Library of Ruina: The Fandub (Round 5 - Urban Plague)
Qーん for Yan
Yan is a Messenger of the Index, a faction that obeys mysterious rules called Prescripts. Yan is one of the nicer members, bound to his duties but being willing to help citizens interpret Prescripts or even forge them. However, the Index knew all along his Prescripts were forged and eventually sends him to discover the truth behind the Prescripts - a truth so horrible it leads him to lose his mind, sent to the Library as a distorted monster shortly afterwards and meeting his end.
For this role, I'm looking for a medium-high voice that can stay kind of gentle but not shy, quiet yet firm. Yan is a pretty unassuming individual with a lot of inner strength, though even that's not enough once he discovers how Prescripts are made - and has a total despondent emotional breakdown. I've included a line from his breakdown as the third line here to see how you portray that!
- male adult
- male young adult
[Giving out a Prescript to a resident.] "Hello, Miss Lala... here's your Prescript. Yes, you need to put three needles in her birthday cake... but you never know, she might luckily notice the needles before she eats them. Or you could tell her in advance there are needles in her cake. The Prescript didn't say anything about it, so it should be alright..."
[Trying, and failing, to warn a resident about the Prescripts.] "... Yes. The Index will provide protection for you. All you need to do is carry out each Prescript accordingly. Will you please reconsider? Nothing is truly free in this City... but you'll be safe as long as you follow the Prescripts. Maybe..."
[Breaking down after being shown the truth of the Prescripts.] "... Haha... yeah... right... it wasn't my fault. People weren’t doing inhumane things because I delivered Prescripts to them... Those horrible things were meant to happen anyway. I’m just a tiny part of the world, I can never change the wishes of all people... There’s no way I can defy this flow..."
