Never Sunset

there's not much here yet...
as usual don't read this if ur not interested in depictions of violence, gore, sa, and abuse.

set in 2005 (shut up.) basically a surrealist version of LA where there's just monsters and demonic entities and cultists and shit wandering around and no one rlly thinks twice about it.
the most desperate, fame-hungry, gutter-dwelling people in the city might turn to the help of a certain group of bloodsucking freaks to achieve their dreams, trading their humanity for a chance at fame. of course, it rarely works out. on the other hand, some are unwillingly dragged into their ranks through a wrong turn, a regretable meeting, or a deal gone bad, like our unfortunate protagonist.

JOEY
24
most said phrase: "it's too bright in here."

an unemployed failed former child actor living in a run down motel in hollywood. who's also a vampire and regretably is in debt to the vampire mob. its a long story.
got out of a Really Bad Relationship 5 years ago and still isn't over it, but at least he inherited a suspicious amount of wealth from that psycho after his death.
(that joey had nothing to do with whatsoever).
loves 80s music and wearing hideous, brightly colored fur coats
(he can't overheat because... yknow).
hates people who come to hollywood to get rich and famous.

ISAIAS
23
most said phrase: "hey man, have some fun!"

a wannabe rockstar from florida who came to hollywood to get rich and famous.
he's completely oblivious to the darker side of the city, even when he's directly confronted with it. also extremely naive and has 0 survival instincts.
isaias is a hopeless romantic who doesnt really get social signals like ... yknow... when people dont want to be around him. tends to jump into things without thinking them through. he doesn't understand the term "self consciousness". He also tends to hurt peoples' feelings without realizing it. his friends back home would describe him as "kind of an asshole." frequently starts fights, never wins them.
maybe a little too self confident in comparison to his musical abilities.
he assumes everyone will love him and think he's a genius. he's in for a rough time.

other characters

ELIJAH
joey's (gruesomely murdered) evil ex. a vampire of ambiguous age who drifted from place to place pretending to be a broke poet but was actually drowning in money.
met joey when he was 17 and desperate to get away from his miserable life. elijah knew right away: that vulnerable minor was the soulmate he needed in his life. they were going to do great things together!
he was tired of the corruption and evil within the vampire nest (and his crippling debt) so he planned to run away and take joey with him, and they'd live happily ever after! the only catch was that he needed to turn joey, so that he'd never die and leave elijah alone again.
but obviously things didn't go as planned. deep down, elijah was obsessive, eratic, and prone to violent outbursts, and the withdrawals from lack of blood didn't help. poor joey got a bit scared when the man's true nature started to show and he realized who he was stuck with. elijah wasn't going to let go of his plan without a fight, though.

HOLLY
owner of a haunted costume / antique / knicknack shop near the motel. joey is her favorite customer, despite the strong scent of blood and alcohol he leaves behind. she knows about the darker things going on in the city but doesn't get involved with it. regularly has to tolerate demons and cultists due to her customer base- they come looking for haunted items often. cautious of joey at first but grows to like him because she knows he's not really one of them.

FAWZIA
costume store co-owner & holly's hippie roommate. doesn't take dark magic and demons as seriously as she should.

JOEY'S MOTHER
always dreamed of making her son famous, and threw away his whole childhood (and piles of money) to achieve that dream. unfortunately, he had terrible stage fright and, frankly, was a terrible actor. her dreams were finally crushed when her son ran away at age 17 with a strange middle aged man. there went her future as a rich mother of a star living in a million doller mansion in indonesia. and then her husband asked for a divorce. damn it.
still wandering around the city, but refuses to acknowledge joey's existence.


silly

joey's room of horrors

Inspirations