Room No.11B
Part. 144

Afternoon after college.

I called Mas Gun, asked about the hodgepodge. He said he had ordered via online. Problems are sorted out.

I opened the boarding gate and closed it again. Uh, there's Nek Iyah sitting on the porch. He waved his hand telling me to come up to him. What's the matter?

Nek Iyah's face looks cute, not bright. This afternoon he wore a long black batik motif negligee.

"What's the matter, Grandma?" my many.

Nek Iyah invited me to sit down. We sat facing.

"There's no Deck. Grandma just wanted to have a chat with Dek Adi. How did your college go?" ask Nek Iyah.

Just want to talk? I suspect it will be.

"Emm, Thank God very well, Grandma" I replied.

"Son Adi, you are a brave and strong boy. Grandma knew you were in big trouble." said Nek Iyah with sharp eyes.

"But you stay calm. Grandma salute you, son." she continued.

What happened to Nek Iyah? Suddenly talking like this. The trouble that hit me is because you're old grandma.

"Grandmother hope you are not wrong in making all decisions about the problems you face. And do not be rash in acting." continued Nek Iyah.

What is Nek Iyah talking like this? Is he possessed?

"Ma-sorry Grandma. I don't understand what Grandma is talking about. What's that supposed?" tananyaku fishing.

Nek Iyah smiled. He leaned his body into the chair.

"Grandma didn't ask you to understand what Grandma was talking about. Grandmother hopes you can be more observant to see the problems you face, in various points of view" he said.

"Emm, but honestly I don't know what Nek Iyah's talk means." I said.

"Son Adi,"

"Grandmother is tired of everything. Grandma is saturated with everything." said Nek Iyah. Then Nek Iyah approached the table.

"But you and Grandma have entered into the same abyss. So, let's finish." added Nek Iyah with a soft voice and a grinning smile.

I swallowed spit.

After his last words, Nek Iyah ended our short conversation. I also stepped back to my room.

Question marks are still in my head. What made Nek Iyah speak like that? I don't think it was Nek Iyah. It looks different. I'm sure he's possessed.

I entered the room to say hello. Put the bag in the front room, then go into the middle room. I saw Mas Gun was sleeping curled up. But I heard he was talking quietly, more like a whisper.

"Mas. Mas Gun." call me.

I heard he was still whispering with his eyes closed. It is unclear what he is speaking about.

"Mas Gun" I patted his arm.

Gun was surprised. He got up and looked at me. The skin of Mas Gun was pale. His eye bags are blackened. His face looks unhealthy.

"Mas, you're sick. Let's go to the clinic." take me.

Gun just nodded slowly.

"Come Mas. You have to go to the doctor. I'm going to be Temenin!" i'm pushy.

"No!" snapped it. Surprised me.

Mas Gun returned to lay his body. He was back on the bed. Bizarrely.

"Gue just wants to sleep" said Mas Gun.

Bizarrely. Lately Mas Gun looks weird. In his sleep he likes to talk to himself. But not delirious. It was more like talking to someone in their sleep.

...* * *...

After Maghrib, about seven o'clock Kang Ujang came to see me in my room. He came to bring me a bag of fried banana plastic. Still hot, like freshly lifted from a frying pan. The smoke is still visible.

"Tumben Kang's. What's the matter with all these fried bananas?" my many.

"There's no Deck. We haven't had a conversation in a long time. I'm home alone." replied Kang Ujang.

I made two cups of coffee. Mas Gun, I'm trying to wake you up. But again he refused, Mas Gun just wanted to sleep. A cup of coffee I thrust in front of Kang Ujang. We sat on the front porch.

"How are you doing, Mas Gun? Already healthy?" ask Kang Ujang.

"Mas Guns? Oh, it's better, Kang. It's just still limp and want to sleep continues innate." I replied.

"Wants to sleep? Really Deck?" ask Kang Ujang.

"Yes. His skin until pale never came out of the room, never exposed to sunlight. So it looks like a vampire. Hehehe."

Kang Ujang took his coffee cup. He blew slowly. Then sip it a little.

"Dek Adi still remember with Mbak Ajeng and Mbak Gendis, the brother of the late Mr Thamrin who I told you about?" ask Kang Ujang.

"Remember Kang. Why did Kang Ujang suddenly ask that?" i'm astonished.

Kang Ujang picked up a piece of fried banana. I also plucked. Kang Ujang shifted his seat closer towards me.

"First, Madam Gendis before going crazy she had already confined herself inside the house. Never leave home, never socialize with neighbors and family. Then he became insane and acted like a madman." Kang Ujang's story.

"Certainly? Is Kang Ujang willing to relate what happened to Mbak Gendis with what is happening with Mas Gun now?" my many.

"Not Deck, I'm just telling you. But his behavior is exactly the same as Mas Gun with Mbak Gendis." tepis Kang Ujang.

"Sama doesn't mean it has to happen with Mas Gun, does it?" my spoken.

"Yes. I hope Gun is okay. Uh Deck, can I ask you a question about Mas Gun?"

I'm asserting.

"Did Mas Gun often talk in his sleep like a delirious person?" ask Kang Ujang.

Kang Ujang asked about delirious. Isn't Mbak Gendis like that too huh?

"Me-dubbing? Eng-don't. Mas Gun rarely delirious Kang. The frequent snoring. Hehehehe." I replied of origin.

"Me-mang why if you often delirious? Was Gendis like that Kang?" my many.

"Yes deck. According to the story, Madam Gendis when sleeping often talk and dialogue. It's like people are just chatting." Kang Ujang's story.

"And according to the story of the Juragan. At first it was like ordinary delirium. But for a long time like people talking, just the difference while sleeping." added Kang Ujang.

"Kang, is it true that Mbak Gendis became a mash for red kuntilanak?"

Kang Ujang was surprised. His eyes glared at me, his index finger raised in front of his lips.

"Why Kang?" ask me in a slow voice.

Kang Ujang close his seat to me.

"Dec, danger call the kuntilanak's name here." Kang Ujang half whispered to me.

"Why Kang?" my many.

"Not discussed anymore."

"Kang Ujang hasn't answered my question. Is it true that Mbak Gendis became a victim?" I asked still in a soft voice.

Kang Ujang frowns. Then nodded slowly.

"What does this have to do with Grandpa Badrun?" my many.

Kang Ujang again nodded slowly.

"What Kang?"

Kang Ujang scratching his head without itching. It's still looking. Then I came to my ear to whisper.

"Because Grandpa Badrun told Nek Iyah to overthrow Gendis."

I'm surprised I'm not playing. Badrun's grandfather sent Nek Iyah.

"Did Mbak Ajeng become a victim of Grandpa Badrun's actions as well?" ask again.

"No. Mbak Ajeng became a tumbal because of the pure idea of Nek Iyah. Although it looks peaceful with the two brothers of Juragan, but Nek Iyah holds a grudge against Ajeng. Because Ajeng was the hardest to refuse Juragan to marry Nek Iyah." story Kang Ujang.

So that's how the story goes. Strange. How weird.

"Then why the next crash of Mbak Gendis? On what basis did Badrun's grandfather tell Nek Iyah to sacrifice Mbak Gendis?" my many.

"If that I don't know Deck. So when Dek Adi asked me, know or not with Grandpa Badrun? I know him well, until now I was afraid to hear his name. Afraid of the banquet. Hiiiyy." Kang Ujang shuddered in horror.

"What's? Afraid of the witchcraft? Was Grandpa Badrun a witch?" my many.

"No. But he's a shaman. It's so evil."

I nodded at Kang Ujang's story. Many veils gradually began to unfold.

I sipped coffee and went back to picking up fried bananas. Our conversation tonight was amazing. Not usually Kang Ujang deliberately came to see me.

Kang Ujang told me about his hometown. His village is located at the foot of a mountain in West Java. He longs for his hometown, longs for rural communities who still hold ancestral customs. Still reprimanding each other if passing in the street. The atmosphere of the village is beautiful, cool, and far from urban. No need to go to the market if for daily meals, just take in the garden behind the house or take fish in the pond. The village is very peaceful.

"If you miss the village, you go home or Kang." I said.

"Who do you want to see there Dek? I haven't been home for decades. You may have been a lot of people who migrated to the capital" replied Kang Ujang.

"Where is Kang Ujang's father and mother? Is it after Mr. Thamrin married Nek Iyah, they have not served with Juragan?" my many.

Kang Ujang looked down. He took a cigarette. I saw his hands trembling.

"If Kang Ujang doesn't want to tell you anything. I spontaneously asked. Hehehe."

I think there was something that made Kang Ujang suddenly speechless. Shit, did I ask wrongly?

He burned his cigarette. Red eyes. In the eye fertilizers, pooling clear liquid waiting to spill. Tears.

"A-dad," just came out of his mouth, suddenly Kang Ujang cried. Sobbing until a whim. There was a cut wound inside his chest.

"Sorry Kang. I shouldn't have asked about Kang Ujang's parents." I said.

Kang Ujang wiped his tears. He tried not to cry anymore, but the tears then spilled more and more. I was so full of seeing it. I just kept quiet not saying. Giving time to Kang Ujang to let out his emotions.

Our coffee is not hot. The fried banana was cold, the wheat that wrapped it began to flaccid.

"Ma-sorry Deck. Sa-I'm sad that I-remember Dad and Mom." said Kang Ujang as he pleased.

"I'm sorry Kang, I asked about Kang Ujang's Mother's Father. Finally Kang Ujang so remember again." I feel guilty.

"Ng-nothing Deck. Dek Adi asked what?"

"Have not discussed Kang, if it makes Kang sad like this."

Kang Ujang brushed off that he would be sad again. He will tell a fact that he never told anyone in this world. And tonight, he'll tell me everything. Yeah, just me.

First he inhaled a deep breath, and then he swallowed it for a moment.

"Dek Adi must remember Bi Tati right? The cook who works at the Juragan's house?" Kang Ujang opened the story with a question.

"Yes Kang, I remember."

"Maybe Dek Adi already know some of the stories about the twists and turns of the Juragan family. Either from Grandpa Badrun or from anyone. But what I'm going to tell you, there can't be anyone else who knows." said Kang Ujang.

I corrected the sitting position, to be more comfortable in receiving information from Kang Ujang.

"Did Adi know that all the disasters that happened to the family of Mr. Thamrin was the work of Bi Tati?" ask Kang Ujang again.

"Yes Kang. Badrun's grandfather told me that."

"If there is no revenge. If at that time Juragan received airy news of the miscarriage of a baby conceived Nyai Asih. Maybe none of this happened."

"Father and Mother strongly objected to the dismissal of Bi Tati by Juragan. Because, it is not entirely wrong Bi Tati if Nyai Asih to miscarry. Father and Mother had defended Bi Tati. But Juragan's decision was unanimous, he had to fire Bi Tati."

"But not with Mom and Dad. They are still employed in this house. Bi Tati was disappointed by Juragan's decision. He is also still heartbroken by the treatment of Juragan on his son, Nyai Asih. He was disappointed with Mom and Dad. Bi Tati thought that Father and Mother were on his side. But it was a tough year for our family. If Dad and Mom have to get out of the Juragan house, it means Dad will return to be a pelvic porters in the market. And it's not good for our family's economy."

"Initially Bi Tati pranked Nek Iyah, he sent a call or something. Luckily Nek Iyah had Grandpa Badrun. His life was saved."

"A number of times Bi Tati sent a call to Nek Iyah. But it always fails, because Grandpa Badrun has taken care of Nek Iyah. Until in the end, it bounces to Dad and Mom." Kang Ujang's story.

Then she came back crying. I rubbed his arm, trying to calm Kang Ujang.

"I. I-I was at that time a little ma-still Deck. Be-not knowing anything" said Kang Ujang as he pleased. I can feel the sadness experienced by Kang Ujang.

Tonight the story of Kang Ujang made my heart a little troubled. It's impossible to imagine if I'm in his position. Plus, at that time Kang Ujang was still small and did not understand anything. Just because of revenge, it can ruin the lives of many people. Very inhuman.