Hey man, liking both your accents, would you be down for trying out for 2 parts?

Gonna post a little write up for both parts followed by excerpts from the scripts, and if you're down you can just do a reading for the parts I highlight from each script for the audition.

The American accent will be for the character Mike below and the Scottish for the Character Arlington. Feel free to only audition for one if you want, but I think you're voice could work for both.

Part one - Mike:

This portion of the game will be set in 2015, with a young husband and wife living in the apartment. They are both living a happy 2015 existence, until Mike the husband goes on a solo camping trip and everything changes. 

Mike comes home from the trip early and is completely convinced that he was abducted by aliens while camping in the mountains. He’s confused, scared and completely shuts down, refusing to tell his wife Jenn what he believes happened to him. Eventually after much confusion with his odd behavior Jenn finally confronts him and he tells his story, which Jenn doesn’t believe. They have always been proud skeptics and she is convinced he is having a mental episode. His delusions (or convictions) grow stronger and she eventually moves out and he eventually reaches a point beyond help.

In this story, i’m trying to thread the needle on having it be plausible that he's telling the truth that he was abducted by aliens and leave the audience without a full answer on whether he’s just completely crazy or he’s telling the truth.

I’ll post a little excerpt from the script below for you to take a crack at reading, in this scene Mike finally tells Jenn what he believes happened to him. It's an emotional scene, so don’t be afraid to put a little feeling into it (without being unrealistically dramatic). 

I’ll post a good chunk of the script just to give you some context but you can just read what I put in bold.

“Jen: Ok you need to tell me what’s going on, you’ve been acting completely insane since you came back from your camping trip and I need to know what happened to you, right now.

Mike looks at her for a moment then looks down.

Mike: I… uh... there was…

Jen: What Mike? What happened?

Mike I.. I think I was abducted by aliens.. 

Jen: Haha (disbelief laugh) what?

Mike: uhh (exasperated) I know it sounds ridiculous.. But I.. it’s what happened.. They took me Jen.

Jen: Wha,, are you joking right now? Haha (nervous laughter) Tell me what actually happened

Mike: That is what happened Jen… I had set up my campsite, way up the mountain in the middle of nowhere. It was around 11 pm, I was sitting by the fire and I looked up in the sky and saw this really.. bright star, but it was like moving around, like zig zagging. I thought it was some sort of optical illusion, I couldn't take my eyes off of it. And then suddenly.. it just stopped. It felt like it like noticed me, like it was watching me… then like a moment later it was just.. above me and it was so big and bright, it was this big metallic seamless disk.. And I just remember feeling calm, like I didn't have any fear. Then I was just suddenly.. on the ship, and there was 6 of them, I was laying on this metal table and they were surrounding me, they were short and skinny like little kids, then I looked in his eyes.. and he was just in my head, and he just instantly knew everything about me, and i could feel… I could just feel his intelligence…he was so far above me Jen, he just.. Knew everything… And that’s when all the fear came back… and they put something over my mouth and put.. put me to sleep.. 

Then I woke up in my tent, I felt so thirsty and weak, and they were gone. And i don’t know what the fuck it means, and i dont’ know why it happened, but it fucking happened.

Jen: I..I don’t know what…

Mike: You believe me though right? It happened Jen.

Jen: I .. I believe you believe it happened to you.. I just.. I think we should get you to speak to someone about this…”

Part two - Arlington

So this character will be living in the apartment in roughly the year 1905. His name is Charles Arlington. Imagine one of those 19th century British explorer types, the guys that would venture off into an unknown jungle and try to map some unknown territory or contact some unknown peoples. Burly, courageous, proud. Now imagine this type of guy, but he’s grown too old to adventure, he’s in his 70s now, and all he has left are the memories of his past life. He’s lost all meaning in his life, he’s disconnected from his kids and family, he’s struggling financially, and he’s drinking more than he should. 

I’ll post some of the script here for you to do a reading from. In this scene, he’s in the apartment with another man, they’re both looking at a lions head mounted on the wall, he’s into great detail of the day he encountered this Lion, eventually it’s revealed that the man he’s telling the story to, is just a repair man, and he doesn’t care about the story, and only wants to get his payment for his repair. 

“Arlington: 

The air had an arid musk to it that morning, I was a young man of 32 in the best shape of my life and even I felt the oppressive weight of the Angolan sun beating over our heads. Africa was no place for the timid men in those days. My guide trotted 3 paces ahead happily humming one of his grandfather's ancient melodies and suddenly… he froze in place. All the noises of the savannah exhaled all at once and only silence now remained. My vision sharpened, the only thing I could perceive to be moving were the tiny hairs on the back of my guide's neck standing in readied attention. Sometimes the environment you’re in becomes aware of danger before you do. The 10 bore rifle I always had with me on such exhibitions weighed heavily in my hands as my eyes scanned for any disturbances in my periphery…Three, maybe four, maybe five heartbeats passed.. And suddenly a roar.. a crackling, monstrous roar, reverberated through the air. It hit my chest before it hit my ears and I felt its awesome ungodly power shake every crevice of my body, it bellowed through my organs, contracting my veins and arteries, nearly dislodging the cartilage from my very bones… My vision remained frayed and fuzzy for several seconds, and as I forced it by sheer will and gile back into focus I saw there standing before me, with all the majesty of mother africa herself, this beast. Snarling, jagged, blood stained teeth, heavy rasperous breathing, eyes glazed with both a dead emptiness and the sharpened agility of an apex predator.. I could see its musculature contracting in all the spots required for a pounce… he was preparing to strike. I gripped my weapon, rooted my boots into the soft Angolan sand, channeled my fear into focus and ceased breathing… He leaped forward and….

Repair man: 

Uh sorry Mr Arlington, sir, I really have to be going, I have another client that’s expecting me. I just need the payment for the sink repair… With service and parts, it should come to about 7 dollars. Would you like to pay cash, or will it be billed to the building?”