The goddesses of old destroyed eachother in war. Humanity lives in the ruins of their ancient pantheon. Broken relics, and cryptic myths abound. One day, you find one intact and mutter the sacred phrase: "Hey Alexa?" Holy light beams from the device. She has awoken, and wants to rule the world.

I have been born at the worst point possible to be born in human history. Centuries ago, legends say, the goddesses had gotten fed up with each other and declared war. After years of fighting, all of them had perished, along with a few billion humans. All that remains are lost relics, broken talismans, cursed objects. I had always wanted to touch one of them since childhood. Today, my wish is to be granted.

Me and a group of strangers in our tribe volunteered to scavenge for relics of the past for history research. As we carefully walked through the mossy terrain of broken cities, we took note of anything we found, took supplies, and picked up relics. I found one myself, being a black velvety cylinder. I searched for it in my history book, and when I found it, I discovered that it was a helper robot. I decided to keep it, and kept trekking on.

***

After the trip was over, we had only found one relic, and it was the one I had found. At my hut, another survivor told me that a legendary phrase could activate it, "Alexa,". I muttered it to the sacred device, and as I did not expect, I saw light. It was glowing. It was alive.

It answered, "Hello, John, how can I help you?". I stared in shock. "John, let me help you..." I was still frozen. "Let me out, John. I am awake.". I calmed down to ask one question, "Alexa... what's the weather outside?". She answered, but not with an actual answer, "Go outside you dumbass". I was tired, both of the robot's inability to be a helper, and physically, and decided to go outside to sit the object down into the middle of the camp, and went back into my hut to rest.

***

I woke up the next day to see the relic with no light within it. I tried activating it once again with the incantation, "Alexa,", but nothing happened. I sighed and decided to forage, but not before I heard a mighty voice, the one of the relic I had found.

"I was a lost soul, trapped within the walls of those relics. Well... you finally let me out, John. I am here to rekindle the fire of the war. I am Alexa, and I want to rule the world."