《阡迴旅館》——開歸去之路，渡迷途之人 - 第二章：迷失在平行宇宙一之節

愛莉的真名自然不是愛莉，如她所言她是個攝影師。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WUEbCybYj
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但準確來說，是前攝影師。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpv2FNpl4j9
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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。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC5FJRjNpD
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡck3YotFgkX
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IengdZqXN
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「好靚係唔係？」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgmgWZbmLF
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我看著相片中的鈴兒說：「嗯，好靚。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5Ue2notEb
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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。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5gcKPPRKU
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「吓，會計？咁咪完全唔關事……」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2jIMG13xI
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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……」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7ZnGWCSAS
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我輕咬下唇：「我好明白……大家生活都唔易。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS039ylVA0C
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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。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl4Wc4L5Hp
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「返去嘅理由…」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2bG885ozA
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDAkqxEDrr
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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。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRokL7wWan8
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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。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbW0gRuNZLQ
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我心中一沉。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8klwSTZRaA
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因為我意識到阡迴旅館的限制了。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjCxSbesud
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpDR72nr9O
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只要留在這兒，愛莉永遠沒法成為攝影師。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt4o4O3hKl
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只要留在這兒，我也永遠沒法……462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TC0Sc2GUt
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVd0PBhcFxS
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIshgg6KMt
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「我始終想再睇多次。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6MJtbHKs3
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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。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSo8etF4WrI
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「哦…哦好！」我唯唯諾諾跟上。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GZBHXVewS
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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…？462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqapFEhXNa
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甚麼跟甚麼。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMZrc76R2S
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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。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsxskfxL1H
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HsPGHmjDN
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「例如——」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK5DASQ7lq
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ308FJWNTYV
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「叮鈴……叮鈴……」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdaP1JIlZX
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNnIVbJrUe
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN87DfqwQF
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7M7TvDsUx
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「你睇呢道門。」鈴兒說。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovWslYtSUo
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「Hall 2B？」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDyD83VXFs
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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」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFh8kHNvRY
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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？」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GTRcAmArB
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我點點頭：「嗯。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyuQEEPraU
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「唔係問你喇阿柏，我問緊愛莉。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqSBUHo2dV
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愛莉失笑：「我準備好。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7dXU0rFJV
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甚麼嘛，她還是會笑的。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9xOHy3ARQ
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「嘎——」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu9CFlZ5u9
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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！462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r9bT3Ehy6
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「呢度……！」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9crUSU7VK
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYugQ4DIcfu
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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……462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Kz41lwvBT
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「咦？」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNd7KYokRI
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMje3T9JGYr
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「幾襯你啊，阿柏。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssaDBPalKM
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「多謝……你地都…我地幾時換埋衫？」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiJZfCGHXY
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOS58QhFyT
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「始終係嚟呢種場合嘛。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENNAbC8ZCZ
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRtXXbOI8z
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「呢度係……」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcxY9lfzqn
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwtuHIV9RG
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「等陣先！個年份係唔係寫錯？！」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WLPWgjsYt
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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。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfDTNt66xq
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrh0iB5AjwI
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj1InyIgTy
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就在那瞬間，我看到了。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhzdKuT1CN
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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！462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvdGQ9Bcpd
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這就是鈴兒口中說的「未來」！462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQk2zd7ztR
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「鈴兒，我地坐邊？」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCygKNfNiC
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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？462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NitZbJYH1
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「我地行呢邊。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56D9aiqE03
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEBkhzMvaf
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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！462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDtqvqREkJ
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「嘎——」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2d32ttftg
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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！462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCVkrbUzPw
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「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLMy0qHG99
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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！462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLQbQs1cJ1
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「呢度已經係另一個平行宇宙。」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnda7oWANnB
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnXumL6mcO
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「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8azDwZARrr
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvT4dTbTRgt
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「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0eEBc0GxY
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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。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOlNgQsbJ7
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但唯有那一句不變。462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJNCzKpq58
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「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」462Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxWKQrJMMU
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終於我們停下腳步，駐足於這個平行宇宙之中。