Rhaarini Aamiteshi - Ihakoono Tamaashi
Echosapa for Nomaari & Rhiili
Yes, you'll be playing both characters. Don't worry too much about it!
About Nomaari:
Nomaari is a goatherd from the Tamaari village. She's the eldest child and from an early age she's done a bit of everything to help out her family - as most children from Tamaari. As a newborn she 'helped' her grandma at home. Later she began to take care of her brother, Imiiro, as she learned to herd flocks and ride camels. Now at thirteen, she is the essencial to the livelihoods of both her family and her village. Tender and forged by the earth, she isn't particularly affectionate but she has an unbreakable will and a duty to herself to protect all those she loves.
About her voice:
Nomaari's isn't a clean voice. It can be rough and raspy and it's a little low. Think of Shohreh Aghdashloo's voice with the youthful tone of Taliyah, from League of Legends.
About Rhiili:
Rhiili is a spirit-creature that lives with Nomaari. Although lost to the wills of time and space, she refuses to let her lack of a past or possible future let down her eternal childlike heart. She doesn't know where she truly comes from or where she's going. She has vague memories of past consciousnesses that she doesn't quite understand nor try to. Instead, she centers on the whimsical present and the unique bond she made with Nomaari, the region and its creatures. Energetic, affectionate, innocent, curious, talkative but most importantly uniquely genuine: this is Rhiili. Rhiili like the magic and the moonlight.
About her voice:
Rhiili's is a child's voice. She sounds like she's always smiling and she's always full of energy and awe. You can refer to Sein from Ori and the Blind Forest for the general way it sounds, but unlike Sein, she's always excited and looking for fun.
Read out the sentence below. It means "I was raised a goatherd. Being alone in the steppe makes you a rock.". Refer to the explainer video for how this is pronounced. Feel free to do multiple takes and try different ranges of emotions with this sentence.
"Nomaariki amiteshikaari rafaathi. Ooathi aasherhi rhaariti aarhele sholooko."
Play out a laugh, a couple grunts and hums, a shout or two.
Also play out any other interjection that comes to your head.Play out this scene. You'll be playing both characters, so play both characters from here!
Nomaari is motherly and would never mock Rhiili. Listening to her is comforting.
Rhiili puts a smile on everyone who listens to her with her energy. What she doesn't do is filter her words at all.[Rhiili] Hey hey hey! Come come come!
[Nomaari] Got the rocks?
[Rhiili] Ye ye ye! Come play! You won't believe it! You won't!
[Nomaari] What?
[Rhiili] When I was getting the rocks. You know I hate water! So I was getting the rocks but they were under water. But there was this fish that came up and looked at me all weird!
[Nomaari] You met a fish?
[Rhiili] And he told me he was called Blue!
[Nomaari] Blue, the fish?
[Rhiili] Yes! And he looked at me all weird and he asked me what I was doing and I told him I was getting rocks and he looked at me more weird and I told him I needed the waters, the rocks in the water and he looked around, looked at me weird again and then I asked him to help me and I told him I didn't like water and he started helping and he got me some rocks.
[Nomaari laughs]
[Rhiili] He did! He really did! Come on! I knew you wouldn't believe me! - - - [She got really disappointed]
[Nomaari giggling] No, no! I believe.
[Rhiili] You do??? - - - [And here her eyes open wide with joy again]
[Nomaari] [uh-uh]
[Rhiili] Yayyy! Come come come we gotta get started! I wanna play!
[Nomaari giggles]
