
by Exy
In the distant future, four girls are cursed with Psionic potential, giving them brilliant and terrifying powers. They each led their own lives, up until the Arch-Flayer Yrix kidnapped them and brought them to the Aerie to be taught the Psionic arts. There's a problem. Yrix has no intention of being a proper teacher. She will throw her students into the fire, sacrificing them for a chance at awakening the next prodigy. Ivy, Lila, Sonera, and Lunae must battle against impossible odds to survive. They are just girls, forced to challenge massive alien warriors and millennia-old Psions all for a chance at appeasing Yrix, who will flay them alive if they fail. These girls aren't ready. They are burdened by their past and what Yrix has taken from them. And they hate each other. Can they find love and family? Or will they be ground into dust by the alien Consortium? Witness Ivy, Lila, Sonera, and Lunae's journey as they fall in love, fight to survive, and stand up against the horrors of the universe.What to Expect - Slow-Burn Yuri - Mental Angst - Epic Science Fantasy - Multiple Female MCs - Anime characters, but Western Sci-Fi Backdrop - Girls arguing over feelings and beliefs. - All characters are adults. ____________ Discord: https://discord.gg/UA679N6znA
#13
9/23/2026
Peak #46
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#12
9/21/2026
Peak #50
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#11
6/22/2026
Peak #49
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#10
6/21/2026
Peak #48
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#9
6/20/2026
Peak #48
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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, 04:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 04:18 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.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
49%
Two or more lists
5%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Drama → Romance → Action → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (43%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#6016 of 12,416 · 5966 below RS #50
By genre
beats 99% of similar stories
beats 78% of similar stories
beats 32% of similar stories
Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 150+ chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.