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since: 05-14-04, id: 589267
Author has written 6 stories for Get Backers.

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Greetings! I am Atropos, the oldest of the Moirae (that's the Three Fates to you mere mortals) and arguably, the coolest and most kick-ass! Why? Because I get to decide how and when you DIE! (insert evil laugh track here) And yes, I know my weapon of choice is supposed to be a pair of shears, but an automatic, double action, double-edged, half-serrated knife is more 'da bomb, don't you think?

I miss the good old days of plague and pestilence and war when I had a grand time of grabbing a handful of threads in my hand and, snip! Today, with your peace treaties and advances in medicine and safety devices and stuff, I sit bored out of my wits waiting for some old-timer to keel over while he surfs Internet porn, or anticipating gun-toting middle school kids to re-enact a game of 'Doom' in a library (boo!). Thank Dionysus for heart and liver disease or else my threads would rival those gargantuan balls of twine you humans keep submitting to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Seeing my workload has been drastically cut, I have decided I am tired of just playing with the destinies of you pitiful humans, you who have no special powers like a god, a Superfriend, the X-men, or a Pokemon. Tsk, tsk. Lo, I descend from the non-broadband-ready confines of Mount Olympus (which needs major redecorating, by the way. My father Zeus is SO behind the times.) to be a Puppet Master of the inherently more interesting characters you create in your books, comics, movies, and TV. That's right. Atropos, controller of human destiny, is an unabashed gazillion-year-old fangirl. And proud of it. Bleh!

Currently, my pets are these two dorks who call themselves 'GetBackers'.The one called Mido Ban I particularly like to torture because I can't seem to make the guy drop dead even though he smokes a carton of cigarettes a day. Sheesh. That, and because he carries that killjoy Aesclepius in his arm. Aesclepius and I have this love-hate relationship, he being a healer and I, a bringer of death and such.

Though, ironically, when Ban uses him, he becomes this nasty brute called "Snake Bite". How fun. Now, I have visions of a snake dressed in leather and slinked around a Harley hissing at everyone who looks at him funny.

Amano Ginji is just like dad in the way he smites everyone with his thunder and lightning. Except, Ginji is way nicer, cuter, turns into this adorable chibi thing, and doesn't screw every hot chick that passes his way disguised as a swan or some such beast (and what kind of stupid freak nymphet gets seduced by a friggin' bird, anyway, huh?). For being such a sweetie, I occasionally reward Ginji with a kiss from a genki cutie named Natsumi.:D

The one with the endless supply of threads, he who calls HIMself Kazuki, can so play me in a soap opera version of the Iliad (damn you Homer, me and my sisters have names, you know), although Aphrodite would probably beg to differ, hee-hee. And I swear, Akabane Kuroudo is after my job. Unfortunately, I can't kill him so I'll just let him do all my killing for me (He can't borrow my knife, however. Nah-uh).

I also have my eye on Samurai 7, Saiyuki, Yami No Matsuei (Shinigami are my fairy bitches :p), Wolf's Rain, GTO, Cowboy Bebop andRurouni Kenshin but eh, I'm having too much fun with GB at the moment to begin pulling their strings. Shounen-ai, yaoi, yuri and their various incarnations don't squick me out (especially when well-written and IC), but the closest I'll likely come to these in my writing is harmless teasing and wicked double entendres--unless canon wants to flirt and I get yanked out of my very comfortable and roomy yaoi closet. ;)

I usually push the limits when it comes to subject matter and am a horribly pedantic nerd. So, if you happen to learn more than you ever cared to know about stuff like BDSM, robotics, sex dolls, summer festivals, aspen trees, and other useless crap from reading my fanfic; consider yourself blessed. Knowledge like that can only come from millennia of experience - and a few hours of Internet research. Apparently, I, Atropos, am not only a taker, I'm a giver as well. Now bow, you heathen mortals! Bwahahaha!

So, I'll be seeing you. But for your sake, hopefully not too soon (winks and flashes glinting knife).

In the meantime, enjoy reading! (while I try to pry off a tongue that's cemented firmly in my cheek) :D

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1. Ningyo Hime reviews
Two dolls. One, an ordinary girl locked in a protective case. The other, a fallen angel who dreams of being whole again. Both trying to stay unbroken in a place like Ura Shinjuku. [series of Rena & Natsumi fics, references to manga only canon, non yuri]
Get Backers - Rated: T - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,441 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-7-06 - Natsumi
2. Missing » reviews
Sometimes you don't have to be gone to go missing. But for Ginji, absolutely nothing prepared him for the day a certain waitress finally decided to move on. GinjixNatsumi, one shot in two parts.
Get Backers - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 12,804 - Reviews: 29 - Published: 8-10-05 - Ginji & Natsumi - Complete
3. Rock the Boat » reviews
So, what if our boys got stranded in the middle of the ocean? Five dorks in a small space with no food doing what normal hot and bothered males with lethal weapons do when faced with survival. Normal. Riiight. Set during the Venus de Milo arc.
Get Backers - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 3 - Words: 18,415 - Reviews: 59 - Updated: 5-1-05 - Published: 4-3-05 - Complete
4. Catharsis » reviews
Precanon, series of oneshots revolving around a theme They say there are five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. For Kudo Himiko, there is only one... Revenge.
Get Backers - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,071 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 3-10-05 - Published: 2-22-05 - Himiko
5. The Prize » reviews
[Complete] Ban and Ginji wonder if there are some things in life that are best left stolen, especially if the thief is... Natsumi. [GinjixNatsumi]
Get Backers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 39,322 - Reviews: 81 - Updated: 2-10-05 - Published: 12-15-04 - Ginji & Natsumi - Complete
6. Sum of the Parts » reviews
The Retrievers scratch and claw at each other in a race to get back targets scattered all over Tokyo. Simple. But big surprises are thrown into the mix and Ban finds out the hard way why he should never deny Ginji a decent meal. [COMPLETE]
Get Backers - Rated: T - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 16 - Words: 78,577 - Reviews: 128 - Updated: 11-19-04 - Published: 6-19-04 - Complete
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