愛莉的真名自然不是愛莉，如她所言她是個攝影師。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJn9fxung7a
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但準確來說，是前攝影師。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowGJnKnXqI
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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。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84Qlk7DmGv
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIx9MR7CzE
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs485T1EVny
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「好靚係唔係？」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qMKyB1l3D
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我看著相片中的鈴兒說：「嗯，好靚。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBx34cTAArs
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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。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCvK5Qs1aG
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「吓，會計？咁咪完全唔關事……」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1IyWA40dY
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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……」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdKZ0ejXbM
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我輕咬下唇：「我好明白……大家生活都唔易。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQJyorL2qw
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpFaWdvLTL
「但佢真係好鐘意影相，咁嘅生活……佢根本無返去嘅理由。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGi5qOeA65
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「返去嘅理由…」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmOeJ9p6HB
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzM01HTz6I
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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。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhqaJrlRlE
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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。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9E5cTZuxX
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我心中一沉。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPdTfinS3O
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因為我意識到阡迴旅館的限制了。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzgkoSC83c
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYnrZ05WQu
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只要留在這兒，愛莉永遠沒法成為攝影師。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OXunOFCdl
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只要留在這兒，我也永遠沒法……773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcqmQooW9t
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTG3DMSkiOO
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4TmlajmHl
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「我始終想再睇多次。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIaS7Jp6Gy
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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。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9AkltURnG
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHztho8Jzr
「哦…哦好！」我唯唯諾諾跟上。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcjEG2xtmE
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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…？773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aGQNGkBVP
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甚麼跟甚麼。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYvtORQz0T
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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。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMitBoHjz5
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMNu1l3JnI
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「例如——」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3aRNHkTHl
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhcJXq3I4q
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAiBjuWeG5
「叮鈴……叮鈴……」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYfKdWmlre
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuOUrXB411
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOosRJuydOt
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmwH1CujMp
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「你睇呢道門。」鈴兒說。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd072GwREU
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「Hall 2B？」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqmbVUGpN7
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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」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmfa5cYhkX
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnCv6m5tUl
「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？」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4YDQ71lef
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3x7DliCBV
我點點頭：「嗯。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjH2It5jq4
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8eguXx77Z
「唔係問你喇阿柏，我問緊愛莉。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMABsyll0s
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愛莉失笑：「我準備好。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2hezVJxZy
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甚麼嘛，她還是會笑的。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEZczTn63n
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「嘎——」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Hl6jFLGH8
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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！773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQnTapPMOD
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「呢度……！」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH4GsBhRmf
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrT3gBBgZEs
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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……773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNeF7SjKWL
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「咦？」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EqTaqZsS8
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ6YDcqR2p
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqy19aklnU
「幾襯你啊，阿柏。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qwoJqwLe9
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGX5dRXIlcY
「多謝……你地都…我地幾時換埋衫？」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFpvgEMEa4
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHleHK9P8bh
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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAv2n192SlH
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9MHZFKTaG
「始終係嚟呢種場合嘛。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Y0gZ9HWBz
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lUZV19dq9
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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIae7iyFpG
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「呢度係……」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsASR93ZEt
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndlh0MMEvf
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH48P04LLgn
「等陣先！個年份係唔係寫錯？！」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3U9u0s7hf
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE4u52rZOQ
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。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNJjpyvKuk
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUQyft6jhZ
「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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVsRBR92b9
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGDr4pm13x
「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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡododiu2Jna
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就在那瞬間，我看到了。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRulMP4Fdh
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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！773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOeBSvrRoE
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這就是鈴兒口中說的「未來」！773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDe1TWdEcT
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「鈴兒，我地坐邊？」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruOhbQPS5x
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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？773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGocOZN2Ix
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「我地行呢邊。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYhW5yLBPm
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG2aDYDCcA
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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！773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4XpUhixPE
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「嘎——」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SpjcDw0pp
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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！773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SUvPdomxJ
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeipSjI1kT
「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkJvPSUpM4
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkbJ4oEE2M
這邊的年長愛莉衣服變了，身邊的丈夫也換了一個人！773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gxwFRzrln
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDjjfPi9ym
「呢度已經係另一個平行宇宙。」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcUFOzphPX
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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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE6aIh0ZjD
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「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgboDHKANu
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVefm5jyHY
年長愛莉的衣服再次改變，身邊變成了一個較年青的男生。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiVAxBdrAk
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6SVqcStgG
「得獎者係，來自香港嘅愛莉女士！」773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmYUVCVDmK
773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sMgQkQmhZ
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。773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsdo5APeeh
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