The River House

14. Created and Galang

Right at midnight, there was the sound of a long and frightening dog howling. Wild animals seem to know that this is not the time for human activity. Every creature that occupies this world has its own time to carry out its nature of life.

He was silent in his room. He turned back the pillow. He had trouble closing his eyes. The room was too narrow to make him feel uncomfortable.

Dipta can clearly hear the sound of dogs barking continuously. Also the sounds of insects and other nocturnal animals are earthy. That's the sound of the forest at night.

Suddenly HP Dipta shook slowly. A message WA in. Been reading it at a glance. Then he opened his backpack. Dipta picked up a pack of her favorite clove cigarettes.

The next few seconds he heard footsteps approaching the door of his room. With a little rush Dipta opened the door. Someone was standing at the door carrying a pack of cigarettes in his hand.

"You have trouble sleeping too apparently," said Dipta.

"Come in, we'll be smoking until morning. I also brought something," Dipta smiled at a glance. He showed me a bottle of oplosan liquor in his backpack. The figure in front of Dipta smiled, then went inside the room.

One more person who has not closed his eyes when the clock has moved to one o'clock. It was Denis, the musician. He was busy scrolling his social media. Something was troubling his mind.

When Tia's screams shocked the rest of the house this afternoon, Denis was on Instagram. Like the others, Denis ran towards the source of the sound. At that time Denis had not had time to turn off the live broadcast. Until accidentally, his HP camera leads to the figure of Mr. Mardoyo.

That's when Denis' Instagram followers started to make comments. Some of them knew Mr. Mardoyo. According to them Mr. Mardoyo is similar to the person who had stumbled on a criminal case in the city of T.

Denis is currently surfing in cyberspace. He was looking for articles about criminal cases discussed by his IG followers earlier. Until finally he found a news article that was long enough, from 2013 ago. Denis was shocked, it is true that the photo in the article is exactly the same as Mr. Mardoyo. Denis immediately screen shot the article.

"Woodoo, I have to talk to Bayu tomorrow," Denis muttered to himself, remembering his friend who is now a member of the police.

Dukk dukk duukk

Ugghhhhh

A voice shocked Denis. A voice like someone hitting a wall and a groan. Denis tried to listen to where the sound came from, but the atmosphere turned silent and quiet. The voice disappeared, and nothing was heard this time.

Denis started goosebumps, his nape felt cold. Glanced at the clock on its HP screen, already past midnight. Denis immediately put his body in the blanket. He prefers to sleep to avoid scary things that might haunt him in the next third of the night.

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The unique sound of the crow wakes Bayu from his sleep. His eyes blinked, watching his narrow sleeping space. White paint in the sky of the room does not reduce the tightness because of the stuffy feel.

Bayu saw the clock on his HP screen. Half hour 6 am. He slept really well last night. Maybe the fatigue that accumulates all day yesterday makes it take longer sleep.

After a while, Bayu went out of the room. He had noticed the House Master's room. This time the room felt quiet, as if there were no inhabitants. Maybe Zainul is still sleeping, so is Bayu's mind.

Bayu down the stairs to the 1st floor. Still quite quiet, the front door was also still tightly closed. Bayu walks towards the kitchen and sees Mak Ijah sleeping on the kitchen table. Slightly tiptoed, Bayu passed by and headed to the bathroom.

The wood washes only face. The mountain water was so cold, it made him reluctant to take a bath. After all, it is still too early to wash the body, so Bayu thought.

Kriieeeengggg

I heard an iron door at the end of the bathroom hallway open. Bayu got out of the bathroom, saw who was there. It turned out that Mr. Mardoyo, was seen walking from the backyard carrying an axe.

"Ah, good morning Sir," Mr. Mardoyo said hello. His smile looked forced.

I don't know what makes Bayu feel Mr. Mardoyo is a dangerous person. His eyes always looked unfriendly, his smile was made, and the man always carried a sharp weapon on several occasions.

After the death of Mr. Mardoyo, Bayu walked to the backyard. A new pile of wood in the potongi looks stacked up in the mountains leaning against the walls of the house. Apparently, the axe carried by Mr. Mardoyo was used to memotongi wood. 

Bayu walked down the street, looking at the winding river beside the house. The river with water so clear, until the bottom in the form of brown sand is clearly visible. Large rock colored black ash ash is also arranged naturally in the middle of the river.

Had Yodi not gone, Zainul did not wear a strange bandage on his body, Bayu might have enjoyed living in this riverside house. So cool, fresh, peaceful and soothing. Unfortunately, Bayu's mind is now disturbed by the mystery of the disappearance of Yodi and the oddities of the inhabitants of the big house who are now in his presence.

Bayu remembered something, he opened his HP. And try calling a phone number. Contact with the name Yodi. When he got the wifi password last night he forgot not to try to contact Yodi. But now in fact whatsapp calls made by Bayu are not connected. Likewise, when Bayu tried to send a message, it turned out to tick one.

Bayu sighed softly. He was about to return to the house but the corner of his eye found some unique plants placed on a large pot of soil. In front of the pot was planted a warning board that read 'Don't go near, poisonous plants'. 

Bayu saw it from a distance, an alien plant. This first time Bayu saw it. The leaves are like a banyan tree, there are some green fruits like apples.

Satisfied to observe, Bayu returned to the house. Arriving at the kitchen, Mak Ijah has woken up from his sleep. The woman was busy with her cooking equipment. Looks like Mak Ijah is about to prepare fried rice. Savory aroma fragrant fragrant in the air.

Bayu arrived in the living room and saw Galang sitting watching tv.

"Hey, so go home today?" Jayu asked Galang.

"It doesn't look like Bay" Galang sighed.

"Why?"

"Nih," Galang thrust his HP at Bayu.

In HP Galang saw a WA message from Dipta at 5 this morning. He canceled his intention to go home today.

"Basic labile," said Galang annoyed.

"Where is the Creator now?" Bayu asked back.

"It looks like it's still in his room" Galang said.

"The others?"

"Sama, still enjoying her sleep. Wouldn't we better get out of this Bay house?" Galang looked at Bayu seriously.

"If I think, we'd better go home tomorrow. Given it turns out there are a lot of stray dogs around here. Tomorrow we can go home with the citizens who bring the money here, right" Bayu gave advice.

"My feeling is not good" said Galang while laying his back on the sofa.

Actually Bayu also has a bad feeling. But the more his instinct says there is danger around him, the more Bayu wants to stay and investigate. 

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