
by Feragon42
What if your tabletop RPG campaign wasn't just a game? What if it was hiding deadly real-world mysteries? Mica, a high school student who dreams of heroes, monsters, and fantastical worlds, receives an invitation from a girl he's never met. Believing he's simply joining a tabletop RPG campaign, he and his closest friends become members of the mysterious Adventurers' Group, led by the enigmatic Sarah. At first, the adventure feels like everything they've ever wanted. But as unexplained disappearances spread across their city, the consequences of each session begin to spill into reality, and the game starts feeling far too real. The deeper they venture, the thinner the line between reality and fiction becomes. Little by little, Mica and his friends realize Sarah is hiding far more than she's willing to reveal... and that their adventures don't end when the dice stop rolling. Publication Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 16:00 UTC
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 6 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 6 Oct 2026, 02:38 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
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Mystery → Psychological → Romance → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological + Mystery + Romance (1%).
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
#3958 of 5,594 · 3908 below RS #50
By genre
beats 91% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 20% 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 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.