Radio Broadcast Midnight 2
Episode 24

"Yank? What are you doing?" ask Bang Win from the doorway.

"Eat," I said briefly.

"Yes know. I mean, why eat those rich fried bananas?" ask her again while sitting on the sofa in front of me.

"Enak" I replied shortly.

He looked at me as if I were a mythological creature that was real. Slowly, his head shook, each looking at the mouthfuls of fried bananas dicocolatted roa fish chili in a jar of jam, into my mouth. Just this morning, I bought this Manado roa fish sambal in a frozen food minimarket, not far from Radio Rebel.

"Inox!" call Kang Utep from the inside, get to me. Quickly, I picked up a plastic pack of fried bananas on the table.

"Astagfireullah! Utep won't ask, hey!" he glanced in annoyance. "Just want the name, yesterday when the broadcast off the air, you call the source or read the email?"

"Call the source, but because the voice of the source is not tight, the speaker continues to make fear, yes finally not broadcast," I replied.

"Why didn't you tell me?" ask Bang Win.

"So, forget," I replied softly. I don't know why I've been getting more forgetful lately than usual.

"Yes pantesan not gripping. People wired to output phone sounds not connect to the monitor anyway! Sampe Lebaran will also never be gripped," continued Kang Utep while sitting. "That's also why, when you're off the water at the villa, you guys don't open the phone. Because you have to connect to the monitor to make a grunt."

"Oh, that's it," I responded briefly while returning to eating.

"Eat him Utep was astonished, you guys abis off the water but kok setting is just as rich broadcast on water."

"Different?" ask me to know.

"Different. If on water, the voice of the caller does not need to go into the monitor to be stored, and can be directly broadcasted. If it's off the water, it's gonna have to be recorded so it can be cut."

"It is my own fault that brings fear" I murmured softly.

"Assalamualaikum," cried someone on the page.

"Waalaikumusalam, yes ma'am?" asked Kang Utep to stand up.

"Would you meet Kang Adu?"

"Well, if Adul the broadcast schedule is new tomorrow malem. Sometimes he likes to come here, but usually he comes if the broadcast schedule is just. Sorry, whose mom is it? Want to drop a pesen?" ask Kang Utep again.

"I'm Ambu, this is my son Rose, yesterday Kang Adul called my son to be the source. But something's weird, so we're here to make sure."

I took off the fried banana in my hand and turned my head. After drinking, and cleaning my hands with a tissue, I approached them.

"Roses? I'm Inoxu," I tell you. "Is this really a rose?"

"Teh Inoxu's? This is a rose. Duh, thank God to meet Teteh," he said sounding relieved.

"Let's go in first, please sit down," I'm inviting. Bang Win himself stood up, to give way.

"Honestly, I was shocked when I got a call from Kang Adu who said that Mawang picked up the phone, last night."

"Don't Ambu, we're in the studio also in shock. Because at first Mawang said that the Rose had died a small fit, and it was up, when the Rose called back to the studio, he said it was even Mawang who had died. 'And we're here at a loss, '" I replied.

"Because, the Rose is still alive" said the desperate Rose.

"Monmaap huh? Short of," I leaned towards the Rose and pinched her hand hard.

"Ouch!" peculik Roses.

"Inox!"

"Oxu?!"

"She, just want mastiin" I said with a big smile.

"I'm sorry my wife. Since she became pregnant, her behavior liked everything herself," said Bang Win as she looked down at Ambu.

"Ngga anything. Maybe Neng Inoxu wants a mastiin," said Ambu smiling amusedly.

Kang Utep and Bang Win then say goodbye to Ambu and Roses to go back inside.

"Before, Ambu apologized that because of the Roses and Mawangs, the announcers here were afraid."

"Yes, I'm afraid," as I am.

"Roses and Mawangs are born twins. We come from a very remote village. The myth in our place, if there is a pair of twins born, then they must be separated. Otherwise, one of them will get negative energy, in the sense of pain.

Only, because the Rose and Mawang were the first children of Ambu, I and Abah they decided to ignore the myth. We're more clinging to something that's in religion."

"Well, if you may know, Mawang died why?"

"Sick, like the myth that the villagers believe. But we consider it fate. Are there not four things that have been determined, long before humans were born?" ask Ambu.

I nodded in agreement.

"The weirdness happened moments after Mawang died. There are people who still often see the little Mawang around our house, and it makes warm news for the villagers. We and our family still ignore the news circulating and assume that it is just one of the jinn's disorders.

Over time, the news spread more and more unsettling. Many often see a boy as long as the Rose who always accompany him wherever he is. Some elders say, if in fact Mawang is still alive, but different dimensions with humans. That's why he grew up like a human being."

I looked at Ambu and put on a good ear if there was a strange sound heard. Niente. At the same time, Kokom came out carrying three cans of cold juice. "Please drink it" he said kindly. Not long after, he went back inside.

"It was one of my considerations and Abah, to send the Roses to the city. If he was still in the village, maybe he would be afraid himself to hear the words of the citizens. Many also blame the Rose for Mawang's death," Ambu continued after drinking his juice.

"Well, the rose itself can't squirm that much?" many doubt.

"That's the second reason we sent him to town. Let him not be able to see the appearance of his twin sodara."

"Successfully?" ask again.

"Successfully. While in the city, Mawar never saw a figure that the villagers said was Mawang. Yesterday's call came when Roses returned to the village to spend the holidays. And now, Ambu's bringing him back here."

I nodded in understanding, and we spent about half an hour chatting before Ambu and Roses said goodbye.

"Who are the roses here?"

"Delivery driver, Neng. Coincidentally, the driver nganter Abah first went somewhere," replied Ambu get ready. Not long after, a car entered the parking lot of Radio Rebel.

"We're going home, Neng Inoxu. Greetings to Kang Adul and other broadcasters" said Ambu hugging me.

"Be careful on the road, Ambu. Roses, if you want to play here, come on?" added the one who was called Rose.

The two said their greetings and left the terrace, after I answered their greetings. Unbeknownst to me, Kokom was already standing next to me.

"You've already said, Teteh mah not like the juice," I said to him while pointing at a can of juice that was still closed. "But, because it's been brought, it's nothing, it's a drink."

I almost grabbed the juice can when Kokom held my hand. "It's been drunk, Tea."

"Well! Same who?" manywould be surprised.

"The same young man as Neng before."

I turned my eyes and threw a glance at the car that was still in the yard. On the passenger bench, Rose opened the glass and waved at me. However, my attention was drawn to the figure of the young man with a face identical to the Rose, who was waving, before the car left the parking lot of Radio Rebel.