It would make bathing the young byos more convenient, too! I'll have to see if Sr. Hernandez, Tile Artiste, can install a drain if we get the kitchen tiled!
"It would make bathing the young byos more convenient, too! I'll have to see if Sr. Hernandez, Tile Artiste, can install a drain if we get the kitchen tiled!"
A few remarks on floor drains. Yes, the Castle kitchens are equipped with them, as well as grease traps. New apprentices in the kitchens are familiar with these details.
In a shower, it makes sense to put the drain in the center of the space, and have all wall interfaces slope toward it. In a kitchen, this would be awkward, as the floor would seem constantly unlevel. An acceptable compromise is to use a trench drain, which allows for a gentle slope from two opposing walls, and a long grate which covers the actual drain system and its necessary odor traps.
Those acquainted with the intricacies of space-borne plumbing systems will be aware that much thought goes into them, but that they are anything but user-friendly. Accordingly, our Flying Castle plumbing systems are designed to operate on gravity only, just like their terrestrial counterparts.
You will no doubt have noticed that our maneuvers in space have always been either in a gravitational field, in an acceleration mode, or in a rotating system, with transitional maneuvering between these states. This consumes extra fuel, (in the form of reaction gases), but it simplifies design and function.
The industrial kitchens in the Castle have their drains under the prep area. This makes access more tedious, but eliminates a trip hazard.
For an area made easy to clean up, there is an adjunct food preparation area to the industrial kitchens where butchered carcasses are turned into meat portions. I do not recommend using this area for their ablutions, as the young plesiosaurs are extraordinarily sensitive to odors and perhaps even mental vibrations and would undoubtedly become upset to be in such an environment.
My recommendation, therefor, is to take them in a comfortable manner, to the area where our castle equines are stabled and cared for. There is a bathing and grooming area there which will presumably be acceptable for your purposes, and most importantly, will be more acceptable to the plesiosaurs.