#dsanotice

[mybeautifulmortals]

I miss DSA and Elysium Island. Oh and brooksfield. My early RPG days.

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We're back!

Wow, it's been a long while since we've updated but hello! I suppose I should introduce myself, I'm Lady, the newest captain aboard DSA. I'll be answering questions, updating lists, and doing anything else that's needed aside from bios and of course graphics. I know the page has been rather inactive as of late, but this was such an amazing group before our little hiatus, and I hope to get that rolling again. So I will be doing a couple of things to start off with until I can get a hold of the other captains.

First, I'm going to do a bit of spring (or summer) cleaning on the askbox, answering any questions I can.

Secondly, the few questions that I have seen pertain to some of the characters being inactive. However that's absolutely and completely permissible as we captains haven't been exactly active either. So if everyone who would like to keep their character would please send a brief message in (just a simple 'hi' or something like that would be fine) within the next week so you're kept on our roster. Because...

thirdly, I will be reviewing characters who have been inactive for a long period of time and have not sent in their check-in message after this is all done.

Thank you so much everyone and I hope that we can bring this role play back up and running to it's former glory. I know there was a semi-recent re-vamp, so I really hope we can bring back the activity!

- Lady

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Almost everyone has been affected by this change.

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The following roles are reopened due to inactivity:

Basil

March

Tinkerbell

Wendy

Shock

Roscoe

Tigger

Pascal

Dinah

Elinowy

Minnie

Flynn

If you find this a mistake, please message the main ASAP other wise the roles are now open again.

Li

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Through May: Foire du Trone (Annual Fair)

With over 350 attractions and rides on an area of 10 hectares (25 acres), the Foire du Trône is the most popular funfair in France. Taking place on the Pelouse de Reuilly, or "Reuilly lawn", this fair requires no less than 1,400 professionals to tend the various attractions, rides and stands. Expect a Ferris wheel, a handful of roller coasters and haunted houses, and a vast array of traditional fairground attractions including the inevitable candy-floss stalls and rifle ranges. The Foire du Trône actually dates back to the year 957, the year of the first fairs under King Lothaire, although it was called the Saint-Antoine Fair and was more of an open air market. Things have evolved a great deal since then, but the spirit is the same.

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Characters in danger of being reopened if they do not message the main account by Tuesday:

Basil

March

Tinkerbell

Wendy

Shock

Roscoe

Tigger

Pascal

Dinah

Elinowy

Minnie

Flynn

I know we've been slow and it is my fault that I have been busy with school and work but this week everything either ends or slows down enough for me to be around more. I think I worked out how I want things to look on the new bios and I am just waiting for character graphics to be approved then everyone can see them and new bios will be released. But before any of that happens, I just need to open up characters that not active and get the group down to just who is active and around. So be expecting some fun things to happen here soon!

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Eiffel Tower The view of the ‘city of light’ by night is mesmerizing from the tip of the city’s iconic spire, with its 360-degree panoramas over Paris. Over 250 million people have ascended the tower to date. Most visit its three platforms (57m, 115m and 276m) in daytime hours, when, on a clear day, views from the top extend up to 60km. Far fewer visitors make the pilgrimage after sunset, when queues are significantly shorter. Night-time at the top can be breezy – bring a jacket…

Musée d’Orsay The home of France’s national collection from the Impressionist, Post-impressionist and Art Nouveau movements is, appropriately, the glorious former Gare d’Orsay Art Nouveau railway station. On the ground floor you’ll find earlier works of the era, while the middle level has some stunning Art Nouveau rooms and sculptures. On the skylit upper level, masterpieces include Manet’s On The Beach; Renoir’s Ball at the Moulin de la Galette; Degas’ ballerinas and Van Gogh’s scenes of Auvers-sur-Oise just outside Paris (where he died and is buried).

Jardin du Luxembourg The merest ray of sunshine is enough to draw apartment-dwelling Parisians outdoors. You’ll see locals unwinding throughout the city: in parks, on bridges and on the banks of the Seine. But the Luxembourg Gardens have a special place in the hearts of Parisians. Napoleon dedicated the gardens to the children of Paris, and many residents spent their childhood prodding little wooden sail boats with long sticks on the octagonal pond, watching marionettes perform Punch & Judy–type shows, and riding the carousel (merry-go-round) or ponies.

Markets Nowhere encapsulates Paris’ village atmosphere more than its street markets. Not simply places to shop, the markets are social gatherings for the entire neighbourhood, where residents toting quintessentially Parisian canvas shopping bags on wheels chat with stallholders and pick up culinary tips.

Mosquée de Paris Built between 1922 and 1926 and topped by a 26m-high minaret, Paris’ art deco–Moorish mosque is a treat off the beaten track. Provided you’re modestly dressed, you can wander through the colonnaded courtyards – with incredible acoustics during the Call to Prayer – and leaf through ancient Arabic texts in the library.

Shakespeare & Co A kind of spell descends as you enter this cluttered, charming bookshop opposite Notre Dame. Its enchanting nooks and crannies overflow with new and secondhand English-language books, while amid handpainted quotations and a wishing well, a miniature staircase leads to an atticlike reading library. The bookshop is the stuff of legends. The original shop (12 rue l’Odéon; closed by the Nazis in 1941) was run by Sylvia Beach and became the meeting point for Gertrude Stein’s ‘Lost Generation’. Beach published James Joyce’s Ulysses there in 1922, when no one else would.

Île St Louis The Île St-Louis’ tiny streets – where you’ll still see the odd Citroën 2CV among its few cars – are a quiet respite from the city’s hubbub. Quaint shops are dotted around the island, while its riverbanks and bridges are idyllic for listening to buskers or just watching the riverboats glide by. A stroll here is a favourite pastime for Parisians as well as visitors, but it wouldn’t be complete without a cone of Berthillon ice cream in hand.

The Louvre Stretching a whopping 700m along the Seine, it’s estimated it would take nine months just to glance at every artwork in the world’s largest museum. But – with a bit of planning – it doesn’t disappoint. Museum tickets are valid all day, so you can take a break any time.

Promenade Plantée Climbing the stairs from the busy Bastille quarter’s av Daumesnil brings you out on top of the viaduct that has been turned into the tranquil Promenade Plantée. Planted with a fragrant profusion of cherry trees, maples, rosebushes and lavender, it’s a haven that feels far from the madding crowds four storeys below.

Cimetière du Père Lachaise Paris is a collection of villages, and this 48-hectare cemetery of cobbled lanes and elaborate tombs the size of small houses qualifies as one in its own right. Among the cemetery’s celebrity residents are the composer Chopin; writers Molière, Apollinaire, Balzac, Proust, Wilde, Gertrude Stein (and Alice B Toklas) and Colette; artists Delacroix, Pissarro, Seurat and Modigliani; singers Édith Piaf and rock god Jim Morrison.

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That's all folks!

Send in your votes and we'll announce who moves on at 11PM EST! So vote vote vote vote vote!

Edit: I forgot to mention that the dash can move as normal. Carry on.