The Step Of Palimpsest
#1

The sky that stretches from one end to the other, morning or night, sunny or rainy, is the same for some people. Because their lives are not focused on simple life like looking at nature everyday. There are times when they will care about the sky when the sky 'disrupts' their core activities. If so, the sky was like a child asking to be noticed by his parents who were busy with this and that, a short speech would not make the sky feel happy.

That's for some people.

For people who do not fall into that category are those who are special, can divide their core activities with natural scenery even though it is blocked by tall buildings that rise in the heart of the capital. And actually there are many people whose main activity is to respect the environment. The universe is a work of God's art. The humans who now live on earth and of course there are other creatures besides those that have been known, creatures of His creation that can create his true work is the fingers of God.

Humans are the only predators. As the name implies, humans are destined to destroy. Only if man is willing to open his mind and make a decision after thinking many times, then truly man is His most perfect creation. Man can bring destruction or prosperity to himself, just as God is able to desire everything including the destiny of every man.

So, what is the destiny of all of us? Either tomorrow we will die, hit by misfortune, experience that will not be forgotten for life, he said, all the destinies that His creation will pass through in this universe have been witnessed by all as the All-Seeing. We are left to choose our own path, whether good or bad, no one can see how the people of this earth live.

There is at least one out there, something that is beyond the limits of ability and above human knowledge today. Examples such as four dimensions and five dimensions and so on. Surely there are more figures than that because we are not alone here. Above the sky there is still the sky, then what is the highest form of the sky?

Humans with high curiosity continue to try to explore various information, create scientific advances, and others. While some others only half care because they feel not involved in all the various advances that other humans are trying. What kind of a person are you? Ambitious people or people who are satisfied with what is there today?

A person who is ambitious has his own reason for acting like this, as well as someone who is easy to be complacent has his own personal reasons. Each person is different, because it is the difference that requires humans to unite. But it's not that easy. The instinct to be the most powerful and the most above will not be eliminated. Arrogance can still be tolerated if at all, because arrogance is a form of recognition of ability in yourself.

That's the one-way street I'm thinking about.

Paths connected in a straight line will form a linkage and from that link will create new branches. The pros and cons of filling each other up a lot. That's why humans can be so diverse because they have perceptions that they think are right and best. Humans are social beings who need each other, such as buyers and sellers, although no conversation occurs but both need and give each other.

Such cases also exist in relationships by writers and readers.

"A good response. Well, my story idea did come up spontaneously and I was finally able to arrange it well until it was worth publishing in a major publisher."

My name is Karmina, Karmina Kama Indurasmi. I'm a budding novelist who just published a fantasy novel. I have a pen name as Mikami that I take some of her letters from my own real name - besides that I do have an interest in the lines. It's not the first time I've been involved in literature, but my novel can be published this is a moment I will never forget. I swear, until the time comes to the afterlife this moment will never be forgotten.

My dream as a novel writer was finally fulfilled.

Then, I am currently reading reviews that readers have written on their social media accounts. I believe, gradually my novel will be a best seller and plastered on the shelves of the largest bookstore in the country. They say the story is fresh, brilliant, spurring up and down emotions, and a genre that has great potential to be explored in the literature of this country. In addition, my writing has strong characteristics.

I'm flattered by all the good reviews, but when it comes to comparing the work of the author next door who is much more famous than me - who is said the author overrated— - it feels a bit excessive. My initial journey is long and just beginning. I am me, this is my trademark that I developed myself. Actually, this is a good first step for me. The publisher I sent the manuscript to is a major publisher, so the promotion of my novel can be entrusted to their side.

Yes, I am the type of person who is easily complacent. I didn't think too much that this good start would lead me down a harder path, I realized that. There is no need to think about things that have happened, it is better to focus on the present while preparing to face the future.

"Excuse me, package!"

Perfect fit. It was late afternoon and the package I was waiting for arrived, even one day sooner than the estimate arrived. My identity as a writer named 'Mikami' is known only by a handful of people. As I said, my writing is up to comparison with great writers - in this case they consider my writing better than other writers I have to keep my identity. Those who fight are my readers. I'll only come when the atmosphere is already precarious.

This package was sent by my parents. I live alone in a simple rented house, I decided to stay apart in order to be free and behave as I like myself here without bothering others. Because the later will be difficult and take care of my own problems. My parents and I were 900 kilometers apart. Yes, my parents and I live on the far side of the island. I was at the easternmost while my parents were at the westernmost.

I walked towards the door, turned the key hanging there then opened the door. A packman with a red helmet, a slightly blackish white K9 medical mask, his jacket black.

"On behalf of Karmina? Ongkirnya 25 thousand yes, Ma'am."

The introduction of the package took a photo of me with his cell phone, then with lightning fast back on his motorbike. I didn't see any sightings of a sack full of packages on the bike, so it looks like my package is the last one to be delivered. May the sustenance of this wage fighter be bestowed and his work made easy by Him. There is no easy job in this world.

Now it's time to open the package.

I took out a long scissors to disassemble the protective contents of the package that was in accordance with the standards of the package delivery agency. Among them are papers containing information of the sender and receiver of the package, black plastic coating, and bubble wrap. Then there is a cardboard box containing papers that seem to have been destroyed by a shredder, there is aluminum foil type temperature reducer, then after that there is a package that I have been waiting for so far.

Nothing is better than your cooking.

I immediately reached into the phone I had placed on the table before receiving the package. I intend to inform my mother that the package she sent has arrived. The contents are satay bandeng, satay duck, and of course should not miss the sambal. Everything is wrapped with a plastic wrap that is special for the air vacuum that is there so that the food in it can last a very long time. This kind of wrap is suitable for use when going to be ushered over long distances, especially those that take days outside the refrigerator.

I said I miss my mom's cooking but I don't have time to go home because I'm busy with scripts and contracts. My mother was a woman who could find 1001 solutions to problems. Not that I lived apart because I was impressed to keep my parents away, but this also included advice from him. He even proposed to ask me to buy him a food vacuum so he could send me his cooking. Really, nothing is impossible to do in this day and age.

I searched through my mother's contacts and hit the video call icon. I wanted to show her that the food filled with her love had arrived safely to me. It didn't take long for my mother to answer her call. As soon as the call came, I could hear my mother screaming for my father. Finally after the existence of both my parents were in one field, I began to speak.

"The food has arrived. I want to heat up right away. Thanks, Mother. Next time send it again."

"You know anything must be made, really. Congratulations on the release of your first novel, dear."

"Eat a lot. You're thin, you weigh a little more gapapa" said my father.

"I'm skinny, I'm proud. As long as it is healthy and happy. Hm... Oseng pindang tofu and sambal teri, can you?"

"Ready. Can be sent at any time, right? Tomorrow morning I'll make it because it's late afternoon. So as soon as tomorrow is done cooking, can be wrapped immediately, quickly packaged."

I'm thrilled. Although my childhood was less happy, but there will always be a blue sky after the storm.

"Oh yes, I want to help your friend Riri. At his house there was a thanksgiving, just proposed yesterday afternoon."

"That R-Riri wants to get married?!" Riri was a close friend of mine in SD. He's nice, it's just a little quiet. Uh, I can't believe he preceded me

I am an independent woman who can do many things alone. There are only a few things I can't do, installing gas for example. I always ask the help of my next-door neighbor who is a fellow young man to help pair it. Besides, I can do it myself. If I get married too soon, why would I stay in this contract alone? I've been contracted to make the next novel, if coupled with marriage, my responsibilities will be even greater.

"Oh, yeah, I close first."

"Minimal has a heart patch. Don't close your heart too much."

"Can't promise, Dad."

I quickly press the red icon on the screen so it is not further touched. This is one of the benefits I have gained since living alone two years ago. The lack must be lonely, I always try to make a script from home. However, there is once a week I will go out to the nearest cafe so as not to be saturated. I am a woman who lives alone. I don't want to freak out far away alone without any important business.

"I heated the milkfish and sambelnya first, deh. Duck it for breakfast tomorrow."