Cecile/Relationships

## Wellston Private High School

### Rei

Cecile looks down on Rei for the way he ran Wellston when he was King, calling him weak and idealistic to the point of naiveté.

### Remi

There has been strife between Remi and Cecile for as long as they've known each other. Cecile does not respect Remi's status as Queen either due to her similarities to the deceased Rei or due to the fact that Remi does not behave like a typical Queen would. She nearly forced Remi to fight her and refused to respect the new Queen without losing to her in a battle first. An angry Arlo reminded her that it was Remi who beat her in a fight for the title, and that she should be thankful Remi didn't *destroy her* for her disrespect.

Despite this fact, Cecile's disdain for Remi persists even when her own alliances prove to be less than ideal. Though John's actions gave rise to Fake Jokers, she refused to abandon him to aid Remi in getting the situation under control.

Characteristically, while Remi doesn't particularly like Cecile, she is nowhere near as hostile to Cecile as Cecile is to her. Remi cannot however, tolerate any insults to Rei by Cecile.

### Arlo

Cecile and Arlo were once old teammates back when Rei was King. However, their current relationship can be described as "shaky." Cecile detests Arlo for favouring Remi, and Arlo bears some ill-will against Cecile for insulting Rei and supporting articles that could potentially ruin his reign. Despite the mutual resentment, Cecile begrudgingly obeys her King's orders, and Arlo has shown her leniency due to her history with him. After learning about Arlo's defeat at the hand of John, Cecile wishes to make John the next King and spread the truth about the "*Shadow King*," all while dethroning Arlo in the process. When Cecile was ultimately fired from her position, she attacked Arlo, showing that she had lost most, if not all, of her respect for her King.

### Isen

Cecile doesn't think of Isen as someone a high-tier should fraternize with, and chastises Remi for doing so. That said, even she can't deny his investigative reporting skills. When she got wind of John sending Arlo to the infirmary, she knew that Isen would be her best source for details. She called him over to press him for all the information he had on "*The Shadow King*," and he was unable to refuse her despite his fear of the consequences. She listened to him reveal his findings, and his objections to her plans of making him the new King of Wellston High before dismissing him.

Her disdain for Isen ultimately outweighs his potential value as an informant. She was furious when Arlo replaced her with Isen as head of the school newspaper, citing that she outranks him. Cecile showed no concern for Isen's well-being as she watched John brutally attack him.

Ultimately however, it is Isen who convinces her to muster the courage to leave John's side/

### Blyke

While the two are never seen interacting, Cecile is shown to dislike Blyke in much the same way she dislikes Isen, but to an even greater extent. This is because Seraphina chose him as Jack instead of her(Cecile), even though she(Cecile) was stronger than Blyke. This considerably embittered Cecile, and she continues to insult Blyke in conversations, such as admonishing Remi for associating with him.

### John

Initially, Cecile had the same opinion of John as the rest of the school. She found it odd that her best reporter wanted to do an article on a "goof" like him. When Terrence brought her an article and evidence detailing that John was actually powerful enough to beat Arlo in a fight, she became intrigued. Cecile is now well aware of John's past and ability thanks to Isen. Now that she knows that John defeated Arlo, Cecile wishes to make John the next King of Wellston and has even referred to him as "*The Shadow King*." After witnessing the masked John beat Isen within an inch of his life, Cecile aids John by helping him find the missing Seraphina in order to get in his good graces. She is one of the few students who is aware of the Joker's identity.

John has heard from Seraphina that Cecile was not a person who could be trusted but did not recall this description when Cecile introduced herself to him. John eventually formed an alliance with Cecile, certain that she would not cross him in any way. John has had Cecile force students use their ability so that he may copy them for his excursions as Joker.

Ever since throwing her lot in with John, she has made attempts to mold him into her ideal King by advising him on his next course of action. John cares little for her advice, and prefers to go about overthrowing the current hierarchy in his own way. Their alliance was put to the ultimate test when John informed her that his plans involved targeting her for one of his attacks. She was forced to fight him in full view of the student body, and was left unconscious and with injuries as extensive as John's past victims. Before the coup de grace was delivered, she started to consider the possibility that what Isen said about John's anarchic attitude was true. Despite her increasing discomfort with John's brutality, she continued to do his bidding, as it is her only chance of establishing her position in the new hierarchy.

After John's overwhelming victory over the Royals, Cecile urged him to reveal himself and officially step up as King of Wellston. John dismissed this suggestion, preferring to remain anonymous and attempt to return to his previous lifestyle. When numerous Joker impersonators began to appear around the school, Cecile met with John and insisted he take charge of the situation, reminding him that she helped him so they could rule Wellston together. It was at this point that John made it clear that she was never in any position to make his decisions for him, and that she wasn't as important to him as she thought she was.

From then on Cecile had been forced to comply with all of John's demands. He often threatened and beat her for talking back or trying to persuade him to see things her way. This didn't change even when he finally decided to officially become King and make Cecile both Jack and Head of the press again. Cecile loathes John's ingratitude, but is unable to do anything about it. Eventually, after talking to Isen, Cecile decided that enough was enough, and left John's side, and apparently, the post of Press Head. John did not take to this kindly, and beat her up.

### Seraphina

Although they don't interact much, Seraphina doesn't like Cecile much because of her secretive and untrustworthy nature.

### Otis

Otis is the loyal right-hand man to Cecile. He first appears giving her information about Cecile's kidnapping and later visits her after her brutal fight with Joker. However, she does not divulge any confidential information to him, such as when she asked him to leave when John came to visit her in the infirmary.