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Chapter 1: Glass Cages
Dynasty Lost

Lyric of Remembrance

Chapter One: Glass Cage
"What we call the beginning is often the  end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we  start from."
—T. S. Eliot, "Four Quartets"
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a  matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing  to be achieved."
—William Jennings Bryan
MARCH 26, 3076, AD PS HEADQUARTERS, TOKYO
"They say Jaegar launched an attack on one of  the cities in the Americas yesterday." Rye ran a hand over a  support column, face unreadable, narrowed eyes trained on the stone.  "Has your mother said anything?"
"No, but something's got he
Chapter 7: Decisions, part 1
Chapter Seven: Decisions
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have."
—Margaret Mead
"To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man."
—Golda Meir
For his very first battle, he actually wasn't doing so badly. He'd been fifteen for a matter of days, and technically he shouldn't be allowed in an aerial battle until he'd passed the permit exam, but it had been an emergency. So far, he'd managed not to maim anyone or anything that he wasn't supposed to, even with the unprecedented addition of a female psymancer working from below. He'd been too busy to do more than
Chapter Five: Cracking Open
Chapter Five: Cracking Open
"Nothing happens by itself…it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions."
—Ben Stein
"The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together."
—Saadi
9:36 AM, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 6118 AD, V.E.O. ACADEMY, NEO TOKYO, JAPAN
Ander stood in Lethya's living room, arms folded, as homework and books were shoved off the table and into a pile at his feet. The bag she'd pulled from the rubble, on the other hand, was set on the now clear tabletop with something almost like reverence. "Lethya, if you don't explain soon I'm leaving."
"Jaegar's going to go
Chapter Four: Partners, Part 2
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 6118 AD, V.E.O. ACADEMY, NEO TOKYO, JAPAN
The next day was only slightly better. Jerik ate with her again, ignoring Ander's darkling looks from where he ate by himself, and Sakfas only directly insulted her in front of the entire class two or three times. Professor Tanek was pleased with the studying she'd put in—she'd taken about two more hours to go over all of her subjects after the detention and gone to bed by eleven—and told her that, at the rate she was going, she would be far enough along to take the midterm test in two weeks. After that, another three weeks and she'd probably be caught up with the class. Lethya sile
Chapter Two: Surprises
Chapter Two: Surprises
"The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind."
—John Allston
"He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times."
—Johann von Shiller
11:04 AM, FRIDAY, APRIL 16
Jerik looked long and hard at the dark outline of the girl who had just fallen out of the cylinder-thing, then at Ander, her "mommy." More accurately, he took notice of how she was collapsed against him. This was the only girl in the school other than some of the teachers. "Hey, Ander, you wanna trade places?"
"Fat chance," his friend growled, eyes a mixture of golden red and orange, betraying confusion and irritati
Chapter Four: Partners, Part 1
Chapter Four: Partners
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
—Buddha
"I wish they would only take me as I am."
—Vincent Van Gogh, Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 6118 AD V.E.O ACADEMY, NEO TOKYO, JAPAN
"I'm telling you, you do this and you sign the death warrant for every person in this school!" Maientra insisted angrily. "If Jaegar finds out about Lethya, nothing will keep him from unleashing every force he has on this school to destroy her!"
"He may have heard about it by now, Maia," Principal Emelath said wearily. "Many of the boys could have alrea
Chapter 7: Decisions, part 2
6:20 PM, THURSDAY, MAY 13
At dinner, Lethya sat with Lawrence again. This time the discussion was something she could weigh in on: exactly all the differences between a Dragonship and a DA. Sakfas was having the most advanced Mechanics and Engineering class work on repairing Ander's DA-002, and while the work was going slow, at least it was getting done. Simultaneously, the first DA's were being mass-produced for the older and more experienced pilots, but the first production round wouldn't be available for another three weeks.
"There's an extra set of boosters under the wings," she said, frowning in concentration as she attempted to sketch i
Chapter Six: Mu Lan
Chapter Six: Mu Lan
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."
—Ambrose Redmoon
"She had much fighting ability, and could act the leader. Her body passed through one hundred battles, always at the front, and compared to the fiercest soldiers, she was still better."
—Last lines of the Mu Lan Play
10:58 AM, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 6118 AD, NEO TOKYO, JAPAN
Standing two hundred stories tall, Valiandessa Eve Obrieun Academy for the Martial and Psymantic Arts was one of Neo Tokyo's proudest buildings. In emergencies, the students could defend the building and even hold back an attack on
Chapter 7's Title Is Too Long
Chapter Seven: The Dangers of Dating Alethyis Fanyathe
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Jealousy and love are sisters.  
—Russian Proverb
In the sex-war thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.
—Cyril Connolly
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11:46 AM, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 6118 AD, V.E.O. ACADEMY, NEO TOKYO, JAPAN
Lethya ran a brush through her hair, humming happily. In—she checked her watch—fourteen minutes, she and Binkery were going to go to lun
Chapter 8: Learning to Fly, p2
11:03 AM, MONDAY 17
"You will be flying DT's," Maia said briskly. "That stands for Dragonship Transport Model. Ander and Lethya, you'll be flying DAT's so you don't have to go back to the single steering handle. No matter what make you've got, it'll fly like whatever you're used to, just bigger, slower and with less maneuverability. Also, you'll have ten to fifteen people on board, so no monkey business. With a little over a hundred pilots taking at least ten each, we should have the refugees staying here shuttled down in no time—one trip each. Some of you may be assigned Orientation Duty, which means you show them around. Also no screwing ar
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I took the day off from classes because I'm sick, and ended up finishing off Maia's character sheet as well. Here's what the nice lady looks like. :)
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~Risika303 Feb 28, 2007
Looks good ^_^ She also has the same birthday as me lol
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~SweetPeachyOrgasim Feb 24, 2007
Yes! She's a bit diffrent from what I kep imagining her as.... so I'm really glad you uploaded this... I have the most trouble picturing her for some reason.... ^^; Even THOUGH, she's on of my favorite characters.... ^^;
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~wr0 Feb 23, 2007  Student Digital Artist
Nice character design! Love her outfit too!
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~edsgirl18 Feb 21, 2007
cool
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~Moscalilly Feb 21, 2007
Her birthday is on my bff's birthday...
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~DarkAngelGirl1 Feb 20, 2007
Looks awesome!I like her stats.^-^
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~The-Fallen-Immortal Feb 20, 2007
love ur outfit designs! get well soon ^^
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~Mo0s3d14 Feb 20, 2007
MAIA IS MY HERO :w00t: XD
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~jokerjester77 Feb 20, 2007
Very nice all around! ;)
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~Tsaka Feb 20, 2007
This is exactly how I imagined her to look like. XD
Nice job!
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