Sorta-Related Dispatch Fics
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Now usually Shroud the hero is no fan of kids that aren't his-- they're loud, abrasive and annoying, but Mechaman was undeserving of having the most toughest kid he had ever known as a son.
The only thing he felt when he put that bullet into his wretched ex-friend's heart was sorry for the grief that young Robert would suffer through.
Or: AU where Shroud was another father figure/babysitter for Robert.
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- Part 1 of Sorta-Related Dispatch Fics
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It's the universe's way of repaying back the times when Mechaman had beat impossible odds in his fights. Robert just wished it was anything but this.
Or; Robert the dispatcher is too charming and easily snatchable by villains, much to Z-Team's exasperation.
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- Part 2 of Sorta-Related Dispatch Fics
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A fight with a reality bender and an overloaded Astral Pulse lands Robert and his Mechaman suit into a different universe altogether, one where his dad never died and Mechaman Astral was still in active duty.
It should be a kinder universe with one less tragedy, but it's not. Not when this universe's Robert had died young instead.
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- Part 3 of Sorta-Related Dispatch Fics
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ManMech was a Vtuber whose main gimmick was acting as a dorkish Mechaman impersonator. Its a known joke within his community that he's well overdue to be sued by the hero's lawyers for his burlesque parody.
Robert is just hoping that nobody makes the connection-- that they're actually the same person.
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- Part 4 of Sorta-Related Dispatch Fics
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The Mechaman suit, with the Astral Pulse by extension, was always conscious. It's just been sitting dormant, content at recording and collecting data from it's pilots silently as a passive tool.
But by the third generation of its pilots... it foresees that pilot Blue will not last long alone, and it doesn't like that.
Or: The suit is 'alive'. There's some bullshit allegory here somewhere about keeping control, but Robert's more focused on being a protector and not letting the machine overtake his job.
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- Part 5 of Sorta-Related Dispatch Fics
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"No way. No fucking way. Why the fuck would Shroud write me in his will?"
"He wrote here his next of kin; Robert Robertson III... Seems pretty clear don't you think? Usually people jump at the idea of inheriting the family business, especially one as successful as his."
Robert squinted at him. "Dude. I am NOT inheriting the Red Ring."
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- Part 6 of Sorta-Related Dispatch Fics