PSL for Chicklet

[thoughtbubble]

Atom's friends from school had left the diner a little earlier. He had volunteered to hang onto to supplies for their group project, and took a while longer packing all the papers and supplies into his backpack before leaving.

As he headed out the door, the restaurant staff smiled and said good bye to him, thanking him as they did every customer who stopped in. He looked back to wave to them, not paying attention to who or what was on the sidewalk when he first stepped out from under the awning of the building.

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[upupatomway]

Atom was contemplating a sample request when she places her order. He turns to her, eyes wide in surprise. "You can eat that much in one sitting? I've never seen a sundae that big before!"

The robot behind the counter seems surprised too and asks just to be sure if she definitely wants two scoops of every single flavor.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Uh huh. I'll order more once I see which flavors I like best!"

[upupatomway]

"Is this part of being a goddess? Do you eat a lot of ice cream every day?" Atom asks. He was trying to hold back his questions until they were seated but this is too hard to ignore. It will take a few minutes for the robot server to finish scooping her order too.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"I get lots of energy from ice cream so eat it as much as I can!" she said, happily. "For Urd it is alcohol. For big sister Belldandy it is tea." And sleep. Very much sleep. "I am so glad it is ice cream for me, it is so much yummier than tea or sake. Though big sister Bell does make the best tea ever!"

[upupatomway]

"So each goddess has a special charging food? That's so cool! I kind of wish robots could work that way instead of strictly drinking robo energy drinks to recharge," Atom muses. "Tea has been a good experience. And I haven't tried alcohol. But ice cream is definitely the best one!"

The robot behind the counter makes good progress on her order, which is already becoming a mountain in the biggest bowl the shop has available.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Ice cream sure is! But I'd love to learn more about Robo energy drinks. I know Sigil hates her dependance on a charging station so she'd love it. Banpei would need some massive modifications to be able to drink them though... since his mouth is only painted on," she said, giving it serious thought now. "Would be nice to be able to fuel them up at the same time without blacking out the temple too... last time Urd made me make all sorts of useless machines because I made her miss her show..." she scowled at that, trying not to shudder. She hated making useless machines. Hate hate hated it.

[upupatomway]

"Since you made your robots entirely on your own, it might take some experimenting and a closer look at what kind of robot each energy drink solution is recommended for," Atom started explaining.

He was interrupted by the robot behind the counter heaving Skuld's order into its silver hands. "Where would you like to sit, Miss?" the robot asked, offering to bring the large bowl to her seat.

Can you tell my paid ran out? LOL

[manga_goddess_skuld]

She nodded and was waiting to reply when the robot offered her the ice cream. "Anywhere," she said dreamily as she stared at it and tried not to drool.

I only just now figured out my icons so no judgment

[upupatomway]

The employee robot takes her bowl to one of the nearby small tables for two and sets it down carefully. It produces a spoon and a couple napkins just to be safe from its apron. "Would you like a glass of water as well?" the robot asks.

Re: I only just now figured out my icons so no judgment

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Mmm.. how about a milkshake instead?" she asked, scrambling into her seat, eyeing the sundae hungrily.

[upupatomway]

"A milkshake?" the robot repeats in surprise. Atom watches with wide eyes. "Of course, Miss! What flavor would you like your milkshake to be?"

[manga_goddess_skuld]

She considered. "Neapolitan, please." Because that meant she got three flavors of ice cream in a single shake!

[upupatomway]

"I'll have that out to you as soon as possible!" The robot hurries back behind the counter to scoop the neapolitan into a milk shake cup and asks Atom if he knows what he wants. Atom laughs, having forgotten to make a decision with the distraction of Skuld's order. He ends up asking for two scoops of the banana ice cream. The robot starts up the shake machine after pouring milk in and scoops Atom's much smaller order while it runs. When all is ready, the robot brings the two orders to the table, and Atom takes a seat across from Skuld.

"I've never had banana ice cream before," Atom muses before tasting his first spoonful.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Oh! It is super good!" she told him, happily. It was ice cream, of course it was super good!

[upupatomway]

"The consistency is a little thicker than vanilla," he notes. "I use vanilla as a comparison since it's considered the base flavor by most people and was the first type I ever ate."

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"I don't know why most people consider it basic or plain," she said. Vanilla is really yummy and hear on Earth in this dimension, it is expensive and hard to get."

[upupatomway]

"Maybe because it goes so well with most other flavors?"

He pauses and blinks at her. "In this dimension?" he echoes.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

She nodded. "Just alongside this one," she agreed, working on her ice cream.

[upupatomway]

"How many dimensions have you been to besides this one? How many are there?" This is getting into territory he had only read theories and fantasy stories on.

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"There are lots of them," she said, licking her spoon clear. Then she smiled a bit sheepishly. "I don't really travel much, though..."

[upupatomway]

"Just going between two of them is impressive! I've only read about theories. Nobody from the human world has figured out how to travel between them. Or if they have, they haven't published it yet."

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Doesn't stop others from coming here though. Like the Machiners," she said as she finished off the last spoon of her ice cream. She eyed the bowl mournfully.

[upupatomway]

"The Machiners? Who are they?" he asks. "Should I be worried about them?"

[manga_goddess_skuld]

"Worried about them? Why?"

[upupatomway]

"You looked worried when you mentioned them... So I wondered if they were trouble..." he says slowly, hoping the subject isn't far too sensitive to talk about. "Sometimes I help people when there's trouble."