Rooney’s 24hr Petrol (PROJECT ON HOLD)
Project Overview
DUE TO OTHER PROJECTS THIS PROJECT IS NOW ON HOLD PLEASE DO NOT AUDITION
‼️there was an original ad up but it had to be taken down due to added characters and plot changes‼️
‼️a horror comedy podcast,think very Magnus-archivesy but if it was a piss-take of various horror media ‼️
Rooney’s 24hr Petrol is a podcast (passion project) set in the fictional, very haunted Scottish town of Tree’s Rest in 1994. it follows our main character (already cast) Rory Adler, six months after she was released from jail. Wanting to leave her mysterious paranormal past behind, she gets a normal,boring,mundane night shift job at her local petrol station “Rooney’s”. The podcast follows her and her coworkers as they try to unravel the sinister mysteries around their town, As well as fighting various paranormal entities. Little do they know the peculiar ongoings Are connected to the petrol station itself.
‼️must be alright with coming back for multiple seasons (4)‼️
‼️Each season will only have a few episodes 10-15-ish,planning for 4 seasons.Episodes aren’t gonna be that long but I plan on making extra content for listeners‼️
‼️A lot of the characters are LGBTQ or eventually Get into relationships (no kissing or anything like that though)‼️
Please When submitting your audition link your discord, so I can contact you.
No experience needed.
‼️‼️‼️ The podcast is a horror comedy, so there may be graphic and gory elements‼️‼️‼️
Feel free to audition for as many characters as you want.
And finally, I’m so very thankful for your auditions this passion project is extremely important to me and I’m just extremely glad that even if you don’t audition that you found this interesting and would be willing to listen.
Voice Actor
Ken works at the bakery counter in the petrol station always wearing an apron.He is the epitome of male beauty,customers both men & women come In sometimes just to gaze upon him.Ken likes to play up a play boy persona with the ideals that he could have anyone he wants.But secretly he hates the attention he gets from the public wondering if anyone will ever love him for his is personality and not just his looks.Ken is a fun loving character,who is incredibly kind and thoughtful and loves making jokes.He is a bit overprotective over his loved ones and can be overly petty when offended.
[teasing] “better get that fixed by the way if it’ll keep out the demons it’ll keep out Rory…. speak of the devil and she may appear there’s our wee Aurora”
[trying to flirt with a customer] hey baby why don’t you slip another gorgeous gorgeous baked good In your basket [starts to whisper but gets nervous half way through] it’s half off
[very invested in his cooking] “you’ve been a very bad lasagna…very bad bad lasagna”
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Iris is the groups token metal & pothead often making jokes and references about her favourite bands.Iris is a very positive person,always trying to see the more fun side in everything.Shes very easy-going and laidback.She enjoys spending time with her coworkers genuinely viewing them as her friends.She isn’t the smartest out of the group but is nice and very easy to get along with.Iris struggles dealing with the disappearance of her girlfriend & her best friend a few years before the podcast is set she also struggles with depression and self worth over her inability to cope with the loss of her closest companions.Iris is one of the LGBTQ+ characters canonly confirmed,Iris identifies as a lesbian.
[happy] “Yeah I get that but I just didnae want to haul myself up that ladder,it’s rusty and freezing and I don’t doubt I’d fall off halfway up and crack my skull of the pavement”
[nervous] “come on Greg…you don’t need to send me to work in the basement…again”
[giggle/on drugs] we don’t have any of those BUT…we do have PORN magazines!!!!” [giggles]
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A second generation Italian immigrant.Anita is a hard working woman with a good sense of morality,taking her job more seriously than her coworkers,often being labeled as a try hard
“Goody-two shoes” by her colleagues.Anita is a character that is very rule-driven and is determined to make the most of her life,often absorbing herself in work to distract herself from her issues regarding her identity.She is very family orientated and cares a lot about her coworkers,although completely un-willing to help in their money making schemes.Anita is a kind,caring individual who is extremely loyal to friends and loved ones.
[stressed] “Rory where’ve you been? You’re an hour late and we’ve had to open without you!”
[tired] See if I cannae get any salt to fix the salt line at my front door,there’s gonna be bloody demons galore hinging about my house”
[annoyed] “see if that Joel cheeky comes back around here one more time I swear to god I’l be sent to jail for a sentence longer than Rorys”
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Greg is the manager of the petrol station despite being 16 years old and fresh out of high school.He only gained the position of manager as his grandmother owns the petrol station.He is Ken’s half-brother sharing a father.Greg enjoys having a position of power over his workers that are atleast 10 years older than him.Greg is a trad goth that always wears some sort of cape over his uniform.He is very sarcastic,blunt and overly straightforward but deep down he cares for his workers & family and would do anything for them,making him one of the bravest characters in the cast. When his voice isn’t monotone & gloomy he’s the definition of “it’s not a phase mum”
[montone think very South Park goths] “Iris you know FINE well I don’t care what your on as long as your ON the working grind”
[montone] “It’s the 3rd microwave this month if ma granny [catches himself] the owner has to pay for one more microwave we’re ALL gonna be on stakes,so I’m gonna have to cut your pay for…messing about”
[genuinely scared] DID YOU JUST MOW DOWN A FLAMING HELLO KITTY?!”
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A recently turned vampire.Very energetic and excitable Paddy’s personality being trusting & gullible always gets him into the worst situations.When Paddy was young his parents divorced and he blamed it solely on a specific penguin from Edinburgh zoo,eventually fighting it and losing.Paddy’s closest friend is Wendy Callahan,a vampire who couldn’t care less about him,Paddy himself is also a vampire.He has extreme hatred for the main character as he blames her for stealing his parents away from him.Fully believes that before he became a vampire a man with half a skull for face knelt down at his bedside and asked him if he “wanted to buy any Avon”.Extremely goofy character. ‼️For the last line since its set in Scotland,its pronounced ‘Edin-bruh’‼️
[annoyed] “Aurora Grant,I thought I saw the last of you…I hear you’ve [deep angry breath] BEEN FLIRTING WAY MA MOTHER!”
[silly..on drugs] “the nurse will seeee you now” [giggles]
[lamenting on sad times] “you know one time I got arrested…for beating up a penguin at Edinburgh zoo,I can’t believe my parents divorce affected me that badly [he pauses] and the worse thing is…I lost”
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A 1950’s demon with a strange hostile attachment to the petrol station.”Bobby” is a demon that always smiles and never blinks,he never speaks without a menacingly, happy voice.Uses a lot of 1950s slang and enjoys mopping floors. Bobby tends to change his appearance and gaslight those around him into thinking he hasn’t. he enjoys messing with and terrorising the citizens of the town.
[overly positive] “just drink a cup of tea,a cup of tea always makes the world stop spinning orrrrrr the factory in your case”
[evil goofy laugh,eerily positive singing,menacing] “dancing queen…feel the beat of the tambourine oh yeahh,you can dance you can jive having the time of our lives ooooooh!”
[human voice no menacing in sight (human Bobby)] “I’ve just been having these really strange dreams,they make absolutely no sense”
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A very flamboyant vampire, who is a bit of a drama queen. Originally from Ireland and originally named Richard, He was turned into a vampire in the 1800s.Owns a casino in the town where he murders and feeds on the human customers. dresses in a very 1920s style, including wearing a corset pale, make up and perfectly coiffed hair. Francis is an incredibly vain and selfish man.
[pretend posh] oh did i ever tell you the story of how my life’s work was stolen from me.you see back in the 1930s I wrote a little something called “The Great Gatsby” and one night I went int for a coffee,holding my manuscript and you’ll never guess what awful fate befell me [angry ranting] I WAS MUGGED BY F.SCOTT FITZGERALD!”
[angry posh accent dropped] “NO PADDY ITS NOT “MON SWAR” ITS MON-BLOODY-SOIR YOU FECKING IDIOT [taking a tantrum] EXCUSE ME WHILE I POWDER MY NOSE
[menacing] “oh little Aurora you look just like your mother”
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A psychopathic goth vampire.Not much is known about Wendy as pretty much everything she says is a lie.Bassist in a vampiric rock band.Wanted to be a vampire to “be young and rock out forever”.Wendy as a vampire purposefully doesn’t feed for weeks so her appearance becomes more monstrous and vampiric. she does this in order to make her Killings more brutal.Wendy genuinely enjoys harming others not even caring if she lives or dies as long as she comes out either equal or on top. Wendy is a lesbian.
[nonchalantly] “yeah just making ribs…what kind? Aw he said his name was Jeremy and I think he’s quite delicious actually”
[crazed] “maybe Francis will let me rip this one’s throat out..tear him open like a Christmas present”
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Manager of the local café “The Cheeky Bean”. 39-year-old Joel Gardner,is a fine upstanding member of the community who definitely isn’t an annoyance to all.The self proclaimed head and only member of the town’s Neighbourhood Watch Programme, which definitely doesn’t include stalking the local criminal (Rory) through her windows with his binoculars. Joe is a very proud man. Hates teenagers in managerial positions.his voice sounds very demanding (think Gordon Ramsey)
[angry] “Iris Macve,you get your good for nothing boss out here right now!”
[correcting] “actually Meredith it’s “Coffee done classy””
[the most girly scream anyone could muster] “ITS THE SERIAL KILLER,THE SEEEEERIAL KILLER!!!”
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The petrol station supplier. A middle-aged woman who is a bit of a cougar.
[flirty] “oh there’s my favourite foxy ginger,back for more supplies?”
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A greedy salesman.Who definitely isn’t some sort of paranormal being.
[salesman voice,this specific line is mockingly sing-songy] “not now honey Gabe’s here for your rent money!”
[salesman voice]”here at Glass Estate Agents we’re offering for a limited time half price estates in your yes YOUR local area!”
[salesman voic,mocking] “oh excuse me while I wipe my tears with the hard earned money of those I exploited”
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A whimsical con-man who owns a pawn shop,Yes his legal name is “Shawn Pawn”.
“Welcome to Shawn’s Mysterious INCREDIBLE Pawn’s!”
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A kind friendly young woman,who always wears cat jumpers.
[apologetically] “hey i came to drop off these pastries thought they might make up for all the damage Joel caused yesterday”
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local punk,looks quite intimadating,but really friendly and sweet.Works at the local library,refuses to work at his brothers cafe (Joel).Meredith’s boyfriend.
[not fully paying attention] yeah uh Terrance isn't in today..him and Joel are uh having relations in Joel’s Caravan. [he pauses fully paying attention now] shit uh I wasn’t supposed to say that [laughs it off] so you wanted a book on flesh eating monsters?”
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An 1800s vampire turned in order to escape death from Tuberculosis.A kind man,a fantastic painter and a loyal husband to Blanche.
[aristocratic & fatherly] “I suppose il never be able to figure my way around these picture boxes Richard,it’s far too [coughs] modern for me you know”
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A woman from the 1800s turned into a vampire in order to stay with her husband forever.Used to be a ballerina,a brave and well-spoken woman.
[friendly] “oh Richard,who’s your lovely little friend tied to the chair? He’s dressed like one of those little..Easter eggs,yes!”
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A woman that will suffer a terrible unavoidable fate.Joanne is very talkative & is originally from Ireland
“Twenty quid on pump three..it’s quite a night innit? Freezing”
“Just want to know out of sheer curiosity is there any jobs going here at the minute?”
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A ghost,tough as nails cop that died in the early 80s.a very cold and gruff man only soft with certain characters,for example the main character Aurora who he views as a substitute daughter & Maeve a woman he has taken a liking too.He turns up sometimes to offer hints and help the characters when absolutely needed but refuses to talk to the main character.He often appears in a battered old police car.Hates mostly everyone.Was a sort of corrupt cop when alive but did try to do the right thing.
[talking to Aurora,voice kinder more sincere] “You weren’t the daughter I had,but you were a daughter I wanted.I really wish If my daughter was still alive,she’d be just like you,my wee annoying ginger”
[trying to convince someone but failing] “get in the car if you want to live,I’m not joking with you il drag you if I have too”
[slightly miffed] “why am i late? I lost my cigarette,had to go find it”
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A sociopathic young looking woman who has quite a menacing reputation.Another upcoming threat to the main cast,Maeve is a short woman,that is described to dress in a very 1960s overly feminine way,whilst encountering another character she is described as extremely mannerly and polite but all of it seemed fake in that Characters words “she has the eyes of a predator”.Her voice sounds extremely friendly and mannerly but also sounds extremely fake,she has a slight Boston accent and while worked up is extremely intimidating.
[overly polite] “oh hello! Is Mortimer there? I’d quite like to have a word with him [pauses,her voice becomes cold and apathetic] he isn’t? well that’s just swell [she laughs]
[overly polite] “and why wouldn’t you follow me into the woods? Are you scared? [she laughs a little,then her voice drops] after all…the only thing you have to be afraid of in those woods..is me.”
[absolutely Enraged] “what the actual fuck is wrong with you! Nailing a man to a tree like that…and not inviting me”
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The local librarian aswell as the main characters therapist.Terrance is a quiet man,that takes his job very seriously.He is extremely friendly and warm,but when it comes down to it he can be authoritive.Terrance lives with his “roommate” Joel in the caravan across from the main character.
[authoritive] “Joel,you know that I cannot tell you my clients information of what we discussed in her therapy session [groans as Joel isn’t taking the hint] even if she’s your ONE SIDED evil nemesis”
[caring] “so Aurora,could you tell me what you got up to today? And I don’t want to hear about how much you want to pour hot coffee over one of your coworkers..Ken was it?”
[serious] “Stanley! What did I tell you about telling the library goers your personal business!”
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A worked up man quitting his job
[angry] “see you Shawn I’ve had it up to hear with YOU! I don’t need to take this…I QUIT”
[angey] “YOU!,your the local serial killer aye? Go in there and stab Shawn tae bits,bloody idiot”
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Louis Lee as an exhausted single dad and surrogate brother to the main character. he works dayshift at the petrol station but takes up occasional nights. He is skeptic to the paranormal ongoings, as he lives in the next town over. His voice is very kind and friendly but also extremely tired.
[yelling out] “hey you enjoy therapy okay? And behave for Terrance! [he jokes]”
[yawns,tired] “ I’ve got no idea why Any of you believe in that paranormal stuff [preparing for a joke] Well, maybe Shawn’s sacrificing people at the puppet show”
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Roles for various customers that enter the petrol station.As this is a horror comedy please make these lines as normal or…as crazy as you want.
*Say something you think would fit*
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a silly inbred “vampire hunter” who worships a god he refers to as “The Fox”.He owns a massive mutated monster rat. ‼️‼️PLEASE MAKE THESE LINES AS WEIRD AS YOU WANT..MAKE THESE REALLY SILLY‼️‼️
“Well,I’m so glad your awake now would’ve hated you to have woke up when we cut that skull into you”
“I am Winston THE VAMPIRE HUNTER……….and this is my GIGANTIC MUTATED RAT…Darlene”
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need someone to make a possible better logo for the podcast than the one we already have
*Say something you think would fit*
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