Run: 2026-03-25-01KMJ7SEDNMADXMZE9Y89FRT1F

Run Details

Duration:
47.8s
Cost:
$0.000746
Provider:
Nebius

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
Aurora stepped through the archway of twisted oaks, her boots sinking into moss that glowed faintly in the dim light. Nyx followed, their silhouette flickering like candle smoke at the edges, while Isolde paused, her silver hair catching the iridescent shimmer of the grove’s air. The standing stones hummed as the trio passed, their carvings—a tangled weave of antlers and serpents—vibrating with a low, resonant tone that Aurora felt in her molars. “Time bleeds here,” Isolde murmured, not looking at them. “A rose might bloom in a breath, or a century in its thorns.” She moved ahead, bare feet never making contact with the earth as they did. Nyx tilted their head, violet eyes narrowing. “This place smells of sealed promises and forgotten names.” Aurora glanced at the pendant at her throat. The Heartstone’s crimson gem pulsed, not with the steady warmth of a Hel portal, but a slow, arrhythmic thrum—like a heartbeat with a stutter. She tightened her grip on the Fae blade at her hip; its moonsilver edge gleamed dully in the filtered light. The grove unfolded around them: trees with bark like liquid glass, their branches sagging under clusters of fruit that ripened and rotted in endless cycles. Flowers with petals like opals dripped nectar that shimmered as it fell, only to freeze midair into crystalline tears. The air buzzed with the sound of distant music—strings played in reverse, laughter that echoed before it began. Isolde knelt by a pool where the water mirrored nothing but constellations that didn’t match the sky. “The first gate,” she said, tracing a finger through the surface. The water rippled, reforming into Aurora’s face… but her eyes were black, her scar a glowing seam of gold. She laughed, a sound like wind chimes in a hurricane. “The mirror shows what the asking forgets.” Aurora crouched, her reflection warping into Nyx’s face, then Isolde’s, then both. The sight made her stomach twist. “What is this?” “Answers are blunt instruments,” Isolde said, rising. “Follow.” They walked deeper, the grove’s logic unraveling. A thicket of brambles parted only after Aurora hummed the first line of a lullaby her mother had sung. A bridge of roots materialized beneath Nyx’s feet when they hesitated, as if the earth had judged their doubt. The air thickened, pressing against Aurora’s ears until Isolde flicked her wrist and the pressure dissolved like a popped blister. “Your kind is so linear,” the Seer said, watching Aurora rub her temple. “You measure time in heartbeats, but here, it’s a river with tributaries of might-have-beens. That ruin ahead—see it?—stands both older and younger than your bones.” A ruin. Aurora blinked. The structure loomed suddenly between the trees, its stones a blend of moss and moonlight. The architecture was impossibly fluid: arches that curled like ferns, pillars that tapered into the shape of vertebrae. Nyx’s form solidified, their voice a whisper on the breeze. “This wasn’t built. It grew.” Aurora’s hand brushed the wall. Lichen recoiled from her skin, revealing faint etchings beneath the stone. The markings shifted as she watched—letters in languages she’d seen only in Evan’s occult books, sigils that seemed to whisper in her blood. She stepped back. “This is older than the Fae Courts. Than Hel, even.” Isolde’s laugh was a breath between notes. “The first sinners danced here. Gluttony, lust, wrath—woven into the bones of your worlds.” She pointed to a corridor where the walls rippled like flesh. “Dymas’ vines once coiled this way, feeding on the dead. But something older gnawed them back.” Nyx reached toward the passage, their hand phasing through the air until their fingers touched something solid—a thread of shadow woven into the stone. “A trap,” they said, retracting quickly. “The walls want to swallow the curious.” Aurora’s throat went dry. The Fae blade at her hip vibrated, its edge dimly etching a pattern into her palm—a ward against what? She looked at Isolde, who watched her with pale lavender eyes. “What are we walking into?” “Depends on the question you bring,” Isolde said. “The grove answers in riddles, but hunger is a poor one.” Nyx turned to Aurora. “The pendant—does it burn?” Aurora held it up. The Heartstone’s pulse had quickened, its light now a frantic flicker. “It’s not Hel,” she said, frowning. “Unless the Veil’s torn here.” Isolde’s smile was a blade. “The Veil is a child’s drawing compared to what guards this place.” She pressed a hand to the wall, and the stones shuddered. The corridor ahead yawned wider, revealing a garden of bones—ribcages arching like trellises, skulls topped with ivy. At its center stood a column of black crystal, its surface etched with a spiraling labyrinth. Aurora’s breath caught. The column exuded cold, a breath that crystallized the air around it. “What is that?” “An eye without a head,” Isolde said. “A lock for something that once watched the first dawn.” Nyx’s form rippled violently. “It’s feeding.” From the shadows of the crystal, fissures bloomed like veins—threads of light too pale to be real. Aurora backed up, her boots crunching on a fragment of the floor. The piece crumbled to dust, revealing a name carved into the stone below: *Malphora.* Her real name. Isolde’s gaze sharpened. “So. The grove has chosen its question.” A low groan resonated through the chamber, the crystal column shattering the silence with a sound like a thousand violins breaking. Aurora’s pendant flared red-hot, the Heartstone’s glow now white. Nyx grabbed her arm, their touch cold enough to sting. “Run,” they said. “Or stay and learn how the stars taste when they burn.” Aurora turned, her foot caught on a root that hadn’t been there a moment ago. Isolde vanished into the shadows, her last words dissolving in the sudden roaring wind: “The first sin… is remembering.” The chamber collapsed inward, and the ground rose to meet them.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags13
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences31
tagDensity0.419
leniency0.839
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
89.83% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount983
totalAiIsmAdverbs2
found
0
adverb"suddenly"
count1
1
adverb"quickly"
count1
highlights
0"suddenly"
1"quickly"
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)
wordCount983
totalAiIsms26
found
0
word"pulsed"
count1
1
word"warmth"
count1
2
word"shimmered"
count1
3
word"crystalline"
count1
4
word"echoed"
count1
5
word"tracing"
count1
6
word"stomach"
count1
7
word"unraveling"
count1
8
word"flicked"
count1
9
word"structure"
count1
10
word"loomed"
count1
11
word"whisper"
count2
12
word"vibrated"
count1
13
word"etching"
count1
14
word"pulse"
count1
15
word"quickened"
count1
16
word"flicker"
count1
17
word"crystal"
count3
18
word"etched"
count1
19
word"crystallized"
count1
20
word"resonated"
count1
21
word"silence"
count1
22
word"roaring"
count1
highlights
0"pulsed"
1"warmth"
2"shimmered"
3"crystalline"
4"echoed"
5"tracing"
6"stomach"
7"unraveling"
8"flicked"
9"structure"
10"loomed"
11"whisper"
12"vibrated"
13"etching"
14"pulse"
15"quickened"
16"flicker"
17"crystal"
18"etched"
19"crystallized"
20"resonated"
21"silence"
22"roaring"
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
narrationSentences65
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount1
narrationSentences65
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"seemed to"
95.14% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences83
gibberishSentences1
adjustedGibberishSentences1
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen29
ratio0.012
matches
0"The Heartstone’s crimson gem pulsed, not with the steady warmth of a Hel portal, but a slow, arrhythmic thrum—like a heartbeat with a stutter."
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans1
markdownWords1
totalWords972
ratio0.001
matches
0"Malphora."
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions13
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
37.42% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions47
wordCount755
uniqueNames8
maxNameDensity2.25
worstName"Aurora"
maxWindowNameDensity3.5
worstWindowName"Aurora"
discoveredNames
Isolde13
Aurora17
Nyx9
Heartstone3
Hel1
Fae2
Seer1
Evan1
persons
0"Isolde"
1"Aurora"
2"Nyx"
3"Heartstone"
4"Seer"
5"Evan"
places(empty)
globalScore0.374
windowScore0.5
97.92% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences48
glossingSentenceCount1
matches
0"sigils that seemed to whisper in her blood"
97.12% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches1
per1kWords1.029
wordCount972
matches
0"not with the steady warmth of a Hel portal, but a slow, arrhythmic thrum"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences83
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs27
mean36
std20.22
cv0.562
sampleLengths
072
136
216
352
462
564
621
78
865
938
1052
1152
1248
1337
1439
1519
168
1726
1861
1918
2017
216
2246
2310
2454
2534
2611
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences65
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs136
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount9
semicolonCount1
flaggedSentences9
totalSentences83
ratio0.108
matches
0"The standing stones hummed as the trio passed, their carvings—a tangled weave of antlers and serpents—vibrating with a low, resonant tone that Aurora felt in her molars."
1"The Heartstone’s crimson gem pulsed, not with the steady warmth of a Hel portal, but a slow, arrhythmic thrum—like a heartbeat with a stutter."
2"She tightened her grip on the Fae blade at her hip; its moonsilver edge gleamed dully in the filtered light."
3"The air buzzed with the sound of distant music—strings played in reverse, laughter that echoed before it began."
4"The markings shifted as she watched—letters in languages she’d seen only in Evan’s occult books, sigils that seemed to whisper in her blood."
5"Nyx reached toward the passage, their hand phasing through the air until their fingers touched something solid—a thread of shadow woven into the stone."
6"The Fae blade at her hip vibrated, its edge dimly etching a pattern into her palm—a ward against what?"
7"The corridor ahead yawned wider, revealing a garden of bones—ribcages arching like trellises, skulls topped with ivy."
8"From the shadows of the crystal, fissures bloomed like veins—threads of light too pale to be real."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount764
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount23
adverbRatio0.030104712041884817
lyAdverbCount10
lyAdverbRatio0.013089005235602094
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences83
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences83
mean11.71
std7.18
cv0.613
sampleLengths
020
125
227
39
427
57
69
78
824
920
1025
1119
1218
1317
1411
157
1612
1710
187
1912
206
213
227
231
247
2519
2619
2720
2813
2925
302
312
3215
3318
3410
355
365
3711
3823
393
4010
417
4225
4316
4424
456
467
474
4819
4911
49.40% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats4
diversityRatio0.3253012048192771
totalSentences83
uniqueOpeners27
0.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount0
totalSentences60
matches(empty)
ratio0
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount11
totalSentences60
matches
0"She moved ahead, bare feet"
1"She tightened her grip on"
2"she said, tracing a finger"
3"She laughed, a sound like"
4"They walked deeper, the grove’s"
5"She stepped back."
6"She pointed to a corridor"
7"they said, retracting quickly"
8"She looked at Isolde, who"
9"she said, frowning"
10"She pressed a hand to"
ratio0.183
0.00% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount57
totalSentences60
matches
0"Aurora stepped through the archway"
1"Nyx followed, their silhouette flickering"
2"The standing stones hummed as"
3"Isolde murmured, not looking at"
4"She moved ahead, bare feet"
5"Nyx tilted their head, violet"
6"Aurora glanced at the pendant"
7"The Heartstone’s crimson gem pulsed,"
8"She tightened her grip on"
9"The grove unfolded around them:"
10"Flowers with petals like opals"
11"The air buzzed with the"
12"Isolde knelt by a pool"
13"she said, tracing a finger"
14"The water rippled, reforming into"
15"She laughed, a sound like"
16"Aurora crouched, her reflection warping"
17"The sight made her stomach"
18"Isolde said, rising"
19"They walked deeper, the grove’s"
ratio0.95
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences60
matches(empty)
ratio0
20.41% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences35
technicalSentenceCount6
matches
0"Nyx followed, their silhouette flickering like candle smoke at the edges, while Isolde paused, her silver hair catching the iridescent shimmer of the grove’s ai…"
1"The grove unfolded around them: trees with bark like liquid glass, their branches sagging under clusters of fruit that ripened and rotted in endless cycles."
2"A bridge of roots materialized beneath Nyx’s feet when they hesitated, as if the earth had judged their doubt."
3"The architecture was impossibly fluid: arches that curled like ferns, pillars that tapered into the shape of vertebrae."
4"The markings shifted as she watched—letters in languages she’d seen only in Evan’s occult books, sigils that seemed to whisper in her blood."
5"She looked at Isolde, who watched her with pale lavender eyes."
9.62% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags13
uselessAdditionCount3
matches
0"Isolde murmured, not looking at them"
1"She pressed, and the stones shuddered"
2"Isolde vanished, her last words dissolving in the sudden roaring wind:"
85.48% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags10
fancyCount2
fancyTags
0"Isolde murmured (murmur)"
1"She pressed (press)"
dialogueSentences31
tagDensity0.323
leniency0.645
rawRatio0.2
effectiveRatio0.129
72.7441%