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[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

All right, that was disconcerting. I'm five floors down now... Floor Eleven? Hello to my new neighbors, I suppose. I hope you aren't the types to party late into the night.

Ah, by the way, who is Otto? [shows the bookmark to this entry] This joke has gotten out of hand. My name isn't Anna, and I don't know what you mean about roses. How do they know about my memories? [scribbled out]

Answers, please.

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[haveapicnic.livejournal.com]

Could it be a case of mistaken identity?

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

...I'm not sure. They seem to know things about me I never told anyone.

[haveapicnic.livejournal.com]

That is a little unsettling.

What about this part? [the "have your memories returned" part is underlined] Could there be a connection, maybe someone you've met before?

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

...It's possible it could be someone I knew as a child.

[pause as she contemplates telling]

I don't remember my first ten years.

[haveapicnic.livejournal.com]

Ah, then that gives you plenty of time to have been able to meet an Otto in the past, doesn't it?

Isn't there anyone you can ask about those ten years?

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

If my parents were here, I could ask them if I knew an Otto... But I don't know anyone here from my town.

[haveapicnic.livejournal.com]

Is there a chance that you'll recognize him if you see him?

I wonder if this Otto is thinking of eventually stepping forward himself. He must have been here for at least as long as you have, to leave you these messages.

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know. But all the doors have people's names on them. I guess I can try and look at all the doors. It's a lot of walking, but I really need to know.

[haveapicnic.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I'll be spending some time walking around to get used to these new floor arrangements, so if I come across any doors with "Otto" on them, I'll let you know.

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[haveapicnic.livejournal.com]

It's no problem at all. They'll be on the way.

[sogonnaboneher.livejournal.com]

Things still aren't any better, huh? Sorry to hear that.

What clues do you have to go on?

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

Well, it must be someone from Heidelberg...they must go to my school if they knew I took aikido. I don't know anyone named Otto, but it could just be a codename... And it sounds familiar for some reason. But the roses and the gun... I don't know what those are supposed to connect to.

[sogonnaboneher.livejournal.com]

I've got nothing. I hardly even know what a gun is, but... a rose is a romantic gesture, right? I think I heard about that somewhere.

Make a list of the people you know at school, then. You could look at their initials and see if anything makes "OTTO", or if they'd be likely to use guns or roses or something.

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

I do have a classmate who knows about my lack of memories and has asked me out a few times, but... There's no way Peter would do something like this to me.

But I suppose that's a better idea than none at all. Thanks.

[sogonnaboneher.livejournal.com]

Maybe he just didn't intend to come across that way? I mean, not to belittle what you're going through, but when we first met you were kind of jumpy about me, right? Maybe he doesn't think he's being creepy at all, and he doesn't know how to be a real romantic, or something.

Any time.

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

I was wary of you because I didn't know you. But if this person doesn't even know what they're doing is stalking, then that just makes them more dangerous. They broke into my room to put these things there, they left a gun, and now they're calling me a name that isn't mine and leaving creepy notes.

[wonderfulname.livejournal.com]

You were on one of the floors that moved?

[accomplishing.livejournal.com]

Yes. It was confusing when I stepped out this morning and saw different doors.