Run: 2026-04-25-01KQ2GG65D00YVNTDKP03QV3HH

**Voice Sheet – Scene at the Café** **Setting:** A small café in Alborn, MN, with a view of Main Street. Marie sits alone at a corner table, her camera in her hands, scrolling through recent photos with a troubled expression. Hunter approaches, notebook in hand. --- **Hunter:** "Excuse me, miss. Mind if I sit for a moment? I’m Detective Hunter with the Alborn Police. Just following up on some events from yesterday afternoon." **Marie:** *(looks up, startled, clutching her camera)* "Je… je ne parle pas anglais. Désolée." **Hunter:** *(blinks, straightens his posture)* "Uh… right. Okay. Let me try simpler. Did you—yesterday? The festival? Do you remember anything strange?" **Marie:** *(voice trembling, speaking rapidly in French)* "Oui, oui… j’ai vu quelque chose de bizarre. Près du champ de citrouilles. Un homme… il regardait les gens d’une façon étrange. J’ai pris une photo, mais maintenant je ne la trouve plus. C’était effrayant." **Hunter:** *(frowning, clearly lost)* "Look, I’m gonna be straight with you—I don’t speak French. Not a word. You okay? You look shaken." **Marie:** *(sighs, presses a hand to her chest, tries to slow down but still in French)* "Je suis désolée, je ne comprends pas. Mais l’homme… il m’a fait peur. Il a disparu dans les bois après que j’ai pris la photo." **Hunter:** *(rubs the back of his neck, frustrated)* "I wish I had a translator. But I’m picking up that you saw something. You’re scared. That’s enough for now." **Marie:** *(nods vigorously, points at her camera, then toward the woods east of town)* "Là-bas. Dans les bois. Il faut chercher là-bas." **Hunter:** *(squints, follows her gaze, then his phone buzzes)* "Hold that thought." **Hunter:** *(answers phone)* "Hunter here. … What? … Got it. On my way." **Hunter:** *(to Marie, apologetic)* "I’ve gotta go. Something’s come up. I’ll find someone who speaks French and come back. Stay put if you can." **Marie:** *(watching him leave, calls out weakly)* "Attendez! S’il vous plaît… faites attention." **Hunter:** *(pauses at the door, gives a nod he hopes is reassuring, then exits)* ---