
by Xaxerg
Gareth was a nobody. Gareth still is a nobody, except now he's naked, floating in a giant orb of purple goo in the middle of deep space. Those must have been some good brownies. Though if the interface hovering in front of him is to be believed, this is all real, not just some particularly wild hallucination. Now dumped into a new reality, Gareth has to contend with a strange progression system, alien technology, and worst of all, socialising with other people. All the while trying to figure out why some omniscient power seems convinced he’s capable of doing something even vaguely important. Will Gareth rise to the challenge? No. He’ll run kicking and screaming, wanting nothing more than to return to his comfortable misery of video games and debilitating debt.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 24 Oct 2026, 05:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 24 Oct 2026, 05:58 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.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 55% of similar stories
not enough data yet
needs about a week of observations
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.