Suspicious Minds is a small sized quest mod, around the same size as the Vault-Tec Workshop DLC from Fallout 4, with a major focus on replayability. Jackson Hayden, a farmer from Goodsprings, needs help to find his missing wife. The branching storylines offer the player the opportunity to broadly affect all the characters' lives dramatically. Will the player help or are they out for themselves?
Tonally, Suspicious Minds is on the darker side of Fallout writing since it deals with some serious issues such as alcoholism. As such, goofiness should be kept to a minimum for tonal consistency.
No decisions for roles will be made until deadline has been reached. This is to allow time for everyone to audition. Don't panic if you don't get a response straight away. The script is a rough guideline. Improvisation allowed and encouraged to match speaking style/dialect.
After some thinking, I selected who got each role. This was a difficult choice as there were so many great auditions which I'd like to thank everyone for submitting. There was so much talent on display for each role and wish everyone the best in their careers!
Hello everyone, apologies for the length of time it is taking to process these auditions. I have made good progress going through them! At the time of writing, I have listenened to around 750 auditions. I am narrowing down each role to a list of top ten picks at the moment and will narrow it down further to make my final selection. I should have a list of who has each role at some point this week.
Thank you everyone for all your great auditions and your patience as this process continues!
Hello everyone, I'd like to thank everyone for posting their audition. I really appreciate the amount of interest this project has garnered. The deadline is Saturday and I'm pleased to announce that we've had over 800 auditions. I'd like to go through each and every one of these auditions so the selection process may take some time but I will be as speedy as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Teagan Hayden is a gecko hunter who lives with her husband Jackson. She and her husband have been having marital issues moving on after the death of their daughter. Jackson has turned to alcohol to deal with his issues. This makes Teagan unhappy because he’s often too drunk to be a good partner. Despite many attempts to help him, she has had no success. When the player enters this situation, Teagan has been missing for days and takes a job to find her and bring her home. When the player catches up with her, they find themselves tied up in a situation between convicts, Teagan and a man called Riggs. The player can side with the convicts betraying Teagan, help Teagan escape the convicts and build a new life with Riggs or convince her to give Jackson another shot. Each of these choices has consequences.
Teagan should come across as assertive and confident in her combat abilities due to her being a hunter. She should seem tired of Jackson and as if she wants to move on with her life for a real shot at achieving happiness.
Appearance subject to change to match the chosen voice. This is a lead role and she has the most dialogue lines in the quest.
This role has a rough total of 145 lines of dialogue where each line is a maximum of 149 characters (letters, numbers and symbols).
"I don't know who you are but you stay away from him! You hear?"
"Jackson? He's happy to sit on his ass and let me do all the damn work. Oh you assumed he sells the corn he picks on our lawn? Well, it's not enough to make a meaningful amount of caps. I'm the one who puts food on the table for both of us. Ever since our daughter passed, he's not been the same guy I fell in love with. He thinks burying his head in a bottle will solve his problems. The thing is: it's not all about him. Riggs gets that and that's why I'm leaving.”"
"How glad I am to hear that stranger. After everything you've done for us, I'd hate for us to end up killing each other. This Jackson problem won't go away anytime soon though. We need to deal with it one way or another. Convince him to stop or put him in the ground if it comes to that. I know it sounds cold talking about my husband that way but it's him or us. I'll pay whatever he's paying. We got a deal?
Riggs is an escaped convict from a local chain gang. The prisoners rebelled after stealing dynamite they were using to help work on the rail lines. Some stuck around to make trouble and make a living from banditry. Riggs refused to stoop so low, stole some money from the gang and tried to escape with his morals still intact. Along the way, he bumps into a woman called Teagan who he saves from the gang. In the process he takes a bullet. This is the point where the player discovers the duo. Riggs should come across as well adjusted and overall a good person. He should still have confidence that he can handle himself.
Appearance subject to change to match the chosen voice. This is a supporting role.
This role has a total of 42 lines of dialogue where each line is a maximum of 149 characters (letters, numbers or symbols).
"No way! You made it to Vegas! It's good to see you. Me and Teagan appreciate everything you did for us. We would've been buried in the desert by those powder gangers if it wasn't for you but now we can't complain. This place ain't so bad.
"Teagan, wait! He's not one of them. Lower your gun."
"What? Why not? What's changed? Nah, I get it. You shouldn't throw your life away to be with someone like me."
Chambers is a doctor who works with the Followers of Apocalypse. A group of humanitarian anarchists whose purpose is to heal the sick and share knowledge with the denizens of the wasteland. As a character, they should come off as intelligent but confident; unafraid of letting wastelanders push her around. She normally has busy days due to how overworked Followers doctors are so she should maybe sound a little stressed and/or tired.
Appearance subject to change to match the chosen voice. This is a supporting role.
This role has 66 lines of dialogue where each line of dialogue is a maximum of 149 characters (letters, numbers and symbols).
"Well, I can't condone murder but if they won't return the supplies willingly then I'm afraid I can't see any other option."
"They're known to be troublemakers. Way I've heard it, the people running North Vegas are considering kicking them out of town."
"Hey, we don't tolerate harassment of the staff in this clinic. So settle down or I'll have you removed."
Finlay is a rough drug dealer responsible for robbing a Followers Of The Apocalypse caravan full of medicine. He is selling the stolen medicine at discounted rates with his top seller being Med-X (The Fallout equivalent of Morphine). As leader of a gang, Finlay should come across as intimidating and confident in his leadership.
This is a supporting role. Appearance of character subject to change to suit the voice.
This role has 34 lines of dialogue where each line is a maximum of 149 characters (letters, numbers and symbols).
"You need a fix man? Got some Med-X for you if that's what you're needing? You won't find a cheaper deal."
"Well, that's not my problem is it? If you're a broke little bitch, just say so. Now, if you're not here to buy then get lost will ya?"
"You're not wrong. Med-X is a little rich for people's blood here. No-one wants to buy this shit. I'm not lowering the price anymore either, it just wouldn't be worth my time. Tell you what, how about we make a deal?"
Fingers is a wasteland merchant who deals in the sale of leather goods such as armor and rugs. He is a sharp salesman and should employ all the tricks in the book to get a sale. He should come across as charismatic and even a little slimy/gross. The player has to obtain a set of leather armor for another character who points them to Fingers who’ll create it.
Fingers is a supporting role with a little more dialogue than the other supporting characters, thus the payment will be higher. Characters appearance subject to change depending on chosen voice.
This role has a total of 86 lines of dialogue where each line is a maximum of 149 characters (letters, symbols and numbers).
"Hey, a man doesn't kiss and tell. Nah, I wish that was it. Real reason is way less suave. Stabbed my old boss in the fingers with an awl when he wouldn't pay me; back when I was dumb enough to work for one."
"Just because I don't pick through garbage doesn't mean I don't like a roof over my head when I sleep. It's good to have contacts."
"Great, the caps will be waiting for you when you get back. Let me mark the place on that Pip-Boy of yours. Don't want you getting lost out there do we? Oh and try not to get yourself killed, will ya?"
Duke is a convict from the NCR forced to work on the chain gang after being found guilty of murder. After a riot in the prison, the convicts, now free, become the areas’ local bandits. Duke is a ring leader due to his experience as a soldier in the Bishop crime family in New Reno. Duke should give off gangster vibes but also come across as intimidating.
Appearance subject to change depending on chosen voice. This is a supporting role.
This role has 44 lines of dialogue where each line is a maximum of 149 characters (letters, numbers or symbols).
"That little fucker stabbed us in the back. He thought he could get away with the entire haul from the caravans we robbed. Little does he know, he signed his own death warrant... now stand aside."
"You think you're some kinda wise crack huh? Boys, what do you think? Did this little weasel just talk some shit or am I imagining things?"
"I was a soldier for the Bishop family in New Reno. Guess I still am. I ain't no snitch so I ended up having to spend my time doing hard labour."
Jackson is a farmer in Goodsprings who recently lost his daughter. Because of this he has turned to alcohol. He has recently sobered up because his wife has went missing and asks the player to find her. Depending on the player's choices, Jackson can either lose his mind and seek vengeance on his wife for leaving him or he can find some peace if the player helps him see the light.
This is a leading role and has the second most lines of dialogue in the mod. Similar to the role of Teagan Hayden. Appearance is subject to change depending on chosen voice.
This role has 143 lines of dialogue where each line is a max of 149 characters (letters, symbols and numbers).
"Those bastards! I'll kill them all! And you helped them take over the town! You'll die with them asshole!"
"Maybe you're right. It's my own damn fault. She'd rather go live with a convict than a drunk like me. I've got to get it under control before I think about what's next. I think I can do it."
"One of the convicts? He must have kidnapped her or something! I've gotta do something!"
