Malam itu hujan turun deras di desa kecil pinggir pantai. Lampu minyak di teras rumah Pak Wira berkedip-kedip, menambah suasana suram. Di dalam rumah, Siti – istri muda Pak Wira yang baru berusia dua puluh dua tahun – termenung sambil merapikan kain kebaya yang belum sempat disetrika. Sejak beberapa bulan menikah, hidupnya tak lagi sehangat dulu; Pak Wira sering pulang larut, wajahnya berubah dingin, dan bisik-bisik tetangga mulai menusuk hati Siti.
Terrified, Rosa went back to the Shaman, but the hut was gone. In its place was nothing but charred earth.
Local newspapers (like Pos Kota and Jayakarta News at the time) reportedly dubbed this the Virus Istri Muda 1988 . The "New" label stuck because the magic used was no longer plant-based. It allegedly involved the Nyi Blorong (a mythical snake goddess) pact, a trend that exploded in 1988.