Run: 2026-04-25-01KQ2F90J8CKPAPAEAEKPZ5BD9

**Voice Sheet – Scene: The Café at Alborn** **Setting:** A small, quiet café in Alborn, MN. Selvi sits alone at a corner table, scrolling through photos on her camera. A half-empty cup of chai sits untouched. Hunter enters, spots her, and walks over. --- **Hunter:** "Excuse me. You're Selvi, right? I'm Detective Hunter. Mind if I ask you a few questions about the apple festival last night?" **Selvi:** *(looks up, startled; her eyes widen, and she clutches her camera)* "मुझे माफ़ करें, मैं अंग्रेज़ी नहीं समझती। क्या हुआ? कुछ बुरा हुआ है?" *(Translation: I'm sorry, I don'tt understand English. What happened? Has something bad happened?)* **Hunter:** *(frowns, leaning in slightly)* "Uh… do you speak English? I'm investigating a disappearance. A woman was last seen near the photo booth." **Selvi:** *(shaking her head, voice trembling)* "नहीं, नहीं। मैंने कुछ देखा… एक औरत, वह चिल्ला रही थी। मैंने फोटो खींचा— लेकिन फिर वह गायब हो गई।" *(Translation: No, no. I saw something… a woman, she was screaming. I took a photo— but then she vanished.)* **Hunter:** *(pulls out a small notepad, frustrated)* "Look, I don't understand a word you're saying. Can you write it down? Or point? Something?" **Selvi:** *(eyes darting to her camera, then back to Hunter, voice cracking)* "मेरा कैमरा… उसने मुझे देखा। उस औरत नहीं, वह… परछाई। काली परछाई।" *(Translation: My camera… it saw me. Not the woman— it… a shadow. A black shadow.)* **Hunter:** *(sighs, rubs his temple)* "Alright. You're shook up. I get that. But I need to know if you saw anyone suspicious. Tall? Short? Did they have a car?" **Selvi:** *(suddenly points at her camera screen, then at the café window, voice urgent)* "यहाँ देखो! यह तस्वीर— उसके पीछे। वह चीज़। वह असली नहीं है!" *(Translation: Look here! This photo— behind her. That thing. It isn't real!)* **Hunter:** *(squints at the camera screen, but sees only a blurry silhouette)* "I don't… look, I'm gonna need you to come to the station later. Bring this camera." *(His phone buzzes. He pulls it out, reads the screen, and his face hardens.)* **Hunter:** "I have to go. Another one just came in. Stay in town. Don't delete anything." **Selvi:** *(watching him leave, whispering to herself)* "वह फिर आएगा। मुझे पता है।" *(Translation: He will come again. I know it.)* ---