emergency kits in?" Turtle asked. "Brown paper bags?"

"I think we need the content in order to choose the case," Leto replied.

He really didn't see what was wrong with brown paper bags.

"Well," Turtle sighed a little, "we're kind of farting around about what to put in them. I figured, this way, we can at least narrow in on what the outside will be, and then base off of what will fit, since we haven't narrowed in on much else."

She was a really sore and kind of cranky today. So shoot her.

Leto could see that it might not be a good day to question her judgement. He leaned forward and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I didn't mean to oppose your suggestion, but you raised this subject for discussion, and so I gave you my opinion."

The hand on the shoulder got the same reaction it usually did, now particularly notable as it mimicked his response to the cases. She looked at it, then looked at him, arching an eyebrow.

"Does your opinion include suggestions about what to put in them, Leto?" she asked. "So far, what I can remember we've come up with so far is first aid supplies and something to do with pie."

He should have dropped the hand, but didn't and instead let out a sigh. Sometimes Turtle could be quite... he didn't know exactly what. "I still believe we need an intellectual concept before we translate it into physical goods. A philosophy of some kind that links the objects to a course of action, which need to be predicted."

"Yes, Leto," Turtle agreed, looking him straight on so he'd get that she got it and he could move his hand any time now, especially since her shoulder still kind of hurt from yesterday. "I agree. The intellectual concept is a preparation kit for Fandom disasters. We have that; it's just the details that need work. And while it's all well and good to talk about how we need details, it would be nice to hammer out a few of them first. I figured an easy one is to get an idea on what sort of packaging might be available, and the packets I've distributed are not only possible for things we might use, but looking through them and understanding things like pricing for this kind of stuff is the sort of exercize that's helpful to an entrepreneur. I'm not just making you guys look at cases because it's fun, but because these are the sorts of details it never hurts for an entrepreneur to have, whether or not they end up going with the final product."

Alice Liddell

"Something sturdy," Alice suggested. "With a secure latch, but not one that would be difficult to open in an altered state."

Child-proofing was a bad idea on an island where people could turn into children.

"I like the last point a lot," Turtle offered with a nod. "From someone continually turning into a turtle."

"Which is another consideration," Alice frowned. "One might be a very different size. The latch should accomodate smaller fingers as well as large ones, or in a turtle's case, none at all."

Turtle nodded slightly. "It would be a little difficult to make sure that each case was considered, but we can at least try to cover as many bases as possible. Maybe we can include something on the front that tells people, 'if you find this case beside an animal with no opposable thumbs, please help them open this.'"

"In that case, perhaps there could be some sort of a strap on it," Alice mused. "Something that, if one were animal-shaped, one could grip in one's mouth. And, in that manner, carry to the nearest individual with fingers."

Slowly he let his hand fall. "Yes, that was not what I meant," he replied impatiently. "What I suggested was a strategy defining action rather than physical goods, and an reference framework for interpreting disasters. As we have all agreed that these events are unpredictable by nature, we will have to narrow down generic responses to unforeseen dangers. I suspect people react differently; then we have the option of making kits for different people, although I would advise against it. People often do not know themselves that well. That means the kit will have to include the tools for all the strategies."

Leto didn't see why cases were fun.

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Turtle grinned a little. "That's a great idea, Alice. And, even then, it just makes it easier to carry around when you're still human-shaped, too."

That had mostly been sarcasm.

Mostly.

"You're right there, too, Leto," said Turtle. "This is all stuff we've been over, though. We're at a point where, instead of talking about how we need to figure out some stuff like that, we need to start coming up with ideas. So if you have them, great, let's hear them, because the rest of us are coming up a little short. Until then, I don't think it would hurt to focus on at least one other solid part of the process. Nothing will be set in stone; we're just discussing. And it's all very well and good to talk about what we need to do still, but a good entrepreneur doesn't just talk, he does. So unless you've got some specific suggestions on what to put in them, Leto, you're just kind of rustling papers around, you know?"

"I just don't see how we can choose a case without knowing the content," Leto replied, irritation slipping into his voice. "I realise we need to limit our options, but I don't think doing that by setting a size limit because of a case is the right way to go."

"And I'm not asking to settle on one yet, either," said Turtle, sucking in a breath to keep from sighing. "All I'm doing is asking you to look at the options and think about them."

"I have," Leto snapped. "This is my conclusion."

"Quite so," she nodded. "Though that requires a sterner latch, if the cases are to be bandied about. One imagines a place on the outside for one's name might be helpful. In case one forgets, or that the person with opposable thumbs will know who this quite insistent hamster is."

Turtle let out a breath and rubbed her forehead a little. "Okay," she said. "If you want to base a conclusion in all of five minutes of thought, that's fine. I appreciate your input, Leto, and, for next week, hopefully I can put something together more attuned to the direction you'd like this to go."

"It is hardly a life or death decision, and even those need to be made in shorter time than that often enough." Not that he did have a lot of influence on the decisions made by the regent, but that didn't stop him from having an opinion.

"That's really good, too," Turtle agreed with a nod. "Possibly even a room number, if it gets lost or something else like that. And...what are your thoughts about wheels?"

Oh, God, just shoot her now. He certainly seemed to be making a case of it (no pun intended. At all) as if it practically was, though.

"Well, when you do have the time, you might as well take it."

"There is not enough data," Leto persisted. "The choice of cases depends on the content. With no content we can't choose the case." This was fairly obvious to him.

"I'm quite fond of wheels," she said. "So long as the box is heavy enough that it shan't go rolling around without a push."

"But we're just getting ideas about what kind of cases are available to us, Leto," Turtle said with a sigh. "Like I just said. Like I said at the start of the meeting. These are just ideas."

"I like them a lot, too," agreed Turtle. "And just little wheels. Just enough so that something small could easily move it around if it had to, I think."

This discussion was clearly going nowhere. Leto leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, and gave a light shrug in reply.

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