Call of Cthulhu one shot, voices wanted!
Project Overview
Hello, thank you for coming to this casting call! As we are getting to the spooky time of the year, I decided to invite my friends to a little game of Call of Cthulhu the role playing game. I wanted to go extra for them such as adding costumes, props and music. Then the idea hit me! Extra voices that are scripted which will happen when the players do certain things.
A bit about the game - So the game is based around the Jack the Ripper case in 1888. A detective called Benjamin Barker thought it possible that what the police were facing was not entirely human. He made ties with many different types of people to slowly gather information and proof. Detectives, spiritualists, an anthropologist and a psychologist. He became close friends with these people (the players) but when he finally found a lead, he went alone only telling his friends he found something. 2 Weeks later and no one has heard or seen Ben, worried they all gather to where they usually met him and found others who are also worried about Ben. Together they re-trace his steps to find him and possibly find Jack the Ripper.
In the end they will find Jacks abode and find out Jack is a powerful warlock gathering souls and body parts for his sick experiments in giving him more power. However Jack has made a 'family' to protect him - other monsters that will keep people away from reaching him. Lets hope the players take precautions and find a way to survive long enough to find their friend...
So over all I am looking for certain voices to be specific characters that tie into my players backgrounds, a narrator, and some 'friendly local' monster voices. The monsters in this game are quite human like and they can find out a persons fear and mimic it and that's what feeds them their powers.The greater the players fear becomes the stronger the monster becomes.
Requirements
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Accents - The setting is London 1888 around the infamous Jack the Ripper case. So RP/British accents may be favored for some characters but it's not essential. -
Decent mic - I don't mind if there is some background white noise -
Have Discord - I plan to use discord as main form of communicating and sending out lines. -
Edits - If you are to edit your audition lines then I ask if you could add one take unedited then one take edited. -
Have fun and Experiment!!! - I go by the three take rule, try the lines in different ways as you may be a perfect fit for minor roles as well.
There is a possibility we may record this session and I will edit it to be listened to in a podcast format. It may go up on soundcloud or may not but if we are to record it I will send copies out to all the cast members and anyone who asks for it as I wish for the cast to listen to the fruits of their labour.
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The narrator will be the one to describe key points in the game. The beginning, middle and end. So this will be the first voice the players will hear and it will be the last they hear as the game ends. I imagine a very eerie, kind of monotone voice for the Narrator, or a completely different voice such as an overly positive, kinda snarky Narrator. However I am up to hearing whatever take people have for this role.
As our dear victims exit the covens abode to find out what happened to their close friend Benjamin Barker, they are finally filled with what seems to be; hope. With each step they take they mentally prepare themselves to face the monster that has been patrolling these streets as though they were it's personal playground, picking up innocent women as if it were selecting which bread it wanted from the bakery.
Arthur, you care for the well being of your patients very dearly and wish nothing more than for them to get better and start functioning in normal society again. However, you also find them highly interesting. Their different behaviors, mannerisms and thought process, you find it all so interesting you find yourself taking on some of their behaviors. Although as intriguing as they are...you're terrified of them at the same time.
Elizabeth is one of the players characters (Jonathan) dead wife. They had a happy marriage, married young but she passed away due to Malaria. Devastated he lost himself in booze and he has been a hopeless drunk ever since. The monsters that the players will be facing can delve deep into a persons mind and find what they are most scared of or sad about and mimic it. So his visions of Elizabeth are false and her voice slowly becomes more demonic and blurred between human and monster.
Elizabeth was a kind and gentle soul but could come off as quite shy. She was also quite bookish and when her and Jon were together they were seen as true sweethearts meant for one another.
(Human, caring) 'Jonathan, oh how I've longed to see you again my love...'
(A more stern voice then shifts back to normal) 'Why must you leave so quickly...please it's been so long since I've heard your voice and stared into your eyes'
(Becoming more demonic) 'Why are you so insistent on leaving me again! Admit it, you were happy you were able to get rid of me, you never truly cared. How dare you betray our love!'
The monsters in this game are like a twisted, tormented form of humans. So from looking at them they are human like but they're bodies are mutated or certain limbs are overgrown to the body, or there are horns protruding from different parts of the body ect. With this I ask you experiment with your voice and try to make the scariest noises you could possibly make!...yes I want to scare my friends so bad!
*Monster grunts or moans from far away coming closer and closer*
*Monster attack screams/screeches*
*broken English* JACK....PROTECT....FROM HUMANS....FUN
Cassandra is another players characters (Patrick) wife. They are married with two children, a 6 year old boy and a 7 year old girl. Patrick is a detective but leads two different lives, one as a detective and the other killing criminals all to make the place a safer place for his children to grow up in. He tries to keep this second life a secret from his family and would do anything to make sure they never find out.
Cassandra is very fiery and can be a bit of a tom boy at times. Her behavior at the time made her undesirable to men but to Patrick that's what made him attracted to her. He loves that fire in her soul.
*Being supportive in a tough tone* "You never usually stray like this Patrick, this is not the man I fell in love with. I know you can do it, as you say to me all the time...screw it!"
*In a loving tone* "You must be tired Patrick, you have been doing extra shifts and working through the night into the morning most nights. Please, take a break today, stay home with the kids and me. We can stay inside play card games with the kids and we can even get that nice bottle of wine out tonight, you cant deny your wife of a good night."
*Questioning, distraught after finding out her husbands second life* "So all those nights out...you weren't doing your job? You were...doing....killing....oh god.... Patrick what is wrong with you?"
Ann is the child of a players character (Patrick). She has a younger brother called Peter.
Ann takes more from her mother than her father, she is a huge tomboy and does not behave like most typical girls. She even dreams of becoming like her Father and becoming a detective.
"I wish to be just like my Daddy when I'm older! Strong, smart and catching all the bad guys!"
"So...Daddy is a bad guy?"
"No! You're wrong, my Daddy is not a bad guy there's no way! He's a hero, the good guy...right?"
Peter is the second child of a players character (Patrick). His oldest sister is Ann.
Peter is quite weak and can't go out very much. He is quite shy but even though he is younger than his sibling Ann he is smarter than her and he seems more mature and older than he actually is.
"Ann you're being too loud, you'll wake up Mum and Dad"
"It is sad that I can't go out with Ann to play, but I don't mind staying inside. These books help keep me company and take me on new adventures"
In this story Jack came from a Mother who was a witch, he gained immense magical powers but there was a certain evil in him growing. Now he is considered a powerful warlock in his prime. However he abused his power too much and at night he transforms into a less intelligent monster. He is working with one of the players characters (Jason) and will appear to speak with Jason at certain points in the story.
In his usual form Jack is very cunning, intelligent and sly. Then when he becomes his beast at night his words don't flow correctly. I haven't really got a certain type of voice in mind for this character so let lose and have fun with it!
(Human form) 'It is good to see you again Jason. Please take a seat, I wish to discuss our next course of action. Don't be so stiff it's just me after all, nothing to be afraid of, my friend'.
(Human form) 'If you don't bring your end of the bargain then I'm afraid our deal is off and you will never receive what it is you truly wish for. And just friend to friend here, you really don't want to make an enemy out of me'.
(Monster form) "STOP RUNNING. CAN'T HIDE. YOU'RE MINE"
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