~Rise From The Ashes - Arc I ~ : Staff and Lead VAs (CLOSED)
Ragnarocket for Aiden
Summary: Aiden is a sensitive and generous young man, in his early twenties and living with his partner, Dr Douglas Slade above the Sunny Samuels Medical Clinic. He works as a receptionist there and a barista at a coffee place called 'The Joint', but later returns to university to study psychiatry and become a doctor himself. Although young, he is rather mature and focused, so isn't always the most appreciative of Slade's excessive PDA and 'distractions' from work. He is also rather religious and is loved by many. Later he goes on to become Ash's adoptive father with Slade when he comes to live with them in New York. Aiden cares greatly for his family and will happily spoil them when Slade's back is turned. Interestingly, Aiden has been possessed from childhood by an angelic and demonic spirit, who lie dormant within him. When he needs to launch into heroic action, the angel grants Aiden his powers, to become the popular hero known as Cross. As for the demonic spirit, he thankfully lies dormant -for now...
Appearance: Arc I (supporting) and Arc II (Leading role throughout) - The lines include a mixture from both Arcs, since we would ideally like to keep the same VA for consistency.
Personality: Kind, Considerate, Sensitive, Caring, Intelligent, Soft, Religious, Faithful, Responsible, Brave, Protective and just a little snarky at times, especially towards Slade.
Voice: Friendly and slightly soft, being mid-pitch. Aiden never curses or uses the Lord's name in vain (and he will be sure to scold you if he catches you doing so!) and he doesn't get angered too much, so only occasionally yells. He is relatively calm and speaks with a light country accent due to his origins in Kansas (the accent is optional, but if you can do one we'd love to hear it!)
(Cheerfully in a friendly manner) Good morning and welcome to Sunny Samuels Medical Clinic. How may we help you today? Do you have an appointment with--(cut off by his phone ringing) a-ah, sorry, please excuse me. (Picking up with a sigh) What do you want, Slade? How many times have I told you not to call or send those flirty messages when I'm working?
(Frustrated and uncomfortable, on the phone to Slade) Of course I’m not okay, you idiot! I’m tied up on the floor and these guys are annoying as heck! Nnngh! (Suddenly sounding rather panicked) No, it won't be okay! Stay away, Slade! They're after you and they'll do h-horrible things to you!
(Shocked, making way for anger, hissing a little) Oh my...y-you spent three hundred dollars over your agreed phone bill...because you were looking up *pornography*?! (Scowling) I don't care whose fault it was, I will not have this...*blasphemous* material in my house! I'm confiscating your phone indefinitely and *you* young man are going to join us at *church*!
(Snappy) Oh please they know very well what's going on! You're not exactly known for your acting skills! Just because you're old doesn't mean you have to treat everyone like a child! Especially not me!
(Proudly and warmly) Aw, you're coming on so well with your classes - and those exam scores are definitely something to be proud about! Hey, why don't we go and celebrate later. Whose up for a pizza takeout~? I'm sure we can squeeze some dessert in too. Even Slade can't complain about the sugar content for once.
(Somewhat stunned, but making way for elation) I-I said...Yes! You're right, a lot has happened, and I know what I said years ago, but the more time I spent with you, the more I regretted what I said. I probably just needed more time...but now I know the answer!
Hi there JW! Thank you so much for taking the time to audition, it really means a lot to us! :D Aw when I was a newbie I craved feedback to help improvement but few directors ever gave it, so you are more than welcome. How else will we learn to improve or be encouraged if we don't give feedback? ANYWAY! Can I just say I would not have expected you to be a newbie at all - that was brilliant! Your mic was clean and sharp and you put some pretty good emotion into the lines, plus you nailed that country accent! :D I really enjoyed this audition a lot! A few tiny pointers for improvement if you wish: Maybe try the pitch slightly lower and maybe tone down the country accent juuust a little bit. Also I know it's quite difficult to give some feedback on emotion without context of some lines, but there are a few you could throw a little more emotion into. The ending of the second one could be spoken with more fear and anxiety given the situation, maybe come across as a little more angry on the ahem, phone bill incident and the second line of the second set about being treated like a child, he and Slade are in the middle of an argument here, so Aiden's a lot more irritated and annoyed. Honestly though, these are just nit-picks. Feel free to give it as many goes as you want as there is still plenty of time, but for your first one I'm impressed. You've got talent my dude :D Again thank you so much and best of luck in your future auditions too!
Thank you! Wow you give excellent feedback! Yeah I agree on the emotion part - it's surprisingly difficult to get that understanding sometimes. The ones you mentioned I definitely went through a few tries to figure out the situation. And yeah I guess I can see him being more upset than incredulous on the....phone bill haha, that makes sense from the perspective he'd have! I'll definitely give it a second shot with some of that feedback in mind! I appreciate you giving some good feedback, it is super helpful! :)