Bakineering, Wednesday, January 12, 2022

[heroic_jawline]

The Danger Shop was once again set up to be half bakery, half mechanical engineering workshop. But this time, there was a small pool there as well. Which could be a clue to what terrible thing the teachers had in mind this week.

"Welcome back!" Tony said with a bright smile. "We're moving forward on challenging concepts today..."

"We're going to make boats out of food!" Steve said excitedly. "And then we're going to put them in this pool and see how fast you can make them go."

He paused. "Which reminds me that the engineering portion is creating the engine to propel your boats. They need to go 20 feet in a minute without tipping over."

"Which means we have motors that are not made of food," Tony added. "But the boat itself must be made of entirely edible ingredients."

Wood was not edible, okay? Not really.

"It has to be edible, but it doesn't have to be delicious," Steve said, nodding. "It does have to transport something for us to try that should taste good, okay? And we know this is a lot of work to ask from you, so we're giving you some helpers."

Well. 'Helpers.' Steve gestured at the door and a dozen, well, Roombas with a claw arms zipped into the room with varying degrees of skill.

"So, their AIs are still new, but they learn quickly!" Tony said, wincing as one of them bumped into the pool and beeped frantically in a panic.

"They also can't really see very well," Steve said, never afraid to state the obvious. "But they'll definitely be able to tip your boat over if it isn't well-balanced. They'll be here to help you each week."

So they had that going for them?

"Okay. Make us a boat that won't sink and a dessert that won't make us sick! You can do it!"

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Sign in 1/12

[heroic_jawline]

Ready to make something float!

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[x_discospider_x]

Troy Barnes

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell Ingram

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[guillermothegreat]

Guillermo de la Cruz

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[canlendanear]

Alara Kitan

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[giveittoyoursister]

Vi

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[not_harmless]

Terra Harvey

Listen to the lecture!

[heroic_jawline]

Right. An edible boat that won't tip over and can move under its own power. Plus a wee moddable non-verbal robot that is very excited but of slightly limited help. Should be fun!

Bakineer!

[heroic_jawline]

What will you use for your boat? Rice Krispies? Chocolate? Cookie dough? Ramen? And what will you make for your teachers to eat? Rice Krispies? Chocolate? Cookie dough? Ramen?

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell made a thin boat shape out of rice krispie treats, coated it in some 'coating chocolate', then put a few chocolate chip cookies, but had no idea how to make the strange mechanicals work to get it anywhere.

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[heroic_jawline]

"The robot can help you with the mechanics," Steve said with a little grin.

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[mylandmyrules]

"Yes, but who'un is gonna help me with the robot?" Nell asked as she looked at it helplessly.

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[heroic_jawline]

"Tony, probably," Steve said with a laugh.

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell couldn't help but laugh herself. "Baking I can do, but roboting? I never even knew there were such things before I came here."

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[heroic_jawline]

"It was pretty new when I'm from, too," Steve said.

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[mylandmyrules]

"They're not new where I come from, I'm guessing," Nell said, "But the church isn't really interested in any new-fangled stuff."

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[guillermothegreat]

Guillermo ended up making his boat entirely out of chocolate and once he figured out how to get the engine going decided to make raw chocolate chip cookie dough balls for the boat to transport.

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[canlendanear]

Alara decided to make her boat out of ramen and Rice Krispies and more or less got it to look like a boat as well.

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[giveittoyoursister]

This was actually slightly easier than last week, since Vi actually knew what a boat was supposed to look like, plus they didn't say they had to bake anything, and any idiot could overcook flatbread until it resembled wood.

As for the motor...Vi still didn't know shit about engineering, but given how she'd been recruited often as a pair of hands to hold things steady for Powder or Ekko she'd at least picked up enough for the little mechanical thing to realise what she was trying to do and take over.

Let it sail!

[heroic_jawline]

Tell us what happened! And also what food you are serving. And how water-logged it is.

Re: Let it sail!

[guillermothegreat]

Guillermo ended up getting the boat half way until it ended up completely sinking, along with the cookie dough balls.

Maybe the boat entirely made of chocolate hadn’t been a good idea after all.

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[canlendanear]

Alara’s ramen and Rice Krispie boat was transporting chocolate Rice Krispie treats and while her boat did make it all the way across, it ended up being completely water logged by the end.

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[giveittoyoursister]

The lopsided clockwork motor had Vi's flatbread boat weaving like it was drunk, but it did eventually make it to the other side relatively unharmed, because she had remembered just how much more soaking that shit needed to become edible again.

Its cargo was the exact same water and flour flatbread, just cooked normally and smeared with butter and some fruit preserves Vi had found.

Talk to Steve and Tony

[heroic_jawline]

Especially if you have tech questions about your wee AI.

OOC

[heroic_jawline]

The robots stay in the class, please! No smuggling :)