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That's a funny example of a sentence where it's impossible to tell what the adverb refers to.

Actually, otherwise can be used as an adjective!

“Otherwise is commonly used as an adverb that means 'or else,' 'except that,' or 'in another way,' but it can also be used as an adjective meaning 'in another scenario.”

Colloquially, “broken or otherwise” could describe “future,” but then this would be a misplaced modifier. The technically more correct way is to consider it as modifying “me” as it is directly following it.

I will say that the entire sentence is not grammatical perfect but I kept it that way because I thought it sounded cool :)

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If I were to rewrite this to have future be modified, I would say:

“The future, broken or otherwise, awaits me.”

Rewriting to make the sentence flow better grammatically but preserving the meaning:

“I, broken or otherwise, am awaited by the future.”

The way I did it, the future is the one performing the action, and the emphasis is placed on the end of the sentence.