Critical Role - Vox Machina: Origins (Volume #1)
bucketofhomestucktrash for NPC Woman #1
One of the unfortunate victims of Stilben's stillborn plague. She appears in the beginning only, desperately trying to keep her baby alive before her mother tears it from her arms and throws it into the water.
She should sound kind and optimistic, and a little panicked. Like a person trying to convince themselves that everything's fine when they know everything is not. She has a mild southern accent.
(Clutching her baby in the swamp as he stares up with blank eyes and her parents tell her she's a fool.) "He's still breathing, though, see? Here, I'll nurse him. I'll nurse him and he'll be alright. he'll be fine. Baby's fine. He's alive. He's alive. He'll be alright, oh."
(With her mother standing over her shoulder, accusing her of bringing this upon herself. Note: she is not angry.) "No. We didn't do nothin'. This ain't my fault. He's fine. He's going to be fine. My baby."
(Her parents rip her baby from her arms and throw it into the bog.) "No! My baby! My baby! Let me go! I can save him! Why are you doing this?!"
