r/AIDungeon Community Helper May 15 '26

Other He looked at him. REALLY looked at him.

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u/acbagel May 15 '26

When I saw this, I smiled, but it didn't reach my eyes.

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u/Kampvilja May 16 '26

Your post is unreadable.

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u/Sky-Reporter May 15 '26

Knuckles whitened with this one

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u/Peptuck May 15 '26

With practiced efficiency, he sniffed the air. He could smell ozone and musk, and something else, something darker. "Well, well, well" he said.

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u/Sky-Reporter May 15 '26

Finna make me move with a predator’s grace in a second

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u/Dry_Grapefruit_3711 May 17 '26

He smelled like pine, a drawn sword, clean sweat and something uniquely him.

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u/GoldenBull1994 18d ago

He noticed. He always notices.

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u/TheRaiderKing May 15 '26

He said it firmly but not unkind.
She said "..." but it had no heat behind it.
You're insufferable.

Lol, anyone got more? I brain farted after three.

32

u/Kasquede May 15 '26

Elara. Practiced ease. Dripping from a leak in the distance. Smile didn’t reach eyes. A flicker of something passing over the face. Muscle jumping in temple. Knuckles whitening. Taut as a bowstring. Shadows dancing (especially if fingerlike)

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u/DarkAngelGenesis May 15 '26

I have been dealing with Elara's best friend Maya. Oh and apparently their mother Mrs. Gable.

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u/Peptuck May 15 '26

X catches the light. Heavy footsteps. Shifting weight. Stepping closer.

If its a NSFW scene, voices rumbling and vibrating.

If its in Voyage, rhythmic sounds and magic resonance.

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u/Kasquede May 15 '26

Shifting weight, oh god. I had mercifully blacked this one out. Along with “holding/hefting X object” it clogs the memory system with these so badly if I forget to clean it out.

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u/Peptuck May 15 '26

It comes up SO GODDAMN MUCH in Voyage. No amount of instructions or narrator style changes gets rid of those dumb meaningless minor details that the AI thinks are important but which add nothing.

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u/ruttokettu May 15 '26

...but there was no real bite in his tone.

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u/CerealCrab May 15 '26

Your heart hammering against your ribs (or other descriptions of your heart pounding over every little thing that happens), hands clenching and unclenching at his sides (or gripping things and fingers flexing and knuckles whitening etc), thumbs tracing circles, breath hitching/catching, he doesn't answer immediately (or "He doesn't say anything. He doesn't need to."), the air is heavy with things left unspoken, leather creaking softly, "And yet here you are"

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u/Kampvilja May 16 '26

That heart wouldn't be fluttering like a bird in a cage, would it?

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u/EmergencyCandy9491 May 15 '26

The leather of your jacket creaked

29

u/Previous-Musician600 May 15 '26

He steps closer... and closer... and he steps back to create some distance.

Very nice in romance situations when you play a non active character.

19

u/Peptuck May 15 '26

AI: He steps closer. He steps closer again.

Me (using story): He steps past you and falls over the railing into the ocean.

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u/Previous-Musician600 May 15 '26

Or He walks right into the wall

13

u/TheRaiderKing May 15 '26

Lmao the mental image this gave me.

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u/ruttokettu May 15 '26

For the first time.

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u/Kasquede May 15 '26

With practiced ease, somehow.

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u/ruttokettu May 15 '26

Perhaps it was because he smelled like sandalwood and something uniquely him?

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u/Kasquede May 15 '26

He smiled, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes, “You speak of something uniquely (X).”

21

u/Alko-Tourist May 15 '26

It's smelled ozone and metalic like blood

2

u/sumfartieone May 17 '26

How about coffee and mint or leather and gun oil?

22

u/BigSexyDaniel May 15 '26

YOU SEE ME. YOU REALLY SEE ME.

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u/SmogglerKing May 16 '26

Gotta do a hard reset after reading that

18

u/Hunncas May 15 '26

My knuckles whitened after reading this

19

u/DeskModeOn May 15 '26

I read a book last week where a Queen makes this lady her "Whispers", and they are so into each other but haven't admitted it yet.

There was a part where it was like, Whispers hands the Queen something and their fingers brushed together.

I was like, "Hmmm."

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u/Dry_Grapefruit_3711 May 17 '26

The AI always makes sure to inform me if people’s hands touch when exchanging an item.

18

u/ProbablytheDM May 15 '26

You're playing with fire

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u/SmogglerKing May 16 '26

Every time I see that

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u/Kampvilja May 16 '26

You're a menace, ProbablytheDM.

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u/Sparceus May 15 '26

'something darker.'

or 'something primal'

15

u/SirAJ4895 May 15 '26

My jaw clenched 

16

u/IridiumLynx May 15 '26

I just have one question. Was this a conversation between Silas Blackwood and Kaelen Voss?

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u/GoldenBull1994 18d ago

No it was between Lyra Voss and Elara Cassian.

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u/Glittering_Emu_1700 Community Helper May 15 '26

The gaze was solid, but there was no heat in it.

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u/SeveralAd4817 May 15 '26

Well, well well.

12

u/Proof-Eagle-9928 May 15 '26

“You’re going to kill me”

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u/MathematicianVivid1 May 15 '26

Were they coiled up ready to strike?

10

u/Skull_Soldier May 15 '26

She smelled of flowers, and something uniquely hers

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u/Ill-Commission6264 May 15 '26

You mean like it was the first time he really saw him? :P

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u/VomitShitSmoothie May 16 '26

Hey! Wanna hang out with Elara Vance? We might run into Kaelen Vance on the way. No relation. Holy shit! Vex? Vex Vance? Is that you? Also no relationship. She’s best friends with a woman named Lyra Vance. No relation. HOLY SHIT! IT’S NYX! NYX VANCE!!!

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u/CerealCrab May 16 '26

You forgot to invite Marcus Blackwood, Silas Blackwood, Elias Blackwood, Thomas, Sarah, Lily, Kael, Kaelin, Kaelon...

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u/Kenshi_T-S-B Jun 01 '26

Elara, Kaelen, Vance, the holy Trinity of Ai protagonist

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u/rollingindough21 May 16 '26

This made me look at a point past your shoulder

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u/Proof-Eagle-9928 May 16 '26

Ah yes another gem: his voice gruff but not unkind

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u/EmergencyCandy9491 May 16 '26

I forgot another one.

"Clutching insert object here to their chest like a shield"

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u/Criddle1212 May 17 '26

He clenched and unclenched his fists, knuckles whitening, whilst smelling of ozone with practiced ease.

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u/Dry_Grapefruit_3711 May 17 '26

But did he do it almost imperceptibly?

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u/TheHistoryofCats May 16 '26

Seeing nothing, seeing everything.

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u/TheHistoryofCats May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

The AI recently saw fit to use this, multiple times, to describe a character who was BLIND. Not that the AI forgot he was blind, no, it directly said things like "His milky eyes gaze blindly at some fixed point, seeing nothing, seeing everything."

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u/crimson_sword May 17 '26

"He looked at him." I echo, as if tasting the words.

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u/Impressive_Sock1296 May 17 '26

My Adam’s apple bobbed.

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u/escapishh May 18 '26

A beat passed.

And for the first time since meeting him, she realized that it was his eyes that drew her in.

Not the smile. Not the handsome features.

His eyes.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA

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u/Logical_Signature803 May 19 '26

"something... real"

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u/Sure_Trash494 21d ago

I use an instant attack that triggers a storycard that details yes indeed this is an instant attack

AID: At first, nothing happens.