Made in Abyss - Episode 3 Clip
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Thank you to everyone who auditioned! The extra week definitely helped push things along and get some interesting talent popping up. Even if you weren't cast, thank you all for auditioning - there were some hard decisions to be made. Some of you just didn't quite reach my audio quality benchmark, but that's okay, everyone starts somewhere (and Blue Snowballs are a pretty affordable hobby mic if you do want to get more into it!). I hope you look forward to the finished product when it comes out!
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Deadline Extended
Hey there, folks! Thanks so much to those who have auditioned. I really appreciate it! However, the response has been more lukewarm than I'd hoped, and I feel I'll need to extend the deadline to draw in some more auditions. This doesn't mean anyone who has auditioned so far will not be considered, far from it. I just don't have enough auditions to make a solid decision and want to hear more. If you have any friends who might be interested, please pass this casting call onto them!
Riko is a ray of sunshine, but the kind that breaks through a cloud and kinda blinds you when it's right in your eye. She's the sort of girl who leaps into things without thinking too much, a smile on her face. She's undeniably brave, but also foolhardy, and tends to get in trouble a lot for things she doesn't personally consider to be bad. She's the daughter of the White Whistle, Lyza, who she looks up to almost reverently. So when armed with information that her mother might actually be alive at the bottom of the Abyss, she immediately makes up her mind to go down and find her.
(Somewhat forcefully and snappy, but not insincere) Forgiven! It's fine. Water under the bridge! After all... I'm leaving today! This is our last chance to make up!
(Cheerful, but thoughtful)Don't worry! I'll send a ton of 'em, alright? I bet that's what my mother was doing so we'd get something. I mean, look at this - "At the bottom of the netherworld, I await" - it's pretty rushed, so she might have sent a whole bunch of letters and sealed documents up to the surface and stuck one of these in every one.
(Beginning to cry, her voice thickening, but optimistic) Even if... Even if we're far apart... We'll still always be connected by the Abyss! From the surface... All the way to the darkest depths of the Netherworld! The two of us will still be connected to each other! And I'll never forget about the time I spent up here with you guys! There's nothing to cry about! (A little more composed, slightly amused) What is it now?
(Not aggressive, just a bit know-it-all) You dummy. Mailing from the first or even second layer is one thing, but if you really wanna go all the way down, mail balloons will never make it back up.
(Becoming wistful) All the kids growing up here see our dinky little Gate to the Netherworld and wanna become licensed delvers... I'm one of the lucky few who succeeded. If I didn't get into Belchero, I would've gotten sick from all the toxins in the garbage or even gone and died myself. If I can rise the ranks and become a Moon Whistle like Leader, I'd like to open an orphanage here for the kids like me.
(Voice thickening with emotion) Hey... you know... Riko... (Swapping to thoughts, less thick but still emotional) Damn it... (Physically, thick, not coming out right) I... (Thoughts, less restrained) Damn it! I can't... (Physical) I want... (Thoughts) I can't get it out...
[Role is filled]
Shiggy is another orphan who is good friends with Riko and Nat. He's intelligent and generally non-confrontational and thus makes a pretty good mediator, but doesn't really tolerate ignorance. He's happy to see Riko off into the Abyss and is excited to see what news she sends up by mail balloon.
(General exposition) Mmhm, we wouldn't be able to sneak into the usual Gate to the Netherworld. Rumor has it the wharf quarter has its own entrance into the Abyss.
(Exposition, but in a way that shows he likes sharing his knowledge) Not even the White Whistles can guarantee their mail will make it to the surface. There's a lot of things that can go wrong. Bad winds, flying predators...
(A little excited, a little worried, speaking over loud wind but not yelling) Stay safe down there! And if you wanna come back up, we'll understand!
(Woken up and pissed off)
Agh, shut the hell up! Who even are you brats?
Lyza is Riko's mother and a top-tier delver - she's one of the few to achieve the rank of White Whistle. However, she's kind of in the Abyss at the moment and thus does not actually make an appearance. Rather, she provides the ending narration.
(Narration, a bit mysterious)
Heading into the chasm for which darkness is no match... For those who offer up their bodies and challenge it, the Abyss is said to provide all. Life and death, curses and blessings - absolutely all. At the end of their journeys, what will these children come to finally choose? Will that be determined by the will of the netherworld? Or will it be determined solely by those who challenge it?