Critical Role - Vox Machina: Origins (Volume #1)
entropyre for Vex'ahlia
Vex is the Half-Elf twin to Vex'ahlia. As a Ranger, she is watchful and in-tune with her surroundings. She's a little selfish and cynical, caring the most about getting paid and paying as little as possible, which is why she is such an effective haggler. She is confident and deceptive, and rarely lets others behind the walls she's built up.
When voice acting for Vex, you do not need to sound exactly like Laura Bailey, but a bit of similarity is appreciated, and an English accent is required.
Voice reference: https://youtu.be/i-p9lWIhcLQ?t=663
(Note: Most of this audition will be a long conversation between the twins. Only read the lines for Vex.)
[In the shadows of a hollow tree, Vax and Vex watch in silence as the woman is dragged away and her child is swallowed up in the swamp.]
Vex: [Cynical] Welcome to the world, kid. You didn't miss anything.
Vax: [Mildly disgusted/horrified] What kind of people are these?
Vex: [Indifferent] No different than any other. At least that mother fought to keep her child.
Vax: [Disapproving] You're a cynic, sister.
Vex: [Not caring] Not if I'm right, I'm not.
Vax: [Watching people leaving the bog] We should wait 'til she's away from her parents and talk to her.
Vex: [Biting and harsh] You can talk to peasants anytime. Tracking's hard enough on land. Almost impossible across water.
Vax: [Nervous] I feel exposed out here. Good place for an ambush. We can avoid that, right?
Vex: [Logical] It's their swamp, brother. Whoever they are, if they want to ambush us there isn't a lot we can do about it.
Vax: But you can track them? Across water?
Vex: [Impatient] Of course I can. Now come on. Let's get to the bottom of this, get paid, and get out of here.
Vax: We could just ask the locals what lives out here.
Vex: [Disdainful] They'd say 'demons' or some ignorant nonsense. Peasants don't know anything except how to make more peasants.
Vax: [Matter-of-fact] We were raised by a peasant.
Vex: Speak for yourself. Father wasn't worth a shit but he was noble-born and as far as I'm concerned, once I graduated from the school, so was I.
Vax: [Matter of fact] Noble-born don't grub around in the muck chasing after a swamp god curse.
Vex: [Light tone] They do if I'm doing it.
Vax: It was your idea to take this job, remember. You said we needed the work.
Vex: [Eye-rolling] I didn't mean charity.
Vax: [Softer tone, a bit frustrated] It's not charity, stubby. It's just... not a lot. Besides, when do WE get to solve a problem like this? Cure a curse? It should feel good.
Vex: [Suspicious] I feel suspicious. Nothing happens in a town like this without someone making money off it.
Vax: A curse doesn't seem very profitable.
Vex: It is to someone.(Please record some battle sounds.)
