The Midnight Radio
Episode 32

Tonight, I'm going to broadcast with Adul. After the meeting the other day, Gia decided if we were both broadcasting together. High ratings are always obtained if we broadcast together. On the night of the previous broadcast, I was alone in bringing the Story of Midnight because Adul had to accompany his mother to the night market.

"Teh Inoxu!" call Adul to see me. He sat on a bench right behind a cart selling siomay.

"Weis jajan euy" I said after approaching him and taking a seat.

"Adul laper, Tea. I don't cook."

"Why not cook?"

"Abis the money, Tea. Abis bought negligee in the malem market," replied Adul.

I grinned and was still waiting for him to finish eating when Bang Win approached.

"Oxu doesn't eat?" tanyanya sat down. Adul turned his head towards Bang Win clumsily and then nodded slowly.

"Ngga, Bang. Still full."

"Have eaten," he replied.

"Not yet."

"Keep full?" ask Bang Win again.

"Look at Bang Win's face" I replied casually.

"OHAW! Uhuk uhuk uhuk!" Adul coughed as he choked on hearing my words.

"Cupu ah! Eat a sprain," I sneered with a laugh. While Bang Win's expression? As usual, smiled faintly without any overreaction.

"Woi, let's go in!" Gea who had just come with Remi waved at us. After Adul finished his last bribe, we all entered the radio station.

"I don't want you to broadcast? Want to sort out a little report," said Bang Win when I and the others would climb the stairs.

"Yes," I said short.

"Eh Tea, is it really what Gia Tea says if Teteh can see the devil?" ask Adul after we get ready to broadcast in ten minutes.

I'm nodding.

"Continue to beat up the devil too?"

I nodded back.

"Yes!" said happy.

"Why?" manya curious.

"Adul should not be afraid anymore, because Teteh has become the handler of the devil" he exclaimed.

I patted her shoulder hard, "Absolutely at all! Songong knows no!"

"Biarin or Teh, Adul was relieved because Teteh can now exasperate the devil," he continued, which made me pat my forehead slowly.

"Standby!" remi exclaimed from behind the desk of the song operator.

"Okey."

"In 3, 2, 1, on water!"

"Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, good night and welcome to meet again with Inoxu and—."

"And Adul," continued Adul.

"In the Story of Midnight 12.08FM Radio Rebel Bandung. The art of this malem can come back to accompany the rest of the listeners all," I continued.

"Rubber, Tea! This malem we'll both be reading a story that comes from a loyal listener of the Story of Midnight. Oh yes, for listeners who want to tell their stories, okay! Just send an email to the Story of Midnight so you can Adu and Teh Inoxu bacain," Adu continued.

"Well, for the story that we both read, we will get a gift of souvenirs and can be taken at the Radio Rebel office with an identity card," I added. "For the opening story this time I will play an old song from Kahitna with Tak Sebas Merpati, a request from Rina Ina. Don't go anywhere and listen."

I turned off the mic and leaned back on the chair while Adul prepared to read the story that had come in.

"So that's the old song ya gaes ya, from Kahitna. Now it's time for Adul to read a story that has already come in. Yes gaes yes?

You could say this ability is derived from the family because my sister also has the same ability. More specifically, my ability is what people say bitter tongue. Whatever I say, it always comes true.

For example, rich gini, I used to be almost dragged by a motorbike, and suddenly I said that the person who almost grazed me fell and broke his hand. Not long after that, my speech came true and sure enough, the man fell so that his hand broke.

Ih Teteh, afraid of the story," chirped Adul turned to me.

"Udah, continue," I replied in a soft voice.

"So they're gaes?" ask the listeners.

"At other times, I've met handsome men who ride ninja bikes. Not knowing why, I suddenly said if I wanted to be his girlfriend. And you know what? Two days later the man came to see me and asked me to be his girlfriend. In fact, we didn't know each other before.

And then I saw a man. In my vision, the man was about to die from an accident, and it turned out to be true. Not long after I saw the man, he had an accident until he died.

In the market I saw a mother passing by. In my vision, the mother was crying because of the pickiness. Before long, the thing that happened in my vision also happened. The mother was pickpocketed at the market.

Because of these things, my parents took me to meet people who are experienced in this kind of thing to heal me. I was asked to pray tahajud as well as fast on Monday Thursday for starters. It felt heavy enough to the point that I almost gave up.

Said the person who treated me, that ability was passed down from my great-grandmother. It makes sense because my sister has abilities like mine. I was followed by an invisible guard in the form of a black snake and a tiger, while my sister was a five-headed snake wearing a crown.

The last stage of treatment is bathing in a joint or spring. Since I was not married, I took a bath in the company of my mother. The man who treated me advised me not to speak dirty and not to take anything that was not my right. In fact, while taking a bath, I found a red scarf with a beautiful decoration.

When I tell the shawl to the person who treated me. He said it was a scarf belonging to Nyi Roro Kidul, and if at that time I took it, I would get more powerful and become more difficult to treat. Oh yes, there is an oddity that occurs, during the process of bathing in the joints, also prepared a lot of flowers. But the thing is, after finishing the bath, the flowers that I have used for bathing are lost somewhere, as well as the scarf.

Now I still practice night prayers and also fasting Monday Thursday as an effort to be a normal human being.

My story, thank you for being read. I hope Radio Rebel is successful."

Adul took a deep breath after reading a long enough listener story that I decided to take over.

"Yes listener all, that's the story of Nada. May Istiqomah in worship, because worship will fortify us from evil influences from outside. One song from the Captain with the Angel of Love request from Melly Kurniati Trisiani will be the end of the Story of Midnight this time. Inoxu, Adul and the whole team split. See you again in the Story of Midnight 12.08FM Radio Rebel Bandung. Wassalamualaikum warahmahtullahi wabarakatuh."

I turned off the mic and took off the headphones and laughed at the tired Adul.

"Serems is Tea the story?" adul.

I just nodded in agreement because I was cleaning up my personal items. Gia and Remi who had finished packing, came to the broadcast table.

"But Adul Mah was not afraid, because there was Inoxu Tea. Want a demon to hover too okay! Just tell Inoxu Tea to stir."

"Ih Adul! You songong keep on dih!" sentak Gia while me and Remi glared at her.

Tok tok!

The movement of my hand that was inserting a bottle of mineral water came to a halt due to the sound of a knock. The knocking was clearly coming from the window.

"His time came again, huh?" ask Gia lirih.

"It's a bit of a slut, anyway" Remi added.

"Udah nothing, there's Inoxu Tea! Let Adul open the window, let it be thumped with Teteh."

I gasped at Adul's words which I thought were very corporal.

Tok tok!

"That's noisy! Yes-yes, Adul open the window!" exclaim Adul while standing and approaching the window. In one fell swoop, the window was already wide open and the floating female figure was clearly visible in my eyes.

"What you?! Here forward! Let it be pounded with Inoxu Tea," jolted Adul again.

I saw the figure hovering up and down outside the window and instantly a sense of horror slipped in my heart. Gia and Remi have been with me since.

As the hovering figure looked at me and stuck out its long tongue, I stood up as fast as lightning and immediately ran outside the studio followed by Gia and Remi.

"Win Bang!" hysterical shouting.

"Steak! Don't stay in Adul!" It was the last sentence I heard before we left Adul alone and quickly headed for the stairs.

Bruaks!

When I turned, it was seen that Adul was already lying on the floor. It looks like he fainted from hitting the door of another studio right in front of the studio we were broadcasting in.