Oi. I'm Archie, more popularly known as "Hellmasker". I don't look a thing like that form in FF7, by the by. I'm one of the Limiters, Vincent's crewe. All you grammar nazis can sod off right now, al'ight?

As yous can see, I'm not upper-plate stuff. Heck, I didn't even grow up on the lower plate. It was all pre-Midgar. I grew up in Notchim, what later became the Sector Six slums. Hasn't changed much from the old days. Got me kicks killin' chocobos, an' later people. Became known as the Hellmasker, for me killin's. Mainly because I ate people an' used their bones for art and skins for gloves an' jackets an' me signature mask. By the by, people taste like pork.

Anyhoo, I was eventually caught, tried, an' convicted. 'Stead of gettin' e'cuted, they used me in a new-fangled experiment. Took me soul-matter from me body an' put it in Vincent. Bloke wasn't happy to have a serial killer in his head, f'sure.

Me, Galian, Chaos, an' Vincent all make for a big happy fam'ly now. By the by, I look more like Nero an' Vincent, what with the black hair and lanky form, only me eyes are blue-grey.

My name is Vincent Hargrave Valentine, son of the scientist Grimorie Valentine. I am more my father's son than my mother's, in looks at least. He was a good man, and an excellent father, and we were as close as father and son could be. Instead of becoming an academic like the rest of my family, I rebelled and became a Turk. I was an excellent gunman, and still am.

One of my assignments was to protect a young scientist in a backwater town. Easy, I thought. Long story short, I ended up shot and ressurected like some sort of Lazarus. I was then experimented on. It wasn't who you think it was, or how you think it went. I also have utmost respect for Itachi and Milgram, respectively.

Yes, I really was that emo, for a time. Thirty years spent comatose in a casket can do a real number to you. I was also not involved in the demise of a certain... scientist. The canon is very off on these points.

I came here some time ago, along with Reeve. We're in a casual romantic relationship. I run the Muse Shelter here, and care for Valenhound... my canine counterpart. Life here is peaceful.

... I should really start thinking about Valentine's Day. Hmm.

Reeve here. I'm in charge of the Muse Contingent here in Silent House, as well as being on the House Committee. When people have problems in-house, they tend to come to me first. I also help with the screening and settling of newcomers. I suppose this a bit of an informal description for those who know me from canon, but I'm not quite like canon. I am currently in a casual relationship with our system's Vincent Valentine, another member of the Muse Contingent. I've lost track as to the total number of the contingent at this point, but suffice to say it's one of the larger groups, with the Peanut Gallery coming in at second.

The House Committee, also called the Bureau of Internal Affairs, deals with the day-to-day matters of keeping the system up and running. There are representatives from all groups on the committee, including Remy Lebeau, Aeris, Godot, myself, and Synchro when it has time to make the meetings. We settle in-house arguments and act as a governing body within Silent House. Besides all this, I help with the actual maintenance of the house.

The majority of our world consists of one giant mansion, the Silent House itself. It's much larger on the inside than it is on the outside. Next to it is Johanna's carriage house, along the path that leads to the Inner Domain. In the back of the house is Aeris's garden, along with the lake and the forest for those otherkin who wish to live outside the main house. On the opposite side of the road is Vincent's Muse Shelter. This is also where Valenhound, the greyhound AU version of Vincent, lives. It's a place for lost/abandoned/neglected/abused muses to come until they can find a writer or artist of their own. It's also where Rufus first showed up. The Inner Domain is the Dark One's realm, and very few people venture there. It resembles Nero's inner world from Dirge of Cerberus-- not a pleasant place to be. He cocoons himself up there until he decides to bother someone.

If you have any questions, or wish to contact any of us, please leave a note and we will give you our contact information and/or answer your questions to the best of our abilities.

[EDIT]: Apparently our contact information is in this journal's profile. So just check the profile if you want to get in touch with us.

Hi. I'm D, or at least that's the name I've adopted. I'm not from here, even though I've presumably occupied the body for 20 years. I took the body's name as my own, forgetting my own name. I'm just starting to remember who I am, with help from Elena and Cid. I've had a storied love-life, both in system and out, but currently I'm engaged to one Cid Highwind and all the best for it. We're planning on an in-system wedding in the spring, likely May 1st. I'm horrible with introductions, and the others could probably write better for this than I.

If you IM us/contact us, you'll likely meet me first, since I'm the main frontrunner. I promise I'm much more interesting than I let on here.

Feel free to ask me questions.