Great story so far, I've been following it since last year.
Can't wait till the chapter comes out! :)

This was really fantastic! It's been hard finding a good Silent Hill fic, and this made the ceaseless hunt totally worth it.

Vincent's characterization was spot on and entertaining, while Claudia pulled at my heart strings.

I think Chapter 7 was the best written; the descriptions were so eloquent and beautiful that I really lost myself in the story.

Also, great job with the Elders of the Order. Their antiquated way of speaking never came off as cheesy, which is a testament to your skill.

You also did a great job with Vincent's reasons for not leaving the Order, partly because he couldn't, and partly because he could still do good from within the Church.

Overall, it was amazing. Can't wait to read your other works.

Looks like things are getting interesting for Vincent and Claudia on this trip. Look forward to seeing what Claudia makes of this whole thing once she's a little closer to consciousness.

Not sure where you're headed at this point, but I can't wait to find out.

Keep up the good work!

This is a fairly good fic, much better than I'd anticipated it would be. The summary didn't seem very promising, I'm afraid. ^^'

But, after reading your Vincent/Claudia oneshot that seemed to nail Vincent's personality and voice almost perfectly, I thought I had to give this a gander. And I'm glad I did, because despite a few flaws this really was an interesting idea for a story.

Now, I won't get into the chronological stuff, since you mentioned in the first chapter that you would have to disregard some things in order to make the story work. I'm fine with that, although you might want to file this under 'Alternate Universe' if it changes much more in the future. But, with Vincent...I'd make it a mission to more closely study him the next time you play the game, or when you look up cutscenes on Youtube. You've almost got him down, but there are occasional moments where he does deviate substantially in voice from what I'd expect from Vincent. Not all of these are bad, in fact I rather like your take on an admittedly complex and hard to discern character in terms of motivations and behaviour. You add dimension to him, making him neither good nor bad ultimately, and I think that idea alone is faithful enough to the character that it carries the story. He's just so much fun to watch!

Anyways, enough rambling on my part. This seems good, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.

Good chapter, glad your still writing.

I enjoy the fact that Vincent, despite his upbringing, is still able to look at situations like this and say "what the HELL is wrong with you people?"

Curious to see Claudia's reaction to what Vincent has done once she actually wakes up and starts talking.

Hope the next update comes sooner.

This is my favorite Silent Hill story. Seriously, I love it.

Oh, and just out of curiousity, is it going to be a Vincent/Claudia?

I like that you built up the characters since their childhood relationships with each other.

Wow, I love this. Vincent is absolutely spot-on, and the "Oedipus Sullivan" line made me giggle.

Wow ... usually I don't read these kinds of things, but this is amazing. You seriously need to continue.

Ha, I'm so glad you continued! That was dramatic and funny. I loved that part about "poor claudia. Everyone thought she was just mad. Little did they know she was both mad and psychic." Hilarious. The negotiation at the end was well-written also.

Good chapter, glad to have you back. Hope the next chapter takes less time to come out, especially if you have more lying around.

Great work, keep it up!

Great to see an update to this story! :) It was a delight to learn that this was being posted, and to read it today.
Poor Vincent was having another chapter of being too nice for his own good, again. Can’t figure out if he was being naïve here and the real him emerged later on in SH3, or if this is the real him and he was just too jaded to be himself due to what happened after this and before SH3. As with anyone else who’s paying in the present due to someone else’s past actions, he’s looking for help, any help, from the same source that seems to be causing all this insanity. That’s understandable enough, considering that if one assumes that heart-stealing (the literal one, not the figurative one that may be in romance stories) is taking place due to some nutter’s devotion to God, then surely God wouldn’t do nothing when such sacrilege is taking place in His name. God would have to intervene and force some sanity back into the picture. At least Vincent hopes…

Rosalind Kauffman herself appears to be someone who fits fairly comfortably in that environment. Granted that the environment is not one she seems to have created, but she seems to have made herself comfortable enough in living with it, as opposed to Vincent, and even Claudia to some degree, who are understandably uncomfortable with many of the things that are going on around them.
Not surprising that Rosalind would initially want to do nothing when hearing of the problem, instead wishing to sit back and wait, and I imagine, hope for some external miracle to happen that’ll solve the problem without her involvement being necessary. And she is so polite to Vincent that one can tell she’s not being herself, as I suspect she wants to tell him to shut the !”£$%^&* up (in her own, reserved way), but her image is more important than her being honest just now. So I think she’s avoiding being herself and putting forth a façade of integrity for the sake of others’ opinion of her. That’s proven at the end when she claims she’s going to try to pull Claudia out of her ordeal because of affection for the latter, even though she cared nothing for Claudia’s problem when she had nothing to gain from being involved with it.
Basically, Rosalind would make a good politician.
I know – talk about an insult.

Come to think of it, I’m still wondering how messed up this entire place is that Vincent is the voice of reason. Enough said there.

Speaking of him, his ability to think on his feet on the spur of the moment, and give Rosalind what she wanted, to ensure that she’d cooperate and help him to get Claudia back, was quite ingenious. Most people would’ve not come up with anything to counter Rosalind’s insistence on being neutral, and then maybe thought of a good argument hours later, and then kicked themselves for not thinking of it during the conversation, when it mattered. But Vincent seems like he’d make a good debater, as in someone who can analyze a situation and say what needs to be said to convince another person, when it matters. The timing is as important as what is said in those situations, after all
Again, too bad he’s stuck in the land of heart-stealers, as opposed to being where he wants to be.

And he referred to Claudia as his friend despite all their antagonism. That was cute.
So, nice chapter to read, and great to see ABDWW back online. Please update soon.

I was just thinking today that I hadn't seen any more of this story for a while.

I really enjoyed seeing Kaufmann's family, and the development of the cult.

And Vincent's concern for Claudia is really touching.

This story. Is. Awesome. I really hope that you update it some more!

Gotta say I really enjoy this fic. Vincent is a very interesting character, but I was hoping to see a little more of the darkness in Silent Hill. Look forward to an update.