愛莉的真名自然不是愛莉,如她所言她是個攝影師。495Please respect copyright.PENANA64HLXT5Wwp
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但準確來說,是前攝影師。495Please respect copyright.PENANAOLJRn6SMfI
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「全職做攝影師而養得活自己嘅人唔多……好可惜,愛莉唔係其中之一。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAeroLzt4TAe
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鈴兒帶我來到了天井下的接待處,從抽屜中拿出一張相片,上面都是鈴兒和大家在阡迴旅館中的日常照。495Please respect copyright.PENANAlG6Jz7zQUw
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雖然不是甚麼美輪美奐的服飾背景,但從構圖,光影,看得出愛莉精準地捕捉了大家的身姿。笑著的鈴兒,彼此碰杯的阿力與阿倫,伏在鈴兒胸前撒嬌的渺渺……愛莉的相片之中滲透著日常感,看畢後有種心中暖洋洋的感覺。495Please respect copyright.PENANAeGYlvcqpBv
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「好靚係唔係?」495Please respect copyright.PENANALEClOSDbDw
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我看著相片中的鈴兒說:「嗯,好靚。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAgQA1TPeiBj
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「愛莉嘅影相技術無異係真材實料,但係想喺香港做一個全職攝影師實在太難,唉。」鈴兒嘆一口氣道,「所以佢亦無辦法,只有向現實低頭,做返會計。」495Please respect copyright.PENANA80dkeszAW8
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「吓,會計?咁咪完全唔關事……」495Please respect copyright.PENANAdFJdffgBbU
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「嗯,仲無晒私人時間添。」鈴兒說,「佢係某晚OT到凌晨,忍唔住話落街買咖啡,結果走咗去天星碼頭旁邊忍唔住對住個海喊。又唔想返上去寫字樓,又唔可以一走了之,因為要靠份工生活……」495Please respect copyright.PENANAWldcFy0KH7
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我輕咬下唇:「我好明白……大家生活都唔易。」495Please respect copyright.PENANA8Yd5NlreYU
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「但佢真係好鐘意影相,咁嘅生活……佢根本無返去嘅理由。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAOVseR8qWo2
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「返去嘅理由…」495Please respect copyright.PENANAQRcxFs5OMh
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「之後係大廈入面蕩失路,搵唔到升降機大堂,行出大廈只見到阡迴旅館,愛莉就係咁樣嚟到呢度。」鈴兒說。495Please respect copyright.PENANAEYL6lO1e5G
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我搖頭道:「唔怪得佢唔想返去,係度佢可以盡情影相,又唔使擔心生計,我係佢都唔走。」495Please respect copyright.PENANA64fZg4NxBO
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「當然,但問題就係呢度:留係阡迴旅館之中,無論留幾耐都好,佢永遠無可能成為真正嘅攝影師。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAc3heEHzxv2
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我心中一沉。495Please respect copyright.PENANAmhFftQ7S5g
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因為我意識到阡迴旅館的限制了。495Please respect copyright.PENANAMugdisrknB
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這兒沒有時間流動,雖然我們不會老去不會疲累,但也意味著在阡迴旅館中沒有成為更好版本自己的可能。阡迴旅館內時間是停滯的,所以人生也會定格在這兒。495Please respect copyright.PENANAXOCHh0amTS
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只要留在這兒,愛莉永遠沒法成為攝影師。495Please respect copyright.PENANAW9ukzYIG23
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只要留在這兒,我也永遠沒法……495Please respect copyright.PENANAEfcR9vlDct
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「唔好意思,遲咗。」旁邊的門打開,愛莉穿過門到達大堂。495Please respect copyright.PENANAE8luZ3qUQD
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「唔緊要,係我同阿柏早咗到。反正我地呢度唔缺時間啦。」鈴兒馬上擺出開朗的樣子,果然在這笑容下是一顆體貼,溫柔的細膩內心。495Please respect copyright.PENANAMxMwppBivm
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「我始終想再睇多次。」495Please respect copyright.PENANABBOxZHUrde
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「睇幾多次都可以喔。」鈴兒說,「嚟,我邊行邊講你知,阿柏。」495Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ey11xbI73
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「哦…哦好!」我唯唯諾諾跟上。495Please respect copyright.PENANAy768LXnOXz
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按鈴兒剛剛所說,她就是要使用名為「阡迴之門」的權能,通往時間和平行宇宙…?495Please respect copyright.PENANA60zT0O4tNk
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甚麼跟甚麼。495Please respect copyright.PENANAwkC7UUHawr
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「阡迴旅館係所有道路嘅交匯之處,即使係唔同時間線嘅平行宇宙都包括在內。身為職員嘅我,就係要負責為住客打開阡迴之門,令佢地搵到返去嘅動機同地方。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAYdM8OQ5aQs
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這時我突然發現鈴兒修長的玉掌結出了一個手印。495Please respect copyright.PENANAPVUtSVwyDo
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「例如——」495Please respect copyright.PENANAS0iXGRh9Kz
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隨她優雅的腰姿擺動往前走,鈴兒腳下的地板突然如泛起漣漪般輕晃,她別著的風鈴髮飾奏鳴出清脆的聲音。495Please respect copyright.PENANA5af6F19vHm
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「叮鈴……叮鈴……」495Please respect copyright.PENANAl7X1Wq00ze
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鈴兒閉上眼,如同傾聽著風鈴在天井之中激起的迴音。495Please respect copyright.PENANAzKqHDgrC0w
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「嗯,行呢邊。」鈴兒張開眼回首微笑,然後信步往迴音最為深厚的角落走去。的確很明顯聽得到迴音從這邊傳來,原來風鈴是用來定位的方法。495Please respect copyright.PENANAu4dE3N1nAo
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我們穿過天井下的大堂,迴音的殘響言猶在耳,天井化成巨大的共鳴箱,每隔幾步殘響都會再次掠過中庭,提醒我們前進的方向。495Please respect copyright.PENANAeMlutPadxq
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「你睇呢道門。」鈴兒說。495Please respect copyright.PENANApHvSeF7udT
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「Hall 2B?」495Please respect copyright.PENANAj7iWpW8D2A
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這門的風格與阡迴旅館的室內設計格格不入,金屬邊框加上噴砂銅面相當歐式,門柄還是木雕花的長形原木,能看到木紋在凹凸浮雕上起伏。在門的正中央,以秀麗的英文寫上「Hall 2B」495Please respect copyright.PENANAEOiCNLM1Oe
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「阡迴之門會複製出目的地嘅一扇門,之後穿過去就可以到達目的地。」鈴兒按著門把,「準備好?」495Please respect copyright.PENANAbt2YQc4KSc
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我點點頭:「嗯。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAyjxY7ShCAZ
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「唔係問你喇阿柏,我問緊愛莉。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAQKHhXlaKV7
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愛莉失笑:「我準備好。」495Please respect copyright.PENANA1G6ATXPt3O
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甚麼嘛,她還是會笑的。495Please respect copyright.PENANAshKareT085
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「嘎——」495Please respect copyright.PENANAjDgxV4Wc5Y
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鈴兒推開阡迴之門,我們三人魚貫地通過,門的後方竟然不是阡迴旅館的任何一個空間,而是一個宴會現場!495Please respect copyright.PENANAOEq9lwEiKp
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「呢度……!」495Please respect copyright.PENANAaZuejkdF8j
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舞台前方大排筵席,人們都衣香鬢影,一桌又一桌的大圓桌旁坐著各國籍的各色人種,但他們都穿得相當體面,男的穿西裝燕尾服,女的穿晚裝裙子。495Please respect copyright.PENANAusJiB6Q3jd
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啊糟糕了雖然未搞清這是怎麼回事,但我穿著很舒服但絕不適合這兒的鬆身外套和運動褲……495Please respect copyright.PENANAIQoqqvLR2p
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「咦?」495Please respect copyright.PENANA1H75udEaRs
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低頭一看,我身上不知何時都換上了寶藍色的西裝和皮鞋。495Please respect copyright.PENANAYCF7yRgmSm
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「幾襯你啊,阿柏。」495Please respect copyright.PENANA4oQ9zJCqaE
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「多謝……你地都…我地幾時換埋衫?」495Please respect copyright.PENANAFi1iAXx0m8
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鈴兒穿上了酒紅色的長尾晚裝裙,高根鞋上的黑絲襪與晚裝長手襪互相呼應,而愛莉就穿上了橙色的晚裝裙加上優雅的長披肩。495Please respect copyright.PENANAEqLzN1qGzl
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「始終係嚟呢種場合嘛。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAuUxniiTgW3
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我回首看看剛才穿過的門,剛好有一名侍者穿門而出,可以看到門後已經變回了酒店金碧輝煌的大堂,絕非古色古香的阡迴旅館。495Please respect copyright.PENANADBZqCNJFDu
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「呢度係……」495Please respect copyright.PENANA1gEoLiGJHm
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環顧四周,我馬上看到舞台上的英文標題:世界新聞攝影基金會頒獎典禮,這倒算了,但最嚇人的是後面的年份。495Please respect copyright.PENANAgPEMuTViRf
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「等陣先!個年份係唔係寫錯?!」495Please respect copyright.PENANA4wCE7ordrK
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鈴兒說:「年份無寫錯,呢度係未來,應該話係多如恆河沙數無數個未來之中嘅其中一個。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAmSp25j2zuW
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「世界新聞攝影比賽,係世界上其中一個最重要嘅攝影比賽,同美國嘅普立茲獎齊名。但係後者主要係美國人先可以參加,所以……呢度可以話係攝影記者嘅殿堂。」愛莉雙眼閃閃發亮。495Please respect copyright.PENANAMLI8dIUsus
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「各位先生女士,請大家就座,好快我地今晚嘅典禮就會正式開始。」舞台上出現同樣穿著西裝的主持人,他以英文發言,附近的人聞言也紛紛和正在聊天聚首的人暫時別過,然後坐回自己的座位上。495Please respect copyright.PENANArTFZBTUCTz
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就在那瞬間,我看到了。495Please respect copyright.PENANAlzoHOgPmJW
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主舞台前方的一張圓桌旁,一個女士與男伴坐下。那女士不是誰,正是我們身邊的愛莉!但是看年紀似乎年長些許,旁邊那個男人與她也表現親密,無名指上的婚戒……是他的丈夫!495Please respect copyright.PENANAaaX5gB33lm
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這就是鈴兒口中說的「未來」!495Please respect copyright.PENANAK0ofbPy3WX
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「鈴兒,我地坐邊?」495Please respect copyright.PENANAva9noMmVvR
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這種場合都是預先分配好座位的吧,我們身為從阡迴旅館而來的人怎麼辦?495Please respect copyright.PENANA2LkUXg5Xep
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「我地行呢邊。」495Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8DmLFdnKA
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鈴兒領著我們逆人潮而上,賓客回到舞台前的座位,我們離舞台而遠去,如同逆著時間流而上一樣。495Please respect copyright.PENANAhxM1cVHB2Q
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就在我們再次穿門而過前。我卻看到那兒年長的愛莉正回首看著我們的方向!495Please respect copyright.PENANA4JuGDKzv22
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「嘎——」495Please respect copyright.PENANAB9bUkeBZ89
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穿過大門,我們卻沒有回到阡迴旅館,而是回到了同一個宴會廳!495Please respect copyright.PENANAmZ0LzsBl3G
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「得獎者係,來自香港嘅愛莉女士!」495Please respect copyright.PENANAqlMUEQccip
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這邊的年長愛莉衣服變了,身邊的丈夫也換了一個人!495Please respect copyright.PENANApT5rT5d1lj
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「呢度已經係另一個平行宇宙。」495Please respect copyright.PENANA3S6tbzBQ2s
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鈴兒繼續前進,剛好我們這邊的門旁邊有著另一扇門,我們馬上又鑽進去。495Please respect copyright.PENANAo8j15lmSqH
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「得獎者係,來自香港嘅愛莉女士!」495Please respect copyright.PENANA6UVdQUCQiO
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年長愛莉的衣服再次改變,身邊變成了一個較年青的男生。495Please respect copyright.PENANAeCZqPKRbrP
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「得獎者係,來自香港嘅愛莉女士!」495Please respect copyright.PENANA5m86rTn4AU
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每次穿過門,舞台旁邊的愛莉其打扮都會有些許不同,或是頭髮長了,或是晚裝變了款式,或是頸飾的長度不同,而她身邊的同伴也會男女老幼變個不停,其中一次最離譜是她肩膊上繼續坐著一隻鸚鵡。495Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0JYjuLZsf
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但唯有那一句不變。495Please respect copyright.PENANA0iLUXvunsR
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「得獎者係,來自香港嘅愛莉女士!」495Please respect copyright.PENANAWGMdQFisrZ
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終於我們停下腳步,駐足於這個平行宇宙之中。