Short story "People Like Me" reading
RedhotVA for Dante (Lead/Narrator)
Biggest role in the video narrative, because you will voice not only Dante's dialogue, but also the narration as it is in 1st person.
Dante is an Enforcer of the police force in the city, which in this Cyber-Punk city grants the Enforcer more authority to use force, and Dante went into the force to regain freedom he never had growing up. The only time Dante had freedom from his restricting parents prior to the police force was when he went to the forest to pick a rose for a girl he had a crush on, but unfortunately this did not pan out for Dante as he was rejected, he was devastated, but attempted to move on, but time and time again he was rejected love, so over time he became a man with rooted anger and depression. He only talks in short bursts, he is not friendly to people, the closest he'll get is neutral.
The wipers swung from left to right, dashing at the rain multiplying like a virus. My GPS lied in the middle of the dashboard, it read ETA: 2 Minutes. Bright, vivid lights covered the late-night city, people scattered the streets like a mundane blur. The cars ahead began pulling over letting us through, keeping the streets cold empty. Almost there. I told myself.
“Face masks on, I’m breaching in with smoke.”
“Cooperate, or I will assist you.”
“Your father owns illegal weapons, and drugs, and look at him now, you see this, this is what happens to people like him. Take it as a lesson young man.”Jesse’s eyes opened slowly, red oozed from his right cheek dripping onto the carpet. He slowly rose to his feet, shaking riddled his body, only one eye remained opened. As the room falls silent to the sounds of a faint sobbing, his wheezing brought life to the dying room. Jesse turned to the young boy to his right, red smearing down his eye.
