by Melanocrista Ukii
He arrives late, dragging a black blade. The campus is empty. There’s a body under a tree. Welcome to the most “livable” polar city on earth. Time to get logged on the Scratchlist. — Book 1, Chapter 1-14: walking. Picks up speed after that, full speed by Chapter 23. If that sounds like your kind of weird, you’ll probably enjoy this.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:58 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Previously appeared on Rising Stars, but no supported current projection is available.
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