# Alborn Café - Dialogue Scene **Melanie:** "Guten Tag." **Hunter:** "Hey there. Mind if I sit down for a minute? I'm Detective Hunter with the Alborn Police Department." **Melanie:** "Uh... ja? Yes?" *(nervous laugh, fidgeting with camera)* **Hunter:** "I'm asking around town about the disappearances we've had lately. Were you at the apple festival last Saturday?" **Melanie:** "Ja, ich war dort. Aber... aber es war schrecklich. Furchtbar." *(voice trembling)* "Ich habe etwas Seltsames gesehen." **Hunter:** *(leaning forward)* "I'm sorry, I don't... what did you just say? Do you speak English?" **Melanie:** *(shaking head)* "Nein. No English. Nur Deutsch. Only German." **Hunter:** *(sighing, pulling out notebook)* "Okay. Um... can you point to things? Show me on your camera maybe?" **Melanie:** "Ja, ja!" *(scrolling through photos with shaking hands)* "Hier. Here. Der Mann... the man... er verschwand hinter den Bäumen. Behind trees. Es war so dunkel. So düster." **Hunter:** *(studying the photos, frustrated)* "This is... I need a translator. Did anyone else see what you saw?" **Melanie:** "Ich weiß nicht. Ich bin sehr erschrocken. Very frightened, ja?" **Hunter:** *(phone buzzes)* "Hold on one second." **Melanie:** "Bitte?" **Hunter:** *(answering phone)* "Yeah, this is Hunter... What? Where?... I'm on my way." *(standing up)* "I have to go. Don't leave town, okay?" **Melanie:** "Warte! Wait! Aber—" **Hunter:** "I'll find someone who speaks... German. Stay here." *(leaves quickly)* **Melanie:** *(alone, gripping camera tightly, whispering)* "Mein Gott. Was ist hier los?"