Ciel Stanley

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**Ciel Stanley** is a participant of the *First Real Life Killing Game* featured in Danganronpa Murder Fabrication. Their title is **Ultimate Clown**.

## Appearance

Ciel is a 16 years old who looks androgynous, although leaning somewhat towards a masculine appearance. They have light-brown fluffy, messy hair, light-brown to beige eyes, and a very pale complexion. They wear a greenish blue over-the-shoulder t-shirt with elbow-length sleeves over a black tank top, bikers jeans and black converse shoes. They're the youngest out of all the Academy's attendees.

## Personality

Ciel is rather social, never hesitant to talk to other people or to go towards them. They're however easily anxious, as they pay very close attention to what everyone around them feels or thinks, and might take some mood changes or awkward wordings a bit too personally.

They sometimes seem unable to control themselves, as they have a hard time hiding their emotions - if they find something funny, they're very likely to burst out laughing without being able to stop. Similarly, they sometimes fail to be careful when they investigate or do something. They're very sensible to those around them however, and always try to realize their own mistakes in order to make up for them afterwards.

Being that they're so careful about everyone's feelings, they have a tendency to overthink every little interaction. They seem rather knowledgeable in terms of psychology and try to understand everyone deeply.

## Talent

Ciel is the *Ultimate Clown*. As such, they describe themselves to be an entertainer.

Not much is known about their practice yet. From their remarks one can gather they usually work around kids. They have also mentioned making "animal-shaped ballons" for a living.

According to Ciel, different tricks will work on people in different age ranges. They discovered that deliberately using the wrong tricks can be used "for evil". Neo gathers that this only works so strongly because Ciel is an Ultimate.
In order to put on this show, Ciel was revealed to have been carrying sponge balls in their pockets the entire time. They use them to juggle masterfully, also revealing an ability to make more of them appear from seemingly nowhere.
As they juggle, Ciel hums "stereotypical circus music", most likely in a knowledgeable attempt to annoy Mina.

## History

### Introduction

Ciel seems to be of American origin. Too focused on the start of the Killing Game, they don't let out much information regarding their life. They just seem happy to see computers, which they refer to as "geekery", and make a reference to asdfmovie, which is very old by the time the killing game takes place.

### The First Real Life Killing Game

#### Chapter 1

Ciel shows that they despise the Killing Game, however, they remain mainly calm while Monokuma explains it. They focus on the others' reactions, especially trying to get Neo not to lose hope. They then stick with him as they search the place, not seeming too enthusiastic and wanting to get rid of the task as soon as possible. When it is confirmed that there's no way out, they don't react strongly if at all, probably having been ready for this outcome.

They later explain that in order not to be lonely when their new friend Neo disappears for a few days, they generally hung out with Akiro, Alice and Jan, and sometimes with Benjamin as well.

They participate in the investigation along with Neo, choosing to interrogate people together.
Though not very active during the first class trial, they take the spotlight when Chris Vivas breaks down crying following the culprit's execution. They seem to be the first to realize she's doing more than just crying, and get close to her to help her calm down. Their advice is efficient and when she manages to breathe better, Chris thanks them.
They're then congratulated by Neo and Jan, the latter asking if they could teach them how to react so well to such an event. Ciel says they will at a later point.
When they exit the elevator after the trial, Ciel quickly isolates themselves and goes back to their room.

#### Chapter 2

Finding out that new areas are available, they investigate along with Neo, Alice and Andi. While they point out Neo's annoyed attitude towards Benjamin, they quickly show a similar attitude themselves towards Andi. When they investigation is over and each girl has left in turn, they decide to simply hang out with Neo, chatting until Mina joins them.
At the end of the day, they seem worn out and go to bed early.

## Bonus stories

### Unknown canonicity

#### Circus music

*Circus music plays in his head non-stop; that’s the kind of person he is. It always gives an edge to whatever situation he’s in.*

*Right now, there are only two things he knows for sure:*

*- Everything burns.*2. *Circus music is playing.*

## Relationships

### Neo Devin

Neo and Ciel immediately get along and end up sticking together to search the place. While both definitely mean to be nice to the other, they're unfortunately forced to witness each other's lowest of lows when the terrible anxiety caused by the Killing Game strikes, which creates a certain tension between them. When Neo locks himself in without a word, though, Ciel is said to stay really worried about him the whole time, and Neo later shows to be feeling guilty that he didn't give them any news or warning.

### Emily Drake

Emily misgenders Ciel at first, mistaking them for a woman, and when they correct her, she overreacts, making them that much more uncomfortable. She starts making a scene out of it, unable to find a way to say sorry properly. Ciel brushes it off because they'd rather the topic not be brought up, and no matter how much they try to understand where she comes from, they can't help but find her obnoxious - even more so since she is exaggeratedly nice to them from that point on.

### Benjamin Pan

Ciel and Benjamin hung out together during the first chapter while Neo was locked-in. Ciel claims they figured the two of them should get along, being that they're both entertainers. It seems to be the case, as they're friendly one to the other and seem to know each other a little bit.

Ciel appears to like Benjamin a lot, often looking forward to hanging out with him.

## Quotes

* “Yay, geekery!”
* “I’m glad you appreciate oddness.”
* “And it’s a good thing you came here before we did. As you may have noticed, I’m not really that thorough.”
* “I mean… I wouldn’t like to die even if I were a year older.”
* “’cause sometimes we just think it’s our personality, but it’s actually somewhat linked to our talent, yeah? Like pet peeves, for instance. I hate it when people draw a clown and they make it almost bald. Like we don’t try to have colourful, fluffy hair!”
* “Circus music intensifies.”

## Trivia

* Ciel was originally going to be named Jonathan, and their outfit was widly different.
* They weren't originally supposed to become the protagonist's sidekick, but their chemistry with him ended up being more interesting that the one with the person who was originally going to play that role.
* Ciel's singing voice would sound similar to that of Greg Gonzalez from the band *Cigarettes After Sex*, for example in their title Apocalypse.