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Keith ([personal profile] tempredmental) wrote in [community profile] the_plateau 2022-11-27 06:15 am (UTC)

Some Random(?) Shack in the Desert | Voltron: Legendary Defender

It's not much. In fact, it looks a bit like a converted shed that's suffered through some rough desert weather. There's a small porch off the front with a single wooden chair, no visible door, and a three windows across the front under the porch overhang. When looking at it straight on, there's a squared off cement building attached on the viewer's right that has a single door in the front and no windows. Above the cement attachment is another window in the shack, tucked just below the peak of the roof, with another matching one on the opposite side. On the left side of the shack, a single ancient radio antennae reaches up into the air a few feet above the tallest point of the shack. There's a small single window in the back.

Going inside the door of the cement building doesn't offer much. It's more like a mud room, a place to shake off the sand and store tools. There are mechanics tools, mostly, but some other things like camping equipment and stuff that would be useful for survival out in the wilderness. There's also a pump for water in the back corner. But there's a door into the main part of the shack from there.

Going into the main part of the shack, one would find a single beat up couch under the windows, which are all covered, the two over the couch by a single bedsheet that's been tacked up to the wall with nails, and the one closer to the door by another sheet that's been cut in two. In the opposite corner, a stack of radio equipment that's making use of the antennae outside on the roof. Next to the rack of equipment, there's a printer on the floor, and a box full of rolled up maps and papers. A single tear off daily calendar marked it as the "second" of the month, even though that's clearly incorrect, and the month and year are a bit rubbed off and blurred. The "coffee table", if it could be called that, is just a couple of boards roughly nailed together and resting on some cinder blocks. On the wall next to the calendar is a diagram of some advanced tech, perhaps an engine reference, and a rough shelf that looks more like just a board haphazardly attached to the wall. The shelf is loaded with some randomly stacked books about local legends around the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and more books along with folders and binders in bins on a case tucked into the corner between the wall and the end of the couch.

Opposite the windows is a large bulletin board next to the other window (covered by the other half of the cut bedsheet from the front window). The biggest centerpiece on the board is a map of the Grand Canyon, with circles and arrows and exes... all marking various points around the area. The biggest mark is labeled "energy source", and it's an area near the center of the map that has an arrow pointing to it with the world "triangulate". Around it are star charts, photos of various spots in the canyon, local satellite images, and roadmaps in addition to drawings and notes written and sketched on colored post-it notes. There are strings and pins linking things together, most notably cave drawings that were photographed of what looks like a giant blue robotic lion.

Under the covered window next to the board is a bunch of old computer equipment. One large item looks like another printer, and then a large desktop CPU box with a small old monitor on top.

Next to the door is a makeshift desk, and a beat up old desk chair, the desk covered with various papers and seemingly random notes about the area.

The shack appears to be in rough shape on the inside just like the outside. The walls inside have cracks in the sheetrock from settling that have never been repaired and faded paint that also seems to be peeling in some places. The ceiling is open to the roof, the beams visible, with the small windows at each end the only ones in the shack left uncovered.

Back outside, resting on the ground next to the cement outbuilding, is a red hoverbike with two outboard turbine motors, one on each side beneath the handlebars, and a large tailfin that has 01 painted on it in white. It looks like it had been converted from a standard issue unit into something used for racing, as the paintjob looks a little rough, but the engines and other mechanical parts look upgraded and well cared for. Someone was making sure it worked properly and moved fast.

Reference Images:
https://voltronreference.tumblr.com/post/164731615511/keiths-shack-bonus, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f19bca19098b46f670ee1d5e942c0eba/tumblr_p0phj189rr1va3eivo3_r1_1280.jpg

Pokemon:
There aren't really any Pokémon inside. It's a bit small.

However, there are plenty out and around the area. The shack appears in the Safari Zone's desert region, so a lot of desert type Pokémon can be found near by. Rock and Ground types are common, as well as cactus-looking Pokémon, snakes, scorpion, spider, and hardy beetle-like Insect types, Vullaby and Mandibuzz, crow and raven-like Flying types, reptiles and small rodents... things you'd expect to see among scrub brush and in dry climates.

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