Florisa: Girl From the Night Sky

Episode 4 - Don't Get Injured Again

Time pass. The sky was already somewhat bright, although the sun was still shyly greeting. The sound of crickets has long since disappeared. The chirping of birds sounded beautifully combined with the sound of water from the river. The smell of wet grass is strong in this environment.

Florisa woke up from her sleep. Due to sleeping in an uncomfortable position, Florisa felt pain in her back and neck. Chitra was still lying in the same position as last night.

“Nobody's looking for him?” Florisa. A few hours had passed but there was no sign of humans approaching to search for Chitra. Florisa did not move Chitra's position at all. They're still in the same place as last night. The man who had pushed down Chitra did not return with reinforcements. This made Florisa think that what happened to Chitra was indeed an assassination attempt.

Florisa stood up from her position. He stretches and warms up the body. This is Florisa's routine every morning waking up. As part of the security forces, Florisa must maintain his physical strength well. While doing the roaring, Florisa saw someone across the river a bit upstream.

“Man!” florisa was spontaneous. I don't know why he's happy to find a human here. He was hoping that he could help Chitra. He can't linger here guarding Chitra while Vojiro is still hanging around. So immediately approached the man who turned out to be an old woman.

Realizing the presence of someone nearby, the woman immediately voiced out, “Who?”

 Florisa who did not understand what the old woman said just fell silent in confusion. He was silent for a moment until he remembered something. Through his flagship tool similar to the watch, he arranged the language used. Of course Florisa did not understand what the old woman said. Their language is different.

The watches that are the mainstay of each neomus can do many things that really help them. One of them is language setting. Neomus can understand and be able to use other languages after activating the language mode in that tool. This feature is the latest discovery on the home planet of Florisa. Only the elites and security forces have got this feature for use in their watches.

The old woman repeated her question because there was no response from the person being asked. Florisa who now understands human language here answered kindly. He realized that the person he met was an old man. For him, parents should be treated with good manners. That's what both parents taught me.

 “Good morning, I am someone who is lost. I'd like to ask for your help. My friend was injured from falling off that cliff.” Florisa pointed to the cliff where Chitra fell last night while saying the last sentence.

The old woman did not follow Florisa's direction. He just looked straight ahead. It made Florisa a little confused. So Florisa observed as the old woman replied.

“That's a pity for you, son. My house is close by, but the road is a little hard to get through with someone who's hurt. If you can hold your friend, I'll let him be treated at my house before medical help arrives.” The old woman's voice sounded gentle and friendly to Florisa.

“I can, Grandma. Thank you,” reply with gratitude.

Nothing can be expected by waiting under the cliffs and on the banks of this river. No one will come to help. We who need help need to move first.

Florisa carried Chitra carefully. He followed the old woman's steps which looked abnormal to Florisa. The old woman walked with a straight forward look, her gaze was blank, her left hand was like a palpation of air. His right hand he used to hold a roll of grass placed on his head. The old woman carried the tall grass she had picked up from the riverbank. He said it was for his cattle.

Chitra was taken to a room and laid on the bed. The room was simple with enough size for a one-man bed, a two-door wardrobe, and a dresser. All of these things are made of wood. It looks unique to Florisa because the wood has detailed carvings. Something he did not find in his place of origin.

Florisa re-examined Chitra's condition through her hologram panel. The condition is a little bit of progress from last night. Though all night he was left lying on the rocky ground just like that.

“Could my strength work slowly on him?” florisa said half-whispering while observing the holographic panel screen in front of her.

Florisa took a chair from the dressing table and put it beside the bed for her to sit on. He looked at Chitra's face. He was amazed by their resemblance. The shape of the eyes, nose, lips, jaw, all are similar. If her friends in Pafanor met Chitra, they would definitely think it was Florisa.

“Beautiful,” he said with a smile looking at Chitra's face.

Florisa then removed the silver ring from her left index finger. The ring is placed on Chitra's right ring finger. Then hold the hand while closing the eyes. Florisa sends some of the energy containing memories to Chitra as an introduction. If Chitra wakes up later, she'll know about Florisa as if she's not sleeping right now.

“Now I'm going. Hope you are healthy again. Don't forget to take revenge on the person who hurt you. Do not get hurt by others. You look like me, then you should be a strong girl.” Florisa advised Chitra as if the girl could hear her.

The landlord's grandmother left Florisa and Chitra to go to the village hall. He was about to report about the injured Chitra so that medics could treat him and his family could pick him up. Florisa was very grateful to the grandmother for wanting to help them without any suspicion.

Florisa left the house in relief now. She believes that the grandmother will help Chitra. The girl's family will also come to pick up her daughter.

Florisa activated her hologram panel back. Open the map to determine its destination. The screen displays a three-dimensional map. From the map can be seen the red dot near the position of the establishment of Florisa. The red dot indicates the location of Chitra. That silver ring on Chitra's ring finger could be some kind of GPS that only Florisa could detect.

After determining the destination based on the map, Florisa stepped away from the wooden house. He walked steadily in the village environment. Some of the villagers who saw him were surprised. Florisa's style of dress is strange to them. Walking in a white robe that covers the head to the calves plus black boots is considered strange in this village. But Florisa was unaware of the questioning gazes of some of the villagers.

He realized his clothes were strange after a young man spoke to him. The man acted as if he knew Florisa. He was surprised to find Florisa walking out of the village. He drew the girl's hand, so that he could see her face more clearly.

“What are you doing here? Everybody's looking for you. And what's with your clothes?” His voice was soft but the tone he issued was enough to signal that he was angry.