#you definitely can catch Arlan falling asleep standing up while leaning against a wall with his arms crossed over his chest

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Headcanon time! Is Arlan the sort of person that falls asleep quickly or does it take him a while? Does he sleep soundly, or is he easily woken?

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He tends to fall asleep quickly, but how often he falls asleep is the more important factor. He understands the importance of getting enough sleep (after a lecture to from Asta when they were younger), but he finds it difficult to even feel tired until he checks absolutely everything in the space station at least twice before dismissing himself for the day.

Arlan is woken up easily, as he needs to be ready for anything any time, which is both a blessing and a curse. He doesn't feel comfortable falling asleep in certain areas as a result. Like even his room aboard the space station isn't the best place for him to sleep, because people can be running around and come and get him for minor things they don't know what to do with (because we all know those coworkers that refuse to look into how to do something and instead just go to the boss about it first).

The places you can catch Arlan sleeping are Asta's office in the Base Zone (the locked room in the right corridor), One of the Gallery of Shadows (Curio rooms) in the Storage Zone, then either the unused meeting room or the corner near the Herta doll in the Supply Zone. (he does get upset when people suddenly start using that meeting room, thanks trailblazer). Though if he's truly exhausted and if its quiet enough, you can see him falling asleep at a desk in the master control zone.

Him and Asta are seen together during early hours / non busy hours alot. Which isn't an unusual sight, until you notice how exhausted they both are. They tend to do their final checks together to make sure neither of them miss anything because of their exhaustion and head to sleep in their respective areas. People know not to disturb Asta, so she can get away in sleeping in her room - Arlan pretends to go to his room (which is near or right next to hers) and then goes to one of his other sleeping areas once he changes out of his uniform. Asta can't really get on him anymore about not sleeping enough because she barely sleeps herself - but Arlan makes sure to wake up before her and starts on checking up on some of her tasks for her by the time she's awake so he can fill her in and then go do all of his morning checkins.