尋求者 the Seeker

Jane picked up the deck and drew a card, placing it face down on the table. The room held its breath.

2024.05.01

珍以熟練魔術師的手法洗牌，卡牌幾乎無聲地互相摩擦混合。狹小的房間裡只有一盞吊燈提供微弱的光線，不穩定的光芒使得牆上的長影似乎隨之跳舞。

“輪到你了，”湯姆低聲說道，他的聲音中帶著期待與恐懼。他們玩的不僅僅是休閒遊戲；這是一種揭示秘密的方式，這群相信卡牌具有揭示未來超自然力量的緊密朋友之間的一種儀式。

珍拿起牌堆抽出一張牌，面朝下放在桌上。房間屏住呼吸。她翻開卡牌時，露出的圖像與她面前模糊的照片驚人地相似——一幅扭曲、幾乎難以識別的肖像。

“這是尋求者，”她宣布時聲音平穩，但手略微顫抖。尋求者是一張特別的牌，意味著揭露隱藏的真相和秘密。這是珍根據自己曾經的一個夢境親自繪製的卡牌。

團體相互對視，他們的表情是恐懼與好奇的混合。他們知道遊戲即將轉向，深入他們過去的陰影中。珍的目光停留在模糊的圖像上，腦海裡充滿了各種可能。這張卡指向的真相是什麼？她的過去中哪一部分正在尋求被認知？

隨著夜色加深，他們的揭露也越來越深，每抽一張牌都讓他們更接近早已埋藏的真相。

Jane shuffled the deck with the deftness of a practiced magician, the cards barely whispering against each other as they mixed. The small, cramped room was dimly lit by a single overhead bulb, casting long shadows that seemed to dance across the walls with each flicker of the unstable light. Around her, the faces of her companions were just as blurred and ambiguous as the image on the table in front of her.

"It's your turn," whispered Tom, his voice a mixture of anticipation and dread. The game they played was not just for leisure; it was a means of revealing secrets, a sort of ritual among this close-knit group of friends who believed in the supernatural power of cards to unveil the future.

Jane picked up the deck and drew a card, placing it face down on the table. The room held its breath. As she flipped the card, the revealed image was a mirror of the blurred photograph in front of her—a distorted, almost unrecognizable portrait.

"It's the Seeker," she announced, her voice steady but her hands trembling slightly. The Seeker was a special card, one that meant the uncovering of hidden truths and secrets. It was a card that Jane had painted herself, based on a dream she once had.

The group looked at each other, their expressions a mixture of fear and curiosity. They knew that the game was about to take a turn, delving deeper into the shadows of their pasts. Jane’s eyes lingered on the blurred image, her mind racing with possibilities. What truth was the card pointing towards? What part of her past was seeking to be acknowledged?

As the night deepened, so did their revelations, each card draw pulling them closer to the truths they had buried long ago.

My Name is Jane.