#this was between a carl's jr and i wanna say a burger king before it became chipotle

[detectivewoof-a]

Some worldbuilding for the town that Manny lives in:

Small town gothic: Nobody knows if it has a name, not even the people who live there. Hell, you're not even sure how you got here.

It's definitely one of those freeway towns that look just like every other freeway town you've seen, but big enough to at least need a police station.

The hotel and the apartments are next door to each other, and yes you will probably get the buildings confused.

There are two chain restaurants across the street from each other that still use those slide letter signs. The owners once got in a fight and used the signs to passively aggressively slag off the other's business for a month.

There are several other nonhumans that live in the town that credit Manuel's efforts in at least making it relatively safe for them

And bonus of a few of the other nonhumans that Manny interacts with pretty often:

Elizabeth Sinclair (Age: 231. Appears: 64. Gender: Female. Species: Vampire)—Elderly woman who lives in the same hall as Manny with a young girl who she claims is her granddaughter. Rumor has it that she’s related to the people that founded the town, while others claim that it was her that founded it, though she will never tell. Happens to enjoy having coffee with Manny on his free time.

Veronica Sinclair (Age: Unknown. Appears: 15. Gender: Female. Species: Thrall)—There’s no known knowledge of when Veronica had first come across the vampires, and Elizabeth only speaks very little of what had happened beyond illness. Whatever the case, the girl at least seems relatively okay with her situation even if she will never be fully turned. Calls Manny “Manuelo”, much to his distaste for the name.

Kris (Age: ???. Gender: Nonbinary. Species: ???)—Nobody really knows anything about them beyond the fact that they’re the local mortician whether it’s for the funeral home or the cops have a body that needs prep and collection… and the fact that they appear to live in the funeral home for some reason. Are they some kind of magic user who stumbled upon the secrets of immortality? Are they a very strange wolf? One thing is for certain is that they happen to be Manny’s blood dealer of choice, and that’s all that matters to him.