# Voice Sheet: Cafe Encounter **SETTING: Alborn Cafe, late afternoon. SELVI sits at a corner table, reviewing photos on her camera. HUNTER approaches, his detective's notebook in hand.** --- Selvi: *(looking up, startled)* "Haan? Kya... kya aap mujhe dhundh rahe the?" Hunter: "Miss, I'm Detective Hunter. I'm investigating some incidents that happened around town. Were you here last Tuesday evening?" Selvi: *(voice trembling, clutching her camera)* "Main... main samajh nahi rahi. English... main English nahi bolti." Hunter: *(pausing, frustrated)* "Do you... speak English at all?" Selvi: *(shaking her head, speaking slowly)* "No. No English. Hindi. Sirf Hindi." Hunter: *(sighing, pulling out his notebook anyway)* "Okay. Look, there were some disappearances. Two people missing. You see anything unusual? Anything at all?" Selvi: *(distressed, hands shaking)* "Aapne kaha... gum? Kya matlab gum? Bhagwan! Yeh shahar bahut khatra hai! Meine kal raat kuch ajeeb avaaz suni." Hunter: "I have no idea what you're saying, ma'am. Do you have anyone who speaks Hindi? Anyone who can translate?" Selvi: *(looking around frantically, then back at her camera)* "Mere... mere hostel mein. Ek ladka hai. Voh English bolte hain. Lekin main aapko batana chahti hoon—yeh bahut important hai!" Hunter: *(leaning against the table)* "Can you show me your camera? These photos—did you take them here in town?" Selvi: *(nodding urgently, turning the camera screen toward him)* "Haan, haan! Landscape photography. Magar ek photo... ek photo mein kuch ajeeb dikhta hai. Behind the old mill. Main nahi samajh paayi pehle." Hunter: *(studying the screen intently)* "This is the old mill location. When was this taken?" Selvi: "Tuesday. Tuesday ko. Subah nahin, raat ko." Hunter: "Night? You were out at the mill at—" *Hunter's phone BUZZES. He checks it, his expression hardening.* Hunter: "Damn it. I have to go. There's been another—" *(stops himself)* "I need that translation. Get someone from your hostel to call me. Today. You understand? Phone. Now." Selvi: *(frantically)* "Haan! Haan, main karta hoon! Lekin detective sahab, main dar gayi hoon. Yeh mill... kuch bura hai vahan." Hunter: *(already backing away)* "Just call me. And don't go back to that mill. Understood?" Selvi: *(whispering)* "Understood. Lekin phir se kaha—main samajh nahin rahi jab aapne kaha 'disappearances.'" Hunter: *(into his phone as he walks away)* "Yeah, I'm heading there now..." *SELVI sits alone at the table, clutching her camera, deeply troubled.* ---