Run: 2026-02-19-01KHVPQ73Q186GTRZEG9S8DTY2

**Voice Sheet:** **Hunter:** (Approaching the cafe table, flashing his badge, tone direct and all-business) "Excuse me, miss. Detective Hunter, Alborn PD. You've been shooting landscape photos around the apple festival grounds all week. I need to ask you a few questions about the recent disappearances." **Selvi:** (Looking up from her camera, her expression turning anxious as she realizes he's a police officer) "Maaf kijiyega... mujhe samajh nahi aa raha. Mujhe angrezi nahi aati." *(Excuse me... I am not understanding. I don't know English.)* **Hunter:** (Frowns, tilting his head slightly) "Right. No English. Okay, let’s keep this incredibly simple." (He pulls a missing person flyer from his jacket and places it on the table) "This man. Have you seen him? Near the woods?" **Selvi:** (She glances down at the flyer. Her eyes widen in immediate terror. She pulls her camera tightly to her chest, her voice shaking) "Hey Bhagwan... Maine inhe dekha tha! Kal shaam, un seb ke pedon ke paas jahan mela laga hai." *(Oh God... I saw him! Yesterday evening, near those apple trees where the fair is set up.)* **Hunter:** (Leans in, completely lost by the words but catching her clear panic) "Ma'am, you're shaking like a leaf. Just point. Did you see him? Yes or no?" **Selvi:** (Frantic, her hands trembling as she hits a few buttons on her camera and shoves the small digital screen toward him) "Aap meri baat nahi samajh rahe hain! Maine tasveer li thi. Ped ke peeche dhyan se dekhiye... wahan koi aur bhi tha. Woh ajeeb tha!" *(You are not understanding me! I took a picture. Look carefully behind the tree... there was someone else there. It was strange!)* **Hunter:** (Squinting at the tiny screen, his detective instincts kicking in as he points at a dark smudge in the background) "Wait a minute... is that the old cider mill? And what the hell is that shadow standing behind him? You caught something on camera..." **Selvi:** (Tears welling in her eyes, pointing emphatically at the screen) "Unke peeche ek jhalak thi... koi unka peecha kar raha tha! Mujhe bohot darr lag रहा hai. Yahan kuch toh bura ho raha hai..." *(There was a glimpse behind him... someone was following him! I am very scared. Something bad is happening here...)* **Hunter:** (Frustrated by the language barrier but realizing the gravity of the image) "I don't know a single word you're saying, but that shadow definitely doesn't look like a local. Listen, I need to take this camera down to the stat—" *(Hunter's cell phone suddenly rings. He checks the caller ID and immediately answers, his Marine posture straightening.)* **Hunter:** "Hunter here. ... What do you mean there's been another one? ... From the festival grounds? Dammit. Secure the perimeter around the orchards. Nobody gets in or out of Alborn until I'm there. I'm three blocks away." *(He hangs up and looks down at Selvi, his tone firm and urgent.)* **Hunter:** "I've got an active situation. Do not leave this town. Stay right here at the cafe. I'm sending a patrol officer to stay with you while I track down an interpreter. Understand? Stay." **Selvi:** (Standing up slightly, clutching her camera, deeply distressed by his sudden departure) "Aap kahan jaa rahe hain? Wahan mat jaiye, woh jagah surakshit nahi hai!" *(Where are you going? Don't go there, that place is not safe!)*