Whether your loyalty lies to the classically dazzling Montmarte, and its plethora of can can girls, or the languidly cool cafe society of Montparnasse, your nights will be filled with excitement and drama. Choose carefully. You never know who you will rub shoulders with. {{mobile navigation}}
An early Happy New Year to all!
We are very much looking forward to a new year of glorious writings from new and old members, however please bear with us while we revamp the main page! We’re working on lots of new bits and bobs, as well as updating graphics and layouts etc. so please do stay tuned!
We’ll let you know when everything’s ready.
Much love, mon canards <3
As you all know at this point we have had a little admin change these past few weeks so I was running things for a little while on my own, well now it’s all about to change!
Our lovely mum is graciously coming on board to join your ol’ dad. So as of today @orelsie/@malmurd will be your lovely co-admin. We have some fun stuff in the works so do watch this space.
Mum/Clo here! Very excited to be assisting in continuing the glorious legacy that is Annees Folles. Anything tended to by myself on our main page will be signed off with a gif of the darling Buster Keaton, so look out for him, and please do have a nosy around - I’ll be keen as mustard to answer any queries you might have! x
Tonight we are hosting our holiday Chatzy event! At 10pm GMT/5pm EST we will post the link in our Discord and OOC Chat and everybody is free to dip in and out throughout the evening. If this is your first time using the site click here for our brief intro to Chatzy.
The event is by the Seine and open to the general public. By night beautiful lights festoon the street lamps, shop walls, bridges and trees. All along are quaint, festive stalls selling their wares, mulled wine and produce. Littered throughout are buskers and performers celebrating the jolly season.
It is with a heavy heart we are to make a great few changes here at AF. Our lovely admins Sophia and Katie have chosen to step down and of course I wish them both the best of luck. I, Jazz, will continue our legacy in this RP as I believe we all have stories we wish to carry out and so it is with a heavy heart I announce this unfollow list. This RP will always be the lovechild of the three of us and they will always be welcome back with open arms.
And now owing to the increased responsibility, I will sadly have to make Guillaume an NPC so I can give my muses the time they deserve. He will exist within the universe, so all the relationships formed are still present and by all means if you wish to drop him in conversation that would warm my cockles greatly.
Until we meet again…
Please unfollow:
Elodie Celestine @elodiecelestine
Valentine Segretti @valentinesegretti
Guillaume Rousset @semperpati
Bhari Sinclair @bharisinclair
Charlotte Leigh @charlotte-leigh
Annabelle Walker @sweetcheeked
Arturo De Marin @arturodemarin
➻ The roles of The Butterfly, The Endurer, The Fantasy, The Reporter and The Virtuoso have been retired and the roles of The Con Artist and The Muse have been reopened.
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In light of recent happenings I would love if you lovely people could send me a few suggestions for skellies as I will be retiring a total of five skeletons and creating all new ones in the Artist, Performer and Public category.
Also as a very minor update, Jazz/Admin J’s mascot will now be the delightful Charlie Chaplin!
The following roles are currently on hiatus/semi-hiatus:
❈ frank felton/the crooner until 12/15
❈ maxim batard/the venus until 12/15
❈ rose murdock/the grande dame until 12/18*
❈ kasia balicki/the sister until 12/20*
* denotes an update
As always if you need a hiatus or semi-hiatus feel free to message an admin or the main page, we understand it is approaching the holidays and many things are happening all at once in our lives.
Paris welcomes you, our Assassin, “Manon” née Antoinette Aucoin ! May we say, you’re the spitting image of Sofia Boutella ! Please make your presence known within 24 hours, and do have a look at our checklist before setting out into the city on your own.
À bientôt!
MUN
Name/Alias: Siobhan
Preferred Pronouns: She/her
Age: 25
Timezone: GMT. Evenings and weekends I’m available usually.
MUSE
Chosen Skeleton: The Assassin
Muse Name: “Manon” née Antoinette Aucoin
Muse Age: 29
Chosen FC: Sofia Boutella, Alicia Vikander, Jodie Comer
Muse Occupation: Assassin
Muse Affiliation & Frequent Haunts: Manon lives in Montmartre, but can be found in the shadows on either side of the river. Her frequent haunts are The Blue Lotus, The Catacombs (what’s one more body amongst thousands?) and L’Enfer.
Direct from Le Petit Journal: Dark eyes watching from the shadows. She’s the one they call ‘La Mort’ – The Death. Little is known beyond her nickname, whispered amongst uncivil society, where dirty money isn’t the only thing that makes Parisian hands unclean. She’s the one you can find when you have troubles that can only be solved in blood. Fulfil your terms in the contract and pray you never see her again.
BIOGRAPHY
Born Antoinette Aucoin, bastard daughter of a scullery maid employed on a large, wealthy estate in the French countryside not far from Paris. Antoinette’s mother was cast aside after her employer, a married father or three, impregnated her, falsely accused of stealing the silverware. Falling on the mercy of the church, Antoinette was raised in a nearby abbey whilst her mother was employed there. From the very beginning, Antoinette was a difficult child. As a baby, she all but drove her mother insane with her colic cries – never able to settle, never content. Antoinette would be described by no one as a happy child. She particularly took issue with authority, something that was almost always a point of contention with the nuns. Unable to abide by rules, Antoinette always felt more than impulse – almost compulsion – to be as obstructive and uncooperative as possible. The only thing the nuns ever managed to instil in her was an obsession with cleanliness, which has remained with her all her life. Her mother passed away from consumption shortly after her twelfth birthday, and so she lost her only tenable connection in the world. After her death she was forced to assume her mother’s duties to keep her lodgings in the abbey, and was able to do so for four years until she was finally cast out at the age of fourteen for sneaking a boy into her bed.
Upon parting, she was given nothing from the nuns but her mother’s journals, and so Antoinette was left with nothing to do but read and survive. Her father’s identity finally revealed to her through the journals, and his gross treachery documented alongside her mother’s pain and despair, Antoinette was filled with rage and a desire for vengeance. It was then that she made her first kill. His grand estate was not far from the abbey, a sickening contrast to the poverty she and her mother had endured, and Antoinette felt no remorse watching the life drain out of her father’s eyes. With no money and barely any possessions to her name, Antoinette managed to beg a ride to Paris. There, she fell into the underbelly of the city, half urchin, half Jill-of-all-trades – where there was money to be made, Antoinette was willing to do almost anything to make it and keep herself alive. When France went to war, whether it was patriotism or pure fury, Antoinette determined to make something of herself beyond the alleys of Paris. Head shorn and chest bound, she enlisted and fought her way to glory, her first kill all those years ago being lost amongst countless more.
After the war, and upon her return to Paris, Antoinette found that nothing much there had changed, whilst nothing felt the same to her. There was no grand reception waiting for her after her all-too-short military career, and she was no longer the shining star of her battalion. From there, so used to death as she now was, her descent into the darkest parts of the underbelly were entirely organic. She was no longer Antoinette Aucoin – quickly adopting instead the mononymous “Manon” – her late mother’s name – killer for hire, to anyone in Paris who could follow the whispers and pay her price.
POTENTIAL PLOTS/CONNECTIONS
I’d like to explore the inner conflict Manon would have in becoming closer to people, romantically or platonically, being so opposed to trusting people and particularly in the line of work that she does. Would also be amazing to do some grand murder at some point that had some sort of ripple effect.
The following roles are currently on hiatus/semi-hiatus:
❈ anthony holst/the mobster until 12/05*
❈ guillaume rousset/the endurer until 12/05*
❈ carmen moreno/the primadonna until 12/05*
❈ frank felton/the crooner until 12/15*
❈ maxim batard/the venus until 12/15*
The following bon vivants have 48 hours to make themselves known, otherwise their characters will be unfollowed:
Theodore Mercier @mercler
Séphora Zuckermandel @a-rtificer
Lily Marion @theprcdigy
Please send a letter by post to the correct authorities if an additional 48 hours is needed and always remember you have the option to be on hiatus or semi-hiatus.
Are the admins in or running any other rps right now?
Nope, we sure aren’t! We’re content here in Paris and don’t see that changing any time soon. Come see for yourself, there’s plenty of fun to go around.
The following roles are currently on hiatus/semi-hiatus:
❈ rowan kelly/the illusionist until 11/22
❈ gerald durandl/the mortician until 11/22
❈ jacqueline dubois/the gambler until 11/24
❈ taemin ko/the bandit until 11/25 *
❈ dallas reed/the shadow until 11/25 *
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