Run: 2026-02-20-01KHY818E7CKD3V1QA0ZVQQVG4

Run Details

Duration:
15.4s
Cost:
$0.000177
Provider:
DeepInfra

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 thickened the moment they stepped through the willow. It wasn’t a violent shift, no tearing or splitting, just a gradual compression, like walking through warm honey. Rory blinked, the scent of damp earth and ripening grapes abruptly replaced by something metallic and faintly sweet, like overripe fruit and blood. Beside her, Nyx shifted, their shadow deepening until it almost swallowed the already dim light beneath the willow’s weeping branches. Isolde, unnervingly serene, simply adjusted the silver chain of the Fae-Forged Blade at her hip. Dymas unfolded around them with a deliberate languor. It wasn’t a landscape so much as an indulgence. The amber sky, a bruised peach color, hung low, almost touching the sprawling vineyards that sloped down towards a river of shimmering, viscous wine. Giant, grotesque fruit – peaches the size of puppies, plums the size of shields – dripped with juices, attracting swarms of iridescent flies. The ground wasn’t soil, but a mossy, yielding carpet of crushed grapes, cool and subtly sticky beneath her boots. “Remarkable,” Isolde murmured, her voice a dry rustle of leaves. “A kingdom built entirely on excess. Fitting, wouldn’t you agree, Rory?” Rory shivered, despite the unusual warmth. It wasn’t a pleasant warmth. It felt… pregnant, like something colossal was about to exhale. “Fitting for someone who collects prophecies disguised as riddles,” she muttered, glancing at the seer. Isolde’s lavender eyes held a disconcerting stillness. Nyx moved ahead, their shadow stretching and retracting with an unsettling fluidity. “The air vibrates here,” they said, their voice a whisper against the drone of the flies. “A constant, low thrum. It’s… hungry.” They followed a path paved with polished wine bottles, each containing a different shade of crimson or violet. The scent intensified – the sweet rot mixed with a sharp, almost painful tang. They passed a group of figures arguing in a melodic, guttural language over a game of dice played with bone dice and shimmering scales. Each wore elaborate silk robes embroidered with images of overflowing baskets and decadent feasts. A rotund man, his face slick with wine, glared at Rory as she passed, the gesture dripping with impotent fury. “They’re…consumed,” Rory observed, stating the obvious. “By the pleasure of it all.” “Indeed,” Isolde replied, unfolding her arms. “Dymas feeds on desire. The souls trapped here don’t suffer, not exactly. They simply... become part of the abundance.” She gestured towards a structure in the distance – a palace crafted entirely from candied fruit and sculpted sugar. “The architecture alone is a testament to their hunger.” As they walked deeper, the vineyards gave way to orchards – groves of trees bearing fruit of every imaginable color and texture. Some glowed with an internal light, others pulsed with a faint, rhythmic beat. A small, winged creature, resembling a hummingbird but with scales of polished obsidian, zipped past, snatching a glistening violet berry and vanishing into the amber sky. “There’s a…pattern here,” Nyx said, halting abruptly. They extended a hand, their shadow coalescing into an almost solid form, and traced a line through the arrangement of the trees. "A deliberate design. It’s not random. It’s a map." Following Nyx’s lead, they pushed through a thicket of pomegranate trees, the air suddenly colder, the scent shifting to something sharp and piney. They emerged into a vast, open courtyard dominated by a colossal fountain – a waterfall of liquid gold cascading into a pool that shimmered with an oily iridescence. The pool’s surface was disturbed by swirling patterns, as if constantly being sculpted by unseen hands. "The Heartstone," Rory breathed, noticing a small, crimson pendant nestled within the pool, pulsing with a faint warmth. It was identical to the one she carried. She reached for it, instinctively. Before her hand could touch the water, a voice, cold and resonant, echoed through the courtyard. “Do not disturb the reflection, mortal.” The ground trembled. From the shadows beneath the fountain rose Prince Belphegor – a being of impossible proportions, draped in a velvet robe the color of dried blood. His eyes were black pits, and a cruel smile stretched across his face. He wasn't formidable in the traditional sense; rather, it was an aura of profound, aching satiety that radiated from him, a tangible sense of having tasted everything and desired nothing more. “A visitor,” he rumbled, his voice like the grinding of stones. “How… delightful. You carry the mark of Dymas, I see. A pledge. Or perhaps a debt?” Isolde stepped forward, her presence momentarily disrupting the prince’s amused spectacle. “Your kingdom thrives on the suffering of others,” she said, her voice flat. “A morally bankrupt endeavor, even by Hel's standards.” Belphegor chuckled, a sound that sent a shiver down Rory’s spine. "Morality is a luxury afforded to those who haven't known true appetite. Here, we simply *are*." As he spoke, the liquid gold in the fountain began to swirl faster, forming a vortex that pulled at their clothes, trying to drag them into the shimmering depths. Nyx moved with startling speed, intercepting the vortex with their shadow, momentarily containing the swirling liquid. "The Veil thins," Nyx hissed, their voice strained. "The boundaries are weakening." Rory instinctively reached for the Fae-Forged Blade at her hip, pulling it out. The dagger felt strangely cold against her palm, a jarring contrast to the humid, decadent air. The moonlight seemed to intensify, causing the blade to glow with an ethereal, silver luminescence. She channeled her fear, her instinct, into the weapon, feeling a faint hum of power flow through her. Suddenly, Isolde laughed – a brittle, unsettling sound. "Don't waste your energy on a prince, child. The true threat lies not in his indulgence, but in the opening he's creating. The solstice approaches. The Veil, as you call it, will soon be shattered entirely. And Dymas, and all its inhabitants, will flood into your world." Belphegor raised a hand, and a wave of shadow surged towards them, threatening to engulf them entirely. Rory knew, with chilling certainty, that this was just the beginning. This strange, beautiful, terrifying kingdom was a symptom, not the disease. And they had stumbled into a wound in reality, a festering tear in the Veil.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags11
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences22
tagDensity0.5
leniency1
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
90.21% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1021
totalAiIsmAdverbs2
found
0
adverb"suddenly"
count2
highlights
0"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)
wordCount1021
totalAiIsms25
found
0
word"remarkable"
count1
1
word"warmth"
count3
2
word"whisper"
count1
3
word"silk"
count1
4
word"desire"
count1
5
word"structure"
count1
6
word"testament"
count1
7
word"pulsed"
count1
8
word"rhythmic"
count1
9
word"glistening"
count1
10
word"traced"
count1
11
word"cascading"
count1
12
word"shimmered"
count1
13
word"echoed"
count1
14
word"trembled"
count1
15
word"velvet"
count1
16
word"profound"
count1
17
word"tangible"
count1
18
word"sense of"
count1
19
word"disrupting"
count1
20
word"depths"
count1
21
word"shattered"
count1
22
word"chilling"
count1
highlights
0"remarkable"
1"warmth"
2"whisper"
3"silk"
4"desire"
5"structure"
6"testament"
7"pulsed"
8"rhythmic"
9"glistening"
10"traced"
11"cascading"
12"shimmered"
13"echoed"
14"trembled"
15"velvet"
16"profound"
17"tangible"
18"sense of"
19"disrupting"
20"depths"
21"shattered"
22"chilling"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches1
maxInWindow1
found
0
label"sent a shiver through"
count1
highlights
0"sent a shiver down"
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences59
matches(empty)
94.43% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount2
narrationSentences59
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"began to"
1"seemed to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences70
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen47
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans1
markdownWords1
totalWords1027
ratio0.001
matches
0"are"
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions13
unquotedAttributions1
matches
0"Suddenly, Isolde laughed – a brittle, unsettling sound."
100.00% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions29
wordCount836
uniqueNames8
maxNameDensity0.96
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity1.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Nyx6
Fae-Forged2
Blade2
Rory8
Isolde6
Prince1
Belphegor3
Veil1
persons
0"Nyx"
1"Rory"
2"Isolde"
3"Prince"
4"Belphegor"
places
0"Veil"
globalScore1
windowScore1
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences50
glossingSentenceCount0
matches(empty)
100.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches1
per1kWords0.974
wordCount1027
matches
0"not in his indulgence, but in the opening he's creating"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences70
matches(empty)
97.45% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs22
mean46.68
std22.92
cv0.491
sampleLengths
086
183
221
343
434
590
612
753
861
938
1067
1131
1222
1372
1427
1532
1627
1745
1812
1962
2055
2154
99.32% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount1
totalSentences59
matches
0"was disturbed"
1"being sculpted"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs137
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount8
semicolonCount1
flaggedSentences8
totalSentences70
ratio0.114
matches
0"Giant, grotesque fruit – peaches the size of puppies, plums the size of shields – dripped with juices, attracting swarms of iridescent flies."
1"The scent intensified – the sweet rot mixed with a sharp, almost painful tang."
2"“Dymas feeds on desire. The souls trapped here don’t suffer, not exactly. They simply... become part of the abundance.” She gestured towards a structure in the distance – a palace crafted entirely from candied fruit and sculpted sugar."
3"As they walked deeper, the vineyards gave way to orchards – groves of trees bearing fruit of every imaginable color and texture."
4"They emerged into a vast, open courtyard dominated by a colossal fountain – a waterfall of liquid gold cascading into a pool that shimmered with an oily iridescence."
5"From the shadows beneath the fountain rose Prince Belphegor – a being of impossible proportions, draped in a velvet robe the color of dried blood."
6"He wasn't formidable in the traditional sense; rather, it was an aura of profound, aching satiety that radiated from him, a tangible sense of having tasted everything and desired nothing more."
7"Suddenly, Isolde laughed – a brittle, unsettling sound."
93.60% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount830
adjectiveStacks1
stackExamples
0"strange, beautiful, terrifying kingdom"
adverbCount28
adverbRatio0.033734939759036145
lyAdverbCount17
lyAdverbRatio0.020481927710843374
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences70
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences70
mean14.67
std8.26
cv0.563
sampleLengths
010
118
223
320
415
58
69
724
823
919
1010
1111
126
135
142
158
1615
177
1812
1916
206
2118
2214
2324
2414
2520
266
276
286
2938
309
3122
3213
3326
347
3522
369
3723
3828
3916
4018
418
425
4316
446
453
4625
4713
4831
4911
75.24% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats4
diversityRatio0.4857142857142857
totalSentences70
uniqueOpeners34
57.47% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount1
totalSentences58
matches
0"Suddenly, Isolde laughed – a"
ratio0.017
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount17
totalSentences58
matches
0"It wasn’t a violent shift,"
1"It wasn’t a landscape so"
2"It wasn’t a pleasant warmth."
3"she muttered, glancing at the"
4"they said, their voice a"
5"They followed a path paved"
6"They passed a group of"
7"She gestured towards a structure"
8"They extended a hand, their"
9"They emerged into a vast,"
10"It was identical to the"
11"She reached for it, instinctively."
12"His eyes were black pits,"
13"He wasn't formidable in the"
14"he rumbled, his voice like"
15"she said, her voice flat"
16"She channeled her fear, her"
ratio0.293
46.21% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount48
totalSentences58
matches
0"The air thickened the moment"
1"It wasn’t a violent shift,"
2"Rory blinked, the scent of"
3"Isolde, unnervingly serene, simply adjusted"
4"Dymas unfolded around them with"
5"It wasn’t a landscape so"
6"The amber sky, a bruised"
7"The ground wasn’t soil, but"
8"Isolde murmured, her voice a"
9"Rory shivered, despite the unusual"
10"It wasn’t a pleasant warmth."
11"she muttered, glancing at the"
12"Isolde’s lavender eyes held a"
13"Nyx moved ahead, their shadow"
14"they said, their voice a"
15"They followed a path paved"
16"The scent intensified – the"
17"They passed a group of"
18"Each wore elaborate silk robes"
19"A rotund man, his face"
ratio0.828
86.21% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount1
totalSentences58
matches
0"Before her hand could touch"
ratio0.017
7.72% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences37
technicalSentenceCount7
matches
0"Beside her, Nyx shifted, their shadow deepening until it almost swallowed the already dim light beneath the willow’s weeping branches."
1"The amber sky, a bruised peach color, hung low, almost touching the sprawling vineyards that sloped down towards a river of shimmering, viscous wine."
2"They emerged into a vast, open courtyard dominated by a colossal fountain – a waterfall of liquid gold cascading into a pool that shimmered with an oily iridesc…"
3"The pool’s surface was disturbed by swirling patterns, as if constantly being sculpted by unseen hands."
4"He wasn't formidable in the traditional sense; rather, it was an aura of profound, aching satiety that radiated from him, a tangible sense of having tasted ever…"
5"Belphegor chuckled, a sound that sent a shiver down Rory’s spine."
6"As he spoke, the liquid gold in the fountain began to swirl faster, forming a vortex that pulled at their clothes, trying to drag them into the shimmering depth…"
0.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags11
uselessAdditionCount4
matches
0"Isolde murmured, her voice a dry rustle of leaves"
1"they said, their voice a whisper against the drone of the flies"
2"she said, her voice flat"
3"Nyx hissed, their voice strained"
0.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags9
fancyCount5
fancyTags
0"Isolde murmured (murmur)"
1"she muttered (mutter)"
2"Rory observed (observe)"
3"Rory breathed (breathe)"
4"Nyx hissed (hiss)"
dialogueSentences22
tagDensity0.409
leniency0.818
rawRatio0.556
effectiveRatio0.455
78.2614%