Westside Story - A New Vegas Noir (Fallout: New Vegas quest mod; round 1)
McKenna for Duchess Danielle
*THIS ROLE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE CASTING CALL DUE TO A NEED FOR REVISIONS TO THE SCRIPT THAT HAS EMERGED ON SHORT NOTICE. IT WILL BE RE-OFFERED AT A LATER DATE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.*
Duchess Danielle is a Shakespeare-trained actress and the de-facto leader of the Thespian Guild, a monarchic organization grown out of a pre-war acting troupe. A woman of great power, talent and intellect, she exudes stage presence, aristocratic dignity and cold calculation in equal measure. As the player encounters her, she is caught up in a dispute around the succession to the organization's throne and will stop at nothing to ensure the crown ends up on her head - after all, every other scenario would result in her certain death.
In keeping with the Guild's tradition of integrating their canonical texts into their vernacular, her manner of speech is dense and rhetorical, dripping with theatrical quotes and literary allusions.
NOTE: While any North American accent would be fine for her, a posh or even Shakespearean British one would also be thematically apt.
Importance: main character
Line count: 300+
- female adult
- north american
- british (posh)
- shakespearean
As aether benumbs the nerves between limb and brain, so fear and mistrust have fogged my connection to my subordinates. {Beat, clarifying}Everybody's gone shtum on me.
In my misguided tolerance, I let his wantonness freely proliferate - and now, for my failure to trim the bud, the whole rank growth must be uprooted, tree, fruit and serpent all.
{Announcing a celebratory speech to a banquet hall full of people; paraphrasing 'Titus Andronicus'}Thespis’ sons and daughters, break the parle. The feast has been served, which I’ve ordained to an honorable end, for peace, for love, for league, and good to all: please you, therefore, draw nigh and take your places!
Thank you very much for the quality auditions, McKenna! Sadly I can't offer you a role at this time both due to the overall competitiveness of this round and because I've chosen to retract the role of 'Duchess Danielle' pending some short-term script revisions, but I'd love to hear more from you in the second round a few months from now!
Thank you for letting me know. I will keep an eye out for round 2 here and in whiteouts discord.