SURVIVORS
Chapters 163. Good Guy?
That part Dean was trying to finish his new room. Prepare the clay soil, print it into bricks of large and wide. Once he felt that was enough, bask him in the sunlight.
After resting he made poles to install a roof on the log that became his room and Widuri. Michael helped bind the leaves that would be used as a roof.
While Marianne, assisted Niken continues to grind old coconuts for food.
Doctor Chandra helps occasionally. Sometimes he also invited Sunil who was being sunburned to talk.
When Alan, Widuri and Nastiti return in the afternoon, Dean's work is done. The bricks he made were being burned for tomorrow's use.
Widuri handed over the results from the market to immediately be processed into dinner.
"Dean, I want to swim" said Wuduri.
"okay." Dean hugged Widuri's body and darted towards the cliff.
"Hey, wait!" prevent Marianne.
"What's wrong?" ask Dean.
"Bathroom water," Marianne reminds Dean to fill it.
"Ready." Dean flew back with Widuri.
"It seems like swimming in the afternoon is cool. Come on Alan, take me down." Nastiti.
"Alright lady chatty." Answer Alan.
"Niken, if you want to swim too, you can go with them." Marianne.
"No. Next time." refuse Niken.
"Then let's prepare bread dough for dinner." Take Marianne.
"Why doesn't anyone take me swimming? I want to swim too." Michael grumbling.
"Just tell Dean and Alan." Doctor Chandra's.
"That's Dean."
"What's the doc?" dean asked after finishing filling the bathroom water.
"Michael wants to go swimming." Doctor Chandra turned towards Michael who was pouting.
"Come on. Wandering.." Ledek Dean chuckled.
Both of them disappeared down the cliff.
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"I think we should open up a little farmland. We can grow wheat and some vegetables from the seeds we save first. Buying it is not frugal at all. Just relying on blueberry sales, that's not enough for a week." Widuri opened the discussion after dinner.
"good. Tomorrow I'll prepare the land over there for planting." Dean undertakes.
"Do you want to stay here?" ask Niken not to believe it.
"In the meantime, that's for the best. We have not found any other world gap. Sunil was also unconscious. Moving around in such circumstances is certainly uncomfortable." Marianne expressed her opinion.
"I understand. So as long as we wait for him to recover, then it should be able to survive on our own." Niken concluded.
"alright. So we agreed to open up farmland to meet our own needs." Dr. Chandra is in support.
"Well, the most important thing is to secure the middle village.." Alan smiled widely, greeted by another laugh looking at Alan's funny mimic.
"Widuri, how's the information about the man the fisherman helped?" ask Niken to know.
"So when we came to the city lord's residence, Yoshi wasn't around. But we told his father that if the man was not a resident of this region, then maybe it was our friend." Nastiti.
"Later the city lord will send his officers to check." continued Widuri.
"Oh, okay. As long as he's been helped, that's good. If it's our friend, then we'll definitely meet again." Niken is no longer a fan of yesterday.
"Ehem.." Dean cleared his throat.
Everyone looked up and waited for him to talk.
"Me and Widuri are getting married. After the residence is completed, we will meet the city lord. Maybe they have their own rules about marriage here." Dean said.
"Woaaa. congratulations.." Michael Exclamations.
"It's nice to finally see you guys get along" Nastiti said.
"Goddess! These two mortal enemies finally got married. You can smile from up there!" Nastiti shouted loudly towards the sky.
"What do you mean by a mortal enemy?" waturi Protest.
"Nastiti's right. Even if Sunil is aware, he can also be a witness to how you always trigger world wars. Your commotion is even scarier than the nuclear explosion Sunil made on the rock." Alan and Nastiti clapped their hands in satisfaction.
"It's just a difference of opinion" Bela Dean.
"Geez.."
"Yes, yes.."
"It matters now that we're congratulating them." Michael says.
"Michael's right. Fighting is also part of the process of understanding each other." Doctor Chandra said wisely.
"Congratulations to you both. A long process to get to this stage. We will always support." Marianne.
Niken felt a pain in his heart. He remembered Indra. If his girlfriend was here, Niken wouldn't have waited long either. He wants to marry Indra. A drop of water fell from the corner of his eye. Niken felt lonely among the crowd of her friends.
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The night changed in the morning.
Robert finally woke up from a biting hunger. Barrel fell asleep in his lap. Indra is on the side.
Robert moved a little of his back that felt sore. Sunlight came in from the stone above his head. Checked around, the gap he entered was not too big. But the air inside here is pretty warm after the sun comes up.
"Roof, awake. The sun is high." Robert's whisper was soft.
Barrel blinked his eyes before seeing clearly. Then he came to his embarrassing sleeping position.
"Sorry." she said subtly.
"No need." Robert shook his hand to reject Laras' apology.
"I'll check on Liam first." Robert got up to stand up.
"Liam, are you awake?" Greet Robert as he approaches.
Liam did not answer. Robert squatted down to check on the wound on Liam's leg. She's surprised. The wound that was previously tied with the cloth is now turned into a seaweed wrap.
"Who did this?" muttered.
"Liam, do you know who wrapped your legs like this?" Ask Robert.
"What do you mean?" Laras approaching.
"Look at this," pointed Robert at Liam's wound. Baras was also surprised.
"How can you?" he said he couldn't believe it.
Both looked at the room. There was a thin puff of smoke not far from the three of them. Robert approached.
"It's a former campfire."
"So someone took refuge here last night." Robert drew the conclusion.
"When we get in, this place is pitch black. Then he goes in after we fall asleep. That's why we don't know and don't see the light of the campfire." continued Laras.
"He left food here. Look." Robert showed 3 grilled fish that were still attached to the wood stuck in between the stones.
Barrel smiled.
"Where is that good guy? Kira has to thank him." said Laras.
"Later we'll find. Now let's eat first." take Robert. Liam was woken up to eat.
"Liam, you really don't know who's treating your wounds?" Baras. Liam shook his head weakly.
"He treated Liam. Light a fire so we don't get cold. Provide food as well. But just leave us here. What's that supposed?" Robert thought hard.
"Where do you think he came from?" ask Laras.
"It must be from the top of that cliff. There is life there. But why didn't he take us up?" Robert felt this was awkward.
"He should be a pretty good person with everything he's shown. But don't want to take us to his place. Though he must know we have no other way but to climb to the top." Robert kept guessing.
"Maybe the above is not a good place for us?" guess Baras.
Robert surprised. "You're right. The above is a dangerous place." Robert nodded with that conclusion.
"But we have no other way but to go up." Laras said again to make a headache.
"It's a dangerous place, but there's no other way" Robert muttered repeatedly.
He thought hard about what they should do. Robert didn't want to make any more dangerous decisions, which might have taken the lives of all three of them.
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