Run: 2026-02-20-01KHXQ0NDT43SJ0AZ2HRHZ0GYD

Here’s the dialogue formatted as a **voice sheet** for your cozy mystery scene, capturing the tension, language barrier, and underlying unease between Marie and Hunter. --- ### **VOICE SHEET – CAFÉ SCENE** **Setting:** *A quiet café in Alborn, MN. The hum of conversation and clinking cups fills the air. Marie sits alone at a corner table, her camera in hand, scrolling through photos with a furrowed brow. Hunter approaches, his expression serious.* --- **HUNTER** *(firm, no-nonsense, but not unkind)* "Excuse me. You were at the old mill yesterday afternoon, right? Near the river?" **MARIE** *(startled, glancing up—French, rapid, breathless)* "Quoi? Le moulin? Oui, j’y étais… mais pourquoi? Il s’est passé quelque chose?" *(clutches her camera tighter)* "Vous êtes… police?" **HUNTER** *(frowning, arms crossed—confused by her reaction)* "Look, I just need to know if you saw anything unusual. People going missing, strange noises, *anything*." **MARIE** *(shaken, voice dropping—French, urgent)* "Je… je ne comprends pas. Des *disparitions*? Hier, j’ai vu des lumières près de la rivière, mais—" *(stops, realizes he doesn’t understand)* "Vous ne parlez pas français?" *(frustrated, switches to slow, broken English)* "Lights… by river. *Bad* lights." **HUNTER** *(leaning in, intense)* "Lights? Like flashlights? Lanterns? What time?" **MARIE** *(struggling, mixing French and English)* "Non—pas comme ça. *Bleu*. Like… *ghost*." *(shudders, looks around nervously)* "Et puis… un cri. Mais personne là." **HUNTER** *(tense, pulling out a notepad)* "A scream? You’re saying someone screamed near the mill last night?" *(writes quickly)* "Did you see *who*?" **MARIE** *(whispers, French—terrified)* "Non, mais… l’odeur. Comme la *pourriture*." *(covers her mouth, then suddenly stands)* "Je dois partir." **HUNTER** *(grabs her wrist gently but firmly—urgent)* "Wait—don’t go. You might be in danger. Stay in town, got it?" *(Hunter’s phone RINGS sharply. He answers, listens, then curses under his breath.)* **HUNTER** *(to Marie, abrupt)* "Stay put. Don’t go near that mill." *(into phone, already walking away)* "Yeah, I’m on my way. Another one? *Damn it*." *(Marie watches him leave, her hands trembling around her camera. She mutters to herself in French, then quickly packs her bag, glancing over her shoulder.)* **MARIE** *(soft, to herself—French)* "*Mon Dieu… qu’est-ce que j’ai fait?*" --- ### **NOTES FOR DELIVERY:** - **Marie:** Starts **nervous but polite**, then grows **increasingly agitated**. Her French is **rapid when scared**, **broken when trying English**. Whispers the last line. - **Hunter:** **Controlled but urgent**. His tone shifts from **professional questioning** to **protective command** when he realizes she might be a witness (or target). - **Subtext:** Marie knows *more* than she’s saying—her fear isn’t just from the language barrier. Hunter picks up on her **physical cues** (trembling, avoiding eye contact) but misses the verbal details. --- Would you like any adjustments to tone or pacing? Or additional context for their body language?