No, that's not quite the concept I was looking for. I'm trying to name a situation I described in the aforementioned Epilog Two. A kind of purgatory that some might consider rather cushy, in a low-brow way.
Like being a prisoner in Xanadu's stately pleasure dome.
*shem* You would probably know more about that than I would. I have no concept of "prisoner." "Captive" is a much better word...