Entry 41 : Nightly Blues (5E139)
Welcome back to Ashford!
And now we can even land in by plane. Ashford Regional Airport isn't very big, but it should bring more tourists as well as boost the economy. Good thing for the new mayor, who is none other than the old mayor, as the citizen's initiative we discussed last entry eventually lost despite the polls calling the city for them.
And so the first thing the old-new mayor did was call a conference on transportation, the Fredas after inauguration. Much to the environmentalists' dismay, the first thing on the menu is the construction of a new airport terminal, which had not been part of the initial plan.
On Pelletine Avenue, music halls are enjoying their last few nights before the required sales tax increase. However, it's unlikely the city nightlife scene will be overly hit. And as every weekend night, there's a lot to do in town - for instance, new shows, premiering in Ashford!
And what shows! Tonight the popular book-turned-movie-turned-musical Le Frenchiest Fry - A Story of Life, Love and Garlic Bread is due to start at 9pm at the University Theatre. Media, critics, cinema snobs - everyone's queued for hours to get to their booked seats first, and kleenex sales have skyrocketed throughout the city. Or is that due to the other show premiering tonight just opposite the road - The Lusty Argonian Maid : The Opera?
There's plenty of other things to do on a Loredas night, though. And those things usually don't involve sleeping. But where could everyone be?
It's not just Loredas, it's also the hottest night of Sun's Height - it's more likely they're partying the night away in one of Midtown's finest or not so finest nightclubs.
They could also be at the Canyon Casino, which tonight is hosting a charity gala. No matter the time - these are great opportunities for socializing and making friends in high places.
Normally, they'd also be either at the Blitzball or Football stadiums. The Football stadium, pictured here, is on the edge of the CBD, just beyond the Moore Avenue bridge. But tonight, there is no match, as every major sports league in the country is on Midyear hiatus.
In the southern parts of town, some lone composers are passing the time in their record studios. Their buildings will be demolished soon to make way for a new metro line. Not every major studio has accepted to move downtown, and critics complain that soon the neighborhood will have lost much of its nightly charm. But who wants to foot the bill for burying the metro underground?
The Blue Line runs almost 24/7, only pausing for one short hour on weekends, serving the city's partygoers as an attempt to curb drunk driving inside the city. At least where the Blue Line runs, it seems to work so far, though every station is staffed by police officers to avoid trouble.
This is most obvious at State Street Station, the transport hub of the city, which remains noisy animated throughout the night, ferrying people from pub to pub, from nightclub to nightclub.. It is 5AM already, and rain is beginning to fall as slowly, people go home.
And so in very little time, as the sun rises, an eerie silence settles upon the sleepless city.
Everyone's gone home to sleep, finally, and the rain washes away the mess left behind on the streets. Today's going to be less hot, that's for sure.
It doesn't take long for the sun to come back, however, and by mid-day it is as if it had never rained. If Loredas is a day of drinking and revelling, Sundas is more family friendly, with many people taking their children out to the park, or even on the shores of the lake.
And while nobody ever really dips into the water, some forlorn souls do wander amongst the ruins of the former beach resort.
At least there's more than a token service on most bus routes! But the day is already almost over, and for most tomorrow is yet another Morndas of work. Another day, another septim...
But there are worse places to live out the daily grind, that's for sure! Ashford has comparatively little commute times, for instance, and prices in the city aren't quite as high as, say, Glenvale or Vesper Bay prices.
And this is it for Ashford today, so I hope you enjoyed, and next time we'll visit the road and rail systems that form the backbone of the city. Oh, and maps :
This is a map of Ash County, with Ashford in the middle, in the style of Amesbury's old maps from when CSL first launched...
And here's a map of the more central areas of Ashford!
So that's all for today, see you next time :>
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