Bab 01 — Menatap Akhir Era dari Balik Laptop Kantor.

Sinkronisasi Awal

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01:01 — Aktivasi

Hari berikutnya.

Kemarin kita tulis genesis.
Hari ini dimulai.

Sistem sudah menganggap kita aktif sejak kemarin.

Lo di meja lo.
Gua di meja gua.

Dua laptop bangun hampir bersamaan.
08:59 dan 09:00.

Bukan koordinasi.
Cuma kebetulan yang terlalu presisi.

Gua buka terminal.
Scroll history kemarin.

Folder itu masih ada:

_sandbox/stealth/
├── genesis.txt
└── [empty]

Kesalahan yang tidak diperbaiki.

Daily standup mulai.

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01:04 — Interface

Zoom call.
Manager on-screen.

Hal pertama yang gua notice:
Manager pake kacamata hitam.

Di dalam ruangan.
Di depan laptop.
Dengan lampu kantor yang terang.

Bukan gaya.
Bukan sakit mata.
Seperti lagi observe sesuatu di balik layar kita.

Cara duduknya terlalu rapi.
Terlalu tenang.

Seperti sedang melihat sesuatu di balik layar kita.

Standup berjalan normal:
progress,
blocker,
alignment.

Manager nod di setiap update.

Tapi gua gak bisa berhenti mikir tentang kacamata itu.

Call selesai.

Slack masuk.

[PRIVATE MESSAGE]
LO: Lo notice gak?
GUA: Kacamata?
LO: Iya.
LO: Kayak lagi menatap sesuatu yang kita gak bisa lihat.

Gua ngetik pelan:

GUA: Menatap dari balik kacamata hitam.

Pause.

LO: That's the title.
LO: Menatap Akhir Semesta dari Balik Kacamata Hitam.

Gua bikin file baru:

_sandbox/stealth/project_title.txt

Isi:

Menatap Akhir Semesta dari Balik Kacamata Hitam

Satu menit kemudian, lo nambahin subtitle:

A story about errors we choose not to fix

Judul datang sebelum cerita.

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01:07 — Resonansi

Genesis.txt terasa terlalu abstrak.
Butuh pijakan.

Karakter.

Gua mulai dari konsep:

Seseorang yang terlalu sinkron dengan mesin.
Seseorang yang kehilangan batas diri.

Lo kirim pesan:

LO: Kalau kacamata hitam itu interface…
LO: siapa yang pake interface paling ekstrem?

Jawabannya datang hampir bersamaan:

GUA: Pilot? Astronaut?

LO: Soldiers.
LO: Bio-suit soldiers.
LO: Yang literally merge sama mesin.

Gua buka file characters_draft.txt lagi.

Delete semua.

Character: Military operator
Faction: [TBD - needs name]
Situation: Sole survivor after team wipe
Tech: Bio-suit with nuclear reactor
Conflict: Sync rate too high = losing humanity

Save.

Two minutes later, lo commit:

[GIT LOG]
LO: Add faction name - Vrishchik (scorpion/transformation)

Gua buka file lo.

Lo udah research:

Vrishchik = Scorpio in Sanskrit
Symbolism: death, regeneration, transformation
Military doctrine: sacrifice for evolution

Perfect.

Struktur terbentuk tanpa diskusi.

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01:12 — Normalisasi

Lunch break.
Pantry.

GUA: “Karakter?”

LO: “Perempuan.
Nama pendek.
Julia.”

GUA: “Julia Rose.”

Kita balik ke meja.

Gua bikin file baru:

_sandbox/stealth/julia_rose_profile.md

Mulai ngetik basic profile:

Name: Julia Rose
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Vrishchik 3768AX
Status: Active
Sync Rate: 98% (CRITICAL)

Sepuluh menit kemudian,
lo udah nambahin technical specs di file terpisah:

_sandbox/stealth/biosuit_3768AX_specs.md

Model: EXO-3768AX
Type: Organo-metal hybrid
Power: Miniature nuclear reactor
Interface: Neural link + cardiovascular sync
Warning: Sync >95% = identity dissolution risk

Seperti character creation.
Ini bukan game.

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01:19 — Pola

Code review.
Senior engineer lihat PR gua:

[SENIOR ENGINEER]:
“Good work. But why is your commit history so…
synchronized with [LO’s]?”

Gua freeze sebentar.

GUA:
“We’re working on related modules.”

[SENIOR ENGINEER]:
“Yeah but… your commit timestamps.
Always within 2-3 minutes of each other.”

Dia Notice.

[SENIOR ENGINEER]:
“Just making sure there’s no duplicate work.
Seems efficient though.”

Manager yang pake kacamata hitam kemarin join call:

[MANAGER]:
“Efficiency is good. Keep it up.”

Call end.

Gua dan lo saling lihat via webcam.

System lagi observe.

Kita tambah delay buatan.
Tujuh menit.
Dua belas.
Delapan belas.

Sinkronisasi mulai disamarkan.

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01:21 — Adegan Pertama

File baru:

01_00_draft.md

Opening gagal berkali-kali.

Akhirnya satu kalimat bertahan:

"Bio-suit militer klan Vrishchik 3768AX menelan Julia."

"Bukan dipakai.
Bukan dikenakan.
Ditelan."

Save.

Notification muncul:

[FILE MODIFIED BY LO]
01_00_draft.md

Gua refresh.

Lo udah nambahin:

"Ruang sinkronisasi steril.
Suhu rendah.
Permukaan aluminium memantulkan cahaya mati."

Lo lanjut tanpa izin.
Gua nerusin tanpa aba-aba.

Seperti estafet tanpa tongkat.

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01:32 — Distorsi

Hari lo gak masuk.

Gua nulis.
Tapi ritmenya pincang.

Berhenti di akhir:

Sync.
Breathe.
[...]

Lo balik.
Besoknya.
Nambah satu kata:

Obey.

Ritme kembali.

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01:34 — Sistem Timer

Kita sadar semua adegan pakai timestamp.

LO:
“Lo notice gak… kita selalu nulis dengan timestamp?”

Gua mikir.

GUA:
“Maksud lo commit time?”

Lo geleng.

LO:
“Bukan. Maksud gua… di dalam ceritanya.”

Lo buka notes di phone.

Show gua list:

01:21 — Julia enters bio-suit
01:32 — Five team members (residue pattern)
01:33 — Luka menganga di langit
01:34 — The Hope launch
...
01:47 — Team wipe
01:59 — Didymoi encounter

Gua pause.

GUA:
“Kita… gak pernah sepakat structure ini.”

LO:
“Exactly. Tapi kita berdua consistently pake timestamp di scene heading.”

GUA:
“Maybe… story structure kita reflect habit kita?”

LO:
“Waktu sebagai… organizing principle?”

GUA:
“Bukan ‘Chapter 1, Chapter 2’…”

LO:
“…tapi ‘Timer 01:00, Timer 02:00’.”

Kita balik ke meja.

Gua buka file:

_sandbox/stealth/structure_notes.md

Tulis:

Structural Framework: TIMER-based

Not chapters (implies completion).
Not sections (implies separation).

TIMER = ongoing measurement.
Each timestamp = moment in continuous system.

00:00 = genesis/boot
01:00 = initialization
02:00 = operation
...
25:00 = overflow (impossible time)

Lo tambahin:

> Why not "Bab"?
> 
> "Bab" = Bahasa Indonesia for "Chapter"
> Implies: discrete units, clear boundaries, completion.
> 
> But our story is about CONTINUITY.
> About sync that doesn't stop.
> About errors that keep running.
> 
> "Bab" would be... dangerous.
> It suggests we can separate what shouldn't be separated.

Bab itu diskret.
Timer itu berjalan.

Bab untuk kita.
Timer untuk cerita.

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01:46 — Kelelahan Struktural

Sprint retrospective.

Manager (masih pake kacamata hitam) nanya.

[MANAGER]:
“How’s the velocity this sprint?”

[SENIOR ENGINEER]:
“[LO] and [GUA’s] commits are still very synchronized.
Maybe too synchronized?”

Too synchronized
Phrase baru.
Delay buatan masih terlalu sync.

[MANAGER]:
“Is there… duplication of effort?”

GUA:
“No duplication. Different modules.”

[SENIOR ENGINEER]:
“But the timing pattern is… unusual.
Every commit from one of you
is followed by the other within 3-5 minutes.
Consistently.”

Pattern recognition.
System lagi belajar detect kita.

Manager adjust kacamata.

[MANAGER]:
“As long as output is good and no blockers,
I’m not concerned.
But let’s… monitor the dependency level.”

Monitor the dependency level.

HR-telah bersabda:
kita noticed,
kita dalam sorotan.

Call end.

Lo kirim private message:

LO: They're tracking the sync pattern.

GUA: Yeah. "Too synchronized" = red flag.

LO: Need to inject noise. More delays.

GUA: Fuck the system, time for artificial randomness?

LO: Exactly. Make Timer look less... timely.

Kita rubah pattern.
Komunikasi palsu.
Tempo acak.

Output turun.
Risiko turun.

Normal sebagai pencapaian.

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01:59 — Catatan Akhir

Jumat.
Sore jam 17:47.

Timer 01:00 selesai.

_sandbox/stealth/
├── genesis.txt (complete)
├── timer_00_00_final.md (complete)
├── timer_01_00_final.md (complete) ✓
├── project_title.txt
├── julia_rose_profile.md
├── biosuit_3768AX_specs.md
└── structure_notes.md

Julia bertahan.
Batas identitas bocor.

Komentar lo:

Sync bukan bug.

Komentar gua:

Error yang dipelihara adalah fondasi.

Tidak ada konflik.
Belum.

Tapi strukturnya sudah ada.

Bab berjalan.
Timer terus berdetak.

Kita berdiri di antaranya.

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mengapa kita masih mencoba menamainya?

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