Run: 2026-02-19-01KHT0167GR79THDGNDS1J9V4A

Run Details

Model:: Mistral Small Creative
Test:: Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:: Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:: 7.5s
Cost:: $0.000588
Provider:: Mistral

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
100.00%	Adverbs in dialogue tags	(details)
89.27%	AI-ism adverb frequency	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism character names	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism location names	(details)
8.80%	AI-ism word frequency	(details)
100.00%	Cliché density	(details)
100.00%	Emotion telling (show vs. tell)	(details)
100.00%	Filter word density	(details)
100.00%	Gibberish response detection	(details)
100.00%	Markdown formatting overuse	(details)
100.00%	Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)	(details)
63.26%	Name drop frequency	(details)
51.96%	Narrator intent-glossing	(details)
90.59%	"Not X but Y" pattern overuse	(details)
100.00%	Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)	(details)
100.00%	Paragraph length variance	(details)
100.00%	Passive voice overuse	(details)
100.00%	Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse	(details)
0.00%	Em-dash & semicolon overuse	(details)
100.00%	Purple prose (modifier overload)	(details)
100.00%	Repeated phrase echo	(details)
100.00%	Sentence length variance	(details)
66.67%	Sentence opener variety	(details)
100.00%	Adverb-first sentence starts	(details)
100.00%	Pronoun-first sentence starts	(details)
93.80%	Subject-first sentence starts	(details)
70.42%	Subordinate conjunction sentence starts	(details)
56.28%	Technical jargon density	(details)
0.00%	Useless dialogue additions	(details)
100.00%	Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)	(details)
83.0349%	Overall

Model input

System

You are an expert fiction writer.

Always keep the following rules in mind:
- Write in past tense and use General English spelling, grammar, and colloquialisms/slang.
- Write in active voice
- Always follow the "show, don't tell" principle.
- Avoid adverbs and cliches and overused/commonly used phrases. Aim for fresh and original descriptions.
- Convey events and story through dialogue.
- Mix short, punchy sentences with long, descriptive ones. Drop fill words to add variety.
- Skip "he/she said said" dialogue tags and convey people's actions or face expressions through their speech
- Avoid mushy dialog and descriptions, have dialogue always continue the action, never stall or add unnecessary fluff. Vary the descriptions to not repeat yourself.
- Put dialogue on its own paragraph to separate scene and action.
- Reduce indicators of uncertainty like "trying" or "maybe"

When writing text:
- NEVER conclude the scene on your own, follow the beat instructions very closely.
- NEVER end with foreshadowing.
- NEVER write further than what I prompt you with.
- AVOID imagining possible endings, NEVER deviate from the instructions.
- STOP EARLY if the continuation contains what was required in the instructions. You do not need to fill out the full amount of words possible.

User/Human

Take into account the following glossary of characters/locations/items/lore... when writing your response:
<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>

Continue the story using the following instructions:
<instructions>
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.
</instructions>

Model response

The air inside the grove hit Rory like a held breath finally released. One moment, she’d been trudging through Richmond Park’s damp undergrowth, the next—she stepped between two gnarled oaks and the world *shifted*. The scent of damp earth and pine needles vanished, replaced by something sweeter, sharper, like crushed herbs and ozone. The trees here didn’t just *stand*—they *leaned*, their branches twisting into impossible arches overhead, their bark etched with silver veins that pulsed faintly, as if the wood itself breathed.

Nyx slipped through the gap behind her, their shadowed form flickering at the edges like a candle flame in a draft. “This place doesn’t like being seen,” they murmured, their voice a whisper that slithered between the leaves. “It resists.”

Rory exhaled through her nose, fingers tightening around the Fae-forged dagger at her hip. The metal was colder than it had any right to be, the faintest blue glow tracing its edge like frost. “Then we’d better not give it a reason to notice us.”

Ahead, the path—if it could be called that—wound between towering wildflowers that swayed without wind, their petals shifting from violet to gold as if breathing. The light here wasn’t sunlight. It was softer, diffused, like moonlight filtered through stained glass. And the silence—thick, heavy, the kind that pressed against eardrums until Rory’s pulse sounded too loud in her own skull.

Then Isolde stepped forward, her silver hair catching the strange light like a beacon. She moved without sound, her bare feet leaving no imprint on the mossy ground. “The grove remembers,” she said, her voice neither loud nor soft, just *there*, like the hum of a tuning fork. “It remembers the last time a mortal walked these paths.”

Rory’s skin prickled. “And how’d that turn out for them?”

Isolde didn’t answer. She never did, not directly. Instead, she reached out, her fingers brushing a low-hanging branch. The moment she touched it, the bark *rippled*, the silver veins flaring bright before settling into a steady, rhythmic pulse. Like a heartbeat.

Nyx drifted closer, their form wavering at the edges. “This place is alive.”

“Of course it is,” Isolde said, as if that were the most obvious thing in the world. “All things are, in their way.”

Rory swallowed. The pendant around her neck—the one she still didn’t know the origin of—had gone warm against her skin, its faint crimson glow seeping through the fabric of her shirt. She didn’t like that. Not one bit.

They pressed deeper.

The flowers here weren’t just wild—they were *watchful*. Petals turned toward them as they passed, stems bending just slightly, as if tracking their movement. Rory caught herself holding her breath, then forced herself to exhale. If this place wanted to swallow them whole, it would’ve done it by now.

A sound cut through the silence—a low, melodic chime, like wind through glass. Rory’s hand flew to the dagger, but Isolde only tilted her head, listening. “The standing stones,” she said. “They sing when the Veil thins.”

Nyx’s violet eyes flickered. “Thins?”

“Yes.” Isolde’s voice was distant, as if she were half in this world and half in another. “The solstice approaches. The barriers between realms grow… porous.”

Rory’s stomach twisted. The solstice. That was weeks away. Wasn’t it?

Ahead, the path opened into a clearing. And there, rising from the earth like the ribs of some long-dead leviathan, were the standing stones. Twelve of them, arranged in a perfect circle, their surfaces carved with spirals and symbols that made Rory’s eyes ache if she stared too long. The air above them *shimmered*, like heat haze, but colder. Sharper.

Nyx hissed, their form contracting, edges sharpening like a blade. “That’s not just the Veil thinning. That’s a *tear*.”

Isolde didn’t deny it. She stepped forward, her bare feet silent on the moss, and pressed her palm against the nearest stone. The carvings flared with pale blue light, and for a heartbeat, Rory *saw* it—the Veil, a vast, shimmering curtain stretching endlessly in all directions, its threads unravelling at the edges like frayed cloth. And beyond it—

Fire. Endless, hungry fire.

She stumbled back, her boot catching on a root. The vision snapped shut like a slammed door.

“You saw it too,” Isolde said, not a question.

Rory’s mouth was dry. “Hel.”

“Yes.” Isolde’s lavender eyes were distant, unfocused. “And it’s not the only one watching.”

A gust of wind—no, not wind. *Breath*. Warm, damp, carrying the scent of rotting fruit and something darker, something that made Rory’s teeth ache. The flowers around them wilted, their petals curling in on themselves like burned paper.

Nyx’s form rippled, their voice a snarl. “We’re not alone.”

The shadows at the edge of the clearing *moved*.

Not like Nyx’s shadows—smooth, controlled. These were jagged, *wrong*, like something had taken a knife to the darkness and left it in ragged strips. And from those strips, *eyes* emerged. Dozens of them. Pale, pupil-less, blinking slowly in the dim light.

Rory’s fingers closed around the dagger’s hilt. The metal was so cold it burned. “Isolde.”

The half-Fae didn’t move. Didn’t blink. “They’ve been waiting.”

The eyes in the dark *laughed*. Not a sound—no, worse. A *feeling*, a pressure inside Rory’s skull, like fingers probing at her thoughts. She gritted her teeth, her free hand flying to the pendant. The crimson glow flared, searing through her shirt, and the laughter *screeched* to a halt.

Silence.

Then, from the darkness, a voice—smooth, syrupy, dripping with amusement.

“Well. Aren’t you a *delight*.”

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

100.00%

Adverbs in dialogue tags

Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs

totalTags	5
adverbTagCount	0
adverbTags	(empty)
dialogueSentences	23
tagDensity	0.217
leniency	0.435
rawRatio	0
effectiveRatio	0

89.27%

AI-ism adverb frequency

Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)

wordCount

932

totalAiIsmAdverbs

found

adverb	"slightly"
count	1

adverb	"slowly"
count	1

highlights

0	"slightly"
1	"slowly"

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)

8.80%

AI-ism word frequency

Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)

wordCount

932

totalAiIsms

found

word	"etched"
count	1

word	"pulsed"
count	1

word	"whisper"
count	1

word	"tracing"
count	1

word	"silence"
count	3

word	"pulse"
count	2

word	"beacon"
count	1

word	"rhythmic"
count	1

word	"wavering"
count	1

word	"flickered"
count	1

word	"stomach"
count	1

word	"perfect"
count	1

word	"shimmered"
count	1

word	"searing"
count	1

highlights

0	"etched"
1	"pulsed"
2	"whisper"
3	"tracing"
4	"silence"
5	"pulse"
6	"beacon"
7	"rhythmic"
8	"wavering"
9	"flickered"
10	"stomach"
11	"perfect"
12	"shimmered"
13	"searing"

100.00%

Cliché density

Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window

totalCliches	0
maxInWindow	0
found	(empty)
highlights	(empty)

100.00%

Emotion telling (show vs. tell)

Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling

emotionTells	0
narrationSentences	80
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Filter word density

Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words

filterCount	0
hedgeCount	0
narrationSentences	80
filterMatches	(empty)
hedgeMatches	(empty)

100.00%

Gibberish response detection

Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)

analyzedSentences	96
gibberishSentences	0
adjustedGibberishSentences	0
longSentenceCount	0
runOnParagraphCount	0
giantParagraphCount	0
wordSaladCount	0
repetitionLoopCount	0
controlTokenCount	0
maxSentenceWordsSeen	34
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Markdown formatting overuse

Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting

markdownSpans

markdownWords

totalWords

914

ratio

0.019

matches

0	"shifted"
1	"stand"
2	"leaned"
3	"there"
4	"rippled"
5	"watchful"
6	"shimmered"
7	"tear"
8	"saw"
9	"Breath"
10	"moved"
11	"wrong"
12	"eyes"
13	"laughed"
14	"feeling"
15	"screeched"
16	"delight"

100.00%

Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)

Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks

totalAttributions	10
unquotedAttributions	0
matches	(empty)

63.26%

Name drop frequency

Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words

totalMentions

wordCount

807

uniqueNames

maxNameDensity

1.73

worstName

"Rory"

maxWindowNameDensity

2.5

worstWindowName

"Rory"

discoveredNames

Rory	14
Richmond	1
Park	1
Fae-forged	1
Isolde	8
Nyx	6
Veil	1
Fire	1

persons

0	"Rory"
1	"Isolde"
2	"Nyx"

places

0	"Richmond"
1	"Park"

globalScore

0.633

windowScore

0.833

51.96%

Narrator intent-glossing

Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns

analyzedSentences

glossingSentenceCount

matches

0	"as if breathing"
1	"as if tracking their movement"

90.59%

"Not X but Y" pattern overuse

Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words

totalMatches

per1kWords

1.094

wordCount

914

matches

0	"neither loud nor"

100.00%

Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)

Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses

thatCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"called that—wound"

100.00%

Paragraph length variance

Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts

totalParagraphs

mean

26.88

std

21.24

0.79

sampleLengths

0	82
1	40
2	45
3	60
4	58
5	10
6	41
7	13
8	23
9	38
10	3
11	49
12	37
13	5
14	26
15	11
16	60
17	19
18	58
19	4
20	17
21	9
22	5
23	14
24	38
25	10
26	9
27	41
28	15
29	9
30	49
31	1
32	10
33	5

100.00%

Passive voice overuse

Target: ≤2% passive sentences

passiveCount	0
totalSentences	80
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse

Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs

pastProgressiveCount	0
totalVerbs	141
matches	(empty)

0.00%

Em-dash & semicolon overuse

Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons

emDashCount

semicolonCount

flaggedSentences

totalSentences

ratio

0.135

matches

0	"One moment, she’d been trudging through Richmond Park’s damp undergrowth, the next—she stepped between two gnarled oaks and the world shifted."
1	"The trees here didn’t just stand—they leaned, their branches twisting into impossible arches overhead, their bark etched with silver veins that pulsed faintly, as if the wood itself breathed."
2	"Ahead, the path—if it could be called that—wound between towering wildflowers that swayed without wind, their petals shifting from violet to gold as if breathing."
3	"And the silence—thick, heavy, the kind that pressed against eardrums until Rory’s pulse sounded too loud in her own skull."
4	"The pendant around her neck—the one she still didn’t know the origin of—had gone warm against her skin, its faint crimson glow seeping through the fabric of her shirt."
5	"The flowers here weren’t just wild—they were watchful."
6	"A sound cut through the silence—a low, melodic chime, like wind through glass."
7	"The carvings flared with pale blue light, and for a heartbeat, Rory saw it—the Veil, a vast, shimmering curtain stretching endlessly in all directions, its threads unravelling at the edges like frayed cloth."
8	"And beyond it—"
9	"A gust of wind—no, not wind."
10	"Not like Nyx’s shadows—smooth, controlled."
11	"Not a sound—no, worse."
12	"Then, from the darkness, a voice—smooth, syrupy, dripping with amusement."

100.00%

Purple prose (modifier overload)

Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking

wordCount	825
adjectiveStacks	0
stackExamples	(empty)
adverbCount	32
adverbRatio	0.03878787878787879
lyAdverbCount	7
lyAdverbRatio	0.008484848484848486

100.00%

Repeated phrase echo

Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)

totalSentences	96
echoCount	0
echoWords	(empty)

100.00%

Sentence length variance

Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts

totalSentences

mean

9.52

std

7.2

0.756

sampleLengths

0	13
1	21
2	19
3	29
4	21
5	17
6	2
7	14
8	20
9	11
10	25
11	5
12	10
13	20
14	14
15	14
16	20
17	10
18	3
19	7
20	3
21	5
22	10
23	20
24	3
25	9
26	4
27	17
28	6
29	2
30	29
31	4
32	3
33	3
34	8
35	16
36	11
37	14
38	13
39	13
40	5
41	6
42	4
43	1
44	17
45	9
46	3
47	2
48	4
49	2

66.67%

Sentence opener variety

Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers

consecutiveRepeats	1
diversityRatio	0.40625
totalSentences	96
uniqueOpeners	39

100.00%

Adverb-first sentence starts

Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb

adverbCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"Then Isolde stepped forward, her"
1	"Instead, she reached out, her"
2	"Then, from the darkness, a"

ratio

0.042

100.00%

Pronoun-first sentence starts

Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun

pronounCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"they murmured, their voice a"
1	"It was softer, diffused, like"
2	"She moved without sound, her"
3	"she said, her voice neither"
4	"She never did, not directly."
5	"She didn’t like that."
6	"They pressed deeper."
7	"She stepped forward, her bare"
8	"She stumbled back, her boot"
9	"She gritted her teeth, her"

ratio

0.141

93.80%

Subject-first sentence starts

Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject

subjectCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"The air inside the grove"
1	"The scent of damp earth"
2	"The trees here didn’t just"
3	"Nyx slipped through the gap"
4	"they murmured, their voice a"
5	"Rory exhaled through her nose,"
6	"The metal was colder than"
7	"The light here wasn’t sunlight."
8	"It was softer, diffused, like"
9	"She moved without sound, her"
10	"she said, her voice neither"
11	"Rory’s skin prickled."
12	"Isolde didn’t answer."
13	"She never did, not directly."
14	"The moment she touched it,"
15	"Nyx drifted closer, their form"
16	"Isolde said, as if that"
17	"The pendant around her neck—the"
18	"She didn’t like that."
19	"They pressed deeper."

ratio

0.732

70.42%

Subordinate conjunction sentence starts

Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction

subConjCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"If this place wanted to"

ratio

0.014

56.28%

Technical jargon density

Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns

analyzedSentences

technicalSentenceCount

matches

0	"The trees here didn’t just stand—they leaned, their branches twisting into impossible arches overhead, their bark etched with silver veins that pulsed faint…"
1	"Ahead, the path—if it could be called that—wound between towering wildflowers that swayed without wind, their petals shifting from violet to gold as if breathin…"
2	"Nyx hissed, their form contracting, edges sharpening like a blade."
3	"Warm, damp, carrying the scent of rotting fruit and something darker, something that made Rory’s teeth ache."

0.00%

Useless dialogue additions

Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments

totalTags

uselessAdditionCount

matches

0	"they murmured, their voice a whisper that slithered between the leaves"
1	"Isolde said, as if that were the most obvious thing in the world"

100.00%

Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)

Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags

totalTags

fancyCount

fancyTags

0	"they murmured (murmur)"

dialogueSentences

tagDensity

0.217

leniency

0.435

rawRatio

0.2

effectiveRatio

0.087

83.0349%