
by Dyson Ameer
This novel was written with AI. Sorry, I know that's terrible, but I suck at writing. Tobias Blake lives a simple life: wake up, feed Mr. Buttons, go to work, go to his meetings, go home. Except, Mr. Buttons is a manicore cub, work is at the Department of Supernatural Affairs, and his meetings involve talking about what it's like to be immortal. In Tobias's world, a parallel place known as Dark Land, where the supernatural thrives away from human intervention. However, there are always those beings who make trouble in the Land of Humans. Tobias's job, as a magical human himself, is to handle any problems (such as demon possesion or Big Foot sightings) from his desk, or occasionally the field. However, after his deceased sister's husband dies, he finds himself the co-guardian of his four nieces and nephews, who are showing supernatural abilities themselves. Not to mention the children's completely human aunt, who has been helping raise them in the human world. Tobias is now forced to introduce them to life in Dark Land and learn to be a parent to kids he barely knows. This novel was written with AI. Sorry, I know that's terrible, but I suck at writing.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 02:28 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
14%
Two or more lists
10%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Drama → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy + Drama (8%).
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
#6712 of 12,356 · 6662 below RS #50
By genre
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