ZODIACS
CHAPTER 4
While concentrating on recalling where she got the name of her doll, suddenly someone from outside the room opened the door.
“Hay Bald?” A mature brown-skinned man who had dreadlocks stuck his head into Kin's room.
Kin concentration was crashing to look at the man. “Eh Lo, Ko. Ngagetin. Here in,“ welcome Kin, the look on his face looks happy to see the arrival of Nicko, his close friend from childhood.
Nicko went into the room, then noticed the item in Kin's grasp. “There is a single guy 28 years alone in the room while holding a lamb doll?” Nicko furrowed his brows while holding his chin. Then this 168 cm tall skinny man walked up to Kin. “Or do you not-don't you are doing a seance and this doll is the medium?” continued Nicko. Kin chuckled at the behavior of his friend.
Nicko snatched the lamb doll from Kin's hand, “This is not the animal version of Anabelle's doll, is it?”
Kin recaptured his doll from Nicko's hands and said, “eatya Lo if watch a horror movie, watch in the cinema! Buy tickets! Don't wait for it to come out on the internet. So your mind does not follow horror,” said Kin while putting his sheep doll on the table, then sitting on the bed.
Nicko laughed at Kin. His gaze led into the red colored box that was in front of him. In the box Nicko saw a soft teether—a rubber-shaped toy that is commonly given to babies who are just teething. Then there's the beast jigsaw puzzle and the last Nicko sees the remote control car. Everything in the box was normal toys in general, only the sheep-shaped porcelain doll looked strange.
“This sheep is the last gift from Daddy Lo, right?” ask Nicko while pointing towards the doll.
“Yes, it's my fourth birthday gift,” replied Kin.
Kin's fourth birthday was the last birthday celebration he celebrated with his father. Five months after the anniversary celebrations, the plane that boarded Davin Dhananjaya disappeared in the Panon Poe Strait while heading to the capital of Insulinde state, Xacatara. The plane has not yet been found.
“Gue to keep your story in the hospital. About dreams lo time coma. What Lo said, Lo was in a mysterious forest, then came a golden-haired sheep that could talk,“ Nicko said.
Kin is serious.
Nicko took a seat under the table to sit on. Now his position was facing Kin who was sitting on the bed.
“Name Chrysom, stuffed sheep, golden hairy sheep that can talk in Lo's dreams, and zodiac Lo, Aries; it's all related.“
“ Related to what?“ ask Kin curiously.
“Gue is browsing the internet and reading a few books. So, in the past, when creatures like Pegasus, Elves and all the things we now call myths existed in this World. In the kingdom there was a king named Athaman who had two wives. The first wife was named Nefele, while the second wife was named Ino. From his first wife King Athaman had two children named Frixos and Helle.
“The second wife of King Athaman who could not give jealous offspring, because Frixos was the one who would later become heir to the throne of the kingdom.
“Nefele who felt sad when he found out his son Frixos would be sacrificed begging Hermes for help. Hermes granted his request by sending a pet belonging to Poseidon, a winged and golden-haired ram named, Chrysomallus.“
“Chrysom?“ sahut Kin's.
Nicko nodded his head, then continued his certificate; “then Nefele told his two children to climb the sheep to be taken away to safety. When Frixos and Helle had gone up his back, the sheep flew away from the Palace. On the way Helle fell in the ocean and drowned, this ocean that we now know as Helle sea.
“The sheep brought Frixus in an area called Colchis, to be given and cared for by King Aites ruler of Colchis. However, even though his life survived and lived luxuriously as the adopted son of King Aites, Frixos was saddened to have lost his sister, Hella.“ Nicko told the story while occasionally moving his hands following the direction of the story in front of Kin who was seriously listening.
“Chrysomallus which was then well maintained by Frixos, did not have the heart to see his employer continuously sad . Then the sheep begged Poseidon to appear in Frixos' dream in the form of the God of War, Ares.
“Poseidon granted Chrysom request. The sheep entered Frixus' dream, asking to be slaughtered for sacrifice to Zeus. In order for Zeus to be willing to resurrect Hella in the form of a nymph or sea fairy, in order to live and guard the sea of Hella. That way Frixos can visit to meet his sister. Then as a tribute to the god Ares because he had borrowed his form. Chrysom asked Frixos to shave the golden feathers and cut off its wings, then buried in the sacred forest area belonging to the god Ares.
“Frixos is willing to fulfill Chrysom's request in order to see his sister again. The sacrificial ceremony was held at the Temple of Zeus. A sharp sword was grasped by Frixos to slay Chrysom's neck. However, the moment the sword had just stuck to Chrysom's neck that was then laid down on top of the sacrificial altar, Zeus, who changed his form in the form of an eagle, grabbed Chrysom's body with his large claws and flew up to take Chrysom up a mountain.
“It turns out Chrysom's actions and loyalty to Frixos stirred up Zeus's heart. Zeus revived Hella as a nymph as Chrysom requested. Then Zeus gave Chrysom a place among the stars as the constellation Aries.” Nicko closed the story.
“Lo memorize all that?” asked Kin while furrowing his brows.
Nicko chuckled at Kin's question. His hand grabbed the tea in a bottle that was on the table. Kin did prefer to entertain his close friends in the room, so some kinds of bottled drinks and snacks neatly arranged on the table in his room.
Kin stood up to the porcelain doll that was on the table. Pay attention, think and relate Nicko's story and the dreams he experienced. Nicko was drinking his drink.
Kin looked at Nicko, then said, “maybe for others this is just a dream. But for me who feels, it's like real.It feels very close.”
“Yes, sometimes the dream leads us to a clue,” Nicko replied.
“Chrysom? So, where do you think I got that name? Not to mention, all things are all related.”
Kin and Nicko continued to talk about it at length for hours. They were both familiar from childhood. For Kin, other than Uncle Bob and Aunt Wanda, Nicko was one of the people he could trust.
Nicko is very interested in the paranormal. Someone who believes that behind the dimension of reality where humans live, there is another dimension where fairies, pegasus and one-eyed giants live there. Therefore, he was very serious about taking into account the things Kin had recently told him.
