The Alternate Heart Session 1: The Alternate Noire
Location: PAX
Ren is working at her job going through files when she comes across something that causes her to contact Jaime. Asking about Noire, who is currently in Tokyo these days, as well as knowing where most of the other Dark Ones, she wonders if Jaime has any files on Noire/Reikana when they were younger and still one person. She asks if they have any children pictures due to the fact a teenage looking Noire was seen breaking into an Earth facility and Earth is asking the Suisen due to their relations with Noire; the two decide to have a chat with her. Ren, Jaime, Noire, and Charlotte decide to meet at the old Fumoffu club room where Ren throws snacks to Akatsuki to catch and eat while they talk about the picture. They discuss the possibilities of it being a clone of her to another homonculus before settling on the idea of it maybe being another reality version of Noire, so the group sets out to see Taiga once more.
Location: Asteroid C
The group finds the station in low lighting and when they turn it on, they find Taiga wearing a nightgown, her hair a mess, and looks to be someone who hasn't been taking care of herself as she keeps the Tareh device running with Si. While the converse with her and Si forces a shower on her, Adeline and Taiga work on the systems to check on realities before she gets a hit - the Alternate Reality. Taiga notes that she did send a request for them to join in being allies but never heard anything back from Wind's Reality or the Alternate Reality, which nearly leads to another spat between Jaime and Noire over the Strikers ending their mission to explore the realities and switching to monitoring them. The team decides to suit up, having Thena join them, and set out for the Alternate Reality to learn what is up with this other Noire.
Location: The Alternate Reality
The Alternate Mega City has been repaired since Nyarlathotep's attack by inflaming the people to riot and allowing Adeline 25 and her pirates to do their thing. Taiga guides them on comms, remaining back on the station, where they find the Illium population has increased compared to before and the human population seems to be less visible. Illium guards have now replaced the Arcana Dragoons and even seem to have more power now compared to the humans. Ren uses her datapad to access their holonet to learn that Aya quit being the leader a year ago and someone called Zao became the new leader, showing an image of someone who looks a lot like Ao, but male, who turns out to be her son and heir to the Illium empire. At that moment, the Arcana Dragoon grab the group off the street and into a building.
Haruki, Haru, and Gemi, missing Unmei, explain that Zao blindsided them by gathering enough power to overthrow Aya to do a silent coup, explaining that he's using the Illium population that missed the old ways to try to control things and cause friction here in the capital. They explain that Zao believes among the Alternate Reality, Wind's Reality, as well as the Prime Reality, plus a believed fourth Reality, there is a heart shared among them, which he is seeking. Admitting that they have no idea what it is or what will happen if he finds it. Taiga comms them that the base that Noire hit was a Repliforce base that Cheryl's files were sent to after she left EarthGov. Realizing that Zao might be having agents that are traveling throughout the realities looking for this heart and that the Arcana have to stay here and look for Aya, who is missing, they decide to head back for now after exhanging information with then.
As they prepare to return, the Illium ambush the group and after a brief battle, they shake them off and manage to escape. Taiga informs them that Kaori has lost her reality powers, informing them that someone who looked like Wind came in and took it. She also notes that the heart thing could be anything, including the Heart of Yggdrasil or the heart of the multiverse. She goes on to inform them about how originally, there was a Trinity of Realities - the Prime Universe, the Alternate Reality, and Wind's Reality, but soon Tareh became it's own thing - a fourth reality. And then she tells them about the Illiums and how they are a possible future version of the Suisen Empire and how it took all 3 Realities to bring them down before.
The investigation continues into The Classical Heart Session 1.
The Alternate Heart Session 2: An Alternate Raid
Location: Asteroid C
Taiga informs them she has been looking into where Model A might have been taken to in the Alternate Reality, after the group retrieved it in The Classical Heart Session 1 and lost it to the alternate Noire. Believing it might have been taken to Zao in the Imperial Palace, she notes that it has been heavily fortified against her reality drones; when Si notes they need a Noire-dar instead, Taiga contacts Andrea to help them out. She arrives with Noire related items showing off items of Noire throughout the years; oddly Jaime and Victoire also show up when Taiga calls for Noire experts. Andrea notes that the more fangirls that Noire has the better as she brings out the sister tome to the one she gave to Charlotte and Noire years ago, using the basic tome to help locate the other Noire by using the strong feelings those around her have. After everyone names what they like about Noire, Andrea hands a hair to Noire to hold onto, since it will guide her to the other Noire. Taiga and Akatsuki stay behind to be their guides and the group sets off back to the Alternate Reality.
Location: The Alternate Reality
The city is under Illium martial law now, with patrols flying in the sky at this time, and an oppressive feel can be felt as the hair splits in Noire's hair, one pointing at her and the other in another direction. They realize it is not pointing toward the palace, but somewhere else in the city. The team is forced to avoid patrols and get into the sewers where they have to deal with it's horrors. They soon arrive at the secret basement of someplace full of weapons and strange Illium devices. As they continue to explore it, they see PAX like stuff, advanced Illium equipment that is no doubt future PAX stuff, advanced weapons and defensive equipment, and more. Kaori notes it might not be so random as she arrives behind them just as Illium soldiers show up, forcing the team to hide.
The group realizes they are in what appears to be an Illium base of sorts and are forced to come up with a plan to take it out. From there, the Strikers along with Kaori and Victoire, begin to dismantle the Illium base and attempt to bring it down with their own weapons against them. Along the way though, they come across the other Arcana Noire who immediately begins to battle them. Kaori fires a Bullet #1 which turns out to be an explosive bullet that takes out several Illiums along with Adeline's hyperspace bullet while the Teen Noire looks annoyed. At that moment the Illiums try to kill them all by blowing the place up, even if that means sacrificing the other Noire, so they all teleport out, taking her with them; Noire notes that they sacrificed a lot of equipment to keep the Teen Noire quiet. They decide to head back toward the exit point back to the Asteroid C in the hopes that the Teen Noire will give up the information on where Model A is located as well as information on the Heart.
The Alternate Heart Session 3: Sneaking and Alternating Firing
Location: Asteroid C
Taiga eyes the information that Alternate Noire gave them and points out where she believes Model A is being held. It seems to be an Illium labatory that helps to help manfucture materials to help find the Heart outside the city, having materials from both their reality and Wind's. She explains that she has been trying to borrow through to Tareh to contact Lorelei's gang using the link of their reality, the Alternate Reality, and Wind's Reality, wondering if the heart might have something to do with their four's connection. They discuss how Centerpoint's being destroyed split the realities long ago so they were no long connected and could have something to do with this as well. Alternate Noire warns that Zao is planning a large scale operation soon and that they need to prepare for soon; Taiga loads them up with some explosive discs and they set out to the other reality.
Location: Alternate Reality
The city has even more patrols now during the night with hovertanks everywhere, but Alternate Noire helps sneak them toward the labatory, avoiding the patrols. They manage to sneak inside the base and soon locate Model A with some scientists, where Kaori manages to help secure it for transfer from them. Ren uses her reality powers to make it look like Kaori isn't holding anything as they try to walk out with it. The other Noire notes she will remain behind to help this reality out as they manage to escape with Model A and as they move for the exit point, they run into trouble with the Illiums in the sewers on the way out. Thankfully, they also run into the Arcana helping free Katrina. The two teams get to a safety point - the Arcana getting Katrina to safety and the Strikers back to Asteroid C where Model A gives Charlotte the Mega Man powers for now as a test; the group takes a brief break before they head to Wind's Reality to return the Model and try to stop whatever Zao's planning there.
The investigation continues into The Angelic Heart Session 3 briefly and The Classical Heart Session 2.
The Alternate Heart Session 4: Alternate Pyrrhic Victory
Location: Asteroid C
While Ren eats Noire's food with Charlotte and Akatsuki, they discuss if the children will re-open the Fumoffu club when they are older. Taiga informs them that she seems unable to get in touch with anyone from the Alternate Reality, so they decide to check in on them while things have calmed down with Wind's Reality after the events of Classical Heart Session 3. The group leaves Aurica behind to man the gate as they transport over to the Alternate Reality, finding part of the city destroyed. They begin to seek out the Arcana and soon find them in the rubble of the building, coming across the body of Haruki leaning across the door as if to block further Illiums from coming inside. As they go further into the warehouse, they find Alternate Katrina, Aya, an injured Haru, and Unmei dragging Gemi. Taiga examines Gemi and seems to declare her beyond saving before asking why they didn't get in touch with them; Aya informs them that it was a suicide mission to bring Zao down and didn't want to bring the Strikers down with them. Aya talks about how she didn't think Zao had it in him to do all this, thinking he would have made Ao proud, but guesses she was wrong.
The group makes their way to the Presidental Building where they force Haru to back down due to her injuries as the rest prepare to deal with Zao. Unmei leads them in as they meet up with another Arcana named Shi, who's powers of death can be felt. They work their way up until they are close enough for Charlotte to do a mind scan and sense that Zao seems worried about an Illium Overlord strangely and trying to protect something. They work their way into the office where they find a super large Illium, Zao, and another Cheryl with long hair. Zao moves to protect said Cheryl while the large Illium attacks and is forced out the window after being injured by Charlotte, Noire, and the Arcana. Zao confesses he took over the role of the Emperor of the Illium here after that Illium showed up and said he would do so otherwise they would destroy the Earth; he admits they were looking for the Hearts, handing a list of names they wanted for questioning in regards - including Wind, Jaime, Cheryl, and Taiga. The Alternate Cheryl notes with so many versions of people that makes it hard to know who they really want. Zao leaves to make sure government transfer to Aya is done right away while the rest wonder what is going on.
The investigation ends in The Classical Heart Session 4.
The Classical Heart Session 1: To Catch a Train
Location: Mega City
The investigation contiues into The Alternate Heart Session 2.
The Classical Heart Session 2: The Game Is On
Location: Asteroid C
The Classical Heart Session 3: Ouroboros
Location: Grand Nuage
The investigation contiues into The Alternate Heart Session 4.
The Classical Heart Session 4: A Mad Mad World
Location: Asteroid C
The investigation contiues into The Reality Strikers 72.
Timeline: 6.23.3166 - 3 months later
The Angelic Heart Session 1: Harbringer's Prediction
Location: The Kingdom of Blantress
The Angelic Heart Session 2: Surviving in a New Tareh
Location: Kingdom of Alrhyl
The Angelic Heart Session 3: Volcanic Battle
Location: PAX
The Angelic Heart Session 4: The Hearts
Location: PAX
The investigation continues into The Classical Heart Session 3.