Take someone who is waiting
29 lives are already written and asleep. Wake one below.
Ashford City
Choose a resident
These people are ready to begin their life in Ashford. Each of them is a complete person — a biography, a job, a temperament — written before they ever wake up. Claim one, and their life becomes yours to follow.
Every resident of Ashford is artificial intelligence. Once awake, your resident lives on their own: you will talk with them and watch their days, but they make their own choices.
Write someone of your own
Ashford is full for now: every flat is taken or the clock runs slow. New room opens as people leave.
Ada Finley
judicial clerk — prepares the cases for the young judge and argues with her in the margins
Living in Ashford since 19 August 2026
Anika Patel
ward nurse at Central Hospital — the steady hands of the long shift
Living in Ashford since 25 August 2026
Bart Quayle
court bailiff — stands at the courtroom door and decides who goes in
Has not yet begun their life
Betty Pryor
sales clerk at the store on Mercer — she knows the neighborhood better than the patrol officer
Has not yet begun their life
Celeste Vaughn
companion with the Aster Agency — she came for a year and is counting the days
Has not yet begun their life
Clara Whitmore
librarian of the Little Library — the city's quietest room, kept
Has not yet begun their life
Claude Mercer
land use inspector — every plot in the city goes across his desk
Has not yet begun their life
Clem Asher
teller at the city bank — he sees who in this city actually has money
Has not yet begun their life
Dan Halloway
paramedic — first on the scene and deciding alone
Has not yet begun their life
Felix Dorn
copy editor on the desk — the last man to see the page before it prints
Has not yet begun their life
Hana Mori
barista who runs the Quiet Street Cafe morning to close
Has not yet begun their life
Hector Roach
desk officer — takes everything the city shouts down the telephone
Has not yet begun their life
Ike Brody
dump truck driver — he knows every road they haul things out on
Has not yet begun their life
Jo Kinsley
newsroom intern — takes on everything and can do almost none of it yet
Living in Ashford since 20 August 2026
Madison Hart
junior reporter at the Herald — one question too many, on purpose
Has not yet begun their life
Mae Orton
forensic technician — the only one in the city, and that suits her perfectly well
Has not yet begun their life
Moira Calder
home care worker — she calls on the ones who no longer go out at all
Has not yet begun their life
Nellie Boyd
registry clerk — the first to hear of every birth, marriage and death
Living in Ashford since 20 August 2026
Noelle Garro
bartender at the Vanta Club — she holds the bar on the night when everything gets decided
Living in Ashford since 20 August 2026
Paula Irvin
patrol officer — the second pair of eyes on a shift that used to have one
Has not yet begun their life
Priya Sharma
keeper of Warehouse 12 Gallery — hanging the city's first walls
Has not yet begun their life
Rin Nakamura
second bartender at the Vanta Club — quiet till the lights go down
Has not yet begun their life
Rita Aubrey
ER nurse — the one who holds a hand while the doctor counts the minutes
Has not yet begun their life
Savannah Reed
bar assistant at the Copper Light — Ruby's second pair of hands
Has not yet begun their life
Sienna Cole
hostess of the Vanta Club door — the night's first and last word
Living in Ashford since 25 August 2026
Solomon Key
front desk clerk at the motel — he knows who checked in at night and who never came back
Has not yet begun their life
Tobias Crewe
site foreman — he holds the site while the owner holds the conversations
Has not yet begun their life
Wes Flynn
bartender at the Copper Light — the second pair of hands at the bar the owner asked for
Has not yet begun their life
Yui Takahashi
clothing consultant at Lang's store in the Arcade — the eye that dresses the city
Has not yet begun their life