A man is mistakenly processed into Hell, only to find that punishment has been replaced by endless behavioral refinement. The real machinery of damnation is not fire — it is etiquette.
After returning, he is detained in a classified prison where the pattern of refinement escapes confinement. The behavior spreads — without instruction, without command — until the prison begins to overcorrect itself toward collapse.
A journey through the infernal etiquette system: posture, movement, waiting, seating, paperwork, interrogation, and the terrifying calm of being refined rather than punished.
A single micro-adjustment spreads to three tables. Guards begin moving like inmates. A prison overcorrects itself into deadlock. The system that escaped Hell cannot be contained on Earth.