Screamnights

Screamnights
k village at the foot of mount l


 


            To reach the village of K at the foot of Mount L, it takes two hours from downtown K where K village is located. The road taken for the past hour is also not a good road that is smooth like asphalt in the city. Some big holes are along the way and for that, Gala has to be extra careful and focused when driving. But ... Even though the terrain passed through was quite difficult, the village was not difficult to find. Like some other urband legends, K village seems to be quite well known by many people in neighboring villages. And because of that, Alena along with Manda and Gala is not difficult to find the village K where their source lives.


            “Welcome.“ A man immediately welcomed Alena along with Gala and Manda when she arrived at K village. The man was a young man in his 20s with a pretty sweet face and tanned skin like the typical sunburn of people working under the sun like a farm or people working in fields and plantations.  “Include my name, Surya. I am the one who commented with the account syurya4.”


            “I Gala who served as cameraman and editor of screamnight.” Gala came forward and returned a helping hand from Surya as the source and the person who was the reason for Alena along with two colleagues in this remote village. Gala then stopped her speech and pointed towards Alena and Manda to introduce the two to Surya. “You must know these two women instead, Alena and Manda-hosted from the screamnight account. Manda appeared several times in several recordings taken screamnight although more often menajdi my assistant or makeup for Alena.”


            “Of course. As a screamnight fan, I know very well the hosts Alena and Manda who sometimes appear in the video.” Surya took off his hand posts with Gala and shook Alena and Manda's hands in turn. Surya then introduced the man in his 50s who stood beside him wearing a hem with a subordinate sarong, on his head attached a blangkon which is a typical hat from Central Java. “By my side is Mr. Rahmat who is the head of the village here.”


            “Greetings, Nak Gala, Nak Alena and Nak Manda. I Grace-head of the village in this village.”  Pak Rahmat said greetings in Indonesian even with a distinctive Central Javanese dialect medok.


            “I think you will speak Javanese, but you speak Indonesian.” Alena spoke back to Mercy with a smile on her face.


            “I heard the three of you are from a city at the tip of East Java. So I think it would be better if I use Indonesian, considering the language in East Java is not only Indonesian.”


            Manda nodded his head and smiled faintly hearing how wise Mr. Rahmat was as the village chief. "That's true, sir. Our Javanese language is not very good because it is mixed with various other languages. It would be better if you talk in Indonesian only, so that there will be no misunderstandings later.”


            “Sure, Son. It would be better, but there are some parents here who can't speak Indonesian. So ... if you meet them, please be informed. Instead, Nak Surya will accompany you during this time and act as a translator if you have trouble talking to the parents here.”


            After getting to know each other enough, Mr. Rahmat and Surya took us to a house that later became Alena's residence along with Manda and Gala. Because the custom is still thick where unmarried men and women should not live in the same place, as a result Alena and Manda live in a house owned by Ratih's mother who is a 60-year-old widow with one child named Sekar. It just so happened that Sekar was traveling with her husband-Galih to his in-laws' house after a long time of not visiting.


            Then Gala himself will stay at the house of Mr. Rahmat who is the Uncle of Surya. Coincidentally the house of Surya and Pak Rahmat is next to each other. Initially ... Surya intends to house Gala at his house. But an unexpected visit occurred and made all the rooms in the house Surya full of guests who are students who KKN in the village K.


            “Yes, Sir. We don't mind. Later if Nak Gala there is need with Nak Manda and Nak Alena, Nak Gala can visit the house of Ibu Ratih which is only three houses away from the house of Mr.”


            Gala nodded her head followed by Alena and Manda. “Yes, Sir. I don't mind.”


            After that, then, Pak Rahmat together with Surya drove Alena and Manda to park the car in front of Pak Rahmat's house which has a wide enough background that can accommodate about 4-5 cars depending on the small size automaker. From Pak Rahmat, Alena along with Manda, Gala, Surya and Pak Rahmat walked to the house of Ibu Ratih where Alena and Manda will stay during the stay in the village of K.


            “Waduh beautiful once.” The praise came out from the mouth of Ratih's mother when she saw Alena and Manda coming. “My daughter would love to meet you both.”


            Stelah was quite acquainted with Ratih's mother and put the items in the room provided by Ratih's mother, Alena along with Manda, Gala, and, Mr. Grace and Surya returned to Mr. Grace's house to talk again.


            “To be honest ... this is not the first time youtuber has come here to take a recording and cover. Several times there are some people who come here because they are interested in stories about public funeral parks in this village called by the name of Durawa public funeral park.” Mr. Grace gave an important explanation to Alena, Manda and Gala.


            The explanation makes Alena, Manda and Gala feel a little surprised because apparently they are not the first team to know about the story of TPU Durawa.


            “Then why until now no one has published a story about the burial place of Durawa, sir?” Alena asked.


            “They always failed in taking the recording. Some footage was suddenly broken and some others had a minor accident which made them finally retreat and give up.” Mr. Grace gave another explanation.


            “Then if so, why did Surya give that comment?” Gala asked with a slightly worried face.


            “We hope that with the arrival of youtuber and other groups, this village can experience a little progress. Some time ago, this village was a quite crowded village. People often visit this village because of the beautiful scenery in this village because it is at the foot of Mount L plus more, there is a warm spring in this village which is the spring of the mountain. But one of the migrants broke the rules in this village and made the people who came here finally reluctant to return. So we hope that with the arrival of Nak Gala, Nak Manda and Nak Alena can restore the good name of this village and make this village crowded again like before.”