Point of view characters
RJ/AwDae
Nonbinary DMAB, central US (Coloradoish), calm (generally) but tends toward emotional. As the book goes on, ey gets more and more detached from reality, and eir speaking becomes dreamier.
Dr. Carter Ramirez
Cis woman, Spanish/British (not too fussed about accents in general), competent and generally confident, but easily frustrated.
Sasha
Cis woman, Colorado-ish, a bit scattered, but very earnest, theatre teacher with a well-trained voice. At the end of the book at the eulogy, she has suffered some neurological damage that leads to her having to enunciate more deliberately, covering it as best she can with a stage voice.
Ioan Bălan
Nonbinary DMAB, Romanian, very thoughtful and calm, which is often a front for confusion or getting lost in eir thoughts or in autistic hyperfixation.
Qoheleth
Cis man, American, trained for the stage, a bit raspy perhaps, usually sounds like he is playing the role of some biblical notable from idk a late 20th century movie.
Major characters
Dear
Nonbinary, it/its, American, is described as "speaking in italics" (which I have rendered before by pitching up the recording 4% and adding just a touch more reverb, but totally up to you). Snarky, quick-witted, posh. Enunciates clearly and deliberately, as it's based off Sasha after the events of the book.
Dear's partner
Totally up to the VA. Technically, they are the reader, as their character is the player character in a bit of interactive fiction included with the novel.
Other characters
Sanders
Cis male, British, snarky and frustrated, sullen at times.
Avery
Nonbinary, nerdy, excitable, friendly
Prakash
Cis man, Indian/British, calm and confident.
Johansson
Cis man, British, theatre director, very dramatic baritone.
Debarre
Cis man, East-coast, snarky/angsty
Serene and Praiseworthy
Cis women, fun, dramatic, theatre tearchers, enunciate clearly and deliberately as they're based off Sasha after the events of the book