The Devil's Legs Upside
Underwater Imaging

I started pressing the first line, and my phone was connected. I was grateful that the phone was working, but I was again overwhelmed with worry. I don't know where the phone is on the Generator-Compressor Platform? It could be a place very far from their hiding place, I'm afraid Lim won't hear the ring. Even if they hear a ring, do they dare to pick up my phone? They don't know who called. Argh! right now I can what, I have no choice but to try, hoping they hear my phone.

I tried to strengthen my heart, but again I was ambushed by turmoil. What if that lifts Pr…

BRAAKKKKKK

My phone is connected, but it's like there's a loud slam.

“H-Hello?”

“KRSSSKKKK….. RRRRWARR…. KRSSKKK”

Soon I hang up. Sounded like someone roaring.IT WAS CLEARLY PRETNI! My heart was beating fast, cold sweat was pouring down my face. Lothawat! In Generator-Compressor Platform there is Pretni?! Wait-wait, that if it's true what I'm calling is the Generator-Compressor Platform number. I took a deep breath trying to calm down, Patience. Must be positive thinking!

I then ran out of the room and headed to the window. Just as I thought, I saw two Pretni busy banging a phone handle against the wall near the Well-head drill tube. My tensed body instantly squeezed a little, I was grateful to be so, what I called earlier was this Platform number. I'm grateful that it's not Generator-Compressor. If all I called were the Platform Generators and then the ones that picked up the creatures, it would be Lim and Julia in danger. And that means justifying my guess, there are a lot of Pretni-Pretni out there! I breathed a sigh of relief, almost all I thought was really happening. I have to try another number.

Before I left, returning to Mr. Teigl's room, I once again glanced from the window. The two Pretni were discussing with each other. Maybe they were surprised because the handle of the phone that had sounded this time was silent. They seem to be very sensitive to sound.

I went back into Mr. Teigl's room and sat down on the phone. I went back to looking for the little paper and pressed the other three lines of numbers. I don't know which one connects to the Generator-Compressor, so I called in sequence and I waited three times for the ringtone. I was afraid of lingering waiting, afraid that if the ringtone was fishing Pretni like before, it could be dangerous.

After I tried on those three lines of numbers, no one responded. I tried to repeat it a few more times, still no answer. I snorted annoyedly, they must not have heard his ringtone. I finally gave up on Lim and Julia. Now, what am I supposed to do…

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There is no other solution but to wait. It's all my fault, I shouldn't have left them, I should have stayed, and I shouldn't have slammed my smartphone because of emotion, I'm so selfish. My feelings were so chaotic, between fear, anger, sadness, and this feeling of wanting to help. I don't know which one I'm supposed to get first. I didn't expect it to be like this so soon, I wasn't ready. Though I have managed to solve the mystery of Pretni, but I did not expect this terrible thing to happen…

I can only hope Lim and Julia stay there and don't go to the Living Platform. I won't forgive myself if Lim and Julia die because of my eogical nature. Maybe Lim and Julia are currently thinking of a way to get me out of here .. Right, Lim is smart, he will definitely find a way to protect Julia, and maybe call for help, Yes … I'm sure Lim won't stay silent to see me go and not come back, for sure he will call the police on the main island, to pin us down.

I walked back into the room. I sat in front of the computer that was on earlier and moved the mouse around. There is still hope, I must not give up. While waiting for that hope to come, I will do whatever I can, in this monitor room. I closed my eyes for a moment, setting my breath. I'm trying to clear my head, I have to do something …

I've been studying the images of the bridge map, maybe there's a rat road or something like that, any road that can help us get out of here. But unfortunately, the Well-head Platform is structured so neatly, there are no gaps or ventilation. This is because the function of this Platform that will be related to petroleum drilling and direct contact to the high seas, is very dangerous when the walls of this Platform are split. It reminds me that I'm really stuck here. Shit!

My eyes then explored the Generator-Compressor Platform floor plan. I fingered the computer screen, estimating where we were hiding. After calculating between the pictures of the engine that lined up I then drew a line to the nearest monitor room, assuming there was a phone in the monitor room Generator-Compressor Platform. The distance is quite far, it's worth my phone not picked up, or maybe they don't dare to pick up because there's Pretni hanging around?

Then I went deeper into the computer. I opened all the folders and documents in front of my eyes. I'm looking for a complete list of what infrastructure is in this Bridge. There must be information about the phone that can be used to contact the main island, or how to activate the internet signal, or maybe the location of how many small ships or maybe large ships?

The ship! I'm also looking for a place where there's a ship, it's very important that we can use it to get out of here. I'm sure Lim will call for help, but I'm a little unsure if there's any help coming from the main island. Just in case you think about the worst possible, there's no harm, right?

From some of the data files I explored - as I suspected - there were two docks on this Bridge, one on the Production Platform, and another on the Living Platform. But in the picture it is not explained whether there is a small ship or Speed-boat that we can use. As I recall, at Living Platform there may be several ships. Like the Speed-boats that brought us all here for the first time, there should be a few more small boats, considering the number of workers of this Bridge there are many. While on the Production Platform, next to this Platform, I never know. I used to go there a lot, but I never went deeper. It is very risky to browse the current Production Platform. Given the fact that old man James, who came from Living Platform, has become Pretni and wandered here.

After a few minutes of searching, I did not find anything helpful from this computer, what about other computers? Then I tried to access the 'Server' to see the documents that were on other computers, through this computer. There are about twenty more computers connected with 'Server' according to the number of computers in this room. Relax Dimas.I have enough time to spend.

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The sound of my hands clashing against the keyboard echoed, breaking the silence of this room. As if not to lose, the sound of seconds from the wall clock also echoed. How long have I been looking? My eyes are getting tired. The wall clock is 23:00, it's almost midnight. Oh my God, I hope Lim and Julia are okay.

I opened thousands of documents and read them one by one, but the results were nil. I yawned tiredly, and occasionally closed my glare-eyed, as I stared at the computer screen continuously in the darkness. How else, this is all I can do now, I can't turn on the lights, ‘kan?

My mouse arrow on screen then highlights Abeba's “Client” computer. Once I open it, what do I expect? of course it is about nautical things. There is a document that has the title “pre-drilling report” (Pre-drilling report). Instantly my mind tingled to open it. The document contained reports of underwater conditions before the bridge was drilling. Maybe because I was tired, I just idly looked at the underwater imaging images in the document.

According to what I am browsing on the internet, Pretni is not a ghost from the sea. But what I saw, also from Gagan's words last night, clearly the demon came from the sea. With that much amount, they should be visible when imaging the seabed, ‘kan? Allegedly, maybe Mr. Teigl saw one of the images that showed a human-like creature swimming on the sea floor, then he hid it and continued drilling. Maybe that's what caused Mr. Teigl and his staff to keep all this a secret on us, until the devil took its toll.

With a wild idea like that, I was excited to see one by one the pictures in the document. Curious, whether Pretni actually came from the sea and caught the imaging. After a few pictures, I didn't see any pretni sightings. Can't they be captured by imaging cameras? No way, they are invisible. I see them, we see them, even Pretni can kill people.

My exploration then came to an image of a large rock. I remember once this stone was a rock that was hit by our drill bit. This picture seems to be taken during the day, the stone is clearly visible with a little sunlight. The large chunk of stone is rather strange, square shaped like a building, brown with carvings on its side, reminding me of one of the temples in Indonesia .. HAAHHH!!