Run: 2026-02-16-01KHK2WC68HCA0CA9RDM5K8SS6

**Voice Sheet: The Cafe Encounter in Alborn** **Marie:** "Oh, look at this light... it catches the frost on the apple trees perfectly. Just perfect." **Hunter:** "Excuse me, miss? I'm Detective Hunter with the Alborn PD. Do you have a moment? I'm looking into the reports around the orchard late last night." **Marie:** "Pardon? Je ne comprends pas. Vous parlez anglais? Je... je suis désolée, je ne parle pas anglais." **Hunter:** "Right. Okay. Slow down. I'm a police officer. Did you see anyone near the old Miller barn around midnight?" **Marie:** "Attendez... police? Mon Dieu." *(She clutches her camera strap tightly, her hands trembling slightly)* "J'ai vu quelque chose, oui. C'était terrible. Il y avait un homme, tout en noir, qui traînait quelque chose de lourd vers les bois. J'ai pris des photos, mais j'avais trop peur de bouger." **Hunter:** "Miss, I can't understand a word you're saying. You're shaking. Did you see something or not? Nod if you saw something." **Marie:** *(Nods vigorously, eyes wide with fear)* "Oui! Oui, j'ai vu! Il regardait directement vers moi avant de disparaître dans la brume. J'ai entendu un cri, très faible. Oh, pourquoi personne ne me comprend? C'était un enlèvement, j'en suis sûre!" **Hunter:** "Okay, okay, take a breath. You saw a man. Black clothes. Dragging something. And you heard a scream?" *(He pulls out a notepad, sketching a quick stick figure and pointing to it, then mimicking dragging an object)* "Like this?" **Marie:** "Oui! Exactement comme ça! Et il avait une cape, ou un grand manteau. Il faisait très froid." **Hunter:** "A cape. Great. That narrows it down to half the town during apple festival prep. Did he have a car? A truck?" *(He makes a steering wheel motion with his hands)* **Marie:** "Une voiture? Non... non, je ne pense pas. Il est venu à pied, depuis la route principale. Attendez, laissez-moi vous montrer les photos." *(She fumbles with her camera, trying to navigate the menu to show him the display screen)* "Regardez, ici, dans l'ombre..." **Hunter:** "Whoa, easy. I can't see the screen right now, the glare is bad. Just tell me which direction he went? North? South?" *(He points in four different cardinal directions)* **Marie:** "Nord! Il est allé vers le nord, vers la vieille grange rouge! S'il vous plaît, vous devez faire quelque chose! La fille... je crois que c'était une fille qu'il traînait!" **Hunter:** "North. Toward the red barn. Got it. That's enough for a patrol car to check out immediately. Stay here, don't move. Can you do that? Stay?" *(He taps his chest, then points firmly at the chair she is sitting on)* **Marie:** "Je reste ici. Je ne bouge pas. Please, hurry!" *(Hunter's radio crackles loudly on his shoulder, followed immediately by his cell phone ringing. He answers it abruptly.)* **Hunter:** "Hunter. Yeah? The barn? Copy that. Units are two minutes out." *(He looks back at Marie, tipping his hat slightly)* "I have to go, miss. Stay put. We'll get someone who speaks your language down here ASAP. Don't leave this cafe." **Marie:** "Allez-y! Sauvez-la! Je vais attendre ici." **Hunter:** *(Already jogging toward the exit)* "Stay safe!"