Run: 2026-04-24-01KQ01TFCRQDEBFQKSGBYM85CK

**VOICE SHEET – SCENE: The Apple Seed Café, Alborn, MN** --- **Hunter:** *(approaching the table, flashing his badge briefly)* Morning, ma'am. Detective Hunter with the Alborn PD. Mind if I sit down? I'm just asking around — there was a gathering at the old orchard lot a few nights back. Quite a few folks saw something strange out that way. Did you happen to be nearby? --- **Isabella:** *(looks up from her camera, eyes red and glassy, voice trembling)* Io... non capisco. Non parlo inglese. Scusi, ma io... *(her hands shake as she clutches the camera to her chest)* ...qualcosa di terribile è successo laggiù, lo so. Ho visto... ho preso una foto. Una foto. *(She taps the camera desperately.)* --- **Hunter:** *(leans back, furrows his brow, holds up a hand)* Whoa, whoa — I'm sorry, I... I don't understand a word you're saying. Are you alright? You look pretty shaken up. --- **Isabella:** *(points at the camera's display screen and slides it toward him, still speaking rapidly in Italian)* Guarda, guarda! Questa foto — l'ho scattata quella notte. Quella notte all'orcheto. C'era... *(she traces a shape in the air, then presses her palms together as if something closed shut)* ...qualcuno è scomparso. PropITO così. Di fronte a me. --- **Hunter:** *(studies the photo on the small screen — it's a grainy landscape shot of the orchard at dusk, barely anything discernible)* Ma'am... I can see you're upset. I really wish I could understand you. This photo — *(points at it, then points at her, raising his eyebrows questioningly)* — you took this? At the orchard? --- **Isabella:** *(nods vigorously)* Sì! Sì! L'orcheto. Erano le sette, forse le otto di sera. Stavo fotografando il tramonto — il tramonto era bellissimo, tutti quei meleti — e poi... *(her face darkens, and she draws a hand slowly across her throat)* ...ho sentito un rumore. Come uno... un grido. Poi un'ombra. Un'ombra grossa. E poi... niente. Silenzio. --- **Hunter:** *(squints at her, then at the photo, rubbing his jaw)* Okay. Okay, I'm getting nothing here but you're clearly trying to tell me something important. Let me try something. *(He pulls out his phone and opens a translation app, speaking slowly into it.)* **Hunter:** "Did you see something happen at the orchard the night before last?" --- **Isabella:** *(watches him hold the phone out; she reads the Italian translation on the screen and nods rapidly)* Sì! Esatto! Qualcuno è stato portato via. Volevo urlare ma... ero troppo spaventata. Restavo nascosta tra i meli. E poi... *(she shudders)* ...ho sentito un veicolo. Una macchina grossa. --- **Hunter:** *(reads the translation on his phone, his expression hardening)* You *saw* someone taken? --- **Isabella:** *(points at the camera again, wiping her eyes)* Guarda meglio la foto. Nel buio. Sinistra. C'è... c'è una figura. Una sagoma. Non sono sicura di cosa sia, ma è lì. L'ho vista. --- **Hunter:** *(zooms in on the photo, angling the screen toward the café's window light — there does appear to be a dark, ambiguous shape at the far edge of the orchard)* *(His phone buzzes. He glances at the screen — the caller ID reads "Dispatch.")* **Hunter:** *(into the phone)* Hunter. ...Yeah. ...What do you mean another one? *When?* ...I'm ten minutes out. Hold the scene. No one touches anything. *(He hangs up and stands, pulling a card from his jacket pocket, placing it on the table next to her camera.)* **Hunter:** Ma'am — I have to go. Something just came in. I need you to come to the station when you can, or... *(he mimes a phone, then points at her, then points at himself)* --- **Isabella:** *(picks up the card, reads the name and number, and nods)* Capisco. Verrò. Prometto. *(She clutches the camera tightly and looks up at him with worried eyes.)* Detective... fate attenzione. Qualunque cosa sia là fuori... è pericolosa. --- **Hunter:** *(pauses, catches the tone even without understanding the words, gives her a curt nod)* You too. Stay safe. Lock your doors tonight. --- **Isabella:** *(whispers to herself as he walks away)* Che sarà mai questa città... --- **[END SCENE]**