Run: 2026-02-19-01KHTXBZ234J46NYJ6V3C1T3C7

Run Details

Duration:
1m 40s
Cost:
$0.006317
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 grew still as they passed the last of the ancient oaks. Three massive stones, carved with runes that hurt the eyes to look at directly, formed a rough triangle in a clearing of unnaturally green grass. Isolde stopped before the gap between two of the monoliths, her silver hair a stark slash against the deepening twilight of the park. “The boundary,” she stated, her voice soft. “The Veil is thin here. A seam between worlds.” Rory shifted the weight of the delivery bag she still carried, a habit she couldn’t seem to break. The strap dug into her shoulder. “A seam. You make it sound like a piece of clothing.” “Everything frays, little mortal. Even reality.” Isolde lifted a hand, and the air between the stones shimmered. It wasn't a heat haze, not exactly. It was a distortion, like looking through water that wasn't there. Colours bled at the edges, and the space seemed to both deepen and flatten at the same time. Without another word, Isolde stepped through. She didn't vanish or explode into light. She simply… was on the other side. One moment she stood in the Richmond Park clearing, the next she stood in a clearing that was not the same. The grass seemed a shade more vivid, the light a touch warmer. Nyx flowed forward, their shadowy form collapsing into a thin line of darkness that slipped through the shimmering seam as if it were an open doorway. They reassembled on the other side, their faintly glowing violet eyes the only solid thing about them. *Come, Aurora. It does not bite.* Their voice was a rustle of leaves, a whisper on the wind. Rory took a breath. Her hand went to the Heartstone pendant at her throat. The deep crimson gem was cool against her skin, but as her fingers brushed it, a faint, pleasant warmth bloomed from it, pulsing gently. A reassurance. She stepped through the Veil. The sensation was like walking through a curtain of cool, static-charged air. A pressure built in her ears, then vanished with a soft pop. The world tilted, then settled. And the world was different. The first thing she noticed was the silence. The constant, distant hum of London traffic, the cry of gulls, the rustle of other park-goers—it was all gone. The quiet here was a living thing, a heavy blanket woven from the hum of unseen energy and the whisper of leaves that sounded too large, too crisp. She looked down. Isolde stood a few feet away, her feet on the impossibly green grass, but she left no impression. No footprints, no flattened blades. She simply floated a hair's breadth above the ground. Rory knelt, her fingers touching the grass. It was soft, thick, and resilient, like velvet. It smelled of damp earth and something else, something like ozone and honey. Wildflowers bloomed in a riot of impossible colours around her—sapphire-blue blossoms that chimed with a faint, glassy tone when a breeze stirred them, and deep violet trumpets that seemed to drink the light. “The time here is not your time,” Isolde said, her pale lavender eyes scanning the grove. “An hour can be a day. A day, a minute. The sun and moon are but suggestions to this place.” Rory stood, brushing off her jeans. She looked up. The sky was a dome of soft, pearlescent light, with no discernible source. No sun, no clouds. Just a gentle, all-encompassing glow. The trees were giants, their bark silvered like moonlight, their branches interlocking to form a cathedral ceiling far above. Nyx drifted towards a cluster of the chiming blue flowers. Their form solidified, a long-fingered hand of shadow reaching out to touch a petal. The flower chimed, a clear C-note, and Nyyx pulled back. *They sing. Not with sound, but with feeling. A feeling of… deep water.* “Everything here is a memory,” Isolde said, her voice echoing slightly in the stillness. “A memory of what the world was, before it was carved up by mortals and their iron.” Rory started walking, her boots sinking silently into the thick turf. The Fae-forged blade at her hip felt colder than usual, a steady, biting chill that seeped through the leather of her belt. She rested her hand on its hilt. The moonsilver metal was almost painfully cold to the touch, and it seemed to hum with a low, resonant frequency that vibrated up her arm. It felt… alert. They moved deeper into the grove. The path wasn't a path, but a natural meandering through the colossal trees. The air grew warmer, thick with the scent of the honey-ozone flowers. The chimes created an ethereal, dissonant melody that was both beautiful and unsettling. Rory noticed the Heartstone pendant again. It wasn't just warm now; it was hot, pulsing against her skin in a steady rhythm that matched her own heart. It wasn't the frantic, warning pulse she felt near a Hel portal. This was different. A deep, resonant thrum of welcome. Or recognition. She paused, unclasping the chain and holding the crimson gem in her palm. It glowed with a faint inner light, casting her hand in a ruddy glow. “It’s reacting. Not like it does to… other things.” Isolde glanced back, her expression unreadable. “It is a child of Dymas, a place of passion and consumption. This grove is a place of growth and memory. Two sides of a very old coin. It feels a kinship.” Nyx flowed up the trunk of a silver-barked tree, their form spreading like ink in water across the bark. *The shadows here are old. They have weight. They taste of starlight and forgotten things.* The unease began to prickle at the edges of Rory’s wonder. This place was beautiful, yes, but it was alien. The scale of it, the strange light, the music of the flowers, the way time seemed to have unspooled—it was all too much. It was a place where a human was a guest, and a temporary one at that. She felt like a speck of dust in a vast, ancient room. Up ahead, the trees parted, opening into a larger clearing. In its centre stood a single, massive tree, unlike the others. Its bark was the colour of polished bone, and its leaves were a shimmering, translucent gold. A pool of perfectly still, clear water lay at its base, reflecting the pearlescent sky and the golden tree with impossible clarity. Isolde stopped at the edge of the clearing, her ethereal form seeming to pale even more. “The heart of the grove.” Rory stepped up beside her, the heat from the pendant now a steady thrum in her hand. The cold from the blade at her hip was a sharp counterpoint. She stared at the tree, at the water, at a place that should not exist, yet did. The wonder was still there, a profound awe that stole her breath, but it was now tangled with a deep, instinctual sense of her own fleeting mortality.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags4
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences11
tagDensity0.364
leniency0.727
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
83.02% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1178
totalAiIsmAdverbs4
found
0
adverb"gently"
count1
1
adverb"slightly"
count1
2
adverb"very"
count1
3
adverb"perfectly"
count1
highlights
0"gently"
1"slightly"
2"very"
3"perfectly"
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)
19.35% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount1178
totalAiIsms19
found
0
word"stark"
count1
1
word"weight"
count2
2
word"shimmered"
count1
3
word"whisper"
count2
4
word"warmth"
count1
5
word"charged"
count1
6
word"silence"
count1
7
word"velvet"
count1
8
word"scanning"
count1
9
word"echoing"
count1
10
word"chill"
count1
11
word"vibrated"
count1
12
word"pulse"
count1
13
word"unreadable"
count1
14
word"profound"
count1
15
word"sense of"
count1
16
word"fleeting"
count1
highlights
0"stark"
1"weight"
2"shimmered"
3"whisper"
4"warmth"
5"charged"
6"silence"
7"velvet"
8"scanning"
9"echoing"
10"chill"
11"vibrated"
12"pulse"
13"unreadable"
14"profound"
15"sense of"
16"fleeting"
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
narrationSentences92
matches(empty)
34.16% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount1
hedgeCount6
narrationSentences92
filterMatches
0"wonder"
hedgeMatches
0"seem to"
1"seemed to"
2"began to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences99
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen35
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans3
markdownWords34
totalWords1167
ratio0.029
matches
0"Come, Aurora. It does not bite."
1"They sing. Not with sound, but with feeling. A feeling of… deep water."
2"The shadows here are old. They have weight. They taste of starlight and forgotten things."
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions3
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
100.00% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions29
wordCount1044
uniqueNames12
maxNameDensity0.77
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity1.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Rory8
Isolde8
Richmond1
Park1
Aurora1
Heartstone2
Veil1
London1
Nyyx1
Fae-forged1
Hel1
Nyx3
persons
0"Rory"
1"Isolde"
2"Nyyx"
3"Nyx"
places
0"Richmond"
1"Park"
2"Heartstone"
3"Veil"
4"London"
5"Hel"
globalScore1
windowScore1
41.30% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences69
glossingSentenceCount3
matches
0"something like ozone and honey"
1"trumpets that seemed to drink the light"
2"felt like a speck of dust in a vast, an"
100.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches1
per1kWords0.857
wordCount1167
matches
0"Not with sound, but with feeling"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences99
matches(empty)
76.91% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs28
mean41.68
std17.47
cv0.419
sampleLengths
061
116
235
353
453
543
618
745
829
95
1055
1135
1261
1336
1450
1534
1613
1731
1868
1944
2050
2136
2238
2334
2471
2559
2621
2773
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences92
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs161
matches(empty)
56.28% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount3
semicolonCount1
flaggedSentences3
totalSentences99
ratio0.03
matches
0"Wildflowers bloomed in a riot of impossible colours around her—sapphire-blue blossoms that chimed with a faint, glassy tone when a breeze stirred them, and deep violet trumpets that seemed to drink the light."
1"It wasn't just warm now; it was hot, pulsing against her skin in a steady rhythm that matched her own heart."
2"The scale of it, the strange light, the music of the flowers, the way time seemed to have unspooled—it was all too much."
94.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount1055
adjectiveStacks1
stackExamples
0"cool, static-charged air."
adverbCount36
adverbRatio0.034123222748815164
lyAdverbCount13
lyAdverbRatio0.012322274881516588
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences99
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences99
mean11.79
std7.4
cv0.627
sampleLengths
013
125
223
37
49
518
66
711
817
97
1011
1118
126
137
142
155
1621
1712
1826
1917
202
2116
224
2310
2424
252
265
2712
2812
295
305
318
3219
3328
343
3518
365
379
387
398
4013
4133
4216
4320
446
453
4613
474
485
4919
39.39% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats11
diversityRatio0.30303030303030304
totalSentences99
uniqueOpeners30
39.68% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount1
totalSentences84
matches
0"Just a gentle, all-encompassing glow."
ratio0.012
96.19% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount26
totalSentences84
matches
0"she stated, her voice soft"
1"It wasn't a heat haze,"
2"It was a distortion, like"
3"She didn't vanish or explode"
4"They reassembled on the other"
5"It does not bite.* Their"
6"Her hand went to the"
7"She stepped through the Veil."
8"She looked down."
9"She simply floated a hair's"
10"It was soft, thick, and"
11"It smelled of damp earth"
12"She looked up."
13"Their form solidified, a long-fingered"
14"She rested her hand on"
15"They moved deeper into the"
16"It wasn't just warm now;"
17"It wasn't the frantic, warning"
18"She paused, unclasping the chain"
19"It glowed with a faint"
ratio0.31
25.48% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount73
totalSentences84
matches
0"The air grew still as"
1"Isolde stopped before the gap"
2"she stated, her voice soft"
3"Rory shifted the weight of"
4"The strap dug into her"
5"Isolde lifted a hand, and"
6"It wasn't a heat haze,"
7"It was a distortion, like"
8"Colours bled at the edges,"
9"She didn't vanish or explode"
10"The grass seemed a shade"
11"Nyx flowed forward, their shadowy"
12"They reassembled on the other"
13"It does not bite.* Their"
14"Rory took a breath."
15"Her hand went to the"
16"The deep crimson gem was"
17"She stepped through the Veil."
18"The sensation was like walking"
19"A pressure built in her"
ratio0.869
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences84
matches(empty)
ratio0
11.66% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences49
technicalSentenceCount9
matches
0"Three massive stones, carved with runes that hurt the eyes to look at directly, formed a rough triangle in a clearing of unnaturally green grass."
1"Nyx flowed forward, their shadowy form collapsing into a thin line of darkness that slipped through the shimmering seam as if it were an open doorway."
2"The quiet here was a living thing, a heavy blanket woven from the hum of unseen energy and the whisper of leaves that sounded too large, too crisp."
3"Wildflowers bloomed in a riot of impossible colours around her—sapphire-blue blossoms that chimed with a faint, glassy tone when a breeze stirred them, and deep…"
4"Rory started walking, her boots sinking silently into the thick turf."
5"The moonsilver metal was almost painfully cold to the touch, and it seemed to hum with a low, resonant frequency that vibrated up her arm."
6"The chimes created an ethereal, dissonant melody that was both beautiful and unsettling."
7"It wasn't just warm now; it was hot, pulsing against her skin in a steady rhythm that matched her own heart."
8"The wonder was still there, a profound awe that stole her breath, but it was now tangled with a deep, instinctual sense of her own fleeting mortality."
0.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags4
uselessAdditionCount2
matches
0"she stated, her voice soft"
1"Isolde said, her voice echoing slightly in the stillness"
59.09% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags3
fancyCount1
fancyTags
0"she stated (state)"
dialogueSentences11
tagDensity0.273
leniency0.545
rawRatio0.333
effectiveRatio0.182
72.5507%