## Cozy Mystery Scene: The Lost Tourist **Setting:** A bustling cafe in Alborn, MN, midday. **Characters present:** * **Isabella:** Sitting at a small table by the window, meticulously cleaning her camera lens. * **Hunter:** Detective Hunter, rugged and stoic in his plainclothes, enters the cafe, eyes scanning the room. **(Hunter spots Isabella, her Italian accent hinting at something out of place, and approaches her table.)** **Hunter:** Ma'am, excuse me. I was hoping you might be able to help me with something. **Isabella:** (Startled, she looks up, her eyes wide and filled with concern. She speaks quickly, her Italian accent thick.) "Scusi, non parlo inglese. Non capisco." _(Excuse me, I don't speak English. I don't understand.)_ **(Hunter frowns, clearly bewildered. He gestures to the chair opposite Isabella, hoping she'll understand.)** **Hunter:** (Points to Isabella's camera) You took a photo of something... just now, didn't you? On Main Street? **(Isabella nods, visibly shaken. She mutters something else in Italian, her face pale.)** **Isabella:** "Ho visto qualcosa... strano. Un uomo... nascosto." _(I saw something… strange. A man… hidden.)_ **Hunter:** (Confused and slightly frustrated.) A man? Hiding? **(He pulls out a notepad and pen, trying to communicate through drawing a stick figure of a man crouched behind something. Isabella nods vigorously, pointing to the street outside.) **Isabella:** “Lì! Vicino alla fontana. Prima della sparizione.” _(There! Near the fountain. Before the disappearance.)_ **Hunter:** Disappearance? Who disappeared? **(Isabella stammers, pulling out a crumpled newspaper clipping from her bag, showing a picture of a missing person. Hunter examines it, his eyes narrowing.) **(Just then, Hunter’s phone rings. A gruff voice on the other end demands his immediate presence at a crime scene. Hunter sighs, reluctantly.)** **Hunter:** (To Isabella) I'm sorry, I have to go. Can you… (He searches for the word) … stay here? I'll be back. **(Isabella nods, her gaze fixed on the street where she saw the cloaked figure. Hunter hurries out of the cafe, disappearing into the bustling crowd.) **Voice Sheet:** **Isabella:** * “Scusi, non parlo inglese. Non capisco.” _(Excuse me, I don't speak English. I don't understand.)_ * “Ho visto qualcosa… strano. Un uomo… nascosto.” _(I saw something… strange. A man… hidden.)_ * “Lì! Vicino alla fontana. Prima della sparizione.” _(There! Near the fountain. Before the disappearance.)_ **Hunter:** * “Ma'am, excuse me. I was hoping you might be able to help me with something." * (Points to Isabella’s camera) “You took a photo of something... just now, didn't you? On Main Street?” * “A man? Hiding?” * (Writes a stick figure of a man crouched behind something on his notepad) * "Disappearance? Who disappeared?" * "I'm sorry, I have to go. Can you… stay here? I'll be back."