Lirik Feast Peradaban

My partner, Derek Crawford, calls himself a traditional man. On our tenth anniversary, I bought him a pair of his favorite AJ sneakers. Instead, he gifted me a bag of pastries. "Your cake is extremely tiny, and yet it costs you a few dozen dollars! Look at the pastries I got you—not only are they cheap, but they are also huge in quantity! Now this is what I call worth it!" After that, Derek tells me that he'll make it up to me by throwing an engagement party. He has also invited my parents and my relatives to the party. With anticipation brimming in our eyes, we arrive at the restaurant, only to see Derek serving us with store-bought pickles and dinner rolls. "I'm a traditional man, you see. I'm not used to fancy food and foreign cuisines. This, right here, is the basics of a traditional dinner. You don't see patriotic men like me nowadays!" My relatives' expressions change drastically on the spot. Meanwhile, my parents look very mortified. I can only smile awkwardly at them while doing everything I can to stop them from leaving. But as soon as I leave the hotel, I receive a notification from the bank that 200 thousand dollars have been deducted from my account via a supplementary card linked to it. At the same time, Derek's childhood sweetheart, Renee Young, posts a photo of her 12-layered luxurious cake on her social media account. "When I told Derek that I wanted to celebrate my birthday, not only did he buy me the most expensive strawberry cake, but he also reserved a dozen or so tables that are served with the grandest feast! "If your man loves you that much, he won't need any lessons in pampering you! Traditional men definitely know how to love and pamper their queens!" I tighten my grip on my phone. As I look back at Derek, who keeps claiming that he's a traditional man stuck to his traditional ways, I suddenly find it exhausting to continue being in a relationship with him.

Felix Lindsey, the boyfriend of my childhood friend, Celine Fletcher, will be visiting her home for the very first time. I help Celine out by preparing a nice feast for the occasion. But Felix merely glances at the garlic butter shrimps before flying into a fit of rage. "You cooked food that I'm allergic to on purpose in hopes that I'll embarrass myself in front of Celine and her family! You'll definitely drag my name through the mud on purpose afterward so that you can replace me as her boyfriend, right? "Stop dreaming already! If Celine had feelings for you from the start, I wouldn't be in the picture right now!" With a perplexed look, I quickly explain to Felix that Celine's mom has hurt her leg, so she specifically called me here to help out with the cooking. Also, I already have a fiancee of my own, so I'm not interested in Celine in the slightest. But Felix just chuckles coldly at me. "Stop playing hard to get. I can tell who's a simp at first glance. You often cling to Celine under the guise of being her childhood friend. How utterly disgusting! "Why don't you take a look at yourself in the mirror? That way, you'll see how old and ugly you are! Who on earth will ever have her sights on you? Only a blind woman will ever fall for you!" Celine holds back her laughter the whole time. Just as I'm about to lash out at Felix with clenched fists, she has the audacity to hug him while looking very haughty. "My boyfriend has a really sharp tongue, doesn't he? Finally, there exists someone whose verbal firepower exceeds yours! I'd like to see if you have the guts to bully me ever again!" As I stare at Celine's nonchalant expression, I don't hesitate to deliver a heavy slap across her cheek. "Get the hell away from me! Both you and your boyfriend don't even have the right to speak to me!"

Cerita ini berkisah tentang kehidupan di tahun 3000. Semburan lumpur Lapindo hampir menenggelamkan pulau Jawa bagian timur. Ditambah kemunculan planet Nibiru yang memancarkan gelombang partikel energi plasma menimbulkan perubahan besar pada struktur aliran inti bumi. Peningkatan kegiatan seismik dan volkanik memicu peningkatan aktifitas gunung berapi. Indonesia yang berada di wilayah cincin api pasifik, menerima imbas besar terutama pulau Jawa. Secara beruntun letusan gunung berapi menenggelamkan setengah dari pulau Jawa bagian barat. Pulau Jawa hanya tersisa hamparan tanah gersang dari sisa-sisa luapan lumpur Lapindo dan debu vulkanik letusan gunung berapi. Peradaban lama telah musnah, kehidupan baru pun tercipta. Sludge City, sebuah kota yang berdiri diatas dataran tandus itu. Dimana air bersih dan oksigen menjadi sesuatu yang sangat berharga. Lord Zack memimpin Sludge City dengan memonopoli sumber alam yang menjadi sumber kehidupan penduduk Sludge City. Sementara jauh dari pusat kota Slude City, terpisah oleh ratusan kilometer tanah gersang dan tandus, ada sebuah tempat tersembunyi di dasar lembah dari pegunungan Dieng. Sangat kontras dengan keadaaan Sludge City, Lembah Dieng merupakan tempat dengan sumber air bersih dan oksigen yang melimpah, hutan dan pepohonan yang masih rimbun, membuat Lembah Dieng begitu hijau jika di lihat dari langit. Struktur tanah yang berada di dasar lembah dan dikelilingi perbukitan dan bebatuan membuat lembah Dieng aman, sekaligus terisolasi dari dunia luar. Anaxtra lahir dan tumbuh dewasa di lembah itu, hampir setiap sudut lembah tak pernah luput dari pijakan kakinya. Lembah itu terasa sempit baginya. "Ada dunia seperti apa di balik dinding batu yang menjulang tinggi yang membatasi geraknya?" Pikirnya setiap kali pandangannya terbentur pada tembok raksasa di depannya. Dan petualangannya pun dimulai ketika suatu hari Anaxtra berhasil naik keluar dari dalam Tebing Dieng.