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Who's He?


In the forest full of this bush, it turns out that there are many ghosts who are partying. In the invisible silence, it turns out that there is unusual activity.


I opened my eyes as wide as possible, until my eyebrows were raised high. Tamusong followed, with a happy face when she saw me smiling.


"How's it?" he asked me to have an opinion.


I turned to all sides, where there were ghosts gathered under each other's trees.


On the left, there were female kuntilanak who laughed giggling while shaking his head. They sang loudly, as if they were arguing over who was the tallest and the longest.


On the other hand, there was a collection of pocongs, not knowing the gender of either male or female, as they were tightly sealed with their shrouds. They hopped over a tree root in turn.


"Huh, cool!!" exclaim me while flying up and down like a spring.


On the other hand, there were flying ghosts that wandered around like flickering lights, making the atmosphere of this dark forest even more festive.


At the root of the hanging tree, I saw many small bald-headed boys, like tuyul and others were little girls in a trough skirt shirt. They ran around the trees and skipped over the roots shrewdly.


I blinked when I realized something was moving in the trees. When squinting to clarify the view, it turns out that there are long-haired creatures scattered and tangled, crawling around each body of the tree like a spider. And what made me frown, they were so many that they were so close and filled every tree.


I flew across a gently flowing river. I haven't seen water in a long time and felt it. I have been locked up for a long time and have not taken a shower.


I immediately lowered my head and sucked the water with my palm. When I did, suddenly something strange happened. It was no longer the liquid I took, but a woman's head that was greenish blue like skin that was wrinkled by water for too long.


"Gyaaaaah!!" I screamed and threw it back into the water.


I pulled back my body, and continued to stare into the water. A head appears, then some other heads come to the surface. I shuddered, feeling a little amused.


"Hey! Don't take water!! Look around first if anyone is swimming in it or not!" screech with an annoyed face.


"Where am I ta-" Tamusong immediately smothered my mouth quickly and cut off my speech.


"I'm sorry, we're new ghosts. Just got here because we were kicked out of our house. This boy when he was alive liked to play water, understand.was once a fisherman who liked to fish under the water. I hope you can tell him yes, and forgive us for that. Please have fun back." Tamusong said as he jumped up and down and dragged the collar of my backside shirt.


"Abroad!! I am a rich kid know!! Shower under your teeth! I have a private swimming pool at home!!" I was annoyed when I was far enough away from them.


Tamusong snorted while frowning his forehead staring at me. "Once upon a time, we were newcomers. You said you wanted to make friends here and play together. If you haven't been looking for something with another ghost, how do you make friends?!" he said, trying to give me advice.


I was silent, and it was true what Tamusong said. I can't help but feel annoyed at the person who speaks at will. But I have to change that attitude, I want to have many friends here.


"So how is Tamusong? Masa' I have to apologize to him?" ask me.


"That's not a question! If you're wrong, you should apologize. Time' that's all you have to ask!" reply, imitating the logic I said.


"My ticklish chest."


"Let's hurry, go back and apologize to the great-grandfather" he said as he jumped ahead of me.


I snorted but still did what Tamusong asked. "Hei Yut, I'm sorry if it was rude" I said when I was on the river.


I fell silent, staring into the clear water. Nothing, the water looks calm. Are they not playing there anymore?? I brought my face closer to the surface of the water, trying to find where they were.


"Well, how are they"


My words came to a halt when something suddenly came out of the calm water and thrust its face right in front of me.


He opened his eyes, looked at my face from all sides and stopped in both eyes. "It turns out you're very handsome, the owner of beautiful eyes" he said as he giggled with a reddened face as I gasped. Hurriedly he again submerged himself into the water, making several other heads start popping out.


I frowned, as they all did similar things. Staring at me from the tip of my eyelashes to the tip of my nose.


"Woah, look! Green eyes. White, hair too."


"That's a tiny, beautiful lip.."


"Look at his nose, sharp and small."


"Hair is soft and shiny."


"The skin is smooth."


"Hur eyelashes are flat."


I turned to the left and to the right following the origin of the voice. They talked while describing my appearance.


"It's a shame to die, but it's still too small. If it's alive, there must be a lot of women who like you." chimpal the voice that my head raised earlier.


"Well Morwenna, do you praise that ghost?!" timpal.


"Go back into the water, let me greet them." he asked, and the ghosts of this water returned into the water, following what he said.


If you look around, it seems like he is the leader among them, otherwise it would be impossible for everyone to obey his words.


This water ghost dived for a moment, then re-emerged. I gasped when I saw the new one, because it was different than the previous one. He looked clean with skin that looked like a human, not blistered like before.


"Tamusong." said Auntie face charred, making me gasp at the answer. Not that Tamusong's name is Nini, why did he give me the title I gave him??


"Then, you?"


"I'm Adam." I said, making Wenna frown. He immediately went up from the water, stood up and pulled out half of his body to my height.


"Yahoooo!!! Prawny fish!!" I panicked when I saw the waist down like a fish tail.


Tamusong and Wenna gasped with my screams. "Deliver your father's brag!! It's called princess dugong tofu!" tamusong Sentak.


"Ooh, Dugong fish." I chimped in while nodding. "Almost surprised me." continued me with a relieved face.


Wenna simply smiled as she held back her anger. "Have your childhood been unpleasant? I'm being a mermaid know!!" sahut growling.


Tamusong immediately nudged my hand while whispering. "Looks like him. Look, she instantly turned into a beautiful mermaid when she saw your good looks!"


I immediately smeared my own face. What's that conclusion?


"By the way, there's one thing I want to tell you as a ghost that just came." Wenna immediately attacked, not feeling uncomfortable with the behavior of the two of us who whispered in front of her.


"Adam's name, was your name when you were alive?" asked, and I nodded my head to justify. "Ehem, the thing I have to tell you, and it looks like this pocong next to you forgot to tell you this." she continued.


"What's? Tell what?" ask me and Tamusong at the same time.


"This is a gathering place for ghosts. Ghosts who are not close will call you by your kind name, for example pocong or Kuntilanak. But, if they're close or want to be friends, then you'll have to give me your other name."


I cringe at hearing it. "Why is that?"


"How do you say it?? All the ghosts who are here have painful life stories. They don't want to remember anything else about life in the world, so you can't tell any ghost your real name" she explained.


I'm getting more and more furrowed eyebrows. "Lah, then.. Morwenna is not your name? But, your pretended name?" my sergeant.


He smiled while shaking his head. "Anything yes, my model Bangka face has a foreign name? It's not a real name or a pretend name. But that. is the name of the title pinned by the ghost inhabitants of this place to me." she said in a steady tone of voice.


"Title name?" say me and Tamusong together.


"Yes, Morwenna is a name that means 'Ombak in the Ocean'. It was from the ghost inhabitants to me."


I frowned so curiously at Wenna's words. "What did you do to get a title like that?? Is there some kind of ghost party in this place, or. ghost fight?"


Tamusong gasped at my words. "Ancient Hei, your delusion is too high to know! There is nothing like that!"


"Then why can be given that title? It's impossible to get it for free, right? Surely Wenna has done something. And again, are you the leader of the water ghosts?" to my surprise, made Wenna widen her eyes.


"Woh?! Where'd you know that?" he was amazed, really looking surprised.


"When you talk, they all listen to you. Anybody would listen to someone if he didn't have power over them. You must be an influential person, right?" my laughter again made Wenna laugh.


"Hahaha, it's approaching right. But, you have to replace the word someone or person, with a ghost. We are all ghosts. So it's funny when you say something as people." she said, making me grimace for a moment. That's true what he said just now.


"And again, Tamusong is not your real name, right? It means you don't want any other ghost to know a small part of your life, even if it's just a name" he continued, making Tamusong nod his head. "And again, I heard you call Adam by the Ancient name, what is it?"


"That, stands for kuntilanak albino. Tamusong also stands for me, which means aunty's face is charred." Tamusong explained, making Wenna laugh again.


"It looks like you guys are so close yeah, to the point that there's such a beloved nickname." he replied, making me and Tamusong lyrically interlock with ugly faces.


"What call dear? That's a derogatory call, you know!" suhut me and Tamusong simultaneously, making Wenna increasingly harden her laughing voice.


"Okay, okay. Let's just say it's your name now. And never say your real name in front of other ghosts, because they will also say the fake name. The title name is only given to a leader of their kind."


"Waaaah!!" me and Tamusong shouted in unison. "So, you're the leader of a kind of great-grand ghost and a water ghost? Right so?" terka we simultaneously.


"Yes, it is. The name was given by the goddess."


"Goddess?" again Tamusong and I said the same thing.


"You two why the hell? The twins? Couple lovers? Or the child and the mother? From that moment on, the same word continued!" lamented Wenna, having since heard our cry.


"No-no, I was just surprised by the Goddess you said? Who's that?" ask me again.


Wenna's facial complexion instantly changed when she got such a question from me. "He, is the ghost of the ruler of this island." he said. And from the look on his face, it seems he does not like a ghost named Goddess.


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