Run: 2026-10-09-01M4FZ18CC1Y6JRF6D84RD7HWR

**VOICE SHEET** **Scene: The Corner Café, Alborn, MN** **Characters: SELVI, HUNTER** *Selvi sits alone at a window table, turning her camera over in her hands. Hunter approaches with a coffee cup and a notepad.* --- **Hunter:** "Excuse me. Mind if I sit? I'm Detective Hunter with the Alborn PD. I'm looking into what happened at the orchard on Route 9 last Thursday. You were out there with that camera, weren't you? The bartender said you've been shooting around town all week." **Selvi:** "मैं... मुझे नहीं पता कि आप क्या पूछ रहे हैं। वहाँ जो मैंने देखा, वो मैं भूल नहीं पा रही हूँ।" *(I... I don't know what you're asking. I can't stop thinking about what I saw there.)* **Hunter:** *(pauses, leaning back)* "Okay. Sorry, I didn't catch that. Was that English? Spanish?" **Selvi:** "कृपया, मुझे अपनी तस्वीरें दिखाने दीजिए। मुझे लगता है वो आपकी मदद करेंगी।" *(Please, let me show you my pictures. I think they will help you.)* *(Her voice wavers. She clutches the camera tighter.)* **Hunter:** "Whoa, slow down. I don't speak... whatever that is. Hindi? Is that Hindi?" *(He glances at the bartender, who shrugs.)* "Look, can you point? Show me? Anything." **Selvi:** "हाँ, ये देखिए। यह तस्वीर पिछले गुरुवार की है। पेड़ों के बीच, वो आदमी... वो वहाँ खड़ा था, और फिर गायब हो गया।" *(Yes, look here. This picture is from last Thursday. Between the trees, that man... he was standing there, and then he disappeared.)* *(She turns the camera screen toward him with trembling fingers.)* **Hunter:** *(squinting at the screen, leaning in)* "Okay... trees. Orchard rows. And... is that someone? Right there?" *(He pulls out his phone and opens a translation app.)* "Alright, let's try this. Type it in. Hindi to English." **Selvi:** *(staring at the phone, then softly)* "यह मशीन क्या बताएगी? मैंने जो देखा, उसे कोई शब्द नहीं समझा सकते।" *(What will this machine tell us? No words can explain what I saw.)* **Hunter:** *(the app displays a jumbled translation)* "It says... 'machine' and 'words.' Something about words? Look, I get that you're shaken up. Take your time. Breathe." **Selvi:** *(exhales slowly, nodding)* "धन्यवाद। आप... आप सुन रहे हैं, यह अच्छा है। मैं डरी हुई हूँ। जब मैंने यह तस्वीर ली, तो सब कुछ शांत था। फिर मैंने वह आवाज़ सुनी।" *(Thank you. You... you are listening, that is good. I am frightened. When I took this photo, everything was quiet. Then I heard that sound.)* **Hunter:** *(nodding slowly, making notes he can't read back to himself)* "A sound. Okay. Got it. Sound. Keep going. You're doing fine." **Selvi:** *(hesitating, then pointing to the sky in the photo)* "और फिर सब कुछ... वो पेड़ों के बीच से गायब हो गया। जैसे हवा में घुल गया हो।" *(And then everything... he vanished from between the trees. As if he dissolved into the air.)* **Hunter:** *(his phone buzzes. He glances at the screen, then back at Selvi, and his expression hardens.)* "Hang on. I've got to take this." *(He stands and steps toward the door, phone to his ear.)* "Hunter. ...Yeah. ...Where? ...Okay, I'm ten minutes out." **Selvi:** *(calling after him)* "रुकिए! मेरी तस्वीरें! आपको उन्हें देखना होगा!" *(Wait! My pictures! You have to look at them!)* **Hunter:** *(turning at the door, raising a hand)* "I'll be back. Don't go anywhere, okay? Keep those photos safe. Can you do that? Just... don't delete anything." **Selvi:** *(quietly, to herself, gripping the camera)* "मैं कहीं नहीं जाऊँगी। और मैं कुछ नहीं मिटाऊँगी।" *(I won't go anywhere. And I won't delete anything.)* *Lights fade as Hunter exits. Selvi remains at the table, staring out the window toward the orchard.* **END SCENE**