# Sound Booth — Election Night Dilemma
# Narrator: Ryan (authoritative, driven)
# David: Aiden (natural, clear midrange)

[Ryan] You're standing in the claustrophobic glow of the sound booth. It's eleven forty-five PM. Polls open for the gubernatorial election in six hours. :: pause=1200

[Ryan] On the monitor is a leaked audio recording of Governor Thomas offering a direct cash bribe to a zoning commissioner. The voice is indistinguishable from Thomas's. :: pause=1000

[Ryan] But your audio forensics lead, David, just took his headphones off, rubbing his eyes. :: pause=800

[Aiden] I'm ninety percent sure it's real. :: pause=600

[Ryan] He says. :: pause=400

[Aiden] But the compression artifacts... :: pause=700

[Aiden] There is a ten percent chance this is a bleeding-edge AI deepfake. :: pause=1200

[Ryan] Thomas's opponent is a hardline candidate promising to gut the state's public broadcasting funding — which includes your station. :: pause=1000

[Ryan] If you hit publish, you guarantee Thomas loses. But you might be laundering a manufactured lie that destroys an election. :: pause=1200

[Ryan] If you hold it to verify, the election happens before the public knows the truth. :: pause=1500

[Ryan] David's finger hovers over the upload button. :: pause=800

[Aiden] What's the call? :: pause=2000