Run: 2026-09-23-01M36VHKPREXRJ1HE90E2EX8KP

# Voice Sheet — "The Photograph" --- **Selvi:** *[glancing up from her camera, clutching it a little tighter]* "आप... क्या चाहते हैं? कुछ हुआ है क्या?" *(You... what do you want? Has something happened?)* **Hunter:** "Ma'am — sorry to bother you. I'm Detective Hunter. You were at the apple festival yesterday, correct?" **Selvi:** *[staring at him, troubled, shaking her head slightly]* "मुझे अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आती। मुझे कुछ समझ नहीं आ रहा।" *(I don't know English. I don't understand anything.)* **Hunter:** "The festival. Apple festival. Big crowd yesterday. You were there?" **Selvi:** *[voice rising, distressed]* "क्या आपने कुछ सुना? वो... वो चीखने की आवाज़ थी! मैंने सुना था।" *(Did you hear anything? There was... a screaming sound! I heard it.)* **Hunter:** *[squinting]* "I'm sorry, I — I don't follow. You saw something?" **Selvi:** *[opening her camera, flipping through photos with trembling fingers]* "नहीं, मैंने कुछ देखा नहीं... लेकिन आवाज़ सुनी। बहुत डर लगा मुझे।" *(No, I didn't see anything... but I heard the sound. I was very frightened.)* **Hunter:** *[pulling out a notepad anyway, writing nothing]* "Alright. Okay. So you heard — " *[points to his ear]* " — sound? Last night?" **Selvi:** *[nodding rapidly, emotional]* "हाँ! रात को! उस पुराने पेड़ के पास से। बहुत डरावना था।" *(Yes! At night! Near that old tree. It was very frightening.)* **Hunter:** "The old tree? You mean near the orchard, on Route 7?" **Selvi:** *[staring at him, tears forming]* "क्या आप मुझसे मज़ाक कर रहे हैं? मैं बता रही हूँ — कुछ तो हुआ वहाँ! गायब लोगों की बात करते हैं सब — " *(Are you making fun of me? I'm telling you — something happened there! Everyone is talking about the missing people —)* **Hunter:** *[closing his notebook slowly, looking at her with a frustrated but not unkind expression]* "Okay. Okay, hold on." *[holds up one finger]* "Just... one second." **Selvi:** *[hugging her camera to her chest]* "मुझे यहाँ डर लग रहा है। मुझे लगता है कोई मुझे देख रहा है।" *(I'm scared here. I feel like someone is watching me.)* **Hunter:** *[sitting down slowly across from her, hands open]* "I know this is hard. I know. But I can't — " *[gestures between them]* " — this isn't working." **Selvi:** *[quietly, barely a whisper]* "उस रात जो आवाज़ थी... वो आदमी की नहीं थी।" *(The sound that night... it wasn't a human's.)* **Hunter:** *[leaning forward]* "What? What did you say — " *[His phone rings. He holds up a hand to her and answers.]* **Hunter:** "Hunter." *[pause]* "...When? Where?" *[standing abruptly, jaw tightening]* "I'm ten minutes out. Don't touch anything." *[hangs up]* **Selvi:** *[looking up at him anxiously]* "क्या हुआ? कोई और गायब हो गया?" *(What happened? Did someone else go missing?)* **Hunter:** *[already pulling on his jacket, grabbing his keys]* "I'm sorry. I have to go." *[pauses at her table, pointing gently at her camera]* "You come to the station. Tomorrow. Nine o'clock. Bring the — " *[mimes taking a photo]* " — pictures. Okay?" **Selvi:** *[clutching her camera, nodding slowly, her expression filled with dread]* "ज़रूर... ज़रूर आऊँगी। लेकिन कृपया... जो मैंने कहा, उसे अनदेखा मत कीजिए। कुछ गलत है यहाँ।" *(Yes... I will definitely come. But please... don't ignore what I said. Something is wrong here.)* **Hunter:** *[already at the door, not understanding a word, but giving her a firm nod]* "Nine o'clock." *[The bell above the café door jingles as he leaves.]* **Selvi:** *[alone now, whispering to herself as she looks down at a photo on her camera screen — a blurred shape near the old tree]* "भगवान... क्या ये सच है?" *(God... is this real?)* ---