Run: 2026-02-19-01KHT0SGR5VBT7RAB3FK91XPVZ

Run Details

Duration:
1m 44s
Cost:
$0.001334
Provider:
DeepInfra

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

AI
The air shimmered around them, a distortion like heat haze on a summer road, and then the world snapped into focus with a sound like a sheet being shaken out. One moment they were in the muted greys of a London evening, the next, they were somewhere else entirely. Rory’s first breath was thick with the scent of honey, ripe fruit, and something spiced she couldn’t name. The sky above wasn't the familiar overcast grey, but a deep, warm amber, as if the sun had set and left its colour behind as a permanent twilight. It cast a golden, dreamlike glow over everything. “Well,” Rory breathed, her voice barely a whisper. The Heartstone pendant against her chest pulsed with a gentle, reassuring warmth. Beside her, Nyx solidified from a wisp of moving darkness into their humanoid form. Their violet eyes scanned the horizon, taking in the impossible landscape. “Dymas.” The word was a sigh carried on the wind, full of a recognition Rory didn’t feel. Before them stretched rolling hills covered in orderly rows of vines, heavy with grapes that shone like polished amethysts. Orchards stood further out, trees bent under the weight of fruits Rory had no names for—globes of fiery orange, clusters of pearlescent white berries, things that shimmered with an internal light. The very air hummed with a low, contented frequency, the sound of immense, satisfied indulgence. “It smells like my grandmother’s kitchen during the holidays,” Rory said, her stomach giving an unexpected, eager rumble. “If she cooked for an army of giants.” “It is a scent designed to lure,” Nyx murmured, their form flickering at the edges as a gentle breeze, warm and sweet, washed over them. “To lower your guard. Remember why we are here, Aurora Carter. This is a realm of consumption.” They began to walk, their feet sinking into soft, dark earth that seemed to spring back after each step. The path was flanked by bushes bearing flowers with petals like stained glass, each one chiming softly as they brushed past. Rory reached out, her fingers hesitating just above a blood-red bloom. “Don’t,” Nyx’s whisper was sharp, stopping her hand. “Everything here has a price. Even a touch.” She pulled her hand back, a shiver of unease cutting through the pervasive warmth. The pendant pulsed again, a little hotter this time, a silent confirmation of Nyx’s warning. They moved deeper, the path winding toward a grand structure in the distance—a pavilion of gleaming, dark wood and gossamer fabrics that fluttered in the sweet breeze. The sounds of laughter and clinking glass drifted from it, a party in full swing. But as they drew closer, the unease in Rory’s gut tightened. The people—the souls—serving platters of glistening, roasted fowl and pouring wine from crystal decanters moved with a hollow efficiency. Their smiles were fixed, their eyes vacant, as if their minds were somewhere far away from their bodies. They were servers, but also part of the feast’s decoration. “Helbound,” Nyx said, their voice flat. “Their contracts are for culinary excellence. They feel nothing but the drive to create, to serve. They are the fuel for the indulgence.” Rory watched a woman with empty eyes expertly carve a succulent-looking bird, her movements flawless and utterly soulless. A cold dread settled over her, a stark contrast to the warm air. This wasn’t wonder anymore; it was a gilded cage. “We should not linger here,” Nyx said, gliding away from the pavilion’s light and toward a denser part of the orchard. The sounds of revelry faded, replaced by the soft chime of the flowers and the rustle of leaves in the non-existent wind. The trees here grew closer together, their branches weaving a canopy that filtered the amber light into shifting, dappled patterns on the ground. The fruits here were stranger, darker. They hung like obsidian teardrops, perfectly still. The air grew heavier, the sweet scent now cloying, almost suffocating. Rory’s hand went to the Fae-Forged Blade at her hip. Its cold hilt was a shock against her palm, a piece of solid reality in this overwhelming place. The moonsilver seemed to drink the ambient light, a cool, hungry presence. Nyx stopped abruptly, holding up a shadowy hand. “There is a silence here that should not be.” They were right. The gentle hum of the realm was gone. The chiming flowers had fallen still. The only sound was the thrum of her own blood in her ears. The Heartstone pendant was now hot against her skin, a persistent, warning burn. Between the twisted trunks of two trees whose bark looked like cracked leather, the air shimmered again. But this was different from the portal they’d entered through. This was a tear, a ragged wound in the fabric of this place. Through it, Rory could see a flicker of a different sky—a cold, star-dusted blackness. “A rift,” Nyx said, their form becoming more diffuse, more shadow than substance. “A tear in the local reality. They are unstable. Unpredictable.” As they spoke, the ground near the rift began to change. The rich, dark soil greyed and cracked, the life leaching from it in a visible wave. A single, perfect apple on a nearby branch shriveled in seconds, collapsing into a husk of dust. A deep, resonant groan echoed from the tear, a sound of immense pressure and ancient anguish. It was a sound that didn’t belong in this place of plenty. It was the sound of the realm itself hurting. Rory took an involuntary step back, her grip tightening on the dagger. The cold of the Fae blade was the only thing that felt real. The wondrous feast, the golden sky, the enchanting scents—it all felt like a beautiful lie painted over something far more fragile and dangerous. Nyx flowed backward, a protective darkness shifting between Rory and the decaying rift. “The Veil is thin here. This excess… it strains the very boundaries of this plane. We have seen enough. We know its nature now.” The warmth of Dymas felt like a trap. The beauty felt like a distraction. Rory looked from the desiccated earth by the rift back toward the distant, oblivious pavilion, with its vacant-eyed chefs and laughing, unseen patrons. The wonder was gone, completely replaced by a profound and chilling unease. They were trespassers in a beautiful prison, and they had just seen the cracks in the walls.
created_at"2026-02-19T03:58:39.377Z" 2/19/2026, 3:58:39 AM
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags7
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences15
tagDensity0.467
leniency0.933
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
72.07% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1074
totalAiIsmAdverbs6
found
0
adverb"very"
count2
1
adverb"softly"
count1
2
adverb"utterly"
count1
3
adverb"perfectly"
count1
4
adverb"completely"
count1
highlights
0"very"
1"softly"
2"utterly"
3"perfectly"
4"completely"
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)
wordCount1074
totalAiIsms27
found
0
word"shimmered"
count3
1
word"familiar"
count1
2
word"whisper"
count2
3
word"pulsed"
count2
4
word"warmth"
count3
5
word"scanned"
count1
6
word"weight"
count1
7
word"stomach"
count1
8
word"structure"
count1
9
word"gleaming"
count1
10
word"fluttered"
count1
11
word"glistening"
count1
12
word"crystal"
count1
13
word"flawless"
count1
14
word"stark"
count1
15
word"silence"
count1
16
word"flicker"
count1
17
word"perfect"
count1
18
word"echoed"
count1
19
word"profound"
count1
20
word"chilling"
count1
highlights
0"shimmered"
1"familiar"
2"whisper"
3"pulsed"
4"warmth"
5"scanned"
6"weight"
7"stomach"
8"structure"
9"gleaming"
10"fluttered"
11"glistening"
12"crystal"
13"flawless"
14"stark"
15"silence"
16"flicker"
17"perfect"
18"echoed"
19"profound"
20"chilling"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches0
maxInWindow0
found(empty)
highlights(empty)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences66
matches(empty)
56.28% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount4
narrationSentences66
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"seemed to"
1"began to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences73
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen32
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords1062
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions6
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
80.56% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions30
wordCount936
uniqueNames8
maxNameDensity1.39
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity2.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
London1
Heartstone2
Nyx9
Rory13
Fae-Forged1
Blade1
Fae2
Dymas1
persons
0"Nyx"
1"Rory"
2"Dymas"
places
0"London"
1"Fae-Forged"
2"Fae"
globalScore0.806
windowScore0.833
0.00% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences64
glossingSentenceCount5
matches
0"earth that seemed to spring back after each step"
1"looked like cracked leather, the air shim"
2"felt like a beautiful lie painted over"
3"felt like a trap"
4"felt like a distraction"
100.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches0
per1kWords0
wordCount1062
matches(empty)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences73
matches(empty)
49.16% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs26
mean40.85
std13.15
cv0.322
sampleLengths
049
154
220
342
465
526
642
751
816
929
1053
1147
1229
1340
1443
1547
1640
1717
1843
1954
2023
2144
2237
2348
2437
2566
78.68% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount5
totalSentences66
matches
0"being shaken"
1"was flanked"
2"were fixed"
3"was gone"
4"was gone"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs131
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount6
semicolonCount1
flaggedSentences6
totalSentences73
ratio0.082
matches
0"Orchards stood further out, trees bent under the weight of fruits Rory had no names for—globes of fiery orange, clusters of pearlescent white berries, things that shimmered with an internal light."
1"They moved deeper, the path winding toward a grand structure in the distance—a pavilion of gleaming, dark wood and gossamer fabrics that fluttered in the sweet breeze."
2"The people—the souls—serving platters of glistening, roasted fowl and pouring wine from crystal decanters moved with a hollow efficiency."
3"This wasn’t wonder anymore; it was a gilded cage."
4"Through it, Rory could see a flicker of a different sky—a cold, star-dusted blackness."
5"The wondrous feast, the golden sky, the enchanting scents—it all felt like a beautiful lie painted over something far more fragile and dangerous."
87.93% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount948
adjectiveStacks2
stackExamples
0"sweet, washed over them."
1"cold, star-dusted blackness."
adverbCount38
adverbRatio0.04008438818565401
lyAdverbCount11
lyAdverbRatio0.011603375527426161
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences73
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences73
mean14.55
std6.14
cv0.422
sampleLengths
030
119
218
328
48
58
612
714
811
917
1019
1131
1215
1318
148
1525
1617
1719
1821
1911
208
218
2214
2315
2427
2515
2611
2719
2818
2910
306
3123
3218
3313
349
3521
3622
3723
386
397
4011
4110
4218
4312
448
459
463
478
486
4913
46.58% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats11
diversityRatio0.3698630136986301
totalSentences73
uniqueOpeners27
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount0
totalSentences66
matches(empty)
ratio0
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount13
totalSentences66
matches
0"It cast a golden, dreamlike"
1"Their violet eyes scanned the"
2"They began to walk, their"
3"She pulled her hand back,"
4"They moved deeper, the path"
5"Their smiles were fixed, their"
6"They were servers, but also"
7"They hung like obsidian teardrops,"
8"Its cold hilt was a"
9"They were right."
10"It was a sound that"
11"It was the sound of"
12"They were trespassers in a"
ratio0.197
20.61% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount58
totalSentences66
matches
0"The air shimmered around them,"
1"Rory’s first breath was thick"
2"The sky above wasn't the"
3"It cast a golden, dreamlike"
4"Rory breathed, her voice barely"
5"The Heartstone pendant against her"
6"Their violet eyes scanned the"
7"The word was a sigh"
8"Orchards stood further out, trees"
9"The very air hummed with"
10"Rory said, her stomach giving"
11"Nyx murmured, their form flickering"
12"They began to walk, their"
13"The path was flanked by"
14"Rory reached out, her fingers"
15"Nyx’s whisper was sharp, stopping"
16"She pulled her hand back,"
17"The pendant pulsed again, a"
18"They moved deeper, the path"
19"The sounds of laughter and"
ratio0.879
75.76% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount1
totalSentences66
matches
0"Before them stretched rolling hills"
ratio0.015
51.67% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences47
technicalSentenceCount6
matches
0"The sky above wasn't the familiar overcast grey, but a deep, warm amber, as if the sun had set and left its colour behind as a permanent twilight."
1"Before them stretched rolling hills covered in orderly rows of vines, heavy with grapes that shone like polished amethysts."
2"Orchards stood further out, trees bent under the weight of fruits Rory had no names for—globes of fiery orange, clusters of pearlescent white berries, things th…"
3"They moved deeper, the path winding toward a grand structure in the distance—a pavilion of gleaming, dark wood and gossamer fabrics that fluttered in the sweet …"
4"Their smiles were fixed, their eyes vacant, as if their minds were somewhere far away from their bodies."
5"The trees here grew closer together, their branches weaving a canopy that filtered the amber light into shifting, dappled patterns on the ground."
0.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags7
uselessAdditionCount4
matches
0"Rory breathed, her voice barely a whisper"
1"Rory said, her stomach giving an unexpected, eager rumble"
2"Nyx said, their voice flat"
3"Nyx said, their form becoming more diffuse, more shadow than substance"
16.67% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags6
fancyCount2
fancyTags
0"Rory breathed (breathe)"
1"Nyx murmured (murmur)"
dialogueSentences15
tagDensity0.4
leniency0.8
rawRatio0.333
effectiveRatio0.267
67.8648%