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Waking up with a headache was nothing new to Robert, but he hasn’t grown up to be a fan of it yet. Stretching in his plastic chair and pressing his knuckles against the area between his eyebrows eases the pain, soothing it from a sharp one to a dull, more in the background one, giving Robert a chance to stand up and feel the blood flow try it best to keep him from swaying.
The bathroom lights blind Robert for a brief second when he turns them on, regretting his choice to do so when he is greeted by his reflection in the mirror.
If Robert has issues that go above what he can, or wants to, work through by himself, will they take him down or will someone finally snap him out of it?
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05 Dec 2025
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The first Mecha Man to grace L.A. was titled Mecha Man Prime, being the first in the legacy of non-powered humans to make a difference as a hero. The second Mecha Man named himself Astral and made his debut in L.A. as the leader of a group of heroes.
Robert was supposed to be the third Mecha Man. His father would have wanted that for him, but disappointing his father isn't new to him anyway.
In Robert's defense, he had a very valid crash out after his dad was murdered a decade ago. In his morally ambiguous opinion, this leads to his very reasonable agenda of hunting down the man who murdered him. It sucks, because it's a difficult target beloved by the entire damn State.
L.A.'s third Mecha Man, Elliot Connors.
(OR: Robert Robertson is L.A.'s worst supervillain, hunting down the newly retired Mecha Man one dispatch call at a time.)
(OR OR: Dispatch ft. Villain Robert Robertson III)Bookmarked by Sad_Sam
05 Dec 2025
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Chase spent his early years helping a villain named MechaMan, sometimes reluctantly babysitting his son Robert. Many years later, when Project Phoenix finally started gaining momentum, Chase knew exactly who the perfect candidate for reform would be.
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05 Dec 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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04 Dec 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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03 Dec 2025