Scene One - Five: Gundam Wing After Dekim
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the runner-up
--General Omar Bradley
conflict between the poul aul and the powerless means to side with the
powerful, not to be neutral.
--Paulo Freire
herself on being intelligent and able to spot those who commanded respect.
latter was more challenging. Of course
there were two she could think of who easily fit into the last category, her
cousin Treize Khushrenada and Zechs Merquise when he was in his right
mind. There were also the Gundam Pilots
of course, all of whom had earned hespecspect and also Miss Relena Darlian
Peacecraft by whsideside she was currently standing.
faithfully by guarding her against attackers as well as she was able to.
impassively while four armed policemen approached them.
she wanted to run while there was still time.
Instinctively Dorothy knew the police were there to arrest her.
to happen over the past year, always looking over her shoulder.
looking much longer. She had not
expected it so soon though considering that the main Dekim Barton uprising had
only been quelled fourteen hours ago.
Her enemies must have been ready for the next time she showed her face.
why people in her family died young. To
bring change.
that change. Naturally the politicians
finally realized that they could not turn Treize into the scapegoat they
desired. The people respected Treize too
much to hate him so vehemently. Even in
death Treize Khushrenada was an entity unto himself.
someone so grand as he. They only had to
look in his family tree to find the next best target, someone who was not so
grand, herself.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She knew this even though she could not understand
their need for a target, a scapegoat. It
was partly this desire to know that kept her from running.
reasons behind her arrest might harm Relena Peacecraft.
costs.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She did not protect the Vice-Foreign Ministeecauecause she was a nice or even a good person.
She knew the she was neither of those things.
given the peace and the future into her capable hands and Dorothy would defend
her cousin’s wishes, carry out his will.
She was his family, the truest one left of their bloodline and she would
see his dream to fruition.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>At times it was true, she cosseted Relena and held
her too close to keep her innocent. She
also forced her to see the ugly truth, not just the black and white but also
all the shades of gray so that she understood.
She would continue to protect Relena too.
had touchedothyothy, giving her a feeling that was almost reverent and
spiritual in nature when Dorothy had thought herself beyond such movement.
kind and trusting. Yet those were the
very reasons that Treize had chosen her, reasons why she would protect
Relena. Despite having just saved
Relena’s life again and having done so during the first war numerous times it
did not make her a good person. No, it
made her a person who saw things as her cousin had.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She turned and looked at Relena, her catalyst, who
stood now slightly confused. She smi
but
but chose not to ridicule or make fun of her as she normally would have.
conringring all that Relena had been through in the past twenty-four
hours. Perhaps she really was getting
soft. It was not anything she could not fix
in herself later though. She was bound
to have plenty of time to contemplate such things after she was arrested.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Dorothy Catalonia could certainly not admit that she
too was confused like Relena, although she was confused for different
reasons. Only fourteen hours had passed
since the uprising had been put down.
She did not understand how the authorities had found her so quickly or
how they had gotten a warrant for her arrest so soon.
she was not someone who believed in such things.
and possible outcomes. Situations
de
decisions were weighed and then a course of action was chosen and implemented.
repugnant, something that had been long planned out.
unreadable.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Her light blue-gray eyes narrowed into hard slits,
their gray undertone making them appear to be hard stones set firmly in
place. She knew if she were arrested
that the politicians would have known about Dekim’s plan beforehand.
waiting for her to surface.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Dorothy discounted the last possibility right
away. Her tracks had been hidden too
well. And with all the warnings she had
attached to everything, she would have known if a dog had been following
her. If some of the politicians had
known about Dekim Barton’s plans there was someone hidden in the shadow helping
them carry out their plans or giving them orders.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>The warrant required four signatures which in turn
required some planning in the amount of time it had taken them to come for
her. What better time to arrest her than
amidst all the chaos and upheaval when there would be few people to voice a
complaint?
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘Yes,’ she thought to herself.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“If you tell me to run Relena-sama,” Dorothy spoke
gravely to the disheveled girl by her side.
“I will.”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“No Dorothy,” Relena’s tone was casual but strong as
she smoothed her wrinkled and blood spattered skirt.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“As you wish Miss Relena,” Dorothy bowed her head in
acceptance of her fate, knowing that Relena was not as sure as she sounded and
appeared to be.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘How little you know of the world Miss Relena,’
Dorothy shifted her stance into a slightly more protective one.
they cautiously approach us? How unsure
they are of themselves and the reasons they are here?
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She would dearly miss serving under Relena.
afar but Relena had known she was there.
Dorothy would miss that servitude more than her freedom.
Relena, watching her quite power at work, her inner strength being used in
conjunction with carefully crafted smiles.
Dorothy would miss helping to mold her into the role Treize has left to
her. She could not understand how she
could give that up as she was ready to right that very moment.
however she had voiced and worded it, and she was not going to disobey.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Her leaving would keep the politicians preoccupied
on someone other than Relena. She could
be useful even in her imprisonment, giving Relena the chance to consolidate her
power and position. Yes, she was ready
to leave her catalyst to serve a far greater cause.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“Dorothy Catalonia,” Thaderader of the four spoke up
a bit hesitantly, glancing over at Relena Peacecraft as he spoke but never
looking Dorothy in the eye. “I am here
to serve a warrant and place you under arrest.”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“Please Relena-sama,” Dorothy held up a slender
elegant hand to halt the protest that Relena was about to issue.
scene. Please Miss Relena, let me go.”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“Dorothy?” Relena turned to the blond girl more
confused than ever. Her light blue eyes
were wide with shock as she took in Dorothy’s stance.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘This is for your own good Relena-sama,’ Dorothy
said to herself with a raised brow in the girl’s direction.
save you as Heero never would.’
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She knew what had to be running through the
pacifists mind. After all she had just
told Relena less than four hours ago that she had no desire to go quietly when
her time came. She had even said she
wished to make a grand address to the reporters for everyone to see and read
about in the headlines.n stn style=\'mso-spacerun:yes\'> She certainly
never gave advice on not causing a scene, it was what the Catalonia-Khushrenada
line had done for centuries. She stood
perfectly poised and still waiting for Relena to understand what Dorothy wanted
her to do.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“Please,” Relena politely requested, every inch the
diplomat despite her blood spattered and tattered clothing.
same time. “May I say goodbye to my
friend before you take her with you?”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“I don’t have a problem with that your Majesty,” The
leader said using Relena’s old title of Queen of the World as he turned to the
other policemen with him. “Do any of you
have objections to the Queen saying goodbye?”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>The three police officers quickly voiced that they
had no objections and even went so far as to compliment Relena on her bravery
during her kidnapping. Dorothy merely
rolled her eyes at their blatant flattery.
She knew that they were partially sincere but they were hoping for some
recognition from Relena as well, she was not about to give it so readily.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“We’ll wait over here to give you a little privacy
your Majesty,” The leader gave a half bow, eyes downcast in respect.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘How kind of you,’ Dorothy said to herself.
rewarding you for this service.’
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“I am no longer Queen of the World,” Relena bestowed
one of her spectacular smiles on the leader.
“But I thank you for granting my request.”
police had moved off and were out of earshot.
“What are you doing Dorothy? How
did you know they were here for you?”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“In the way they were looking at me,” Dorothy gave a
slightly mocking smile to Relena but quickly slammed her neutral mask back
on. “That gave it away Relena-sama.
than you do. I only know something about
all of this,” She waved a hand for emphasis.
“Isn’t right. Stay out of this
Miss Relena. I cannot ensure your safety
and I cannot be sure that things will not me,”me,” She paused briefly.
Have Nils, my lawyer, look into politicians who have the most to gain
from my imprisonment. Don’t become
involved in this, there are other more important things you must do
Relena-sama.”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“I can promise you nothing Dorothy,” Relena shook
her head, honey colored hair knotting even further.
not shed and Dorothy was proud of her for her control.
me. I can’t just let you go quietly even
if that’s what you say you want now.”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“Do not risk your position for one as unimportant as
me in this game Relena-sama,” Dorothy hissed angrily at her.
role in the game. Some players must be
sacrificed in order to achieve an end to the cycle.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Relena looked at Dorothy carefully but chose not to
respond to her meswawe. For the first
time Dorothy could not read what Relena was thinking or feeling in her
eyes. Those light blue eyes were closed
off to her and it left her feeling shut
out from Relena’s world. It was a world
she had always been welcome in and now she was not.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Part of Dorothy was pleased to note that Relena was
finally able to hide her thoughts and emotions, even from her.
annoyed because it was now that she needed to know what Relena truly intended
to do. Dorothy supposed that it was her
own fault for teaching Relena how to mask her thoughts and emotions in the first
place. Just as it was her fault for not
realizing how far Relena had progressed in her lessons.
almost a year and Dorothy had discovered Relena had grown beyond her
reach. The former Queen of the World was
an entity of her own, as Treize had been, as he had intended for Relena to
be. She was obviously the person Treize
had seen in her, the person Dorothy had been trying to help her become, and her
potential that had finally come to fruition.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“You are at last beyond me,” Dorothy whispered
taking a step back from the girl she had believed she had known so well.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>As suddenly as those light blue eyes had been closed
off to her they were opened, leaving Dorothy with the girl she had always known
and remembered. Relena was not totally
into her new role but shortly enough she would be ready for it.
one day Relena Peacecraft would be completely out of Dorothy’s reach.
or corrupt her in her beliefs and ideals.
When that day came Dorothy would finally be able to rest.
could be put aside for other pleasures, although she doubted that she would
completely stop keeping her silent watch over Relena.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“I can promise you nothing,” Relena whispered the
words yet again, her eyes pleading with Dorothy not to argue about it now.
we try to make should be made.”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“Your Majesty?” The leader called out as the four
heavily armed officers approached them yet again, instantly shattering the
connection between the two women. “We
have to take her now. We’ve got to do
our jobs.”
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“I understand,” Relena said moving aside a few feet.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Dorothy allowed herself to be cuffed behind her back
without protest, the metal digging into her skin.
Queen of the World who was watching her in return.
perusal, the younger woman’s tears held fiercely in place.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She was beginning to realize that Relena might
always need her help from time to time.
She imagined that it was hard to be perfect all the time with the world
always watching, never being able to make a mistake out in the open.
and feelings hidden away. That was how
Relena was able to keep up the appearance as the perfect symbol for peace.
effective, as a symbol and figurehead.
So long as that appearance was maintained her position was secured which
meant there would be lasting stability.
Relena only had to keep up the illusion and reality of who and what she
was expected and supposed to be. Then
the hope for true peace would always exist.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Her arms were roughly jerkedm bem behind, pulling
her back from her thoughts to hersentsent situation.
her wrists but that was something she had expected.
pain before in her life, she was a soldier.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-siz.0pt.0pt\'>Dorothy knew that whoever decided to fight for her
freedom would have to be strong both individually and with a group and these
would be people she could call friends.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Friends were not an item or frivolity that she had
allowed herself. A friendship took time
to build and maintain and they usually involved emotion.
be used against you. Dorothy was far too
important to allow such weakness in herself.
She had followed her grandfather, Duke Dermail’s, advice on friends but
perhaps someday she liked to think she could have some.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘Didn’t these infidels claim to have a warrant?’ She
asked herself.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She grew curious despite the slight misgivings that
she felt as they approached the squad car.
The warrant should have four signatures from members of the Earth Sphere
United Council due to her social position.
She knew her rights, or what little ones she still had remaining to
her. She would begin her information
gathering sooner than she had thought.
But it was probably best to wait until she was within the squad car.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Dorothy was unceremoniously shoved into the back of
the car.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“What am I being charged with?” Dorothy asked
directly after the car was in motion.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“War crimes,” The leader answered her from the front
passenger seat.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘War crimes,’ Dorothy silently repeated to herself,
tactfully holding back the laughter she wished to release.
imagination. Obviously whoever this is
wants me dead, not merely out of the way if I were held in prison as I
originally thought. I wonder who it is
that wants me dead so badly?’
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“Who signed the warrant?” Dorothy asked knowing that
it was within her rights to know whose signatures were on it.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“Henry Rochambeau and William Dodd,” The leader
shifted uncomfortably in his seat as he answered her, a reaction she noted and
filed away for later use. “Also Carl de
La Salle and George Bucher. Dodd and
Rochambeau were adamant about having your arrested as soon as possible.”
>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She recognized both Dodd and Rochambeau’s
names. Both of them were power hungry
and envious of Relena. She had been
watching them both for nearly a year in case they tried to overthrow
Relena. It was clear that she was only a
pawn in a much larger game that had even larger stakes involved, a situation
that she did not enjoy being in. Now she
only needed to discover what they were hoping to gain, but she knew that
eventually her sharp mind would piece it all together.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Life was just one big chess game.
with power were allowed to play in the game.
There were only two objecs.
The first was to win and the second was to protect the king and her king
was Relena. It would be a challenging
and interesting game to play.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Dorothy quickly processed the fact that if her king,
Relenare tre to be taken out of the public eye there were few who were
competent enough to fill her shoes.
There were only three people she could think of who could carry the same
success and publicity as Relena. The
first was Heero Yuy followed by Zechs Merquise and lastly by Quatre Raberba Winner.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Zechs, Relena’s older brother, had no interest to be
in the public eye. He was not a leader
of men either, soldiers yes, men no. To
Zechs there was a large difference between soldiers and men.
Dorothy’s purposes now he did not fit the proper criteria.
the part but not indefinitely. Nor could
she ask that of him.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Then there was Heero Yuy, the two-time savior of the
world. Heero could lead the people and
blindly they would follow believing he would protect them and save them over
and over. He was a born leader.
understand them. Someday Heero would be
able to lead but he had a journey to undertake first.
unless he went on hon his own or unless another Pilot helped him.
her he would never learn. And of course
there was the possibility that Heero would remain a mission oriented soldier
who would become broken. Dorothy could
not picture Heero Yuy breaking whieanteant he had to begin to understand
humanity.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Lastly there was Quatre Winner.
from the Colonies and for the next few years at least he would not be totally
accepted without prejudice. It was a
shameful society they existed in but for now those were the rules that had to
be followed.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>None of the best candidates were ready to step into
the fray. It was too early.
preserved at all costs until another could take control and achieve the same
kind of results.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘Everything and everyone to its place,’ Dorothy
thought to herself as the car drove through the cracked streets.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>The back of the car had the smell of stale air and
dust. The most overpowering smell was by
far that of vomit and urine. If the
police had expected her to become bothered by the smell and complain they would
be sorely mistaken. She might have been
born into a position of power and social status and have quite a bit of money
to her name but she had certainly smelled worse than this.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>During her fist sessions using the Zero System she had
spent much of her time throwing up. Just
as during battle many men and women under her command often urinated themselves
out of fear. They had never frozen up
though but it was a common occurrence in soldiers who saw such battles.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘Fear does things like that to people,’ Dorothy told
herself. ‘The good ones work through
it.’
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>No, these smells were ing ing new to Dorothy
Catalonia, granddaughter and cousin to Duke Dermail and Treize
Khushrenada. They were familiar and
somewhat comforting. They were smells
that strongly reminded her of her days in White Fang under Zechs Merquise,
another great man who was still counted among the living.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘For how much longer thought I can’t say,’ she
smiled softly to herself. ‘Zechs takes
foolish but necessary risks.’
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Strange smells to bring back memories of her command
to her. Dorothy was in command of
nothing now, locked as she was in the back of a squad car.
believing that Treize had been unable to follow through with his great
plan. Even more foolish to feel that she
somehow had to eclipse her grandfather and Treize’s shadows to achieve her own
glory and greatness. She had been
nothing more than a child with something to prove.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>It mattered not that she had thought she would
change the world in this way. As
Mistress of the Mobile Dolls she had forced change to occur and had brought
both fear and respect to her name, Dorothy Elizabeth Catalonia.
herself. After being defeated she realized
how wrong she had been, how utterly foolish.
Realizing that Treize had truly succeeded by dying the death he had and
becoming a martyr for his vision. She
had really done nothing to help her cousin for she had not seen as far as he
had.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Now it was different.
she had been slipping in her role as Mistress.
She needed to regain the respect and fear and greatness that went with
her title. Only then would she be
unshakable in her future resolve.
Mistress of the Mobile Dolls was a role she had played to its fullest
and she would do so again. She would
show the people, as Treize had done, what it meant to have both
flowing through her veins.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>This time she would play the same role as
Treize. There would be only one chance
to get it right, no second chances even for her.
her final role in life.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>To follow Treize she had to keep her martyrdom a
secret until near the very end. She
would die for her cousin’s vision.
Perhaps then there would be enough
spilled for there to be peace. Then the
world might just remember that one of the greatest visionaries of their time
had sacrificed so much for them. And
that Dorothy Catalonia had forced them to see the truth, once she discovered
what that truth was.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Dorothy had entered the squad car a killer and a
sinner in every extreme of the words.
She would come out as close to a saint as was possible for a person like
her to be.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Dorothy chuckled softly to herself over the irony of
her being a saint. The next thing she
knew she was yanked roughly from the back of the car.
to the fate she had given herself.
Knowing that in death greatness would come to her, not through her
actions as she had once thought.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She saw that she was at her own private prison.
facilities. It almost made her laugh at
the thought of all the trouble that had been undertaken to arrange all of
this. They had probably thought she was
too dangerous to have around other prisoners.
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She was not the same war hungry woman though.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>She looked up at the sky.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“A shooting star,” Dorothy whispered to herself as
she was shoved from behind towards her private prison.
mso-bidit-sit-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“What was that?” A faceless guard demanded.
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>“I don’t recall addressing you,” Dorothy smirked
cruelly as the guard backed away from her nervously.
it. Are you here to take me to my cell
or are we just taking in the scenery?”
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mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>At her question the guard collected himself and took
her by the upper arm, leading her towards the building.
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mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>‘It appears the power, respect and fear I commanded
as Mistress of the Mobile Dolls has not completely abandoned me after all,’
Dorothy thought to herself as she noted how the guards responded to her
presence as she was taken down the hallway.
‘I may not have my Dolls or an actual command position but my presence
still inspires fear and awe. I’ll most
definitely explore all my possibilities with this later.’
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mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>There was no point in never using the things that
had made her great as Mistress of the Dolls.
If she used them no one could say she was the same as every other
grace, greatness, respect and a special elegance only they seemed to
possess. She would do the same and more,
like Treize. No one would be able to say
otherwise. She would go out as the
strong and fiery person she was, the image of what a
be. She would go in a blaze of glory,
full of grace and elegance, with fear and respect, all the things her title as
Mistress of the Mobile Dolls,
and implied.
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mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt\'>Just like a shooting star.