Run: 2026-06-01-01KT1HMMZCT24JDZH78FPHKVKN

Marie: [staring at her camera, voice trembling] "C'est impossible... j'étais juste là, et maintenant... plus rien. Où est-il passé? Mon Dieu, qu'est-ce qui se passe dans cette ville?" Hunter: "Excuse me. Detective Hunter, Alborn Police. Mind if I ask you a few questions? I'm looking into some... incidents. People going missing. You wouldn't have seen anything strange around the festival grounds last night, would you?" Marie: [looks up, startled] "Pardon? Je... désolée, je ne parle pas anglais. I don't speak English. Zéro. Nothing." Hunter: "English? Do you... uh." [pinches the bridge of his nose] "Okay. Alright. Did you. See. Anything. Last. Night?" Marie: "I... oui, I saw... non, I don't know the words. C'est tellement compliqué." [holds up her camera desperately] "Regardez! Look! The man in the photo... he was real, je vous le jure, he was standing right there by the apple cart, and now nobody remembers him!" Hunter: "Whoa, whoa, slow down. I can't... I don't understand a word you're saying. Is that your camera? Can I...?" [reaches for it] "Let me see. What's on here?" Marie: "Yes! Oui! The photo, regardez—" [turns the screen toward him] "You see? In the corner, there's a shadow, une silhouette, and it wasn't there when I took the picture, I swear it wasn't—" Hunter: [squinting at the screen, frowning] "I... think I see something. A figure? Maybe. Hard to tell. This could be important, I just... I don't know what you're telling me about it." Marie: "Le détective... the detective, he... he will help us, non? My roommate, she disappeared yesterday. And now this. C'est pas une coïncidence, c'est—" Hunter: [phone buzzes sharply in his pocket] "One second." [pulls it out, glances at the screen] "Hunter here. Yeah. What? The Henderson place? Again? ...Alright, I'm on my way." [looks back at Marie, jaw tight] "I have to go. Something's come up. I need you to stay right here, understand? Stay. Right. Here." Marie: "Non, attendez, s'il vous plaît! Please, you have to listen, this is important, this is—" Hunter: [already backing toward the door, holding up a hand] "I wish I knew what you were saying, ma'am. I really do. Just... stay put. I'll send someone back who speaks—" [pauses, realizes] "Actually, that's a problem. Just... don't leave town." Marie: "Mais je ne peux pas rester ici toute seule! J'ai peur, vous comprenez? Peur!" Hunter: [hesitates at the door, something softening in his expression for just a moment] "I know you're scared. I can see that much. We'll figure this out, alright?" [tips an imaginary hat, then hurries out into the afternoon light]