VOLTRON CRACK

SLEEP DEPRIVATION IN SPACE

[PART 1]

[ONCE A YEAR, THE CASTLE SHIP'S TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS SIMULTANEOUSLY UPDATE. JUST LIKE EARTHEN TECHNOLOGY, THE SYSTEMS ARE NOT TO BE TURNED OFF UNTIL THE UPDATE IS COMPLETE, CAUSING ALL LIGHTS AND TRAINING SYSTEMS TO STAY ON. THE UPDATE CAN TAKE FROM 5 DAYS TO A WEEK AND A HALF, AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND LOUD SOUNDS MAKE IT HARD FOR THE PALADINS TO FALL ASLEEP, WHICH EVENTUALLY CAUSES THEM TO BECOME SLEEP DEPRIVED. EACH PALADIN HAS A DIFFERENT EFFECT FROM SAID DEPRIVATION, WHICH ENDS UP BEING A SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR CORAN AND ALLURA, THE ONLY TWO USED TO THIS PHENOMENON.]

[ONE DAY:]

LIGHTS: *GETTING BLINDINGLY BRIGHT*

ALARMS: *BLARING*

PALADINS: QUIZNACKITY QUIZNAK QUIZNAK.

LANCE: I HATE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

KEITH: Same.

PIDGE: Me too, but the system updates ARE REALLY COOL. *EXCITED*

HUNK: TRUE.

SHIRO: It'll be okay, we will get through it.

PALADINS:

SHIRO: Eventually.

CORAN AND ALLURA: OHOHOHOHOHO.

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[.8 DAYS AFTER IT STARTS]

[THE FIRST TO CRACK IS ALWAYS LANCE. HE IS THE ONE WHO IS SO USED TO GETTING A DECENT AMOUNT OF SLEEP EVERYDAY, AFTER ALL, HIS SIBLINGS ALWAYS PESTERED HIM ABOUT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP.]

LANCE: SO-

LANCE:

HUNK:

LANCE:

HUNK: Lance...?

LANCE: I'm sorry, who are you?

HUNK: ???

LANCE: Wait, no, I think I remember. Hunch, right?

HUNK: QuIzNaK.

HUNK: *RUNS TOWARDS THE OTHERS* GUYS, LANCE BROKE.

PIDGE: SHOOT.

[MEANWHILE]

ALLURA: So, remember Lance, Ketchup is the red paladin, Sugar is the yellow paladin, Peas is the green paladin, the black paladin is Spice, I am Allura, and this is Coran. *GESTURES AT CORAN*

CORAN: *LAUGHS*

ALLURA: *WRITES THE PALADINS "NAMES", ALLURA, AND CORAN ON LANCE'S HAND*

LANCE: *TURNS TO THE GORGEOUS MAN* Why did she write it on my hand?

CORAN: So you won't forget.

LANCE: Oh, okay. Thanks.

[A/N: THIS SYMPTOM IS FORGETFULNESS.]

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[1.4 DAYS AFTER IT STARTS]

[IT IS HUNK THAT FALLS ASLEEP NEXT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE STAYS UP TO WORK ON SOMETHING AT TIMES, LANCE WOULD ALWAYS MAKW SURE HE GOT A DECENT AMOUNT OF SLEEP.]

HUNK: *COOKING IN THE KITCHEN*

HUNK; *FINISHES COOKING*

HUNK: *STARTS TO WALK AWAY AND TRIPS*

HUNK: *STARTS TO GET UP, BUT TRIPS OVER THIN AIR*

HUNK: *TRIES AGAIN AND STANDS UP, BUT IS BARELY ABLE TO TAKE A FEW STEPS INTO THE HALLWAY BEFORE FALLING AGAIN*

HUNK: Guys.

HUNK: GuYs.

HUNK: GUYS. I BROKE.

PIDGE: *RUNS IN SCREAMING* DON'T WORRY I'VE GOT YOU.

CORAN AND ALLURA: *BURST OUT LAUGHING*

[THIS SYMPTOM IS LACK OF COORDINATION.]

[THE END OF PART 1]

[A/N: IF ANY OF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF ANY HURRICANES, PLEASE EVACUATE QUICKLY AND STAY SAFE!]