# Scene: Alborn Café - Dialogue Voice Sheet **Melanie:** "Guten Tag." *(looks up from camera, slightly startled)* **Hunter:** "Hey there. Got a minute? I'm Detective Hunter Walsh with the Alborn PD. I'm investigating some incidents that happened in town this week." **Melanie:** "Ich... ich verstehe nicht. English?" *(clutches camera nervously, eyes widening)* **Hunter:** *(pauses, frowning)* "English? You don't speak English?" **Melanie:** "Nein, nein English. Deutsch... German only. Ich bin... I am from Germany." *(fidgets with camera strap, looking anxious)* **Hunter:** *(sits down slowly, clearly frustrated)* "Okay. Look, I just need to know if you saw anything unusual near the edge of town. Around Millbrook Road. Two days ago." **Melanie:** "Millbrook Road?" *(shakes head, speaks rapidly in German)* "Nein, ich war dort nicht! Aber... aber ich habe etwas Seltsames gesehen. Die Lichter in der Nacht. Sie waren so... ungewöhnlich. Ich wollte Fotos machen, aber dann—" *(stops abruptly, looking frightened)* "Ich... ich habe Angst." **Hunter:** *(leans back, rubbing his temples)* "I have absolutely no idea what you just said." **Melanie:** *(points to her camera, then toward the window)* "Bilder. Pictures. I have... pictures?" **Hunter:** "Pictures? You took pictures?" *(leans forward)* "Can you show me—" *(Hunter's phone buzzes. He checks it, jaw tightening.)* **Hunter:** "I'm sorry, I have to take this. Don't go anywhere." *(stands up, phone to his ear)* "Yeah, this is Walsh... What? When?... I'm on my way." **Melanie:** "Detective? Sie gehen?" *(looks worried)* "What is happening in Alborn?" **Hunter:** *(already walking toward the door)* "Stay safe. Lock your doors." *(pauses)* "And keep those pictures safe. We'll need them." **Melanie:** *(whispers to herself in German)* "Was habe ich nur gesehen?" *(Hunter exits. Melanie sits alone, gripping her camera, deeply troubled.)* --- **END SCENE**