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"Lagian lo kok ngga dikasih nomor halaman sih" kata si Cakti. "Gue ngga tau caranya" jawabku asal menjawab. Memang aku ngga tau caranya tapi itu bisa diusahakan. Alasan sejujurnya adalah aku lupa semi tidak peduli. Cakti pun membantu ik. Otak ik serasa crash bandicoot, buka Microsoft Words aja salah-salah. Mampang Prapatan."Jadi gimana nih strateginya? Kita ke Matius Ali, trus nge print di rumah lu..." "Kita ke Matius Ali, trus ke Armantono," "Kita ke Matius Ali, print an tinggal aja di fotocopian.." bingung kan, kamu blog? Itu adalah pertanda otaknya Cakti crash bandicoot juga sore itu. Ngomong udah ga ada yang bener. Aku yang sudah jadi perokok ngga niat, sore itu merokok berbatang-batang, sambil nelpon Gempar berharap dapet no.telpon Riri. Riri itu anaknya Armantono. I need his home address. Telpon ngga diangkat oleh Gempar, aku SMS Nindi, minta no.telpon Kenya. Nindi bilang dia ngga punya. Untung aku ngga tutup telpon, tapi aku cerita ke Nindi bahwa I NEED ARMANTONO'S ADDRESS. Akhirnya Nindi Bbm-in Kenya, dan alhamdulillah Kenya tau alamat Armantono lengkap. Aku aja masih hafal nih: Komplek Timah AA/38 Kelapa Dua, Cimanggis. Sepanjang jalan dia ngedumel karena macet, dan berkali-kali ngomong "Kalo Armantono nya ga ada di rumah gimana?" Huh, dia ini emang 11-12 sama BOKAP. NEGATIF. Kami berhenti di tukang fotocopian. Aku fotocopy surat pengesahan, Cakti nanya jalan ke Kelapa Dua pada tukang martabak. Si tukang martabak segera menyobek kertas pembungkus makanan dan menggambar peta dengan bolpen untuk Cakti. Waw, gila, nih berkah dari Tuhan nih si tukang martabak. Meluncur jauh... sampe hampir depok. "Cak, ini kali ya, belokannya?" "Bukan! Masih jauh!" -___- hmm. oke. memang jauh. Sepanjang jalan ik membayangkan muka Armantono. Ini dimaksudkan untuk mengirim AFIRMASI pada alam, bahwa ARMANTONO ADA DI RUMAH. Akhirnya kita menemukan itu no.38. Rumahnya kayak mesin soak, kue muffin kroak. Dan di balik pagar besi ku lihat sesosok lelaki ongkang-ongkang kaki di balik layar komputer. Lelaki itu mengenakan celana basket. Jangan-jangan gue nyasar ke rumah Michael Jordan. Ah ngga mungkin. Itu pasti jawaban dari alam atas afirmasi ik: itu pasti Armantolay!

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