Run: 2026-02-17-01KHNF1DVKQV4GYV0ZF49G0421

Run Details

Duration:
1m 19s
Cost:
$0.001985
Provider:
SiliconFlow

Model input

System
You are an expert novelist with a gift for vivid, immersive prose. You write in tight third-person limited point of view with a strong narrative voice. Your prose is clean, precise, and engaging — you favor strong verbs, concrete details, and natural-sounding dialogue. You will be given a story bible (codex) containing canonical details about characters, locations, items, and lore. Use these details to ground your writing in the established world. Stay consistent with the codex. Write only the prose of the scene. Do not include titles, chapter headings, markdown formatting, or any commentary before or after the scene.
User/Human
<codex> <character id="4412" name="Aurora Carter" aliases="Rory, Laila, Aurora, Carter, Malphora" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Protagonist"> <eyeColor>bright blue</eyeColor> <hair>straight shoulder-length black</hair> <height>5'6"</height> <age>25</age> <scar>small crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist from a childhood accident</scar> <description>Aurora, referred to by her friends as Rory, is cool-headed, intelligent, and known for quick out-of-the-box thinking.</description> <backstory>Born in Cardiff to an Irish barrister father (Brendan Carter) and Welsh teacher mother (Jennifer Carter née Ellis), Rory reluctantly pursued Pre-Law at Cardiff University. She fled to London at the behest of her childhood friend Eva after leaving an abusive ex named Evan. By day, Rory works part-time as a delivery person for Yu-Fei Cheung's Golden Empress restaurant. She lives in a flat above Silas' bar.</backstory> </character> <character id="4418" name="Nyx" aliases="Nyx, the Shadow, Nightwhisper" pronouns="they/them" species="Shade" storyRole="Wild Card"> <eyeColor>faintly glowing violet</eyeColor> <height>approximately 6'2" in solid form</height> <age>ageless</age> <form>humanoid silhouette of living shadow, can shift between solid and incorporeal</form> <voice>sounds like a whisper carried on the wind</voice> <description>A being of living shadow, existing between the mortal plane and the spaces between realms.</description> <backstory>Nyx was once a human sorcerer named Aldric who became trapped between realms during a failed summoning ritual in 1643. They now exist as a Shade, bound to the mortal plane but able to slip between shadows.</backstory> </character> <character id="4424" name="Isolde Varga" aliases="Isolde, the Seer" pronouns="she/her" species="Half-Fae" storyRole="Oracle"> <eyeColor>pale lavender</eyeColor> <hair>silver, reaching her waist</hair> <height>5'5"</height> <age>300 years old</age> <appearance>ethereal, ageless</appearance> <speech>speaks in riddles</speech> <footprints>leaves no footprints when she walks</footprints> <compulsion>cannot lie (Fae compulsion) but can mislead</compulsion> <description>A Half-Fae seer exiled from the Fae Courts for sharing visions with mortals.</description> <backstory>She now lives in a hidden grove in Richmond Park, offering cryptic prophecies to those who seek her out.</backstory> </character> <location id="853" name="Dymas (Gluttony)" aliases="Dymas, gluttony, Dymasian" realm="Hel" sin="Gluttony"> <ruler>Prince Belphegor</ruler> <skyColor>warm amber</skyColor> <description>A place of excess and indulgence. Sprawling vineyards, orchards, and gardens provide exotic ingredients for master chefs — often helbound souls contracted from Earth. Grand feasts and culinary competitions are common.</description> </location> <location id="861" name="The Fae Grove" aliases="Isolde's grove, Richmond grove, the Grove" realm="Earth (Fae-touched)"> <parkLocation>Richmond Park</parkLocation> <standingStones>ancient oak standing stones mark the boundary</standingStones> <timeBehavior>time moves differently — an hour inside can be minutes or days outside</timeBehavior> <flora>wildflowers bloom year-round</flora> <description>A hidden clearing that exists in a pocket between Earth and the Fae realm.</description> </location> <item id="2001" name="Heartstone Pendant" aliases="the pendant, Heartstone" type="Artifact" origin="Dymas"> <gemstoneColor>deep crimson</gemstoneColor> <chainMaterial>silver chain</chainMaterial> <size>roughly the size of a thumbnail</size> <behavior>pulses faintly with warmth when near a Hel portal</behavior> <glow>faint inner glow</glow> <description>Given to Aurora by an unknown benefactor.</description> </item> <item id="2006" name="Fae-Forged Blade" aliases="the Fae blade, Isolde's gift" type="Weapon" origin="The Fae Courts"> <material>moonsilver</material> <shape>slender, leaf-shaped dagger</shape> <temperature>always cold to the touch</temperature> <glow>faintly luminescent in moonlight</glow> <power>can cut through magical wards; particularly effective against demons</power> <givenTo>given to Aurora by Isolde as a gift</givenTo> <description>A weapon of the Fae Courts, rare and highly coveted.</description> </item> <lore id="7001" name="The Veil" aliases="the Veil, the Barrier, the Boundary" category="Cosmology"> <solsticeEffect>weakens during the winter solstice, strengthens during the summer solstice</solsticeEffect> <appearance>faint shimmering distortion visible only to those with supernatural sight</appearance> <monitoring>rift points (tears in the Veil) are monitored by the Wardens</monitoring> <description>The Veil is the metaphysical barrier separating Earth from Hel and the Fae Realms.</description> </lore> </codex> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the fantasy genre. A small group enters an ancient, otherworldly place for the first time. The environment is alien and wondrous. Describe their exploration — what they see, hear, and feel as they move deeper. Include moments of discovery, unease, and wonder. Let the world-building emerge through the characters' experience rather than exposition. Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters, setting, and lore. Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary.

Model response

AI
The air changed the moment they passed through the shimmering distortion between the ancient oaks. It wasn't just a change in temperature or humidity; it was a shift in the very substance of reality. The sounds of Richmond Park—the distant traffic, the chatter of other walkers, the chirping of common sparrows—snuffed out like a candle flame. In its place was a profound, resonant silence, broken only by a low, melodic hum that seemed to emanate from the moss underfoot and the very air they now breathed. Rory’s hand went instinctively to the Heartstone pendant resting against her collarbone. It was warm, a gentle, living heat that pulsed in time with the thrumming of this hidden grove. She glanced at Nyx, whose form seemed to drink the strange, dappled light. Here, they were more solid, less like a walking silhouette and more like a person carved from polished obsidian. “We are here,” Isolde’s voice was a soft chime, not disturbing the silence so much as weaving into it. She stood ahead of them, her silver hair seeming to move with a breeze Rory couldn’t feel. Her lavender eyes surveyed the clearing with the weary fondness of one returning home. The grove was a pocket of impossible nature. Wildflowers carpeted the ground in a riot of colour that defied the grey London autumn they had just left behind. Blues deeper than the sky, reds as vivid as fresh blood, and yellows that seemed to emit their own light bloomed in tangled, beautiful profusion. The trees were not just oaks; their bark was silvery, and their leaves, though autumnal in shape, shimmered with hints of copper and pearl. Above, the sky was not the familiar muted grey, but a soft, lavender-tinted twilight, though Rory was certain they had entered in the middle of the afternoon. “Time moves… differently here,” Rory murmured, more to herself than anyone. “It moves as it wishes,” Isolde corrected gently, a faint smile touching her lips. “It is not a river, but a pond. We may skim the surface or dive deep.” She gestured for them to follow, and Rory noticed, as she had been told but still found unsettling, that the half-fae left no footprints in the soft, loamy earth. They walked deeper into the grove. The humming grew slightly louder, resolving into something almost like distant, wordless singing. The air was thick with the scent of blooming jasmine and wet stone, a combination that was both intoxicating and strangely clean. Rory’s skin prickled. Every sense was heightened. She could feel the individual blades of magical grass brushing against her ankles, could taste the metallic tang of old magic on her tongue. Nyx moved with a predator’s grace, their violet eyes scanning the environment intently. They reached out a shadowy hand and let it pass through the trunk of one of the silver-barked trees. The tree shimmered, and for a moment, Rory saw not wood, but a complex web of silver light. “It is not entirely here,” Nyx whispered, their voice a rustle of dried leaves. “It exists in both places at once. A anchor point.” “You see truly, Shadow-Walker,” Isolde said, a note of approval in her voice. “The Grove is a stitch in the tapestry of the Veil. A delicate one.” The path—if it could be called a path, for it was merely a slightly less dense patch of flowers—wound towards a circle of standing stones. These were not the rough-hewn monoliths of human prehistory; they were living oak trees, impossibly ancient and vast, their trunks forming a perfect ring. Their branches wove together high above, creating a cathedral-like canopy. In the center of the circle, the air shimmered with a more intense light, a visible concentration of the energy that suffused the entire grove. As they approached the circle, Rory’s unease grew. It was a primal feeling, a deep-seated awareness that she was trespassing in a place where the normal rules did not apply. The Heartstone pulsed warmer against her skin, a comforting presence in the face of the unknown. She felt a sudden, sharp cold against her thigh and flinched, her hand flying to the hilt of the Fae-forged blade Isolde had given her. The moonsilver dagger felt like a shard of winter, its chill seeping through the fabric of her jeans. It was glowing with a faint, phosphorescent light. Isolde paused at the edge of the stone circle. “The blade feels the old wards. They are strong here. This is a place of speaking, of seeing.” She turned her pale lavender gaze on Rory. “The Grove welcomes you, Aurora Carter. But it tests you, also. It shows you not what is, but what may be, or what once was.” Rory took a tentative step into the circle. The moment her foot touched the mossy ground within the ring of trees, the world dissolved. The lavender twilight vanished, replaced by a sky of warm, liquid amber. The scent of jasmine was overpowered by the rich, decadent aromas of roasting meats, spiced wines, and exotic fruits. She stood at the edge of a sprawling vineyard, under unfamiliar stars. In the distance, she could see the silhouettes of grand pavilions and hear the faint, seductive strains of music. The air was heavy, warm, and thick with indulgence. Dymas. The name surfaced in her mind from the coded warnings she’d been given. Her skin crawled. The Heartstone was hot now, almost uncomfortably so, thrumming like a panicked heart. Then, as quickly as it appeared, the vision was gone. She was back in the cool, quiet grove, the amber sky a fading afterimage on her retinas. She staggered, and Nyx was suddenly there, a solid, cool presence at her side, their touch steadying her. “What did you see?” Nyx’s whisper was full of concern. “Gluttony,” Rory breathed, her voice shaky. “The… amber sky. Feasts.” Isolde nodded solemnly. “The Veil is thin for you. The pendant you carry… it is a key as much as it is a ward. It connects you to that realm, even as it warns you of its proximity.” Rory looked down at the crimson stone. It was cooling rapidly, returning to its gentle warmth. She understood now. It wasn’t just a compass for danger; it was a thread, tying her fate to a world she was only beginning to comprehend. The wonder of the grove was now tinged with a sharp, metallic fear. This wasn’t just an exploration; it was a reconnaissance into a war she hadn’t known she was enlisted in. She looked from the ethereal, untrustworthy seer to the ageless shadow-being, and felt the cold weight of the Fae blade on her leg. She was surrounded by ancient powers and tangled loyalties, standing in a place outside of time. The initial awe had curdled into a profound sense of her own smallness. But as her fingers tightened around the chilling hilt of the dagger, a sliver of her cool-headed resolve returned. She had fled one life of being controlled. She would not walk blindly into another. The exploration was over. The real journey was just beginning.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
78.57% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags7
adverbTagCount1
adverbTags
0"Isolde corrected gently [gently]"
dialogueSentences14
tagDensity0.5
leniency1
rawRatio0.143
effectiveRatio0.143
66.58% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1197
totalAiIsmAdverbs8
found
0
adverb"very"
count2
1
adverb"gently"
count1
2
adverb"slightly"
count2
3
adverb"truly"
count1
4
adverb"quickly"
count1
5
adverb"suddenly"
count1
highlights
0"very"
1"gently"
2"slightly"
3"truly"
4"quickly"
5"suddenly"
100.00% AI-ism character names
Target: 0 AI-default names (17 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
100.00% AI-ism location names
Target: 0 AI-default location names (33 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
0.00% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount1197
totalAiIsms27
found
0
word"profound"
count2
1
word"silence"
count2
2
word"pulsed"
count2
3
word"shimmered"
count3
4
word"familiar"
count1
5
word"resolving"
count1
6
word"could feel"
count1
7
word"predator"
count1
8
word"scanning"
count1
9
word"complex"
count1
10
word"tapestry"
count1
11
word"perfect"
count1
12
word"comforting"
count1
13
word"chill"
count1
14
word"coded"
count1
15
word"whisper"
count1
16
word"warmth"
count1
17
word"tinged"
count1
18
word"weight"
count1
19
word"sense of"
count1
20
word"chilling"
count1
21
word"resolve"
count1
highlights
0"profound"
1"silence"
2"pulsed"
3"shimmered"
4"familiar"
5"resolving"
6"could feel"
7"predator"
8"scanning"
9"complex"
10"tapestry"
11"perfect"
12"comforting"
13"chill"
14"coded"
15"whisper"
16"warmth"
17"tinged"
18"weight"
19"sense of"
20"chilling"
21"resolve"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches1
maxInWindow1
found
0
label"air was thick with"
count1
highlights
0"The air was thick with"
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences73
matches(empty)
84.15% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount3
narrationSentences73
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"seemed to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences78
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen46
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords1184
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions6
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
83.33% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions32
wordCount1036
uniqueNames9
maxNameDensity1.16
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity2.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Richmond1
Park1
Heartstone3
Nyx5
Rory12
London1
Isolde6
Fae-forged1
Fae2
persons
0"Nyx"
1"Rory"
2"Isolde"
3"Fae"
places
0"Richmond"
1"Park"
2"Heartstone"
3"London"
globalScore0.921
windowScore0.833
34.62% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences65
glossingSentenceCount3
matches
0"hum that seemed to emanate from the moss underfoot and the very air they now breathed"
1"yellows that seemed to emit their own light bloomed in tangled, beautiful profusion"
2"felt like a shard of winter, its chill"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches4
per1kWords3.378
wordCount1184
matches
0"not the familiar muted grey, but a soft, lavender-tinted twilight, though Rory was certain th"
1"not a river, but a pond"
2"not wood, but a complex web of silver light"
3"not what is, but what may be"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount1
totalSentences78
matches
0"unsettling, that the"
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs20
mean59.2
std30.54
cv0.516
sampleLengths
086
162
250
3104
411
559
672
774
827
984
1097
1160
1224
13101
1445
1510
1610
1738
1874
1996
71.62% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount7
totalSentences73
matches
0"been told"
1"was heightened"
2"was overpowered"
3"been given"
4"was gone"
5"was enlisted"
6"was surrounded"
70.13% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount3
totalVerbs154
matches
0"was trespassing"
1"was glowing"
2"was cooling"
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount4
semicolonCount5
flaggedSentences7
totalSentences78
ratio0.09
matches
0"It wasn't just a change in temperature or humidity; it was a shift in the very substance of reality."
1"The sounds of Richmond Park—the distant traffic, the chatter of other walkers, the chirping of common sparrows—snuffed out like a candle flame."
2"The trees were not just oaks; their bark was silvery, and their leaves, though autumnal in shape, shimmered with hints of copper and pearl."
3"The path—if it could be called a path, for it was merely a slightly less dense patch of flowers—wound towards a circle of standing stones."
4"These were not the rough-hewn monoliths of human prehistory; they were living oak trees, impossibly ancient and vast, their trunks forming a perfect ring."
5"It wasn’t just a compass for danger; it was a thread, tying her fate to a world she was only beginning to comprehend."
6"This wasn’t just an exploration; it was a reconnaissance into a war she hadn’t known she was enlisted in."
82.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount1048
adjectiveStacks3
stackExamples
0"soft, lavender-tinted twilight,"
1"together high above, creating"
2"sudden, sharp cold against her"
adverbCount38
adverbRatio0.03625954198473282
lyAdverbCount17
lyAdverbRatio0.016221374045801526
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences78
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences78
mean15.18
std8.04
cv0.53
sampleLengths
015
119
222
330
412
518
613
719
819
917
1014
118
1220
1325
1424
1527
1611
1714
1845
196
2013
2122
223
234
2424
2513
2619
2718
2814
2910
3013
3114
3225
3324
3410
3525
368
3722
3816
3925
4018
418
429
4326
4425
458
4616
4712
4819
4912
41.45% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats11
diversityRatio0.3333333333333333
totalSentences78
uniqueOpeners26
46.30% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount1
totalSentences72
matches
0"Then, as quickly as it"
ratio0.014
81.11% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount25
totalSentences72
matches
0"It wasn't just a change"
1"It was warm, a gentle,"
2"She glanced at Nyx, whose"
3"She stood ahead of them,"
4"Her lavender eyes surveyed the"
5"She gestured for them to"
6"They walked deeper into the"
7"She could feel the individual"
8"They reached out a shadowy"
9"Their branches wove together high"
10"It was a primal feeling,"
11"She felt a sudden, sharp"
12"It was glowing with a"
13"She turned her pale lavender"
14"She stood at the edge"
15"Her skin crawled."
16"She was back in the"
17"She staggered, and Nyx was"
18"It was cooling rapidly, returning"
19"She understood now."
ratio0.347
8.61% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount65
totalSentences72
matches
0"The air changed the moment"
1"It wasn't just a change"
2"The sounds of Richmond Park—the"
3"Rory’s hand went instinctively to"
4"It was warm, a gentle,"
5"She glanced at Nyx, whose"
6"Here, they were more solid,"
7"Isolde’s voice was a soft"
8"She stood ahead of them,"
9"Her lavender eyes surveyed the"
10"The grove was a pocket"
11"Wildflowers carpeted the ground in"
12"Blues deeper than the sky,"
13"The trees were not just"
14"Rory murmured, more to herself"
15"Isolde corrected gently, a faint"
16"She gestured for them to"
17"They walked deeper into the"
18"The humming grew slightly louder,"
19"The air was thick with"
ratio0.903
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences72
matches(empty)
ratio0
79.37% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences45
technicalSentenceCount4
matches
0"In its place was a profound, resonant silence, broken only by a low, melodic hum that seemed to emanate from the moss underfoot and the very air they now breath…"
1"Blues deeper than the sky, reds as vivid as fresh blood, and yellows that seemed to emit their own light bloomed in tangled, beautiful profusion."
2"The air was thick with the scent of blooming jasmine and wet stone, a combination that was both intoxicating and strangely clean."
3"In the center of the circle, the air shimmered with a more intense light, a visible concentration of the energy that suffused the entire grove."
0.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags7
uselessAdditionCount5
matches
0"Rory murmured, more to herself than anyone"
1"Isolde corrected gently, a faint smile touching her lips"
2"Nyx whispered, their voice a rustle of dried leaves"
3"Isolde said, a note of approval in her voice"
4"Rory breathed, her voice shaky"
0.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags5
fancyCount4
fancyTags
0"Rory murmured (murmur)"
1"Isolde corrected gently (correct)"
2"Nyx whispered (whisper)"
3"Rory breathed (breathe)"
dialogueSentences14
tagDensity0.357
leniency0.714
rawRatio0.8
effectiveRatio0.571
64.2612%