████████████████████<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;"> <em><strong>T</strong>he <strong>S</strong>tory</em></span><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/1WHvL9f.jpg)<br/>████████████████████<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>"One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach: all the damn vampires."</em><br/><br/>Once uttered by an old man after running down a vampire in his own home, these words never really stopped being true. Santa Carla has always been known to the outside world as a sunny little beachside town on the California coast. To the locals, the townies, the people that are here for more than just a weekend, it's far more than that. No one really ever talks about it. About<em> them</em>. The vampires have always just been a fact of life here, something you dealt with just like you dealt with the summer tourists.<br/><br/>The vampires try not to make themselves a nuisance; just as a rat infestation that becomes a problem brings the exterminator, a vampire coven that makes itself a problem brings the hunters. So, they blend with the townies, picking off tourists here and there to survive. It's been a slim winter in Santa Carla, but summer is coming, and with it, the 100th birthday of the town's historical boardwalk. Tourists are expected to come in droves from all over for the big celebration. Strangers to the town, people who may or may not have family at home that'll miss them if they happen to vanish. <br/><br/>One can only imagine who else is going to show up.</span>