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[edit] 私に何が起こったか。A Long Story 1 (link)

[edit] Mar 3, 2008

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私の記憶があるのは、およそ3週間前の2月12日から。岡山にあるラビリンスの真ん中で、目隠しをされて横たわってた。I woke up 3 weeks ago.

起きて、まず、頭にもやがかかった状態だった。目隠しに気がついて取ったけど、目に入ってくるものに、全く見覚えがない。そして、自分が誰か分からないことにも気づいた。何が起こってるの。。。？Who am I?　自分が何処にいるかも分からない、何故ラビリンスにいるのかも分からない、それにすごく寒い！それから、おかしな刺青が右腕にある。「Trouv La Ringon Perditan」何だ、これは？What is this tattoo?　何が起こってるの？寒さに震えながら、混乱、というよりは空恐ろしくなってきて、気がついたら走り出してた。

走っているうちに、少しづつ落ち着いてきた。交番を見つけたので、自分の身元が分かるかもしれない！と思って入っていったけど、私についての記録、情報は全くなし。おかしな刺青のせいで、自分が犯罪者だったらどうしよ？なんてチラッと思ったりしたので、そうでないって事が分かって、少しホッとした。私の家族とか友達とか、私が突然いなくなって、心配してないのかな？Is no one looking for me?　自分を捜してくれてる人がいないって事実は、寂しい、というか、混乱、というか、残念というか。。。でも、まだ私がいなくなった事に、家族や友人は気づいてないのかもしれないよね？でも、私、とりあえず、今、これからどうしたらいいんだろう？

そこの交番に行ったのは、すごくラッキーだったと思う。そこのお巡りさんが、私の命の恩人となるお医者さんを紹介してくれたから。The police officer recommended to go see the doctor.　藁にもすがる思いで、紹介されたお医者さんに行って、色々な検査をしてもらった。でも、記憶障害がある以外は、全く異常なしの健康体。でも健康すぎるというか。。。体が稀に見る運動選手のように鍛えられてる、といってお医者さんがビックリされてたけど、そんなの聞いて、私もビックリしたよ。Doctor was surprised how exceptionally fit I am like a top athlete physically，so was I．私そんなに鍛えられてるのかな？でも、よく考えたら、ラビリンスから交番までかなり長い間走ってたけど、息が切れることもなく、不安で寒くて怖くておかしくなりそうだった頭が、体と共に、動く事によって、水を得た魚みたいに、だんだん落ち着いていったのを覚えてる。それは運動なれしてるからなのか？

先生がおっしゃってたのは、とりあえず休んでおけば、少しづつ記憶も戻ってきますよ、ト。それはそうなんでしょうが、こちら、一文無し、宿無し、頼る人無し、記憶無し、、、どこで休むのか、それより、これからどうやって生活していけばいいのか？黙りこくってしまった私に、先生は、

「記憶が戻るまで、うちに居候する？私忙しいから、家事手伝いしてくれる人がいると助かるから、一石二鳥だよ。」You could stay at my house, and you could help around the house as I’m busy －Two birds with one stone

気を使って一石二鳥なんて言ってくれてるけど、私の為の提案であるのは明らか。全く知らない人のお世話になるのは気がひけるけど、野宿するよりは、気がひけても少し図々しくなって、居候する事に決めた。その先生の名前は、ミキさん。Dr’s name is Miki.でもやはりミキ先生と呼ぶ事にする。ついでに、ミキ先生は私に名前が必要と言う。

「のりこはどう？」How about Noriko？

範子、徳子、規子、「のりこ」模範となる子、徳のある子、規範の子。。。犯罪者ではなくっても、自分が何をしてたか、自分が誰なのか全く分からない今の状況では、名前負けしそう。でも、ありふれた名前だけど、その分目立たなくていいし、いい名前だ！Good name！とりあえず記憶が戻るまでは、私の名前は、「のりこ」。Call me Noriko.

ミキ先生は、袖振り合うも他生の縁、世界の人が皆もう少しづづ他人に優しくなれば、もっと世界中住みやすくなるのよ、と笑顔で言って下さって、本当に有り難い気持ちで一杯です。記憶が戻ったら、一番に先生に恩返しがしたいです。I want to repay her the first thing when I get my memory back。

(translation by kosmopol and rupaZer0)

My memories, go back to about about 3 weeks ago, from 12th January. In the middle of the labyrinth somewhere in Okayama, I was laying down, blindfolded. I woke up 3 weeks ago.

When I woke up, my situation burned in my head. I noticed the blindfold and took it (off), but among the things that I saw around me, there was absolutely nothing I recognised. And then I realised, I don't know who I am. What was happened?.. Who am I? I didn't know where I was, I didn't know why I was in this labyrinth, and on top of this it was very cold! And then there was this weird tattoo on my right arm. "Trouvu La Ringon Perditan", what did it mean? What is this tattoo?　What is going on? Shivering from coldness, I started to have vague fears about this mayhem, and when I came to my senses I began to run.

While I was running, I gradually calmed down. I found a police box, so 'perhaps they will know my identity!' I thought, and I went in, but there was absolutely no news or information about me. Because of that strange tattoo, I briefly thought, 'What if I were myself a criminal?' I knew that wasn't the case, (the thought) just startled me a bit. I thought: aren't my family and my friends worried about my sudden disappearance? Is no one looking for me? The reality that there was nobody looking for me made me kind of lonely, kind of confused and disappointed. But perhaps my family and friends just haven't noticed my disappearance?... But right now, what should I do?

I think I was very lucky that I went to that police station. The policeman there became my guardian angel (lit: the patron of my life) by referring me to a doctor. The policeman recommended to go and see a doctor. Feeling that I was clutching at straws, I went to the doctor that I was referred to, and got all sort of examinations. But apart from the memory loss, I have a healthy body that is free of defects. But perhaps too healthy. The doctor, surprised, said that my body had been trained like an athlete to a degree he'd never seen before, but I was just as surprised as him! Doctor was surprised how exceptionally fit I am like a top athlete physically，so was I. I was trained to that extent? But when I think carefully about it, I ran a considerably long distance from the Labyrinth to the Police Box, but I had no shortness of breath, I was anxious, cold, scared, my head felt strange, but I remember when working with my body by running, I gradually calmed down like a fish taking to water.

Is that because I was exercising? What the doctor said was that if I relax, my memory will gradually come back to me. Be that as it may, me, penniless, homeless, with no-one to rely on, and no memory, ... where could I relax? And furthermore, from now on how should I live my life? The doctor said to me, who had fallen silent, "Until you get your memory back, how about squatting at mine? Since I'm busy I need someone to help with housework, and because you can help me with that, it'll be killing two birds with one stone." You could stay at my house, and you could help around the house as I’m busy －Two birds with one stone

She kindly said that it was attending to matters by killing two birds with one stone, but she clearly made the suggestion for my benefit. To be helped by a complete stranger is lovely (lit: catches my heart), but even if it was lovely, it was a little shameless of me to decide to freeload instead of sleeping rough. The doctor's name is Miki. Dr’s name is Miki. But I call her Miki-sensei, of course. (translator note: it is customary in Japanese to add suffixes to the names of other people, which vary depending on your relationship to them. Although sensei literally means teacher, it is also a standard way for a patient to address a doctor.) Incidentally, Miki-sensei said that it is important for me to have a name.

"How about Noriko?" How about Noriko?

"Noriko" can be written three different ways: two of them mean exemplary child, and the other means virtuous child. Although I am not a criminal, it seems that in my present situation, completely unaware of who I am or what I was doing, I am failing to live up to my name. But it's a common name, and it's good that to the extent I don't stand out, so it's a good name. Goodname! Right away, until I get my memory back, my name is, "Noriko." Call me Noriko.

Miki-sensei, smiling, told me that if all the people of this world, trapped by their habits and the karma of their past lives, gradually become loving to other people, the world will be an easier place to live in, and for that I am truly brimming with gratitude. When I get my memory back, the first thing I want to do is repay her. I want to repay her the first thing when I get my memory back。

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