Memento Mori

Memento Mori

Project Overview

Memento Mori is a radio drama about two souls seeking Death. Cursed and transformed into immortal beings, the protagonists, Elly and Michael, pursue the woman responsible in hopes of reclaiming their mortality. Throughout these thirteen episodes, we follow our protagonists as they must conceal their identities and seek help from friends and new allies.

This project consists of thirteen episodes.

  • Prologue/Trailer

  • Episodes 1-12

There is no fixed duration for each episode; the timing will be adjusted during the editing process.

Elly/female main character
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Elly/female main character
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: CyberConundrum

She looks 33, but she's 233. She became immortal in 1826. She was born in 1793. She had an affair with a man because her husband stops caring for her (she and the other man kissed). Adam (her husband) found out, but they stayed married for the sake of their children. Death punishes her for making her husband and children unhappy, and Elly doesn't regret what she did. Together with another immortal, Michael, she searches for the person who made them immortal to regain their mortality. (Michael is the male main character; he is also immortal, and they work together.)


Elly is a determined woman who refuses to let anyone dictate what she can or cannot do. She doesn't get upset easily, but when she does, she doesn't hold back. She often takes risks, which is the main reason why she and Michael argue so frequently.


Note for the voice actor: This character will need to portray nearly every human emotion and also narrate. Elly has two chapters in which her past is explained, and she narrates them herself. Some scenes include fights, grunts and sounds of pain, crying, shouting, and more.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female adult
  • american
  • radio drama
  • narrating: The year: nineteen fifty-two. I remember that day as if it were yesterday. The bar was full of people, as usual. The smell of alcohol and smoke filled the whole place, mixed with traces of men’s cologne. Everyone was busy doing different things-drinking, meeting and chatting… but I was not there for any of that. More than one hundred and ten years of searching. One hundred and fifty-seven years of life until now; I was looking for her. The woman that did this to me. Because of her, I saw my husband and children die. But today… today I would demand answers. And I would make her give me back my mortality.

  • surprised then angry: You’re also immortal? So I’m not really the first one… Whatever. Let me go! I need to go after her.

  • Cautious: Alright, we can team up. But we don't kill the woman until I get my mortality back.

Michael/male main character
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Michael/male main character
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: GHOST-TWINS

He appears to be 43, but he's 273. He became immortal in 1798. He was born in 1755. He has a beard. He fell in love with his best friend's wife and then killed him so he could be with Alice. He got her pregnant, but Death took his baby and made Michael immortal as punishment. When Alice left him ten years later the baby died, he didn't handle it well. After that, he spent years chasing Death, many times he tried to confront her to end the curse of immortality, but it didn't work. He was about to give up until he met Elly.


Michael is a serious person; he rarely laughs. He has already lived too long and only wants to regain his immortality. He takes keeping his identity hidden very seriously so that no one discovers what he and Elly are. This is one of the main reasons he fights with Elly a lot. It isn't until nearly the end of the radio drama that he begins to open up more to Elly and tells her his past.


Note for the voice actor: This character will have to portray almost every emotion a human can feel and also narrate. Michael will have two chapters that explain his past, and he will narrate them himself. Some scenes include fights, growls and sounds of pain, crying, screaming, and more.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • american
  • male adult
  • radio drama
  • Narrating with a tired tone: A prick, she was right. I am a prick. But that didn't give Elly the right to just scream in my face. Sure, I didn't do what she asked me and was annoying sometimes, but I would never admit it to her. I was just tired of... everting. This little game Carina had with us. I had given up on being able to catch her years ago before I met Elly. I only stopped her that day because I knew the consequences of getting on the bad side of that witch... Or whatever she was.

  • Angry: Braking news: I am an old guy. We are old. Ancient even. And yet you sometimes act like a little girl.

  • Aarcastic: You know what we should actually be looking for? A new place to live. And Europe would be a good place to start.

Alex/historian
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Alex/historian
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Bryce Graves

Ales is a 36-year-old man and works as a historian in The National Museum of Funeral History in Houston, Texas. He's friends with Elly and Michael and assists in their investigation. He is very intelligent smart and doesn’t believe in faire tails. He doesn't believe Elly and Micheal when they tell him they are immortal. In the end he helps them locate the woman that made them inmortal.

Alex is a laid back and sharp minded guy. He barely gets upset easily. Always tries to help Elly and Michael whenever he can.

Note for the voice actor: This character remains mostly calm throughout the entire project. He won't require shouting or highly dramatic scenes.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • radio drama
  • male adult
  • american
  • Calm: That I have access too? yeah. I could request older ones, but you would need to tell me what you are researching.

  • Sarcastic: You are expecting me to believe that you two are immortal? Sure, and I'm a mummy then.

  • Curious: Dogs, cats, crows... and you said you need to find a connection between them?

Carina/Death
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Carina/Death
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: bloodyhorrorbri

Carina is an eternal being. She is Death and throughout the series she appears in the form of different animals (black cat, bat, raven, owl). These animals represent death. When she takes on her human form, she appears as a redhead with dark eyes. The only people she makes inmortal, are the ones that have been unfaithful. This is because she once fell in love with a human man who betrayed her, and ever since, she despises those who are unfaithful.

She doesn't joke around in her human form. She's tired of humans believing their actions carry no consequences. She's not kind to wicked people when they die. She also enjoys music and plays the violin.

Note for the voice actor: Out of all the character, this is the one I will be very demanding because of the final episode. Carina will narrate and voice act a wide range of human emotions. In the last episode, she becomes unhinged as she confronts the main characters, screaming, crying and deeply emotional. To better understand her essence, I also recommend reading the Poem Danse Macabre by Henri Cazalis.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • american
  • female adult
  • radio drama
  • Narrating: I never thought I would ever love a human, but Henri was different. He taught me to focus on life and look away from death for a moment. He said that the kiss we shared was the ultimate expression of love... what a liar he turned out to be. Hélene, he left me for her. He didn't even told me he no longer wanted me. I just saw them together. That day, I was reminded of what I should have never forgotten: humans have no sympathy.

  • Calm but creepy: I know a lot of things, like the facts that you won't die tonight. I won't allow it.

  • Angry/unhinged: You think you deserve death?! I'm si tired of you humans believing you can do whatever you want in life and face no consequences after dying. No, you deserve to feel the same pain you inflicted!

Chris/detective
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Chris/detective
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Chris looks about 53, but he's actually immortal. He works as a detective for the police. Chris is investigating Elly and Michael (The two main characters), but he ends up helping them find Carina, the woman that makes people inmortal. However, he secretly works for Carrina.

Chris is stubborn and constantly chases Elly and Michael. he wants to help them, but has to do it in secret so Carina won't find out.

Note for the voice actor: This character will need to both act and narrate. Scenes will include fights, grunts and sounds of pain, shouting and more.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • male adult
  • american
  • radio drama
  • Narrating: My colleagues said it must just be a case of ghosts caught on camera, others that they were beings who lived eternally. Me? I didn't indulge in any of that. I'm a detective. If I wanted to know more about mythological beings, I'd read a fantasy book. I only took this case as part of a challenge from my friend. He said I wouldn't be able to solve it; I told him I would. I'd been at this for five years, and at fifty-three years old, I was about to give up. Just a few months ago, my team found more photos of these two people here in Texas.

  • Interrogating: As you can see in this picture, the two individuals here are what I'm investigating... and I can't help but notice the resembles you both have to these people.

  • Annoyed: I thought you didn't want to see me again. I must admit, your “letter” was unexpected.

Emilia/student
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Emilia/student
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Evy Moody

Emilia is a 20-year-old student at the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in Houston, Texas. That school is located right next to The National Museum of Funeral History, so she spends some of her time there with Alex, a historian at the museum. She also friends with Elly and Michael (the two main characters). Emilia is Gen Z and uses a lot of slang. She may come across as unhelpful, but she's actually the smartest of the room (when she chooses to be). She thinks outside the box and finds easy solutions. She’s also the first one to believe when Elly and Michael confess they are immortal.

Emilia is very easygoing and tries to keep the peace. When she puts her foot down, she does it kindly.

Note for the voice actor: this character will mostly have calm, peaceful lines and won't require a wide emotional range. Since she's Gen Z, I'm open to suggestions for slangs that would fit her personality.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • american
  • texan
  • female young adult
  • radio drama
  • Playful/Teasing: What? Are you two like some famous author writing under a pseudonym?

  • Stating a fact: Of course. Black cat, crow, and dog, they all represent death. Other animals associated with death are the raves, owls, snakes, vultures, and many more.

  • Surprise: You two are inmortal? That's so cool! I knew you both were sus, but I'm not judging. And honestly... that explains a lot.

Alice/wife
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Alice/wife
open
Unpaid

Alice is John's wife, Age 27. She cheated on John with Michael (the male main character). She eventually became pregnant with Michael's baby, but Death killed the baby as punishment for her infidelity. She also became immortal, like Elly and Michael, but she managed to regain her mortality ten years later. Michael begged her to tell him how to get his mortality back, but Alice left without giving him an answer.

Note and disclaimer for the voice actor: this character will have a somewhat big range of emotions to act. Alice will witness the death of her son, and I will need that moment to be acted. If you are not comfortable with the subject, please do not audition.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • radio drama
  • female adult
  • american
  • Sadly: I know he’s a great sailor, but I’ve been lonely. And you know... we just got married...

  • Grateful: Thank you, Michael. John is very lucky to have you as his friend.

  • Crying/screaming: No! My son is dead!

Adam/husband
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Adam/husband
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Coleman Matthews

Adam is Elly's husband. Age 35. He hates Elly after she cheated on him with another man. They stayed together for the sake of their two kids. At a party, he speaks poorly of Elly, and that's when she runs away and gets turned inmortal. Adam dies not knowing she became inmortal. It's only towards the end of the series when he forgives Elly.

Note for the voice actor: this character will mostly speak in an angry manner, as he is deeply resentful toward Elly.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • radio drama
  • american
  • male adult
  • Furious: You damn woman! I do everything for you and the kids, and this is how you repay me!?

  • Threatening: By cheating? You’re such a disgrace to this family! But you don't get lo leave, not when this could ruin my reputation. We will never speak of this again. You will never see that man again and will focus on the kids. Understood?

  • Chuckling: Yow know how women are. You give them everything, and then they stab you in the back.

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