The River House

18. Created

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The thunder of thunder deafened. Ellie and Iva ran to the house. Rain began to fall in the form of fine grains. The blue sky that some time ago looked beautiful, has now been replaced with clumps of blackish clumps.

Ellie and Iva made it to the terrace of the house, as larger grains of water fell to the ground. Iva suddenly laughed quite loudly. 

"Your guests? Suddenly laughed to herself," Ellie patted Iva's shoulder.

"He he he. . . Openness. Funny, I suddenly remembered my childhood. When the rain comes, run away in the yard. A time when simple and trivial things can make you happy. The time when I didn't need to bother with how much account balance was left," Iva muttered, her eyes staring at the black cloudy in the distance.

"There's a point, too. Humans are strange creatures. When you are a child, you want to grow up. I want to be able to make my own money soon. In fact once we're adults, we'll reminisce and realize that it's easier to be a child" Ellie sits on the porch floor.

"Emm, by the way, I've seen your dramas. I thought you were very talented. Why not try casting for movies, soap operas and such?" Ellie asked in the midst of the increasingly heavy rain.

"Dreaming is easy Ell. Making it happen is hard. I once had that dream, but I finally gave up on it" Iva sighed.

"Why?"

"Yes because I live far away from the center of Ell's film company. If I intend to take the casting, I have to go far, I have to wander. To start something from zero it takes a lot of willpower and determination. And I don't have that. Even I often insecure with my usual face. In the drama alone I was never the main character," Iva sighed. There was anger in himself that felt stifled.

"Calm down. Everyone has less and less of themselves. That's humane. It's just that when you feel low, make it a spark that you should try to be high. Surely high with humility," Ellie smiled looking at Iva.

Arriving from a distance, among the swift rain saw someone running. Ellie and Iva stood up from her seat. Ellie narrowed her eyes, trying to see who would be willing to run in the rain, in the middle of the forest anyway.

"Is it possible Yodi?" Iva Saying. Ellie just kept quiet.

When the distance is getting closer then the figure who ran in the rain was Bayu. The police officer looked soaked. He stopped in front of Ellie and Iva with a gasp of breath.

"Damn. I think Yodi," Iva snorted in annoyance.

"Well, Bay, jogging in the rain?" Ellie squinted her eyes, astonished at Bayu's behavior.

Bayu is still silent. He tried to catch his breath. With all her body wet, she leaned against the wall on the porch of the house. The next instant he sat cross-legged on the floor, stirring up a puddle of water from his body.

"You guys been here a long time?" Bayu asked.

"You mean?" Ellie frowned.

"How long have you been on the porch?" Bayu repeated the question.

"Yes pretty Bay. Before the rain came" replied Ellie.

"Have you seen Mr Mardoyo or Galang return to this house? You see, the three of us went to the hill above and separated because of the rain falling," Bayu again asked.

"Nobody's running from the woods, except you Bay" Ellie said.

Bayu scratched his non-itchy scratching head. Though he planned to keep an eye on Mr. Mardoyo, but instead lost track. Bayu clearly remembered, Mr. Mardoyo was in front of him, but in fact the housekeeper had not arrived. Moreover, Galang was also not behind him.

"Hey, let's go inside. You're cold, you can catch a cold, "Iva pulls Bayu's arm, invites him into the house.

Bayu according to him. There's nothing to do now. Looking for Galang in the forest in the conditions and weather is now tantamount to suicide. Heavy rain with roaring thunder that earthy sahutan. Thick fog also greatly disturbs vision.

Bayu, Ellie, and Iva enter the house to find Norita watching TV. 

"Hey, the TV's in matiin" Iva slurried.

"Lha why?" Norita asked with an innocent expression.

"Rain Norii. . .you didn't hear what, it was a thunderous roar," Iva glared in annoyance.

Norita did not answer. With a sour face he turned off the television. Then he turned to stare at the soaked Bayu. Norita was about to open her mouth to ask, as Denis ran down the stairs from upstairs.

"Gawaatts!" Shouting Denis. His face looked pale and frightened.

"What else is it?" Iva asked half-screaming.

"Created. . .Created in his room," Denis stuttered.

"Spring by the way," Norita chimed in.

Bayu did not wait for an explanation from Denis. Seeing Denis's face so frightened, Bayu was sure something was wrong. Still drenched, he ran upstairs. And in the end, everyone followed Bayu.

Up on the top floor, the door to Dipta's room was wide open. Bayu ran into the room. And finally he knew, it was fitting that Denis seemed so frightened. The figure of Dipta in the corner of the room looks scary.

Dipta is seen sitting on the floor with his mouth gaping. His eyes turned white while his body looked extremely stiff.

Bayu approached the figure of Dipta. He touched the wrist, checked Dipta's pulse, and found nothing there. The creation is gone.

" Please everyone stay outside," Bayu gave the order as the horde of friends reached the doorway of the room.

Bayu pay close attention to the condition of Dipta's room. The exact same room that Bayu occupied. In terms of size, paint color and bedding, all are equally no different.

Bayu found an ashtray lying on the floor of the room. There's a cigarette butt in the ashtray. And Bayu found there were two different types of cigarettes. Putung cigarette in the ashtray explained that in addition to Dipta, there are other people who may have had a cigarette together in this room.

Bayu observed Dipta's corpse this time. What did kill him? Bayu finally found, in the base of the throat Dipta appeared a green-horned object. It was a pandan steamed cake made by Mak Ijah.

After a while, Bayu stood up and faced his friend who was still sitting in front of the room door.

"Created no longer exists. According to my prediction temporarily, Dipta died from suffocation. I don't know what really happened. But clearly everyone hoped to be more careful and alert," Bayu stared one by one at the door.

"Dennis? come with me!" Sayu arrived.

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