Ranti herself once more in front of the mirror attached to the wardrobe in this mess room.
"Okay, okay," he said, grabbing his backpack on the table not far from the closet. Soon he was ready to step into the dining room downstairs.
Down the stairs, Ranti bumped into Fania and Gina - fellow trainees, but different districts.
"Tumben your own way. Fania said when he saw Ranti down the stairs alone.
"Tika was already ahead of him, he said he would do the job yesterday together with his group."
Tika is Ranti's roommate, from Bekasi. While Ranti own representatives from Karawang with Rudi, his colleagues.
"Oh!" Fania finally just "oh" response to Ranti's answer.
"Finally ... it's the last day we're here." Gina who had been listening only, began to open the voice. "I've missed Shofi so much, three days of training is like a month, plus horror stories here, huwaaa ... mending back aja, deh."
"Heu, miss Shofi what is his father, huh?" Ranti idly tease Gina who immediately greeted a reddish hue on both cheeks Gina.
"Ah, you also miss the father of the children, yes, kaaan?" Gina deliberately emphasized the tone of her voice at the last word she uttered. The reason is especially if not to reply to tease Ranti.
Instantly Ranti's mind drifted to Gea - the only child of his wayang, the result of his marriage to Haryadi.
What's Gea, huh? May he do well at home. Hopefully Gea is not fussy as long as left by me.
Inner Ranti winced. However as a mother, she is always heavy when she has to part with her baby. Moreover, Gea is still three years old, which means still have to always get extra attention from both parents. But yes, whatever the power. His profession as a civil servant (PNS) sometimes requires him to be professional, including to be ready if given the task or training anywhere. Lucky he has a super-patient husband like Kang Haryadi, who is always ready to abundance the task of keeping Gea when Ranti must duty outside the city.
"Come on, ngalamunan saha ieu teh? Ntar kesocet devil new pocong nyaho." Furans and strikes Fania awaken Ranti. He saw they had entered the crowded dining room by the participants who were enjoying breakfast.
And while waiting in line for the fried rice on the buffet table, an exclamation call startled Ranti and his two friends.
"Ranti, ntar eat here?"
It was Rudi's voice, Ranti's co-worker. He waved his hand to ask Ranti to join him.
What is the Rudi? Lebay Pisan.
But Ranti just nodded his head as he immediately poured some fried rice noodles onto his plate. The queue behind him is still there and Ranti will not be rebuked just because he heard Rudi's cry.
"Yeah, aya naon, Mang Rudi?" Ranti said after taking a seat in front of Rudi.
"What about you?" Rudi asked as he mouthed to the left and to the right.
"Emang Tika is not here yet?" Ranti back ask.
"Kumaha, anyway? I'm the one who asked why, why did you ask me back?"
Ranti just shrugged his shoulders. "Said he was going to ngerjain task with his group all breakfast."
"Do you have a job in a place like this?"
"I do not know, there's a cinlok among you, Hayu, confess!" Ranti pointed at Rudi's nose - the rotten bachelor - with the fork in his left hand. "Remember atuh, Mang.Tika it already have a husband and child.Can not what can nyari a girl or a widow so?"
"What's wrong with it?" Rudi dismissed Ranti's hand. "I asked the tea Tika fear nothing happened ama him."
"Meaning?" Ranti stops the movement of his hand ready to bribe a spoonful of fried rice into his mouth.
"You heard the rumors about this training place, right?"
Ranti nodded. Yes, since yesterday he has heard from several instructors about the various strange and occult happenings that often occur here, especially in mess participants. That's why last night he and Tika were overwhelmed by anxiety, especially when he had to go to the bathroom and lock the door.
"Did you hear anything from this room last night?" The dining room is what it means.
Ranti shook his head. "What about the dining room last night?"
Seen Rudi took a deep breath.
"Plis atuh, Mang? Aya naon last night?" Ranti urges Rudi, shaking Rudi's hand for an explanation. But Rudi did not move.
"Tos is Tos managed to make his Mamang urang kieu heart sport, make urang lost appetite." Annoyed Ranti pushes her chair back and starts to stand up. His chest heaving and falling angrily to Rudi who had managed to work it out early in the morning.
"Sure angry kinda, ah Sok atuh sit deui Okay, okay, I'll tell you last night, but promise Do not be surprised, it is!" Rudi arrested Ranti and asked him to sit back in the chair. Ranti pun accordingly. Besides he was also curious about what had happened last night.
"That night ..." Rudi paused for a moment. Trying to take a deep breath and then exhale it with a single pull. "There's a furor here in this dining room to be precise, it's like someone else watching a ball, screaming, calling for a goal, a clap of hands.
Ranti glared. "What time is it?" Because he and the original Tika could not sleep last night. But strangely, he did not hear anything from the dining room. Whereas his room right above this room?
"Hm ... around two-o'clock so, eh?"
"You have not been in her sleep?" Ranti asked, surprised.
Rudi just shook his head. "No one can sleep last night, especially after hearing the excitement, Kang Willy is curious, then he comes down.You know what Kang Willy sees?"
"What?" shouted Ranti hard, so make a few pairs of eyes glanced at Rudi and Ranti.
"Shhhh .... Do not shout, shy!" Rudi reminded as he glared. Ranti pursed her lips.
"Just go back and forth Kang Willy, Hendra and Jamal down to check what's in the dining room, but in fact it's nothing.Every checked, this room is quiet and there's only one light burning in here." Rudi pointed to one of the lights in this room.
"You did not go down too check, Mang?"
Rudi shook his head again. "Do not dare.
"Yep, cowardly base!" Ranti sneered. Rudi said nothing. Even impressed no matter with Rantian bulge. The atmosphere was silent for a while.
Not too long, Rudi begged himself to go first to Ranti because it has been called-call by a friend of his group. Now, just stay Ranti on that table.
Fuih! Ranti breathed out, heavy. Gone was his appetite. This morning's story he heard directly from Rudi really made him limp and uninspired. Though this is the last day and later afternoon post-Jumatan event closing training.
Slowly, Ranti shifts his chair back. He planned to go straight to the classroom, rather than just staring at the fried rice on his plate is still quite a lot. And as he stood his head gazed out at the exit.
"Aaahhh ...!"
A face of a flat face was staring at him sharply.