Run: 2026-04-24-01KQ05SSPKGXH5855WE27VAMQM

**CAFE VOICE SHEET — "The Language Barrier"** --- Selvi: *(muttering to herself, running her fingers over the dents in her camera body)* "Yeh kaise hua... mera camera... sab kuch kharab ho gaya..." Hunter: *(approaching the table, flipping open a notepad)* "Excuse me, ma'am. Detective Hunter, Alborn PD. Mind if I ask you a few questions? You're the new student in town, right? From the study abroad program?" Selvi: *(looking up, startled, eyes red-rimmed)* "Aap... aap kaun hain? Mujhe kuch samajh nahi aa raha..." Hunter: *(frowning)* "Ma'am, I don't — sorry, do you speak English?" Selvi: *(shaking her head frantically, grabbing his sleeve)* "Please... please, yeh bahut khatarnak hai! Mainey dekha — woh pedon ke paas... koi tha. Andhera tha. Bahut andhera." Hunter: *(stepping back, pulling his arm free gently)* "Okay, slow down. I can't understand a word you're saying. Do you have a translator app on your phone? Something?" Selvi: *(pointing urgently out the cafe window toward the tree line past the town square)* "Wahan! Wahan! Woh ladki... ladki gayi uske saath. Mainey dekha! Par main... main kuch bol nahi payi. Bahut darr lagi thi." Hunter: *(looking out the window, then back at her)* "Are you trying to show me something? Someone followed you?" Selvi: *(nodding vigorously, tears forming)* "Haan! Haan, wohi! Lekin aap samajh nahi rahe... koi nahi samajh raha. Sab pagal ho rahe hain is shehar mein." Hunter: *(rubbing the bridge of his nose)* "Alright, look — I'm going to get someone who can help us communicate. There's a professor at the community college who might—" *(His phone buzzes. He glances at the screen. His jaw tightens.)* Hunter: *(answering)* "Hunter here. — What do you mean *another* one? — Where? — I'm on my way." *(He hangs up and turns back to Selvi.)* "Ma'am, I have to go. There's been — someone else has gone missing." Selvi: *(grabbing his notepad, scribbling a hasty sketch of a figure near the apple orchard, pressing it into his hands)* "Yeh... yeh dekhiye. Please. Mujhe vishwas karo." Hunter: *(staring at the sketch — a dark figure among rows of trees)* "...I don't know what you're saying. But I think you're trying to tell me something important." *(tucking the sketch into his breast pocket)* "Don't leave this town. I'm coming back to talk to you. Stay here." Selvi: *(whispering as he walks away)* "Jaldi aaiye... der ho rahi hai." *(Hunter pushes through the cafe door. Selvi clutches her broken camera and stares after him, trembling.)* --- **[END VOICE SHEET]**