#noisy changes [plotline 2]

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Piecing It Together

You wake up to a killer headache, and a massive strain on your back. You try and figure out what’s going on, but doing so right now is kind of not possible. You get up, but hit your head on some rocks. Turn out your in a cave of some sorts. Looking around, you spot three things with what little light is in here. What should you do?

>Investigate Puddle for Reflection, to recall who you are >Investigate Orange Glowing Figure >Investigate Big Glowing Figure

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Alone Time

It’s easier for Subaru to meet up with everyone by taking Wave Roads out in space to their destination quicker, since he still doesn’t have a passport. But, his little personal talks while War Rock takes a nap in the buster have been... A lot different lately.

Rockman would look into the wave road and see Subaru staring back. It was starting to get annoying how often he saw red in his reflection’s hair. He was used to his crimson eyes from the noise poisoning, but this was far different. In fact, his eyes haven’t even so much as flashed red since Another Duo.EXE.

“You know, as soon as this is over, you should get out for a while. Explore the world. Everyone else has their future figured out, why aren’t you allowed to?”

“I’ve never said I’m not allowed to have a future. It’s just hard to figure out. Besides, I still have school to worry about.”

“You’re not saying you should ditch school. What You are saying is that after this school year, when you advance, you’ll have a lot more free time. You can take online classes too. You need to start figuring out where you want to go.”

“Well, I’m sorry, it’s not like I want to be disillusioned by my own sense of self. Accomplishing your childhood dreams while still a child kind of does that to you. Were it not for the fact that I still have work to do, I’d be at home right now.”

“Can’t you see that this is exactly what you’re talking about? You’ve replaced your depressive state, with a workaholic attitude. You let everyone else sit in the backseat, while you stay in the drivers seat, even despite the fact that you haven’t slept in days and are your who knows what the number is anymore cup of coffee! I can’t keep letting myself do this, when my friends are worried about me!”

“Well maybe you need to acknowledge that they shouldn’t have to be worried. You’re fine! You’ve been fine since Meteor G! Dad’s back home, and you have friends that care about you, no one should have to worry anymore! As long as Rockman can keep people safe, Subaru Hoshikawa will be okay!”

“Except we’re clearly not! Look at us! Really look at us!” 

Rockman, no Subaru, no Rockman, no Subaru, no.... The boy looked at himself. When had he turned red? Why did he access this armor? He doesn’t remember turning it on.

“D-do you think...”

“We need therapy? Yes, but I know I’m too stubborn to get it.”

The boy lay himself down on the wave road, letting himself look into the vastness of space. “What do I want to be, now that I’ve done everything I wanted to do in life. What’s the point in going on, when you did everything?”

“Well, I do know one thing. I want to get this mission over with.” Rockman stood back up. Subaru took a deep breath. Rockman let it out. Subaru looked back at his reflection.

“I should really talk to someone in a professional field about this. At least I’m the one in the seat though.”

“Imagine if someone else was driving this train crash waiting to happen? Heh, yeah, like that’s even possible...” And so, he went back on his way.

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Futures

“So I’m thinking my next tour will be Netopia only. My world wide was fun, but going round the planet singing all the time can be exhausting, you know?”

Getting ready for a mission takes time, and since there isn’t a short time limit on the current, the trio gets to take their time in getting ready, heading back to Subaru’s to practice a bit on their instruments before they leave. Misora had begun talking about going on tour again, and it’s lead to a general conversation about all of their futures.

“I hear that. I remember having been sent to Nanska, that was not fun.” Gonta replied, Subaru chuckling in response.

“Gonta you were amnesiac most of the time. The fact you remember any of it is an astonishment.”

“Well, at least I remember the food I ate there! As the French would say, it was magnifique! Though, as always, it could’ve used pepper.” The bulky boy replied, thinking back on the food he had eaten before.

“You’re really on a roll with your food critiques lately Gonta! Have you considered doing that as a job? I’ve had to eat some food for press releases that really could have been better.” Misora replied, the bull boy blushing in response.

“Hehe, thanks Misora. Oh, hey, speaking of future stuff, Subaru, how’s your studies to be an astronaut going?” Gonta asked, turning his head to look at the boy, Misora doing the same.

“Oh, uh, I stopped...” Subaru admitted, the other two having their jaws drop to the floor.

“YOU WHAT?! But, Subaru, I thought you loved space!” Misora gasped in awe. Was Subaru alright?

“Well, I do, but, considering I can whenever I want nowadays as Rockman, I haven’t seen much need to be an astronaut. Or at least I don’t need to be a pilot anymore.”

“But what about school work? You know that Prez won’t let you not attend Career School after you two finish middle.” Gonta butted in, reminding Subaru what esteemed honor he had in school.

“Oh yeah, you and Luna are in the honors aren’t you? That means instead of Suppository High School, you two go to a Career Center where your extracurriculars are traded in for your future jobs, right?” Misora looked at Subaru for the answer, the boy giving a nod.

“Thanks for reminding me. It’s just...” Subaru put down his bass, plucking a single string, “With everything that’s happened since Andromeda, I’ve had a lot of time to think. If I can go to space and study it whenever, then what’s the point of even becoming an astronaut. I thought maybe I could follow in my ancestor Netto’s footsteps, and try computer science, but Coding Club isn’t interesting to me either.”

“Well, what does interest you?”

“Being Rockman. I mean, nowadays I’ve found more joy in helping others and seeing their smiles than I have in looking at stars.”

“Well, here’s hoping you can find something similar to that.” Gonta finished the topic, getting up from the drum kit and grabbing his hunter.

Subaru looked out the window, his reflection barely visible. “Yeah...” His hair flashed red, and his eyes shined green, all for but a moment.

“I hope so too.” The glow faded in a moment, the trio going back to preparing to leave.

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New Mission

“What’s the news, Aika?”

It was a rather sudden call, but a necessary one in all of their eyes. For Misora and Gonta, it was their first call in from their new commander, for Subaru this was another chat with his cousin, and for Aika it was a chance to prove herself to them all.

“I’ll try and limit myself before getting to the point of our meeting. I am Aika Hikari, your new commander for the Time Patrol area of the Satellite Police, or as we’ll call the operation, Time-Star Force, after the team that banded together to stop Meteor G.” She nods to the group, the three giving a smile in response. Clearing her throat, the girl continued. “You may call me whatever you like in regards to addressing me, but when orders are given you will respond with... Let’s go with Wave Okay-ve for now. I’ll come up with something better later.”

“Wave Okay-ve!” Subaru responded, the other two looking at each other in amusement.

“Now, for the briefing. Satellite Police instruments picked up odd wave readings near Volcanic regions, particularly in Amereurope, with the most active being the area near Yellow Vesuvius. I want you three to check it out, and report back what you find. There’s not a specific time limit to when you start or end the mission, but please do it by April’s end. Am I clear?” Aika asked with a smile, the three giving a nod.

“Then your orders are clear. I look forward to hearing what you find. Time-Star Force, go!”

“Wave Okay-ve!” Subaru chanted, clearly into this phrase.

“Wave Okay-ve...!” The other two let out in small chuckles. Subaru was really into this, wasn’t he?

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{{So, now that I’ve finally gotten a full layout of how I’ll be handling this new plotline, with it being a mix of both Hybrid Rise and Make A Change, I’ll lay out what it means for the story of the blog: So, a summary of my multi-year plotline Noisy Changes:}}

Now a year since Meteor G, (and due to time travel shenanigans a month since the Another Paradox) Subaru, Gonta, and Misora are now trying to live their lives to the fullest, and have become part time agents in the protection of time from threats like Clockman. However, due to the Another Paradox, history has changed, and legends once gone, have been reborn, alongside the return of Subaru’s cousins.

With new powers Subaru has barely any control over, and new friends and foes alike, what will the future be like? Will Subaru be able to control the Subaru Armor, or his new Noise State? What is the deal with Kazuma and Aika? And, who is Subaru really?