Giriko 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
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"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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"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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"Well, this is nice."
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"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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Henry merely gave the arm intruding into his personal space a brief sideways glance, then looked forward again.
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"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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"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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