[RL with Henry]
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seechainsawGiriko stepped out of the airport into the heavy Brazilian heat and slipped on a pair of aviator sunglasses as he glanced around. He had left behind his heavy coat and gloves, of course, wearing a safari shirt and a pair of jeans over his shitkicker boots. Even that was fucking hot, but they were going into the jungle and he didn't want to get stung by anything nasty while he was out there. Crocodiles he could handle, but mosquitos pissed him off.
A man wearing a head-to-foot black cloak and a skull-like mask drove up in a jeep. "Ready to go, Giriko-sama?" the man asked. He was likely sweating like crazy in that thing.
"Yeah, just a sec," Giriko said. "I'm waitin' for someone."
He was curious whether Henry would try to kill him again.
A man wearing a head-to-foot black cloak and a skull-like mask drove up in a jeep. "Ready to go, Giriko-sama?" the man asked. He was likely sweating like crazy in that thing.
"Yeah, just a sec," Giriko said. "I'm waitin' for someone."
He was curious whether Henry would try to kill him again.
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Date: 2010-09-06 05:54 pm (UTC)"I 'ad to get seven different shots for this trip," Henry said as he approached Giriko. "What's this all about again?"
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Date: 2010-09-06 05:56 pm (UTC)"Quit your bitchin' and get in," he said, jumping into the back seat of the jeep and sliding over on the bench to give Henry room to sit. "I'll explain on the way."
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:11 pm (UTC)"Meet my driver, uh... his name ain't important," he said with a wave of his hand. "He's a member of Arachnophobia, like me. We got a device out in the jungle I gotta make some adjustments to. It amplifies the madness wave that's already spreadin' through the world, driving everyone crazy. We've got a bunch of 'em, all over the world."
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:17 pm (UTC)Henry merely gave the arm intruding into his personal space a brief sideways glance, then looked forward again.
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:22 pm (UTC)"There's this guy, the Kishin. He's an asshole and completely fucking insane. Like, really, really fucking insane. So insane that he makes people insane just bein' around him. Like there's this wave of madness that comes out of him, and makes people see shit and go nuts. That's the madness wave," he explained.
"Arachnophobia's using it for our own purposes, yeah? Because we stand for anarchy and the witches can use the madness to make new monsters and shit. We don't want laws and do-gooder Shibusen holding us back from doing whatever the hell we want, so we're using the madness wave to break that kind of thing down, break down society." He grinned eagerly. "It'll all go to hell, sooner or later."
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Date: 2010-09-06 06:34 pm (UTC)"Ah, yes, I can imagine that would be home sweet hom for someone like ye'," Henry said, turning to face him. "So this Madness Wave... would I feel it, too?"
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Date: 2010-09-06 08:00 pm (UTC)"Sure you will, if ya stay here long enough," he said. "Depends on how bad it affects you. It hadn't really started affecting too many people yet, except people who are already nutters."
He pointed in the direction they were headed, at a huge beam of red and black light that crackled into the sky, lighting the clouds up a sick and twisted crimson. It looked...shivery, like it might drive one mad just to look at it. "There's our booster, right over there."
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Date: 2010-09-06 08:29 pm (UTC)"That's inconspicious," Henry muttered, glaring through his shades. "What about you, then? I think you're rather nutters."
As the jeep grew closer, he felt more and more uneasy. He was prone to chatter when he was nervous.
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Date: 2010-09-06 09:26 pm (UTC)At least, so far as he could tell.
The jeep came out of the trees to a more open area. Ahead of them was a kind of pyramid built of stone standing in the middle of the forest, the beam of perverted light erupting from its apex. Golems stood around it, patrolling or simply standing watch.
"So what do ya think so far?" Giriko asked, grinning sidelong at his companion.
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Date: 2010-09-06 10:37 pm (UTC)"It's uh, impressive to say the least," he replied. "Can't say I see this kinda' shit everyday. Are ye' plannin' on going in there or something?"
He gestured to the pyramid.
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Date: 2010-09-06 10:51 pm (UTC)Inside the bag were the tools of his trade, though it was impossible to tell from the outside.
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Date: 2010-09-06 11:07 pm (UTC)"Never," he replied with a huff. "Let's just get this over with, shall we?"
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Date: 2010-09-07 01:14 am (UTC)In the centre of the space was an enormous machine. At least, it looked like a machine. Dials were waving madly and it was chugging along, emitting the occasional puff of steam or mechanical groan. Out of the top of it came a forest of cables, all of them glowing red and black.
Giriko knelt beside the machine and opened a panel, unzipped the canvas bag he held and pulled out a wrench. He rummaged inside, then gestured to Henry. "You got my alchemy gloves. Give 'em here?"
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Date: 2010-09-07 03:35 am (UTC)"'ere," he said, and went back to circling around the machine.
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Date: 2010-09-07 01:35 pm (UTC)"Yeah, yeah," Giriko muttered to himself. "I know, baby. You been needin' some love, huh?"
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Date: 2010-09-07 05:08 pm (UTC)He was silent the entire time, moving only to wipe the sweat off his forehead. It was cooler in here by a lot, but still too warm for him. Occasionally, he caught himself craning his neck to try and see inside the machine and what Giriko was actually doing to it, but restrained his curiosity. He was still not comfortable around this thing nor was he particularly interested in how it actually worked.
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Date: 2010-09-07 07:53 pm (UTC)Slowly, gradually, the screams quieted to atonal humming, almost like a contented - but insane - feline. The puffs of steam abated, and the thrumming calmed to a whisper.
Giriko sat back and wiped his brow, shoving the panel back into place with one boot. "Fucking piece of crap," he said affectionately. "Needed recalibratin'."
He looked up at Henry with a self-satisfied grin. "The Demon Tools are genius, but they're so fuckin' delicate. It's a pain in the ass to get them just right. Guess you ain't much into machines, right?"
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Date: 2010-09-08 03:29 am (UTC)"Aye, I can fix a couple of things or two, if it's not too complicated," he said. "But the most work I've ever done on a complicated machine was probably slice it in half." He smirked to himself at the memory of Letz Shake.
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Date: 2010-09-08 01:46 pm (UTC)"Guess there's no such thing as magic or alchemy in your world, huh?" he asked, real curiosity in his eyes as he looked at Henry.
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Date: 2010-09-08 06:02 pm (UTC)"So, we done 'ere or what?"
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Date: 2010-09-08 10:07 pm (UTC)He grinned, but he was completely serious. Such close proximity to the madness wave wasn't exactly good for people's sanity.
"So is there magic where ya come from or not?" he asked as he headed towards the door. "What do you mean about the 'definition'?"
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Date: 2010-09-09 12:07 am (UTC)"People can do strange things," he said, grabbing a bag and following alongside Giriko. "It's an ability, or something they were just born with, or something so technologically absurd that it seems like make-believe. For instance, laser beam cannons. To you, it might not be anything special, but in our world, that's just silly. Nobody owns something like that."
After what Henry had experienced from the community alone, all of the strange encounters he had in Santa Destroy were practically everyday things.
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Date: 2010-09-09 04:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-09 06:30 am (UTC)"Well, to me, it's the closest I can get," he replied. "But it's not that much, especially compared to you turning into a chainsaw and your alchemy."
He knew it sounded too nice coming from him, but it was the truth.
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Date: 2010-09-09 01:14 pm (UTC)That sounded too nice coming from Giriko, too, but he was in a pretty damn good mood right about now, and inclined to be magnanimous.
He climbed into the jeep, throwing his bag in the back in a jingle of tools, and leaned back with his arms across the back bench once more.
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Date: 2010-09-09 02:46 pm (UTC)"Ye' know, I'll be honest with ye," he said, leaning back comfortably. "I was tempted to attack ye back in there."
He pulled down at his shades and stared at the once-again space intruding arm. He even threw in a thin smile. It didn't look entirely friendly, but bitter, as if he regretted not trying.
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Date: 2010-09-09 03:00 pm (UTC)