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Going Down In Flames, But Burning Brighter Despite The Pain by HarcourtHolmesII
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
29 Nov 2025
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When Robert's whole life came crashing down out of the air, all that was left was a sad little man and his dog. No suit, no Astral pulse and no one to care that he nearly died, except for his loyal dog.
But, one night, he finds a bizarre opportunity to turn his life around in the alley behind a villain bar, the Sardine. A few new connections and a new place to crash, though he may not become the hero he once was, he might just be able to help a few people turn their lives around for the better.
He just needs to keep his identity secret for now, lest he be incinerated on the spot.
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29 Nov 2025
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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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28 Nov 2025
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The exigencies of Flambae's ego were long sated. His career offered challenge and reward in equal measure; sufficient eustress kept him sharp. His teammates, now something of an extended family, furnished the once-desolate corners of his social life with their gutsy effervescence.
What, then, was so amiss?
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In which Flambae makes peace with a grueling assortment of humiliations – love, sincerity, human vulnerability, and the like.
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27 Nov 2025
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Some of the missing time between Robert going down in the villain bar and Blonde Blazer coming through that door. Shroud gives the Red Ring crew ten minutes to do what they want with Mecha Man before the real interrogation starts. It gets pretty fucking ugly. AKA: Shooting Robert's dad really never was enough for Elliot Connors. Not really.
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- Part 6 of Dispatching, Depression, & Donuts
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16 Nov 2025
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Sonar calls out sick. Mecha Man takes his place
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15 Nov 2025
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"Just one hint," Malevola pleaded. Prism leaned against her chair, eyeing Robert expectantly.
Robert stared at them briefly, deliberating over his response. He settled on honesty. They wouldn't believe him, and they wouldn't be able to link it to his identity as Mecha Man anyway.
"Sure. I can't die."
Prism sighed in frustration. "Oh come on! Don't be like that."
_______________________________________Robert Robertson III was eight when he realized he had a super power. It was also the first time he died.
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14 Nov 2025
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Malevola has him pinned against her side, hanging onto him like she’s afraid he’s going to get swallowed by the drunken crowd. Sonar is on her other side, ears glowing faintly with the strobe lights as he knocks into her repeatedly.
Visi swings by, wipes the corner of his mouth, then disappears. Hot hands find his head a second- seconds? minutes? later. The flash of orange and black coming closer has him swaying dangerously to catch whatever Flambae starts to mutter against his ear. Something about shitty music?
Coop saunters past with a glint of metal, prying the empty tumbler from his hand. Punch Up appears with a full one to replace it. It makes his face flush when he takes a swig.
“Yo! Anyone seen Golem?” Prism pushes through. She’s got Waterboy by the wrist; She might be about to use him to purposely slip people and get them out of her way. Phenomaman is floating after them.
Visi comes back again, this time with Blazer holding on for dear life. They’re hugging like it’s the end of the world instead of just being drunk in a shitty bar. Blazer smiles, dimples showing. His vision swims.
The whiskey burns. So does the ache in his chest.
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Sometimes a drink feels like family.
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- Part 1 of stuck to the bottom of my glass
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14 Nov 2025
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Flambae had been living out of his car, and Robert hadn't been doing well since the loss of his mecha suit and the hospitalization of his mentor and friend. So while Robert is on a much needed leave and bereavement time. Z-team and Blonde Blazer came to the conclusion to solve two problems at once.
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13 Nov 2025
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My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand by Rileeznuts
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
28 Nov 2025
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Robert was tired.
Not just the “oh I just couldn’t sleep last night haha!” tired.
This exhaustion was bone deep, its cold claws seeping into his body, consuming his thoughts and making him ache.
How much longer would his families legacy continue to fuck up his life? He thinks as acidic knuckles dig into his cheekbone, blood blooming in his mouth.
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or Robert gets tortured by toxic and the Z-Team works to save him.
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12 Nov 2025
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The air to Robert’s left grows warm, then hot—a concentrated sunlight that finally forces him to glance up.
Flambae’s hovering over the catwalk now, still nothing but a silhouette of fire. No trace of flesh. No trace of bones. Even his eyes are consumed by flames, leading Robert to wonder about the reliability of the man’s vision. He is a floating fiery ghoul, by all accounts.
One who may or may not be able to see.
Even so, the sight is formidable. He’d be impressed—seeing the effect up close like this is different than seeing it through the Mecha Man suit—but the image of the man slipping on a puddle and breaking his tooth on the bar makes it difficult to be anything but vaguely amused.
“If you’re gonna throw me off, could you at least do it in your other form?” Robert asks listlessly. “I’d like to die without third-degree burns, if at all possible.”
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or; dispatch, but flambae is a romance option
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11 Nov 2025
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It had been looking up for the Z-Team. They were getting along, somewhat, and they had a dispatcher who seemed to give a fuck for some reason.
And then said dispatcher went missing.
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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2025
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09 Nov 2025
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How to Avoid Your Ex During a Wedding Countdown: By Robert Robertson the Third by Anonymous
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
19 Nov 2025
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Two years after his breakup with his ex, Robert gets a wedding invitation to his friends', Janelle and Colm, special ceremony. Despite some hidden conflicts, he's willing to put things aside for them and their special day.
Problem is, that also involves seeing said ex. Yikes.
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08 Nov 2025
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Z-Team is paired with X-Team for a joint operation to track down and bust a child smuggling operation spanning across their bordered districts.
Z-Team may be ex-criminals, but everyone can agree a pedophile is a waste of a cell room and is much better off rotting six feet under.
How Robert Robertson can look at the perps marched through their doors with indifference is what rubs Z-Team the wrong way.
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07 Nov 2025
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My hands are not clean (they can still carry you home) by Arcturus_Ish
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
30 Nov 2025
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The thing about plastic chairs is that they weren't a great substitute for an actual bed; the other thing is, Robert can't exactly afford to be picky and even if he 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 the internal debate is still ongoing as to whether or not he deserves a mattress at this current point in his life.
So, the plastic chair stays and is staying for the foreseeable future. Besides, it's charming - in a depressing, minimalism-that-is-totally-not-a-reflection-of-his-inner-sense-of-worth way.
Or:The fic where Robert has chronic pain and Flambae has warm hands. The two of them will figure out what to do about that eventually, right?
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07 Nov 2025
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It had barely been a week since Robert's last run-in with some criminals.
Except this time, they weren't after money or fame.
They were after him.
And of course, it happened on his day off again.
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Robert suffers lolBtw this is part of a series, you should read the previous stories for context, though it isn't 100% necessary.
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- Part 3 of Hero Catalogue 🦸
- Part 3 of Project Phoenix Continuity 🐦🔥
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05 Nov 2025
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The Z-Team didn’t like Robert.
They were villains. They were fuck ups. They each had a giant chip on their shoulders that barely let them stand next to each other on a good day. As soon as his voice first came on the group call, they had to give him shit. If they didn’t start harassing him, the Blonde Boss Lady would have benched them thinking they were being mind controlled.
Every handler thought they could “handle” the Phoenix team. Tame them, make them palatable, water them down. Turn them good. So they didn’t like Robert.
But they did like his voice.
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04 Nov 2025
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Robert was very unhappy that Flambae was a little brat and didn't care about the safety of his teammates. So he confronted ex-villain when he had the chance, and unfortunately, it ended in a way he certainly didn't expect. Especially not with how careful he was to keep everyone from finding out that Mecha Man was an Omega.
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03 Nov 2025
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Blonde Blazer gets a call late at night that a child saved from a potential kidnapping situation could very well be SDN's newest Dispatcher.
A few secrets come out, and suddenly everything is a lot more complicated as Robert becomes the centre of the weirdest game of capture the flag.
With him as the flag.(Robert is de-aged to the last time he felt safe, which is at 11. Inspired by @killershark82 on Tumblr)
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- 11/?
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03 Nov 2025
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Toxic kidnaps the Z-Team and hurts Robert, leading to a surprising response from the Z-Team. Especially once Toxic outs Robert as Mecha Man.
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03 Nov 2025
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Robert slumps into his chair, headset half-on, the SDN bullpen still humming with the last dregs of the night shift. The coffee tastes like battery acid, but it’s the only thing keeping his eyes open.
Then the comm crackles.
“Hello, Robert.”
Phenomaman’s voice, flat as a gravestone.
“I would like to learn about intercourse from a human person.”
Robert chokes on his coffee. Why is this his life?
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- Part 1 of Dispatch NSFW Fics
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03 Nov 2025