Mega Man: The Comic Dub (Spiritus Ex Machina)
Amanda B. for Doctor Noele Lalinde
One of the geniuses leading the world’s future, Doctor Noele Lalinde is stricken with grief. Lalinde is a robotics scientist working for Geoworks International, who creates her own Robot Masters for the betterment of mankind. She was a colleague of Doctors Light and Cossack back at Robot University, with potential romantic feelings harboured for Doctor Light. After her time at University, she created Tempo Lalinde, or “Quake Woman”, a Robot Master designed for geological surveying, but who was also similar to Rock and Roll as she acted as a daughter figure to Dr. Lalinda. However, Tempo ended up being gravely hurt by a cave-in whilst working and Lalinde, to help ease the heartbreak, took Tempo’s personality away, believing that the pain that could come from a similar incident happening again would be diminished if she viewed Tempo as more of a “Tool” than a daughter, though it’s revealed she’s always seen Tempo as her daughter even after this. After Tempo’s personality change, Dr. Lalinde becomes a staunch advocate against personalising advanced robotics for this very reason, debating against Doctor Light on the very subject at the A.R.T.S. Convention. Dr. Lalinde is incredibly smart and eloquent, similar to Doctor Light, and frequently appears that way, yet her trauma and emotions can make way in certain scenarios. I need an actor who can portray Dr. Lalinde’s intelligence yet also the trauma and pain she hides deep down.
I am looking for a Medium-Low voice for Dr. Lalinde, she needs to have a deep voice, and much like her colleagues, speak quite intelligently generally.
- female adult
(In a debate with Dr. Light on the future of Advanced Robotics, arguing against personalising Robots, responding to Doctor Light’s claim about making robust AI, responding calmly and logically) “Yes, but that’s not what I asked. Processing Data is one thing. Any calculator can do that. Why should we strive to make the calculator THINK about the meaning of its numbers? Why do we need to have them act like they FEEL good about a computation well done?”
(Talking to Xander Payne, leader of the Emerald Spears terrorist group, after he claims that she was also against Advanced Robotics, causing Lalinde to remember the incident with Tempo, beginning to get emotional) “I was voicing CAUTION…over making it so that we can have deep, emotional connections with our creations. So that when we design a robot to do the jobs too dangerous for humans, and when those dangers take their toll, we lose tools and not… and not sons and daughters… I thought it would ease the pain *sniff*, but she’s still “Tempo” to me, still my little girl, and she’s in danger!”
