Run: 2026-10-08-01M4DA1BDFZAANKTHE6EXTY5FT

**VOICE SHEET** **Scene: The Corner Cafe, Alborn, MN** *(Late afternoon. SELVI sits alone by the window, turning her camera over in her hands. The bell over the door chimes. HUNTER crosses to her table, notebook in hand, and stops.)* **HUNTER:** Excuse me. Are you Selvi Raman? The girl from the study program at the college? *(SELVI looks up, startled. She glances at the notebook, then at his face, and her expression tightens.)* **SELVI:** मुझे माफ़ कीजिए, मैं समझ नहीं पा रही हूँ। *(Forgive me, I don't understand.)* **HUNTER:** *(sits down across from her without waiting)* Okay. I'm Detective Hunter. I need to ask you about Thursday night, down at Miller's Orchard. You were out there with your camera. Hear me? Thursday. Orchard. *(He taps the table twice, pointing at the camera. SELVI's grip on it tightens.)* **SELVI:** वो रात... मैंने कुछ देखा था। मुझे यकीन नहीं होता कि वो सच था। *(That night... I saw something. I can't believe it was real.)* *(Her voice wavers. She swallows hard.)* **HUNTER:** *(leaning forward, speaking slowly and too loudly)* You took pictures. Of the orchard. Pictures. Do you understand "pictures"? **SELVI:** तस्वीरें? हाँ, मैंने तस्वीरें ली थीं... लेकिन आप क्या पूछ रहे हैं? *(Pictures? Yes, I took pictures... but what are you asking?)* *(HUNTER frowns, pulls out his phone, and opens a translation app. He types, then holds the screen up. It reads: "PICTURE TAKE ORCHARD NIGHT ANSWER TRUE." SELVI stares at it, then shakes her head slowly and almost laughs, though there is no humor in it.)* **SELVI:** आपका... यह मशीन बहुत खराब है। *(Your... this machine is very bad.)* **HUNTER:** *(sighing, pocketing the phone)* Great. Fine. No machine. *(He studies her for a long moment. His tone softens slightly.)* **HUNTER:** Look. Three people have vanished from this town in four months. The last one was DaleOrrin, and he was last seen heading toward those trees. If you saw something, I need to know what it was. *(SELVI hesitates, then slowly turns the camera around. She thumbs through the screen and pauses on an image. She turns it toward him. HUNTER leans in and his brow furrows.)* **SELVI:** *(quietly, to herself)* मुझे लगा था कोई वहाँ खड़ा है। सफ़ेद कपड़ों में। लेकिन फिर वो गायब हो गया। *(I thought someone was standing there. In white clothes. But then he disappeared.)* **HUNTER:** *(pointing at the screen, then at the trees outside)* Is that him? Is that Dale? *(SELVI shrugs helplessly, her eyes wet. She taps the screen again, pointing to a blurred shape at the edge of the frame, then to her own chest, pressing a hand against it.)* **SELVI:** मैं डर गई थी। मैं भागी। मुझे नहीं पता था कि क्या करूँ। *(I was scared. I ran. I didn't know what to do.)* **HUNTER:** *(nodding slowly, as if he understands more than he does)* Okay. Okay. You did fine. You're safe. *(He pulls a pen from his pocket and writes something on a napkin, then slides it across the table. It reads: "Alborn PD, 555-0142. Call if anyone comes near you.")* **SELVI:** *(picking up the napkin, reading the numbers, then looking up with a flicker of gratitude)* धन्यवाद। शायद आप सच में मदद करना चाहते हैं। *(Thank you. Maybe you really do want to help.)* *(HUNTER's phone buzzes. He glances at the screen, his jaw tightening.)* **HUNTER:** *(standing abruptly, into the phone)* Hunter. ...Where? ...Give me ten minutes. *(He lowers the phone and looks back at SELVI, who is watching him with uncertain eyes.)* **HUNTER:** I have to go. Something's come up. *(He points firmly at her, then at the window.)* Stay here. Lock your door tonight. Don't go back to that orchard. Got it? **SELVI:** *(softly, in Hindi, mostly to herself)* कोई नहीं सुनेगा, फिर भी मुझे यही कहना पड़ेगा... सावधान रहिए, Detective। *(No one will listen, but I have to say it anyway... Be careful, Detective.)* *(HUNTER is already at the door. He pauses, looks back, shakes his head as if he wishes he understood, and exits. The bell chimes. SELVI looks down at the camera, then at the frozen image of the white figure on its screen.)* *(Lights fade.)*