Good evening, welcome gentle travelers along the path of enlightenment, or perhaps entertainment. Whatever your reason, you have made your way to my sanctum. My name is brindani, loyal servant and avatar to my Master. I will be your guide in navigating through my Master’s thoughts and dreams given reality in this place.

This realm can be dangerous for the incautious. Maelstroms of conflicting thoughts permeate the area. For your protection I have constructed portals. Through these, you will be privy to settled thoughts and ideas given cohesive form.

I have endeavored to make these passages of reality as entertaining as possible. With each passing day I become more proficient at my work, though difficulties do remain. I’m afraid through my many travels I have become inured against certain deficiencies. I am very fortunate to be joined by many courteous travelers. These visitors have often offered new and innovative means of clearing troublesome segments of the path. I give great thanks to these individuals as they have assisted me significantly in leaving a better realm for those that follow in their footsteps.

Before continuing I have a word of warning. Some of these portals lead to realms where dark actions occur. Please, be at ease for in the end my Master endeavors to bring happiness and contentment to all.

Hmmm, my Master wishes to speak with you directly. I very much look forward to making your acquaintance in the future.

As opposed to my servant’s kind words, I am nothing special. I am just another person making a living in the world. Until two years ago, I did not have a single desire to write. I was well satisfied with watching my anime in contentment. That all changed when I came here.

How did I come to this place? It all started with one word, Evangelion. I was enthralled by this highly innovative anime. The character depth was beyond anything I had ever seen before. On baited breath, I came to those fateful final episodes. Needless to say, I was left speechless. A craving was born that day; the craving to find the ending which I could be satisfied with.

My hunt began. I scoured the internet, futilely flopping about in my search. Fortune smiled upon me when I stumbled onto the shrine dedicated to the very pairing I sought. 'The Tale's of Apartment 402'. Here I found like-minded people, people who sought stories of quality concerning Evangelion with a Shinji/Rei pairing. Through it, I found this site. This ultimate discovery showed me that there were many with my desire to put right what had gone terribly arri. As a fish takes to water so did I to these stories.

I was satisfied with my discovery for a time. My respite was short lived, however, for as I read, thoughts and ideas germinated slowly within my mind. Though slow, they became powerful, keeping me up late into the night as I lived intense scenes from my mind over and over again. Driven, I found relief only through the written word. Thus 'Through the Mind of One' was conceived. The rest, as they say, is history.

My preferred pairings:

Ranma/Ukyo (Ranma ½)

Ranma/Kasumi (Ranma ½)

Ranma/Ranko (Ranma ½, only if Ranko is not Ranma forced into his girl side)

Shinji/Rei (Evangelion)

Inuyasha/Kikyou (Inuyasha)

Gourry/Sylphiel (Slayers)

Kohta/Lucy (Elfen Lied)

Cloud/Yuffie (Final Fantasy VII)

Keitaro/Mutsumi (Love Hina)

As you can see, most are non-standard couplings.

Couplings I dislike:

Ranma/Akane (Ranma 1/2)

Keitaro/Naru (Love Hina)

Shinji/Asuka (Evangelion)

I know, Akane's supporters will say that she and Ranma are the only true pairing in the anime. I won't dispute that if the series had a proper ending that is where it would lead. What I am saying is that I really don't like how she treats Ranma. Not to be biased, I don't like how Ranma treats her either, but Akane takes things far past insults and straight into the physical which is a disgraceful way for a martial artist of any caliber to resolve a problem against those that don't even fight back.

Update 9/24/2008

Wow, its been nearly a year since my last update. Sorry about that, I've actually been working as a programmer this whole time. I've found that staring at a screen for eight hours a day makes it difficult to look at a computer much less write. I am still working on stories off and on when I can though currently it happens to be a Naruto fic. If I get off of that, I'll probably start working on some of the others.

Update 10/14/2007

I'm going to be moving soon so its going to be awhile before I have time to work on my stories.

Update 9/3/2007

Chapter 19 of the Fourth Sapling is out. There are going to be some major revisions on chapter 20 so I'm not sure how long that one will take.

Update 8/14/2007

I'm going over Chapter 19 which I find much easer to do than the previous chapter. Can't say when that process will be complete, but I'm doubting it will be anywhere near as long as the last interlude.

Update 8/3/2007

Vacation, headache, work, extra projects, laziness okay, I won't even pretend to have a good reason for not updating recently. I've started tentatively reviewing the fourth sapling. The chapter should be out in a week or two depending on circumstances.

Update 6/6/2007

I've managed to continue my trend of 2,000 words a day. I must say I'm amazed by just how much can be done by doing so. Anyway, there have been several responses wondering why the next chapter of the fourth sapling hasn't come out as it is listed as being written for four chapters out. My only response is that it takes a whole lot more time to clean up a piece than it does to simply make it. In the time I review a chapter up to posting standards I could have written four more chapters if not more. In addition to that, it is boring work reading the same thing over and over to try and scan for my many, many errors. Don't get me wrong, I'll eventually go back and start reviewing chapters again, but for now I want to try and get all of these ideas written down.

Update 5/23/2007

Boy, its been awhile since I've updated. I can say that I have some really good news and some really bad news. I have started writing again and writing a lot. That means over 2,000 words each and every day or about have a chapter. The bad news? I haven't been reviewing. Each of those chapters are just rough drafts, made to get all these ideas out. That does mean that once I get all these ideas out, that will take awhile, I'll be able to simply review stories putting out a more chapters faster.