Mizuki Aoyama, the gentle lead (lead, unpaid, credit given)

Mizuki Aoyama, Ultimate Author (lead). She's soft-spoken, warm, and nurturing, the person everyone trusts. She remembers every name, comforts people after tragedy, and always seems to know the right thing to say. She's also the hidden mastermind, but that should never be audible on a first listen.

Voice notes
Gentle, calm, and sincere, like a big sister. The warmth has to be real, because she does love these people. The darkness comes through in small things: a pause that's a beat too long, a calm that doesn't crack when it should. Please don't play her as "secretly evil." Play her as kind, with something underneath that only shows on a second listen.