# Voice Sheet: Maria & Hunter at the Café **SETTING:** A small café in Alborn, MN. Maria sits at a corner table, reviewing photographs on her camera. Hunter approaches with a serious expression. --- Maria: *(looking up from her camera)* "¿Hola?" Hunter: "Hey there. I'm Detective Hunter. I'm investigating some disappearances in town. You're new here, right? I'm talking to everyone who's been around lately." Maria: *(eyes widening with concern)* "¿Desapariciones? Oh... I... I do not understand English very good. Pero... but I see something... muy extraño. Very strange." Hunter: *(leaning against the table, frustrated)* "Okay, so you saw something? What did you see?" Maria: *(speaking rapidly in Spanish, her voice shaking)* "Vimos a una persona desaparecer cerca del bosque. Fue horrible. Estaba tomando fotos y... y luego no estaba. Se fue. Como si nada." Hunter: *(blinking, clearly lost)* "I... I have no idea what you just said. Do you speak English at all?" Maria: *(frustrated, pointing to her camera)* "Fotografía. Photos. I take photos in... en el bosque—the forest. Two day ago. I see man. He... disappear." Hunter: *(pulling out a notepad)* "Okay, okay. A man disappeared near the forest. When exactly? Two days ago?" Maria: *(nodding frantically)* "Sí, sí. Yes. Two day. He walk, and then... *poof*. Desaparecido. I am... troubled. Asustada. Scared." Hunter: "Did you get photos? Of the man, or anything else?" Maria: *(shaking her head)* "No. I... I was scared. I run away. No fotos. No photos. But I see his... his jacket. Rojo. Red." Hunter: *(writing notes)* "Red jacket. Anything else? Did you see anyone else near him? Anyone suspicious?" Maria: *(speaking hesitantly)* "There is... sombra. Shadow. I think someone follow him. But I not sure. Todo fue muy rápido." Hunter: *(sighing)* "Too fast. Yeah, I get it. Look, I'm gonna need you to—" *(Hunter's phone buzzes loudly. He checks it, his jaw tightens.)* Hunter: *(into the phone)* "Yeah, I'll be right there." *(He hangs up and looks back at Maria.)* Hunter: "I've got to go. There's been another one. But I'm gonna need you to come down to the station tomorrow and give a formal statement. Can you do that?" Maria: *(nodding slowly)* "Sí. Yes. Tomorrow. But... Detective... ¿what is happening in Alborn? Why people disappearing?" Hunter: *(standing up, his expression grim)* "That's what I'm trying to figure out. Tomorrow. Station. Okay?" Maria: "Okay. Yes. But please... find them. Por favor. Please." *(Hunter nods and walks quickly toward the door, leaving Maria alone with her camera and her troubled thoughts.)* --- **END SCENE**