A couple of Soleil and Ciel. In relations to the Alluring Secret ~Black Vow~ doodle, I personally see Ciel being similar to angel Rin, and Soleil to “the youth” - aka angel Len. ( ❛ᴗ❛)
For the final image, there’s Soleil and an idea how angel Len looks like. He only appears in the novel thrice, and his appearance is what angel Rin requested when she sacrificed her angelic powers to become a human.
Extra: If Soleil and Ciel had neatly brushed hair.
Ciel grew up with his sister in Russia in a cozy home built by their grandparents when they married. Unlike his reckless sister, Ciel's a cautious boy. He's nervous, easily worries, and overreacts over the littlest of things. It's silly how animated he is, always waving his arms around when blabbering. Unlike Soleil's radiant beaming smile, he's on the shy side.
Even reserved and hesitant, he fought and bickered a lot with Soleil. She always got on his nerves when she wouldn't listen!
Both of them grew up with self-taught and learned talents, both singers, Soleil an artist, and Ciel a pianist. The two are multiracial and know about three languages.
One winter while playing in the snow, Soleil fell from a tree and Ciel ran to her. About to help her up and tell her off to be careful, Soleil couldn't stop herself from coughing. Horrified, Ciel carried her and rushed for help.
Doctors couldn't figure the exact problem with Soleil. They informed Ciel to keep eye on her. Ejoyment out in the snow came to an end as it was assumed her condition would worsen. Defiant on orders, Soleil would occassionally sneak out if Ciel weren't there to stop her. Caught on her acts, Ciel reluctanly allowed her to have fun. Nothing happened, so she must've only gotten a bad cough that one time.
Many eagerly awaited winters passed. Soleil's mysterious condition returned and different than last time. She had to be home bound. Her vision blurred and her hearing fluctuated, unable to hear at times or sounds were too soft. She'd paint and draw at home to pass time while Ciel played the piano like he always did since they were kids.
Her condition eventually worsed, unable to see nor hear. Ciel taught her and himself sign language to continue communicating. Soleil grew distant, refrusing to speak in any form.
In the night of winter, Soleil ran from home to the center of town. She climbed up the tallest tree, singing her heart out, leaving her mark that she existed. It attracted the attention of townspeople and even forest animals.
In desperation, Ciel ran in search of Soleil. He lifted her into his arms from the cold snow. Her breaths weak, she passed away.
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Growing cold and distant, Ciel became a stoic selective mute. He bluntly responds with cruel honesty. If he wants to speak out his mind, he'll do it, even if it's rude. If a person cannot find their voice, he will be their voice. He'll be persistent to help, annoying as it sounds. Ciel sees things objectively and stands in the middle.
Out or in the company of others, Ciel is always wearing a muffler or a medical mask covering the bottom half of his face.
He lives alone. From Soleil's passing, he hasn't played the piano since.
Taken from one of my blogs and inspired by the remastered song.
[Eng Subs] How had I not seen this before! Motivated to write hc and theory post. There will be two takes on Soundless Voice. Proof of Life and Endless Wedge will be mentioned.
The remake’s PV wonderfully illustrates the relationship between Rin and Len, or Soleil and Ciel in this case.
A neutral perspective.
Ciel walks alone in the quiet night of the town and the PV moves forward to the two at home. It’s further into the progress of Soleil’s illness. She’s homebound but wants to play with the snow. Irritated, Ciel holds her down before she does anything reckless.
The PV goes forward to Ciel holding Soliel during an incident and rewinds to their childhood. They’re playing in the snow together and Soleil climbed up the tree and jumping on the branch until she falls along with the snow, coughing and showing symptoms of her illness. Appalled and scared, Ciel runs carrying Soleil to safety. Possibly to the hospital.
It shows Ciel playing the piano with Soleil listening up to their teenage years.
Moving forward, Soleil’s illness worsened; unable to see, hear, and speak. She’s become cold, no longer communication with Ciel. She then runs out the house to the center of the town and climbed up the large tree where she sings her song, Proof of Life, shocking an adult and two kids. It attracts forest animals and the townspeople. She climbs back down, the crowd and animals leave, and she collapses.
Ciel desperately runs in search of her, coat and muffler flown off. He cries out when he sees her lifeless body and kneels down to hold her.
Soleil wanted to leave a mark, even if it would be the last thing she’d do before her death. She still wanted to have fun until things gradually got worse for her.
The PJD PV adds more to this PV, providing a few more details of how Soleil was doing until her death; her broken mug and the crack on the picture frame when she dropped it. Endless Wedge also adds more into their relationship how they’d play, laugh, and fight.
As the song made it to F 2nd, it seems Eri changed their story. So here’s one of the takes of the song!
Soleil and Ciel have been together since childhood. Soleil got sick as a teen and it further progressed into adulthood, slowly killing her. But between that, the two of them housed in together living a domestic life like husband and wife (and that honestly makes Ciel a dummy for not realizing Soleil knew he loved her... I mean who becomes roommates with their crush and act like a couple and bathe together yet think ‘Do they know I love them!?’).
You should check out their Pixiv! If it isn’t know, they’re the artist for Soundless Voice and Proof of Life, and responsible for their module designs.
Incest cw: The drawn PV is pretty confusing. Are they only friends yet have been in the same home...? Or are they actually related. They heavily come off as related if they’ve been living together since childhood and wound up falling in love. Not a surprise if that’s the case cuz Len realized he was hitting on his sister in Trickery ⇔ Casino. This is something for my own take, but I’m not... Certain if I want to add this. Ciel would have mixed feelings about Soleil because their relationship as siblings was implied to be a little more than that. Uncomfortable mixed feelings. /////End
My own take, Soleil and Ciel are siblings in Russia. When Soleil got sick, she became home bound and couldn’t continue her education at school. Ciel had to drop out soon after to take care of her until her passing. I think Ciel would make an effort to learn sign language to continue communicating with Soleil.
This applies to both takes. Ciel began to hallucinate after Soleil’s death, believing she was still around able to feel her, hear her, smell her, and see her as shown in PJD.
Further extending my headcanons: Soleil and Ciel cared a lot about each other but Soleil was a reckless person and it irritated Ciel a lot. He was more cautious. They both didn’t share the same perspectives and got into a lot of bickering.
Soleil is great at socializing and speaks out her mind. She’s a talented artist who carries a sketchbook at any moment she can. She doesn’t like being held back and won’t hesitate to voice her opinions. If Ciel tries to do so, she’ll pout or even slap his cheek!
She’s very cheerful and loves smiling a lot, she won’t allow sadness to get in her way. If anything bad comes out, she’ll work her way through it. Her favorite activity is swimming. She’ll join the swim team. She also plays rough!
Ciel is a little reserved and easily nervous but tries to be as vocal as his sister. He’s good at home ecs and mostly does all the cooking and cleaning, specially to care for Soleil. His smiles are rather shy. His talent is music, mostly the piano. His favorite activity is running, he’ll join track.
He easily worries over Soleil, not wanting her to stay out in the snow to protect her health. She’ll find any moment to be out in the snow even if it freaks him out to death.
When Soleil passes away, Ciel becomes cold and distant. He’s more blunt when he needs to be, even if it comes off harsh He wears a dust mask or his muffler a lot to cover the bottom half of his face. If there’s a problem, he’ll work his way through ... to help anyone but himself. He can be stubborn too and tries to not react much to any affection of love towards him, if he shares mutual feelings with that person.
His attitude can be rude to others, driving people away from coming close. A friend suggested it could be that he doesn’t want people to come close. That’s not exactly it! If people want to be his friend or not, that’s up to them. He doesn’t care. He also comes off as an asshole. I don’t know why he’s like that when I RP him. orz Ciel will speak out his mind or do it for others, even if it’s annoying. He’ll want to know all the details to help the person, even if that’s annoying too. He’ll be their voice if they can’t find it themself.
Soleil likes any season but loves winter more because it’s fun to play in the snow. Ciel is fine with any weather but hates summer. He prefers winter but gets seasonal depression. The two also enjoy tea.
