Run: 2026-04-24-01KQ05RNT9ZS9PRAJK8H7S29GF

# Voice Sheet — Cafe Scene, Alborn, MN --- **Selvi:** *(speaking softly to her camera, tracing the lens with her fingertip)* "Yeh sab kya ho raha hai... kitni ajeeb si cheezein ho rahi hai iss sheher mein..." **Hunter:** *(approaching the table, badge clipped to his belt)* "Excuse me, ma'am. Mind if I sit? I'm Detective Hunter with the Alborn PD. I'm asking folks around town if they've noticed anything unusual lately — folks going missing, strange cars on the back roads, that sort of thing." **Selvi:** *(looks up, startled, eyes wide and reddened)* "A- aap kaun hain? Mujhe samajh nahi aa raha... yeh sheher... bahut kuch galat ho raha hai yahan. Maine kal raat kuch dekha... bahut darawni cheez. Main camera se photo le rahi thi aur uske baad se mujhe neend nahi aa rahi." *(voice trembling)* **Hunter:** *(blinks, tilts his head)* "...Right. I'm sorry — do you speak any English at all? I'm having a hard time understanding." **Selvi:** *(presses her hand to her chest)* "Mujhe English nahi aati... par please, please — aapko yeh samajhna hoga! Main bahut darti hoon. Woh jagah... woh pedon ke peeche... kuch tha wahan." *(She gestures wildly toward the window, pointing into the distance, her hands shaking.)* **Hunter:** *(slowly)* "Okay... you seem really upset. That's — I can see that much. Are you trying to tell me you saw something?" **Selvi:** *(nods vigorously, grabbing her camera and scrolling through photos, turning the screen toward him)* "Haan, haan! Dekhiye! Yeh lijiye — yeh dekhiye!" *(She shows him a photo — a blurry image of shadowy figures among apple trees, taken at dusk.)* **Hunter:** *(leans in, studies the photo, brow furrowing)* "What am I looking at here exactly? There's... someone in the trees? When was this taken?" **Selvi:** *(holds up fingers, struggling)* "Kal... yesterday? Kal. Sham ko. Sunset." *(She mimes a setting sun with her hands, then points at the photo again.)* "Do log the... two — two people. And then... phir..." *(She makes a gesture of something being dragged away, her face pale.)* **Hunter:** *(sits back, jaw tight)* "Two people being dragged? Ma'am, I need you to try to help me here. Can you write anything down? Point on a map? Anything?" **Selvi:** *(fumbles through her bag, pulls out a crumpled town map of Alborn, and circles an area with a red pen — the old apple orchard on Mill Road. She pushes it toward him and taps it repeatedly.)* "Yahan. Yahan par. Bohot khatarnaak hai." **Hunter:** *(picks up the map, studies the circled area)* "The old Mill Road orchard... That's the third tip pointing there this week." *(He looks at her with a hard, appraising stare.)* "What's your name?" **Selvi:** "Selvi." **Hunter:** "Selvi. Okay, Selvi. I'm going to need you to come to the station at some point so we can get a proper statement — even if we have to find a translator. Can you do that? Station." *(He mimes writing, then points outward.)* **Selvi:** *(nods slowly, hugging her camera to her chest)* "Thik hai... par please... please jaldi kijiye. Mujhe lagta hai... lagta hai abhi bhi koi mujhe dekh raha hai." *(She glances over her shoulder toward the cafe window, eyes glistening.)* **Hunter:** *(his phone buzzes — he glances at the screen, and his expression shifts immediately to grim. He stands abruptly.)* "I've got to go. Stay here — stay around people. Don't go back to that orchard alone. Understand?" *(He points at her, then at the map, then holds up a firm hand.)* "Stay. Safe." **Selvi:** *(clutches the map, whispers)* "Aap bhi sambhal ke jaiye..." *(She watches him rush out, then looks down at her camera screen — at the blurred photo of the shadows among the trees. Her finger hovers over the image, and a single tear falls onto the camera body.)* **Selvi:** *(to herself, barely audible)* "...kya sab theek hoga?" ---