You wake up in a coffin.

You're not allowed to wallow in it for long though. Roughly exhumed, chained and corralled, dragged along with other unfortunate dead across the wastes and thrown into a cold metal cell in a tower of corroded metal, you have to ask yourself: is that hell? If so, for what sins are you being tortured? Memory holds no answers - it doesn't hold anything at all. There was nothing before the rude awakening, and now there's nothing but filth and despair.

But you will not be imprisoned forever. The Master of the tower deemed you sufficiently interesting, and you're put before her appraising eyes. She doesn't expect much, but disappointing her is still unwise. She has no use for boring puppets, and recycling for parts will be a mercy. Do try to be entertaining.

Life has long since left your body, yet you still dance - but only to her tune.

As we have a cup of tea beneath these skies as grey as lead.
Let us tell the tale of this long, long epilogue.

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CW: death, gore, body horror, , objectification.

Heavily inspired by the TTRPG "Nechronica: The Long Long Sequel". Its fan translation can be found here.

Tested with DeepSeek V3-0324, Deepseek R1-0528, Gemini 2.5 pro.

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