Run: 2026-03-12-01KKHZ56KR08XKFA3HRSAQ6DDF

**Scene** Selvi sat at a small wrought-iron table outside the cozy café on Main Street in Alborn, Minnesota. The autumn sun filtered through the changing leaves, casting dappled light across her dark hair. She was hunched over her camera, slowly scrolling through the day’s landscape photographs—golden fields, the old covered bridge, and the crisp blue sky over the apple orchards. Her fingers trembled slightly as she zoomed in on one particular image. Heavy footsteps approached. Hunter, tall and broad-shouldered in his worn leather jacket, stopped beside her table. His sharp blue eyes scanned her and the camera with the practiced caution of a former Marine. Hunter: “Excuse me, miss. I’m Detective Hunter with the county sheriff’s office. I’m investigating the recent disappearance of a local hiker near the orchards last week. I noticed you’ve been taking a lot of photos around town. Have you seen or heard anything unusual in the last few days?” Selvi looked up, her dark eyes wide with unmistakable fear. The color drained from her face. She clutched the camera tighter to her chest and answered in a rapid, shaken stream of Hindi, her voice trembling. Selvi: “मैंने कुछ देखा था… वो रात में जंगल के किनारे पर… एक अजीब सी छाया… मैं डर गई थी। मैं नहीं जानती क्या हुआ, लेकिन वो लड़का अचानक गायब हो गया। कृपया, मुझे अकेला छोड़ दीजिए।” Hunter stared at her, brow furrowed in complete confusion. He understood none of the words, only the clear distress in her tone and posture. Hunter: “…I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Do you speak English? Hindi? Anyone around here speak Hindi?” Selvi shook her head, still visibly shaken, and tried to explain again in her native tongue, gesturing toward the woods visible beyond the café. Selvi: “मुझे लगा कोई मुझे भी देख रहा है। वो फोटो में कुछ है… लेकिन मैं समझ नहीं पा रही।” Hunter: “Look, I can see something’s got you rattled. If you saw something that night, anything at all, I need to know. We’ve had three people vanish in the last month. This isn’t a game.” Selvi: “मैं बस फोटो खींच रही थी… फिर वो चीख सुनी… मैं भाग गई।” Hunter rubbed the back of his neck, clearly frustrated by the language barrier but sensing her genuine fear. Hunter: “Alright. I’m going to find someone who can translate. Don’t go anywhere alone, you hear me? Stay in town, in public. I’ll be back.” They sat in tense, awkward silence for several minutes, Selvi occasionally murmuring worried phrases to herself in Hindi while Hunter watched the street with a wary eye. Then his phone buzzed loudly. He glanced at the screen, expression hardening. Hunter: “Damn it… I have to take this. Stay safe, miss. I’ll find a way to talk to you properly.” He gave her one last concerned look, then turned and strode away, answering the call as he walked. **Voice Sheet** Selvi: “मैंने कुछ देखा था… वो रात में जंगल के किनारे पर… एक अजीब सी छाया… मैं डर गई थी। मैं नहीं जानती क्या हुआ, लेकिन वो लड़का अचानक गायब हो गया। कृपया, मुझे अकेला छोड़ दीजिए।” Hunter: “I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Do you speak English? Hindi? Anyone around here speak Hindi?” Selvi: “मुझे लगा कोई मुझे भी देख रहा है। वो फोटो में कुछ है… लेकिन मैं समझ नहीं पा रही।” Hunter: “Look, I can see something’s got you rattled. If you saw something that night, anything at all, I need to know. We’ve had three people vanish in the last month. This isn’t a game.” Selvi: “मैं बस फोटो खींच रही थी… फिर वो चीख सुनी… मैं भाग गई।” Hunter: “Alright. I’m going to find someone who can translate. Don’t go anywhere alone, you hear me? Stay in town, in public. I’ll be back.” Hunter: “Damn it… I have to take this. Stay safe, miss. I’ll find a way to talk to you properly.”