Cara Fischer

Cara Fischer is a student from Hope's Peak Academy's 2nd class and a participant in Neo Danganronpa 56. Her title is the Ultimate Astronomer.
==Appearance==
===Killing Game===
In the beginning of 56, Cara's appearance is the same as it was when she first started classes at Hope's Peak. She has a chubbier frame, an abnormally large bust, and well-defined hips. Her light blue hair comes down to just above her shoulders. It's wavy, thick, and poofs out slightly on each side. In her hair is a blue hairband, darker in color than the locks themselves. Cara wears round-framed glasses and cannot see well, if at all, without them. Under her lip, on the left side of her face, is a small mole. She has this mole in common with most of her family members. It's impossible to deny that her violet eyes often seem starry when she's excited, as though they contain the galaxy itself.
As someone who hates the cold, it's rare to see Cara in any shirt that is not a sweater of some kind. Her favorite one to wear is a yellow turtleneck, which she is seen in the most during the course of the killing game. Around the collar, she wears a black ribbon. Rarely wearing pants, Cara often wears a blue skirt. Halfway through the game, she found a blue plaid skirt that had pockets in the gift shop. She was seen wearing that until the investigation for Zoran's death. On top of that, she wore a blue parka in the Russian cold. Cara wears white thigh highs and black flats.
===At Hope's Peak===
Not much was different about Cara's appearance when she attended the academy, though her hair did grow a great length during the two years she attended. This is indicated in the Class 2 Graduation Photo found in the Master Bedroom of the Tower. Before the Tragedy, her wardrobe began to take a darker turn. 
===Remnant of Despair===
Cara's appearance changes drastically while she is active in Ultimate Despair, and yet still manages to fit her usual aesthetic. At that point in time, her hair comes down to her mid-back and is incredibly wavy. Her previously chubby frame is a tad bit lighter due to repeated starvation. Remnant Cara keeps a small part of her hair into two twintails, making her hair look very similar to Annie's. This is intentional, reminding her constantly of someone who she cared for and then threw aside. It's meant to show her repeatedly how terrible she's become. Those twintails are tied off with black ribbons, and she's traded in the blue hairband for a black one to match. The stars that have twinkled in Cara's eyes her whole life have dimmed to the darkness of despair, leaving them a void violet. 
She still wears circle-framed glasses, and nothing else has changed in terms of base appearance. However, she trades in the yellow sweater for a black one, and the black ribbon for a blue one. Her skirt, outside of the white lace at the bottom, matches the ribbon in color. Instead of white thigh highs and black flats, she wears black thigh highs and white flats with bows on them.
===Post-Rehabilitation===
Right before the events of NDR56, the captured and rehabilitated Cara has changed her look to better reflect her renewed desire to change. With her hair growing even longer, she puts it into two low braids--a reminder of Faust and how she used to do his hair for him when they were in school together. It appears that she's gained a little bit of weight back as her diet has improved. She dons a white button-up with a black ribbon. Over it, she wears a loose, beige sweater. Instead of the blue skirt, she wears a tighter, black pencil skirt with white tights underneath. Finishing everything off is her old pair of black flats. 
==Personality==
===Non-Despair===
Cara is sweet and mild, but still outspoken when necessary. Cara has a very strong resolve. She may not be physically fit, nor is she exactly healthy, but she will always strive to do what she thinks is best. She's incredibly loyal to those that she trusts, always swearing to take care of them to a fault. It takes a lot to make her angry, but not a lot to make her emotional. Once she gets to know someone, she'll become more bubbly and excited around them. Her passion for her science is absolutely through the roof, and she may make weird comments related to astronomy from time to time. She does wear her heart on her sleeve, but tries her best to not let her emotions get in the way of what she wants to achieve.
She is often able to befriend people who would be dismissed as unpleasant or unruly. Cara is able to see the best in everyone and wants to "find out what is under their mask." This is especially true for her relationships with Zoran, Annie, and Ikeda. She was even able to acknowledge that, at his core, Christopher was not a bad person. In most cases, she is often generous, wanting to take care of others and provide them with things such as food and sweets. Throughout 56, she often would give people dum dums in flavors that she thought suited them. Upon the deaths of people who she cared for, she would often leave their favorite lollipop on their bed as an offering or a tribute. 
Cara has a huge capacity for love, which means she gets attached to people fairly easily. Her emotions for others run deep. On top of this, she is also incredibly empathetic. She may have a strong sense of justice and a dislike for dishonesty and crime, but she will always consider the situation before she jumps to thinking of someone as evil. The best example of this is when she heard Juno's secret, discussed it with him, and was willing to acknowledge that he had an understandable reason for his actions.
==Talents & Abilities==
===Astronomy===
Cara has such a love for the stars that she has studied in depth everything about them and constantly kept an eye on the skies. She keeps herself educated on developments in the field. Due to this, she's very observant and sharp, always trying to keep herself updated on new knowledge. On top of that, she also was able to develop a telescope that vastly surpassed the Hubble. This telescope was known as the Fischer telescope and was a collaboration between Cara and NASA. She was recognized for this and received her letter once the telescope had discovered a brand new galaxy that no astronomer had seen before.
===Killing Game===
Cara has a higher intelligence stat, and notices more during investigations. Due to being close with her brother, a very talented forensic scientist, she knows a bit more about how to navigate a crime scene than your average person.
==History==
===Before Hope's Peak===
===Before the Tragedy===
===After the Tragedy===
===Capture===
==Neo Danganronpa 56==
==Execution==
Cara's execution was the "Journey into the Singularity," which was her punishment for murdering Zoran Nastranov.
==Relationships==
===Eric Attinson===
Eric was the person most important to Cara at the time that she went to Hope's Peak Academy. Though they were only half siblings, they were decently close. Cara was someone that was bright and caring for Eric, and he wasn't used to that. Meanwhile, Cara wasn't used to someone caring so much about the things she had to say. She often made a point to visit him and bring him food and sweets, as he was a workaholic. He often lectured her on her sweet tooth, urging her to take better care of herself due to her already poor health. Eric and Cara taught each other what family was supposed to be like, and they understood each other very well. His death brought her into a very low, dark place that she did not recover from. Eric was the loved one featured in Cara's Motive Video during Chapter 1 of NDR56, though his video was proven fake when Cara, after remembering Nero, also remembered that Eric had been dead since 2019. 
===Norah Fischer-Nome===
While Cara views her mother in a positive light and finds comfort in her, most other people are able to acknowledge that Norah is not exactly the best mother. However, that doesn't change anything for Cara. In her eyes, this is the woman who allowed her to become the person she is today. While Norah and Eric's relationship was always strained, their mother did care for Cara in her own way despite how cold she was. Norah referred to her daughter as her "treasure" and her "doll," but was very strict on Cara in terms of manners and behavior. Even with some of the problems, Cara always got the things that she asked for, so she feels as though she has no right to complain. Their relationship was slightly strained, but overall positive. Cara always used Norah's religious habits to comfort herself. Norah's suicide sent Cara into a fit of despair.
===Franklin Fischer===
As her father figure, Franklin was very absent. Cara always wanted to get positive attention from the man who was supposedly her father, but he was too busy almost all of the time. She has very few memories of him, and even before she learned the truth, did not see him in a particularly positive light. However, she did not hate him until she learned that he was not her real father. He, instead, had murdered her real father. While in despair from her mother's death and under the influence of Nero, Cara murdered Franklin in cold blood. 
===Robin Attinson===
Unfortunately, Cara never met Robin, as he died while Norah was pregnant with her. Once she learned about him, she felt so much despair at the fact that her childhood had been a lie. She could have had a good father and a happy mother. Things could have been better, but they weren't, and they never would be. Both Cara and Eric inherited their love of science and research from him.
===Zoran Nastranov===
Though she was not particularly fond of him at first, Cara grew to deeply care for and love Zoran in a familial way, taking a maternal role with him. She did her best to encourage him, even beginning to call him the Great Zoran as early as the first couple of days in. They often investigated together and discussed their situation. Despite his quirks, she found him to be endearing and enjoyed being around him. She wanted him to survive the killing game. At one point, she even offered to provide him the resources to learn more skills so that he could stop being used. As she learned more about his story, she began to deeply dislike the people who had put him through such things and displayed him like an animal, making others see him as a freak. All she wanted was for him to be seen as the wonderful person that he was. He, Katsu, and Faust were like a family to her during the events of the game. Zoran and Cara's suite were connected by a vent, and they often would sleep in the same room. Though she was often stern with him and would occasionally fuss at him, it was all out of concern for his wellbeing. However, it was obvious that she trusted him no matter what, and he grew frustrated with this. Zoran wanted her to acknowledge their situation more truthfully and realize that trusting as deeply as she did would end up being a mistake.
Zoran and Cara were close at Hope's Peak as well. Their dynamic was similar. Zoran's deep trust in her helped Nero bring him to the side of despair. They worked together to infiltrate NASA, among other things.
Once Cara fell back into despair, she sought out the same feeling that Nero Tamochi's execution gave her. The main component of that feeling was losing someone that she cared deeply for, and doing it by her hand would plunge her deeper into her own misery. Zoran was the clearest target as the person who she was most scared to lose. Once she had done the deed, that feeling of immense despair was not immense enough, and she proceeded to destroy his remains in a gruesome way.
===Antimony Hughes===
Upon waking up in the simulation, Antimony and Cara were not very pleasant to one another. Annie found Cara annoying, and Cara explicitly disliked how Annie acted. However, after she saw Annie break down during the prologue, she felt...a mixture of irritation and empathy. They talked a bit more and began to understand each other better. During the events of the killing game, Cara's feelings for Annie continued to confuse her. The fact that Cara felt so strongly about her despite only knowing her for a short time could be seen as foreshadowing for how her strong feelings undid some of her memory loss. It meant a lot to Cara that Annie was willing to discuss not only how she felt about the game, but also her own medical situation to her. She also found it endearing that Annie would blush whenever she thanked her for anything. When Annie confessed that she had killed Kyra and was the culprit, Cara had known the whole time but refused to accept it. Cara voted for herself, but later on decided that she could not turn away from the truth. Cara took it to heart when Annie told her not to die. Annie made a point to tell Cara that she should not be trusting. Cara, however, did not follow that advice as closely. As the game progressed and the class learned more about Annie, Cara became more and more concerned--she was the daughter of Jacques Hughes, the mastermind of a killing game. On top of that, she had clones. As much as she would have loved to see Annie again, Cara felt relief when she learned that they had all been destroyed and she could be left to rest peacefully.
During their time at Hope's Peak, they were romantically involved. They were together for most of the first year before Cara left her due to the loss of Eric. Annie was not emotionally equipped to handle such a thing...but Nero was willing to step in. 
Cara went out of her way to make herself look more like Annie during her time in Ultimate Despair in an attempt to make herself feel worse about what happened between them, not to mention Annie's impending death.
===Katsu Oshiro===
Katsu was the first person Cara met upon waking up and leaving her suite. She was a source of comfort in a time of intense stress and fear. As early as the second day they were in the program, Katsu was helping Cara learn ways to calm herself down. When discussing things with others, they always came to each other's defense. The more time they spent together, the more they could feel a gravitational pull. Katsu was always at Cara's side when she needed protection. Eventually, they grew to love each other and were more honest about how they felt. Cara was always thankful that Katsu had taken her to the ball and spent that time with her. When times were hard and things were terrifying, Katsu was a beacon of hope for her and the rock to which Cara clung. Katsu was the first person that Cara told about her transition. Cara was one of the first people that Katsu told about her royal status and her fears due to her attraction to women. She was always incredibly proud that she could help Katsu become the person that she truly was. In a way, Katsu did the same thing for Cara--whenever they discussed Cara's achievements or her role in certain situations, Katsu put Cara at ease. Cara knew before her fall to despair that she loved Katsu with all of her heart She wanted them to both escape together and help fix the world. They had many first experiences together. When Cara fell to despair, Katsu was one of her potential targets. Katsu was devastated at her trial and execution. For the remainder of the game, she carried around Cara's Bag of Dum Dums and her Yellow Sweater. When Faust began to come back to reality during the finale and told everyone about the singularity, Katsu immediately began to hope that Cara's consciousness could be saved somehow. After Cara's execution, Oshiro heard Cara telling her "I love you, Kat." It's likely that said consciousness still being present in the program communicated this to her.
During their time at Hope's Peak, Cara and Katsu felt romantically for one another. However, they never got the chance to be honest with their feelings for a number of reasons. Katsu's feelings for Cara helped Nero bring her to the side of despair. 
===Faust Reid===
In a way, Faust was like a brother to Cara during the events of 56. She took a bit of a big sister role with him at times, though they took turns protecting one another. There were many times during the game where Cara doubted herself or wanted to break down, and Faust was always there for her. Even if he was awkward, Cara was always appreciative of this. They had many a conversation about their situation. Faust would often ground her in situations where her emotions got the best of her. They also grew close because they both had one thing in common: their gender identity. While the inverse of each other, they both were on hormones and found out early about one another. They often would tease each other for a variety of reasons, but would defend one another when someone said something bad about them. Faust helped Cara realize that murders had to take place, no matter how much she wanted to prevent them. Cara would also braid his hair from time to time. When Faust wanted to cut his hair due to the perceived loss of his sisters, Cara was the one who cut it for him. 
When Cara fell into despair and murdered Zoran, Faust felt responsible for the loss of two people he considered to be siblings. Even after what Cara did, he continued to view her as her old self. Upon her death, Cara handed Faust her "protagonist" role that she had been given. When Faust struggled with his decision to sacrifice himself or release the source code in NDR56's finale, he found himself in the Singularity with her. Though, at first, seeing her scared him, she was quick to assure him that she was her old self. She did not want to be forgiven. Rather, she informed him that the broadcast was going to continue for a month and that the survivors had time to stop it.
During their time at Hope's Peak, they had a similar relationship. However, Cara drifted away once she began to get close to Nero, who Faust disliked. When Cara was rehabilitated, instead of having her hair remind her of Annie, she pulled it into two low braids to remind her of Faust, instead.
===Makaira Ikeda===
When they first woke up, Ikeda was one of the first people Cara met. The two did not get along very well at first. In fact, it was revealed later on that Ikeda was jealous of Cara. She disliked how bubbly and upbeat Cara was, wanting to be more like her. She felt that Cara had better luck with people and was smarter than her. In turn, Cara was nervous due to Ikeda's seemingly aggressive nature, as it took a different form than Annie's. Cara even was on the verge of slapping Ikeda when they watched the mastermind's video. However, she still cared for Ikeda and often would ask her how she was doing or just check on her in general. After a while, Ikeda began to soften up to her a bit more. Cara wanted Ikeda to feel like she mattered. Though Cass' death did put a bit of a riff between them, Ikeda wasn't very happy with the idea of letting Cara wander around with a murderer on the loose during the investigation. After the events of that trial, Ikeda and Cara opened up to each other and Cara tried to reassure Ikeda that she was not the person she thought she was. Ikeda was one of the few people Cara was upfront with about her gender identity. Though Cara came from a good place, Ikeda would often run away or not know how to respond when Cara was honest and kind to her.
When Cara fell to despair, Ikeda was the one who had all of the evidence necessary to implicate her of Zoran's murder. Cara, in her despair, resented Ikeda for how perceptive and persistent she was. However, she still would have felt intense misery at her death, had the group execution occurred--and that was exactly what she was after. 
During their time at Hope's Peak, their dynamic remained the same. They were not under the pressure of a killing game, however, so they were most likely more casual with one another once the ice was initially broken. When they both were part of Ultimate Despair, Ikeda was most likely the one who provided Cara with some of the resources to destroy the International Space Station.
===Holly Bell===
While they did not get to be as close as she would have liked, Cara and Holly often enjoyed being around one another. Cara found her endearing and wanted to see her safe and happy. After Cara's involvement in Christopher's murder and Cass' execution, Holly was the main person that Cara wanted to apologize to. She was always thankful of how forgiving Holly had been over that incident. When Cara apologized, Holly told her that she meant so much to not just everyone there, but herself as well, and Cara never forgot that. Though Cara was undeniably closer to Zoran, Faust, and Oshiro, she would make a point to invite Holly to spend time with them whenever she could. The most notable example of this is when she invited her to suite 9 in an attempt to make sure no one would be vulnerable to murder via vents during nighttime. She was worried that Christopher would target Holly. Cara made a point to note that she had no reason to distrust Holly during the course of the game. After Juno's execution, Cara gave Holly her beloved stuffed cat, Dr. Furball. Cara didn't want Holly to feel alone at night. During Holly's trial, she was nervous that the culprit was Zoran. While she was relieved to find out it wasn't, losing Holly didn't feel much better. Cara cried and yelled that she wanted Holly to survive with everyone else.
After Cara's fall to despair, she made a point to let everyone know that Holly's brutal murder of Johnny was no coincidence, as they were all former members of Ultimate Despair and capable of horrendous things.
While at Hope's Peak, the two of them likely had a similar friendship. However, without the strain of the killing game, they were likely much more able to spend time together and bond.
During Chapter 6, it was revealed that Cara and Holly often collaborated to further cause despair using their talents. The most notable example of this is when they falsified evidence of an asteroid, and Holly used calculations to boost the credibility of this claim. 
===Juno Petrovich===
During the duration of the game, Juno and Cara's opinions of one another were like a rollercoaster. Cara has always been confused by the motivations of criminals. However, she did her best with Juno to be understanding of his situation. From early on in the game, Cara made an effort to trust him and hear him out. Juno was happy to help her and Faust out when they were seeking out all of the Lambs from Hell pages. At one point, when talking to Oshiro, Juno referred to Cara as a leader of sorts and asked if she was beginning to adore her. When Juno was facing the reality of his secret coming to light, Cara wanted to hear him out and reassure him that he was not inherently heinous for doing something if it was to protect someone he cared for. Juno reassured Cara that, despite her weaknesses and everyone learning about her health, that he believed she was in good hands and surrounded by good people. They briefly considered each other friends. During the investigation for Yoruneko's murder, Cara began to suspect Juno immediately for a number of reasons. Cara then found out that the evidence for the crime had been hidden in Zoran's locker, and she lost all patience with him. Due to her being on his trail, Juno's typical friendliness for Cara vanished and turned into something much more negative. Anzu and Juno covered everything in Cara's suite with detergent that night. All of this hurt Cara because she had considered the two of them friends. Juno pointed out to her during his trial that she had been ignoring him when he was around, and she responded by explaining it wasn't her intention for that to happen. Juno helped her realize just how blindly she had been trusting Zoran. By the end of Juno's trial, Cara was thanking him for being willing to take the fall so that the rest of them could survive. However, Monokuma showed the video of Yoruneko's death before Juno's execution. The way he behaved enraged Cara, immediately causing her to lose all affection and respect for him. If it had not been for Zoran, she would have truly began to hate him. 
During their time at Hope's Peak, the two of them were likely not close. However, there would not have been any hard feelings.
===Yoruneko===
These two did not often see eye to eye, both immediately disagreeing with one another in a couple of different situations. However, they were after the same goal and had plenty in common: they both wanted the game to end without more death, had a strong sense of justice, were ruled often by their emotions, and wanted to protect everyone. They just had different ways of doing it. While Yoruneko had a more direct approach, Cara used her intelligence to make things happen in a way that would not put her in harm's way. Due to this, Yoruneko considered killing her to prevent her from having a hand in any future murder schemes. Before Yoruneko had heard about any of Cara's contigency plans, however, they seemed to respect and trust each other despite their differences. The two of them disagreed over locking Christopher in the generator room. Nevertheless, Yoruneko was willing to watch over him, and Cara trusted her with the purple key. When it was revealed that Yoruneko's secret was #12, the most severe, Cara was uneasy. This was worse when she considered that Yoruneko was hiding weapons, and therefore knew their whereabouts. Considering the nature of Pearl's secret, Cara knew that this meant Yoruneko had taken someone's life. However, she told Yoruneko that in order to believe, you must overcome doubt. Cara wanted more than anything to believe in Yoruneko. When Yoruneko was murdered in chapter 3, Cara was sad to see her go. Once the excitement died down, she broke down in front of Katsu over the fact that she had lost the chance to tell Yoruneko that she did trust and believe in her, as well as to thank her for not committing a murder over her secret.
During their time at Hope's Peak, the two of them were more likely to get along without the pressures of a killing game. However, they more than likely had a number of small disagreements, despite standing for, essentially, the same things.
===Christopher Smith===
Though these two did not have the best start, Cara cared for Christopher in her own way. They had a couple of conversations about talent where Cara told him that he could admire people's talents and compliment them without it being at the expense of others. Christopher was interested in getting to know Cara more, as he didn't understand her worldview. When he mourned Kyra's talent instead of her life, Cara slapped him clean across the face while blinded by anger and strong emotion. She did not agree with a lot of his methods, and even grew scared of him during the second chapter. However, she could not deny that he had shown her kindness a number of times. She knew, at the very least, that despite the way he went about things...he did truly care for their class. She expressed wanting Christopher to be the next victim when she was at her limit when the heat was out, but when Cass killed him, she felt regret and never forgave herself for being a part of the reason why he was gone. She made a point to apologize to his corpse.
During their time at Hope's Peak, they likely still did not see eye to eye. However, they had a number of intellectual conversations and debates. 
===Cassie Doe===
===Pearl Kimura===
===Yuuma Takenaka===
===Anzu Jougasaki===
===Nero Tamochi===
===Kyra Acker===
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