Run: 2026-09-03-01M1M16G9RZK36XJGV83RADFTG

**Scene:** A cozy café in Alborn, MN. Marie sits alone by the window, her camera clutched in her hands, staring at the screen with trembling fingers. Hunter enters, spots her, and approaches with his badge in hand. **Voice Sheet:** *(He stops at her table. She looks up, startled.)* **Hunter:** "Excuse me. Marie? I'm Detective Hunter. Police." *(He flips open his badge.)* "I need to ask you about the apple festival. Last Saturday. A man went missing—vanished—near the cider tent." *(He points to her camera.)* "Camera. Photos. You were there." **Marie:** *(her hands tremble; she speaks rapidly, shaken)* "Je... je ne parle pas anglais. Je suis désolée. Le festival ? Photos ? Oui, j'ai pris des photos au festival, mais je ne comprends pas..." *(I... I don't speak English. I'm sorry. The festival? Photos? Yes, I took photos at the festival, but I don't understand...)* **Hunter:** *(frowning, confused)* "You don't understand? Okay, uh—" *(He mimes a man walking, then snaps his fingers.)* "The man. Gone. Vanished. You see? At the cider—" *(He mimes drinking from a cup.)* "Cider tent." **Marie:** *(gasping, troubled)* "L'homme... disparu ? Oui, je l'ai vu près de la tente à cidre. Il était là, et puis... plus rien. Comme les autres. J'ai peur." *(The man... disappeared? Yes, I saw him near the cider tent. He was there, and then... nothing. Like the others. I'm scared.)* **Hunter:** *(catching the words "festival" and "cidre," he leans in)* "Alone? Was he alone?" *(He holds up one finger, then mimes a dark shape.)* "Another person? A shadow?" **Marie:** *(shaking her head)* "Seul ? Non... il y avait quelqu'un d'autre. Une ombre. Je n'ai pas vu son visage. Mais ma photo... ma photo montre quelque chose que je n'ai pas remarqué sur le moment." *(Alone? No... there was someone else. A shadow. I didn't see their face. But my photo... my photo shows something I didn't notice at the time.)* **Hunter:** "Photo? Show me. Please." *(He holds out his hand, gesturing to the camera.)* **Marie:** *(hesitates, then turns the camera so he can see the screen)* "Regardez. Là. Dans les arbres. Quelqu'un nous regardait." *(Look. There. In the trees. Someone was watching us.)* **Hunter:** *(studying the small screen, jaw tightening)* "I can't make out a face. Did you see anyone take him? Anyone hurt him?" *(He mimes grabbing someone.)* **Marie:** *(near tears)* "Non, je ne sais pas. J'ai pris la photo, et quand j'ai regardé, il n'était plus là. C'était impossible, comme un tour de magie. Mais ce n'était pas magique. Quelque chose ne va pas dans cette ville." *(No, I don't know. I took the photo, and when I looked, he was no longer there. It was impossible, like a magic trick. But it wasn't magic. Something is wrong in this town.)* *(Hunter's phone rings. He straightens and answers.)* **Hunter:** "Hunter." *(pause)* "Yeah. Another one near the old mill? Copy. I'm on my way." *(He lowers the phone and looks at Marie.)* "I have to go. Stay here. Please—stay." *(He points firmly at the floor, then at her.)* "We need a translator. Okay? Stay." **Marie:** *(hugging her camera, nodding slowly)* "D'accord. Je reste. Mais faites attention... il y a peut-être quelqu'un derrière vous." *(Okay. I'll stay. But be careful... there may be someone behind you.)* **Hunter:** *(pauses, sensing her fear even without the words)* "I'll be careful. Don't leave." *(He turns and strides out of the café, phone already at his ear.)*