DEMON PUPPET

THE BRIGHT MYSTERY

"let's go here le". Grandpa Cokrodijoyo said to take me to his house

After a long journey, I arrived at my grandfather's house, a house that has Traditional Javanese architecture, beautiful, comfortable, and still naturally makes me dissolve in the atmosphere, peaceful

I was made a drink like jamu which they call wedang uwuh by Eyang Sutarti second wife of grandfather, after my grandmother died, my grandfather told me that he married again with Eyang Sutarti only to have friends in his old age.

While waiting for a cold drink, Grandpa asked me to see portraits of Father and Mother stored in the family room, I saw their faces so earthy in the portrait.

"well, ma'am, your son's here". My inner voice calls them to come

Then grandfather showed the portrait of Abah Armayi in a wedding portrait of father and mother, Abah so dashing wearing beskap in the portrait.

"le, rene le, iki ono anake Kasmuji". Grandpa said in conversation on his cell phone

"phone who's cake, then who's Kasmuji?". Much

"delpon your sister Sumarjo, om mu, Kasmuji iku your father le and your mother name is Neneng Kartika". Answer grandfather

It turns out that my father's name is Kasmuji and my mother is Neneng Kartika, if they knew I was here, they would be very happy.

Grandpa told me that my father was two brothers, my father was the biggest son and om Sumarjo was the father's sister.

"too cake, if mother how many brothers?". Much

"euh.nganu.lali grandfather, tree many sodara - sodarane, Mbah Armayimu was his wife a lot, if not wrong wife there were four, and his son was a lot le, he was a lot of, grandpa forgot exactly how many kids he had". Answer grandfather

I went back to the chair, I drank the wedang uwuh earlier, so fresh I felt

"too cake, where are all my sisters, mother, and cousins?". Ask me back

"all have no le, which grandfather heard there is only one student Armayi alone who survived, but since the incident either lost where he was, if his name is not wrong Setiawan or who is, but since the incident, Grandpa forgot". Grandfather replied while looking at the portrait of my father and mother

"Siawan?, is it possible that Setiawan is my Skripsi Instructor?". My inner

suddenly I remember that Mr. Dadang until now still can not be contacted, I tried again to contact Mr. Dadang but the number was not active.

"duh, where's the aki - aki?". My inner

I am getting anxious and not careless, my mind is currently only focused on Mr. Dadang, what is with him?

"le, le, here". Call Grandpa

"yes cake, what's wrong?". Much

it turned out that Uncle Sumarjo arrived at the grandfather's house, uncle Sumarjo spontaneously hugged me and his crying immediately, it was only natural that if he was like that, 24 years he did not know my whereabouts.

We exchanged stories, and uncle sumarjo told of my cousins who were his children

I listened to a lot of stories about my father from Uncle, from his childhood to his naughty father in his teens to not feel the day changed night.

Uncle was so happy with my presence, that finally Grandpa cut off the uncle's conversation and told me the whole incident that happened to Father Mother and my family.

Until my grandfather gave me an explanation of how Abah Armayi can solve all the terror from the starch deposits.

"Bahmu was probably one of the masterminds who rejected the antagonistic nature of Ravana, Abahmu even thought that Sengkuni alone was a great figure in his eyes, that's why your brother was very in love with the figure of Ravana". Grandpa Story

My mind is surprised to find that I have the same view of Ravana with Abah Armayi, I am also, for me Ravana or Dasamuka is an amazing figure.

"then, how can Abah stop all of the Terror?". Much

"Your father has a sincere soul and has a great love for this universe, which grandfather knows, even to set foot on the ground alone, he said, he prayed for permission from the Creator so that the land he stepped on would not lead him to evil, even if your grandfather knew that the harvest, praying could be long before the harvest began, yes, the point is sincerity to save the people that makes your brother can easily stop the evil behavior of Anta Kusuma". Grandpa Story

From so many stories grandfather, I finally have the conclusion that a puppeteer must not only be good at playing puppet shows, but must live a life that is in harmony with nature.

Broad knowledge is the basic capital of a mastermind, so that his performance works are condition of meaning and a puppeteer is required to have a high understanding of the rules of life.

"kek, how did Abah Armayi take the starch from Anta Kusuma?". Much

"he invited her". Answer Grandfather

"invite it?, how's the cake?". Much

"to my grandfather's knowledge, when the fourteenth full moon light, he will look for his 13th impact, that's when your brother subverted his disciple the faithful man or whom grandfather also forgot, just to invite a starch, when he comes, your brother is ready to catch him and put it with Ravana in a show, your grandfather just holds it, his hands and body are moved by the power of the devil, he said, and your grandfather fought it with Wayang Ravana". Grandpa Story

"is that easy as a cake?".

"of course not, according to your brother who plays Ravana, must be in spirit with Ravana himself". Answer Grandfather

Exactly the same as what Mr. Dadang told me the other day, "only he who has the same sincerity with Ravana is able to make Ravana spirited".

"then how do I invite her to a cake?". Much

"what I heard from your story, make a puppet show by cutting cemani chicken backstage and let the blood splatter backstage, cover the blood with a white cloth, and then cover it, that's the pleasure of that starch ladle". Said Grandfather

suddenly my gaze reads, ah it turns out that Mr. Dadang contacted me finally.

I picked up my phone

"Sampurasun, yes sir.. Hello, Hello Sir, Sir, Sir?". Mr. Dadang did not say a word, only I heard the rumbling sound of the wind from his phone.

My mind is increasingly asking - ask, what is the matter with this Mr Dadang?

After a lot of information from Grandpa, I decided to return to my boarding house, while I was wondering what happened to Mr. Dadang

I say goodbye to grandfather, after about 2 days here, and before I go home, grandfather gives something for me.

"le, iki Doso Muko, take it there and pair it with Seda Pati". Said Grandfather

Grandfather gave me the Dasa Muka leather puppet, another name of Ravana.

"this is a wayang kulit, I understand a little about wayang kulit". My inner

"O.yeah, thank you cake". My speech

"Sing eling le, you must eling that there is no power in this world that exceeds the power of the Supreme Owner of this Universe, owah ana gingasing, kandan iku soko kersaning Gusti kang murbahing Jagad". Grandpa Cokro's message to me

"What does cake mean?". Much

"Later you will know for yourself le, wes mlaku kono". Answer grandfather

I quickly left Grandpa's residence, Uncle Sumarjo drove me to the train station and the time was 1 pm.

Along the way to the station Uncle Sumarjo again told a lot about the life of Grandpa and my brothers while passing his antique motorbike, uncle advised me to return here, to my ancestral land.

I arrived at the train station at half 2, the train that was going to take me was already arriving, I rushed to the guard counter and forgot to shake hands with Uncle, hehe, my base.

I got in car 13, looking for my seat, and I got a window seat, actually this is not my favorite seat, I'd rather sit in the middle seat, but I did.

As the departure was heard, the locomotive started to run slowly, I opened my water bottle and the corner of my eye stared at the rice fields beside the station.

"********". My words arrived and my drinking water spewed out

I saw Anta Kusuma the savage old man in the rice field waving a smile at me, wanting me to get off this train and ask him for a duel, but the train was speeding up.

I can only get upset without doing anything, I keep looking at him while pointing my fist at him

"just wait, you're gonna die Anta". My inner

And I thought I was going to go straight to grandfather, I was afraid that grandfather was in danger, because it could be that Anta Kusuma was meeting Grandpa and harming him, and then I tried to contact grandfather.

"opo is good?". Ask Grandpa on the phone

I told her that I saw Anta Kusuma near the Train Station, as usual she just smiled at me.

"just relax, he won't dare to face off against grandfather, grandfather knows exactly what he is like". Answer Grandfather

I'm a little relieved to hear that.

Along the way I thought about many things until I was tired myself, and without feeling I fell asleep

Exactly at 21:00 I woke up a train stewardess, shocked not to play, I think I missed my destination station, it turns out she just offered me food and a blanket.

I refused the blanket, I just ordered food because my stomach was hungry too, after eating, my train stopped a bit long at one of the stations, I decided to go out the carriage to just smoke.

My laughter suddenly rang, entered a short message from an unknown number reads

"silence, or all will die"

who is this, what does that mean?

While leaving again sounded, I rushed into the carriage.

I tried to call the number and unfortunately it was inactive, I replied to the message but there was no answer.

Then I tried to call Mr. Dadang again, and the number is still inactive as well, my mind arrived - arrived bad, I tried to contact Mother through Eti. Ahh, shit on the cell phone signal train is so ugly.

After a while, the signal went back to normal but Eti's number was off, I thought maybe it was night, maybe Eti had gone to sleep and turned off her phone, but strange, I thought, as far as I usually Eti at this hour has not slept, he usually calls with his girlfriend the Sodikin.

I was getting more and more unsettled because the short message earlier, plus all my closest contact could not be contacted, I tried to also send a whatsapp message to Eti, but only tick 1, meaning the number was not active.

Until I arrived at my destination station, I was still not calm, the time showed at 03:00 am, I rushed out of the station and ordered Ojek Online, immediately explained my destination to Mr. Dadang's house.

Upon arriving at Mr. Dadang's house, I saw no lights on, all dead. I shouted greetings at home many times but no one answered.

It's still too early for a visit, but it's strange why none of the lights in this house are on, even the outside lights are out.

I decided to go to the main street in front of this housing, to find coffee and a stopover place to wait until the day began quite bright.

It turned out that not far from the house of Mr. Dadang there is a coffee shop, I stopped there and ordered black coffee with a little sugar.

"Kang, you know Mr. Dadang whose house is there right?". I asked the warkop guard

"yes, I know kang, why is that?". He asked me back

"oh, no kang, the house is very dark, yes, where are the people?".

"euh, do not know oruh well, da already a few days tea is not visible to Mr. Dadang tea, the assistant neneng also usually very fond of nitip shopping to me, the, but it hasn't been seen in days either". Answer

Where's Mr. Dadang, I'm getting anxious about making it, I'm burning back my cigarettes, I'm drinking little by little my coffee is still hot, look - look at my phone, apparently Eti number is not active yet, this is strange, usually he wakes up at dawn and he always checks his cell phone, because his lover Sodikin always says morning greetings.

The day started to light, my coffee was up, I decided to return to Mr. Dadang's house.

"mixed,,,mixed". Shouted my regards

But no one answered him, and then I saw inside someone, I shouted at him.

"Sir, Sir,". Shouted

But the figure did not answer him, I decided to jump the fence because I was worried it was not Mr. Dadang, I tried to open the door but locked, I guedor - gedor loudly but also no one responded.

I peeked from the curtain that was slightly open, immediately my hoe was limp, my mouth was stiff, I was surprised to see Bi Neneng was already stretched stiff with blood in the living room.

I broke the door but it was too strong, I couldn't break it, I went out, I ran looking for Mr. RT's house and told the neighbors.

People around then scattered towards the house of Mr. Dadang, we were crowded - many broke into his house and all were surprised to see Bi Neneng who was lifeless with blood all over his body

I tried to approach carefully, Bi Neneng Killed with a face full of incisions and stab wounds on his left chest, his body had emitted an unpleasant smell, it seemed like he had been killed several days.

I then circled the whole house to look for Mr. Dadang and his wife, but strangely, after I went around here and there I did not find Mr. Dadang or his wife.

I only found the wayang sanggar had been broken like there had been a breakdown, and a lot of blood that had dried was splattered.

Whose shadow did I see?

I was with local residents to take care of Bi Neneng's body to be buried immediately and clean up the remaining blood that had dried up, while cleaning up the messy house, residents were confused by the existence of Mr. Dadang.

I tried calling Mr. Dadang, but still could not connect.

"what the hell is this?". My inner

I still stay at the House of Mr. Dadang after everything is finished with the state of the house is deserted, I still want to wait for the real certainty of why and where Mr. Dadang is.

"Bruggs". Suddenly I heard the sound of the door closing fast.

How surprised I was made, as soon as I walked towards the slammed door, I thought it was just the wind pushing the door, but it turned out.

"Sir, kamana wae sir?". Much

Mr. Dadang came after all these days of disappearing, but he didn't answer my question at all, he just sat in a chair and turned his body away from me.

"Sir?". Call me while slowly looking at his face.

Gosh, I was surprised to see Mr. Dadang covered in blood and suddenly he attacked me.

"you must die, arrggghhhh". He shouted while pointing a knife at me

I spontaneously walked backwards, threw everything I could hold, this was not Mr. Dadang, I'm sure it wasn't him, I'm sure Mr. Dadang was in control.

I ran towards the back of the house and Mr. Dadang chased after me

Wuohss...

I saw something flying over me, and

"Goddessaahhhh". Shocked

I saw that Tara Arjuna was here to kill me, and he was holding a dagger ready to be cut to me.

Unfortunately I fell, Mr. Dadang attacked me, stabbed me blindly, as much as I could avoid the attack for his attack, then I got up.

I ran to avoid them, and ran out of the house, I jumped over the fence and asked the residents for help, but strangely none of the residents heard, the atmosphere became quiet as the city died

I ran towards the front gate of this housing, I also found the Coffee Shop was quiet, there was no human there, not even the seller was there.

I continued to run towards the big road, and strangely there was also no human even a vehicle passing by, arriving - arriving I was like being in an unreal world.

And so, I kept running in no direction until I found someone after I ran far away, I feel safe here.

I approached the man with a heavy breath - stingy, I was very tired I ran, I got closer and closer but I was not strong, I fell near the man, the man approached me.

"Wake maneh". Prattling

It turned out that Mr. Setiawan was my supervising lecturer

"Well...Sir, sir, that's sir..". I'm messing

"I know you're not in your world, you're in another realm that's the opposite of real nature". Mashable

I was confused by his explanation, what did he mean

"Pak Dadang, the Tara you saw is not the truth, Mr. Dadang was killed a few days ago, his body was found covered in blood with a face full of incisions and punctures in the heart, Mr. Dadang was found dead on campus after he finished seeing 6th semester practicum children". Mashable

"huhhh...". Shocked

"Here we go, let's get out of this world, it's the act of starch that brings you into this world". Said Mr. Setiawan

Pak Setiawan just flick Gunungan held and arrived - when things returned to normal, I invited Mr. Setiawan to go to the house of Mr. Dadang, my goods are still left there.

"Depit yes, don't be long". Pangkung Pak Setiawan

I rushed into Mr. Dadang's house to pick up my things and immediately returned to Mr. Setiawan's car and went to a place that Mr. Setiawan mentioned, on the way I ventured to ask

"By the way, why are you here?". Much

"Your grandfather brought me here". Answer

"Huh, grandpa?... You know Grandpa Cokro?". Ask me back

"No, Abah Armayi". Answer

Mr. Setiawan turned out to be the only survivor of Abah Armayi, as Grandpa Cokro told him.

"before the day of Mr. Dadang's death, he told me about the pendant that you wear, I do not doubt immediately, you must be Abah's grandson, because the necklace is very typical belonging to abah, then after Mr. Dadang's death, I searched for you, because I understood you were the main target of Anta Kusuma". Pak Setiawan's Story

"then why should Mr. Dadang be killed?". Much

Mr. Setiawan was reluctant to answer, and we arrived somewhere far enough from the city crowd, this village is called Purba Setra, I don't know what it means Mr. Setiawan invited me here.

Finally, Mr. Setiawan explained that this is where Abah Armayi got advice about wayang science, this is the village where Abah Armayi teacher lives.

Mr. Setiawan took me to one of the Grandsons of Abah Armayi's teacher.

"mixed.. sampurasun". Say hello to Mr. Setiawan in front of one of the houses that are quite magnificent.

"rampless". Reply to someone who looks like he is one of the workers in this house

"who do you want to meet, sir?". Ask him

"Is there a Sanjaya?". Answer Mr. Setiawan

We are welcome to enter and asked to wait in the living room, Kang Sanjaya is one of the Grandchildren of Aki Wikatma who is the teacher of Abah Armayi.

Kang Sanjaya also met us, and Mr. Setiawan chatted aloud before talking about the subject, finally I was asked to explain everything that happened to Kang Sanjaya.

Without hesitation, Kang Sanjaya took me to a room where Aki Wikatma taught puppetry to Abah Armayi.

Kang Sanjaya asked me to stay here to practice all the science about puppets, including to stop the savagery of Anta Kusuma and wayang seda pati.

"It's not just you, I'm in danger too". Firmly Mr. Setiawan

"At that time I was 13 years old, I was too young to be a real nayaga, I saw for myself how Abah conquered starch, and I was once a starch seal tumbal bait by Abah, then after Abah died, all the nayagas and descendants of Abah became the target of the Anta Kusuma massacre, including me". Pak Setiawan's Story

"then why did you survive?". Much

"I ran here, to this place, Anta Kusuma wouldn't dare to set foot here". Said Mr. Setiawan

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