THIS IS A ONE-OFF PROJECT THAT MY FRIEND & I ARE CREATING JUST FOR FUN!
The year is 2005, in the middle of November.
Leonidas Étoile is a few months into his junior year at Hawthorne High School. Though he tends to keep to himself, he makes one good friend that he might be slowly falling in love with: Raiko Okabe.
Raiko Okabe is more or less your typical teenage boy - he's on the track team, makes his own graphic t-shirts, his grades are average and he loves sweets - and he has a childhood best friend named Damian Starr.
Damian Starr is rich, handsome, and very dramatic. Though he knows almost everyone at school, no one compares to his best friend. Raiko Okabe is the only person in Damian's entire life who is on his level. But not in a gay way.
Until Leonidas comes along, and suddenly Damian has less time with Raiko all to himself. The two really hit it off, unlike anything Damian's seen Raiko behave with anyone.
In this short story, Damian pays Leonidas a visit after school hours while Leo is waiting for his father to pick him up. The two interact alone for the very first time... and the tension is incredibly strange.
Hello lovely voice actors!! I'm Vik, and all of the art in this project belongs to my dear best friend Rowan. Rowan and I have been working on these characters and fleshing them out for almost a year now with the hopes of making a Webtoon. Every now and again, we'll write these short stories between some of the characters to get a feel for their dynamic.
I wrote this story without the intention of reading it with voice actors. But the idea was just too exciting to resist! I really want to see what sort of voices we can find for these characters and bring them to life. If we find what we're looking for, we'll make it into a YouTube video - with myself as the narrator, and hopefully with Rowan's fantastic art included!
I have never hosted something like this before, so I am not a professional, nor do I expect this to be crazy professional, but I will definitely try my best to run this neatly and orderly.
Both voice actors for Damian and Leo will be paid $10 total for completing all lines - best I can do!
Comment any questions - and without further ado, happy auditioning!
The full story for anyone curious:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pDn4LpQKaHARjEZQukFaaFPYIuqMhuHERdFisJfKMA/edit?usp=drivesdk
The roles have been assigned and this is now in production!
Thank you so much to everyone who auditioned — it really meant a lot that so many people tried these guys out, and we hope some of you stay updated to see the final product even if you didn’t get the part!
Much love,
Vik & Rowan 🌌🤍
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Damian Starr is a rich high school junior with an obsessive crush on his childhood best friend, Raiko. However, he was raised in an abusive, homophobic household, so all of the feelings he harbors for this friend are unlabeled and possessive.
Damian is basically that one annoyingly handsome guy who is good at everything without even trying. The way he feels about Leo in this one-shot is complicated. Raiko doesn't often make other close friends that threaten Damian's position as his #1 best friend. Now, Raiko and Leo are almost spending more time together than him and Damian.
In this short story, Damian's tone towards Leo should be a sort of playfulness that always has an undercurrent of envy and skepticism. It's almost like a test. Damian's very harsh and judgmental on the inside but never really lets it show to others. Also, he's pretty much always smiling. Think of Cirrus from “Lost In The Cloud”.
Voice Reference:
https://youtu.be/RtC4XIWJWis
(Damian is appearing from around the corner and saying his name suddenly to spook him.) “Leee-ooohh-nidas!” (playful, sing-songy)
(Leo is looking for their shared friend, Raiko (Rye-koh) and is about to ask where he is before Damian interrupts.) “Raiko? Pff,” (pause to chuckle behind your hand.) “Always worried about Raiko. Like you’re his girlfriend or something." (teasing, joking but secretly spiteful)
(Damian has just put his jacket around Leo's shoulders and is very close to him, checking if it fits.) “There. Good?” (lower, calmer voice. still sort of teasing.) “Leonidas?”
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Leonidas Etoile (Leo) is a high school junior who has overcome a lot in his life. From a young age, he's been very dead-set on becoming an astronomer. He has two loving parents who are supportive of both his passions and sexuality which he's faced traumatic oppression for as a child. He was homeschooled for his first two years of high school. Now, he's joined the nearest public high school in town, thinking he's ready to go out and become part of society again.
Leo makes a new friend pretty early on into the year. He and Raiko form a very pure friendship and start spending a lot of time together, learning more about each other. It doesn't take long for Leo to meet Damian, Raiko's close childhood friend. Leo is confused by the other black haired boy's strange behavior but wants to get along with him.
In this short story between them, Leo's tone should be polite and curious with a hint of hesitance and fear. He shouldn't be quivering with fear, but just very confused while trying to decipher Damian's emotions and view of him. Leo's a very open-minded, pure-intentioned character with a lot of emotional intelligence.
Voice Reference:
https://youtu.be/J3xTCpwxfos
(Leo has just been startled by someone he knows.) “Jesus. Damian. Hello.” (regaining his politeness.) “Sorry, I didn’t hear you coming at all-” (chuckle softly.)
(These lines are what Leo is writing in his notebook. Read them like you're going through a checklist in your head.) "Finally bring the nine-story Salinger collection along. Return the one you borrowed from the library. Don’t forget your coat again. Or your therapy appointment next Wednesday. Maybe let Dad know next week to pick you up by the track field instead? ..Ask Raiko about that one night he was acting weir-" (he gets cut off.)
(Leo is confused and skeptical of Damian.) “To.. check on me?" (pause.) "Why?"
