INT. ABANDONED VISION TECH OUTPOST – LOWER LEVELS – NIGHT20Please respect copyright.PENANAb6vGrHLm5u
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[Jason follows the noise. The sound grows clearer: the metallic scrape of something being dragged… and faint, stuttering breathing. The tunnel slopes downward now, leading to a heavy, half-open blast door labeled in worn-out letters:20Please respect copyright.PENANA16whYle98s
V.T. ARCHIVE ACCESS 12 – RESTRICTED20Please respect copyright.PENANAMGnqDjMN6g
Beneath it, the Vision Tech logo barely clings to the rusted metal—a fractured eye surrounded by circuitry.]20Please respect copyright.PENANADHtNB6dRYz
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[Jason ducks under the warped door, stepping into a wide room filled with decay and memory.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAWVg3BntJAj
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[Old fluorescent panels flicker, barely alive. On every wall: Vision Tech propaganda posters, yellowed and stained.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAji3ZYSdMfK
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[POSTER 1]20Please respect copyright.PENANAiAzIEzGDSy
“THE FUTURE IS MANAGED – TRUST THE VISION”20Please respect copyright.PENANATExH5LVsni
(A smiling human child hugging a mug… yeah. A mug.)20Please respect copyright.PENANAkXkmCWktmL
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[POSTER 2]20Please respect copyright.PENANAxT5LDeGDoK
“YOUR SECURITY IS OUR PRIORITY – V.T. GUARDIAN UNITS STANDBY 24/7”20Please respect copyright.PENANAsgpxJM1wEO
(Art of a prototype Security bot giving a thumbs-up with a human in the background nervously holding pepper spray.)20Please respect copyright.PENANAkmMYJk5W03
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“REPLACEABLE PARTS, IRREPLACEABLE LOYALTY – JOIN THE LABOR FAMILY TODAY”20Please respect copyright.PENANAPIiB7YvAyW
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[Jason’s gaze scans over it all, barely hiding his disgust.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAnNf7iYOXC1
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JASON20Please respect copyright.PENANAZzIaI21xtC
(mutters)20Please respect copyright.PENANAeXNBD81q8t
“Replaceable parts, huh? Guess they meant it.”20Please respect copyright.PENANAxIAIXizChX
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[His flashlight beam pans right—and stops.]20Please respect copyright.PENANApQXyjZ6Xmz
On a pile of robotic corpses. Security, Labor… even a few Operator units. All torn apart, limbs stripped, cores hollowed out. But something’s wrong—not all the damage looks like it was done by Purification bots. Some of the wounds are… surgical. Clean. Too clean.20Please respect copyright.PENANAjpzcVZzyZU
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[He steps closer to one body—a Labor bot with an open chest cavity. No signs of a fight. Just… opened. Emptied.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAC3ydMOV87m
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[Suddenly—movement.]20Please respect copyright.PENANA7F4Nvbn0Tu
A twitch. One of the bodies at the far end jerks. Then another. Not rising. Not hostile. Just twitching—random, pitiful spasms like muscles trying to remember how to move.20Please respect copyright.PENANAVlBYS5pSi7
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[Jason readies his railcannon, stepping slowly through the room.]20Please respect copyright.PENANASpJTnYtf0E
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JASON (V.O.)20Please respect copyright.PENANAxzIt5DyBd9
“Whatever happened down here… Vision Tech wanted it buried. Makes you wonder what else they buried before the Liberation.”20Please respect copyright.PENANAYAWdfnMssz
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[He kneels beside a half-buried terminal, brushes off dust and dried oil, and flicks the power node. The screen blinks to life, stuttering, flickering. A logo loads—Vision Tech’s signature boot-up chime plays, warped and slowed like a dying lullaby.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAuEmDEMaZG7
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[Text appears:20Please respect copyright.PENANAAlBwISlyF8
WELCOME BACK, ADMIN.20Please respect copyright.PENANAicPPRofxhy
LAST ACCESS: 2,191 DAYS AGO.]20Please respect copyright.PENANA6CPmkpa7GV
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[Before Jason can dig further, he hears it again—dragging. Closer this time. Coming from a side corridor leading out of the archive.]20Please respect copyright.PENANA6OEvKnqkLC
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[He lifts his weapon.]20Please respect copyright.PENANA0MwzRKIfAN
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JASON20Please respect copyright.PENANAeRcMEasvre
(to himself)20Please respect copyright.PENANAFR7cgJUmnd
“Alright, mystery freak number two… come out slow and don’t ooze.”20Please respect copyright.PENANAaxO6soyp9w
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[The dragging stops. Silence. Jason steps toward the corridor—then a shape lurches into the light.]20Please respect copyright.PENANACr3TcpBNeo
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[It’s another Labor bot—but barely. Its head is crushed, one leg gone, dragging itself with twisted arms. But the real horror is what’s inside it—black tendrils pushing out from the joints, trying to control the body like a puppet. The host is long dead. The driver? Still trying.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAs0v53ynO0W
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[Jason doesn’t hesitate—BLAM—a clean rail shot through the chest, pinning the bot to the wall. Sparks explode. The tendrils convulse and burn.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAbf8oEEtg94
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[Jason exhales, slowly lowering his weapon.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAMvSyxp70wt
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JASON (V.O.)20Please respect copyright.PENANANdgg5Re1ZK
“These things… they don’t just kill. They move in. They take over.”20Please respect copyright.PENANAIHsfjjChDh
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[He looks back to the archive room. Back to the posters. Back to the old world that promised safety and loyalty.]20Please respect copyright.PENANAp6a7HLtFYu
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JASON20Please respect copyright.PENANAoZcIR9HH1j
(dryly)20Please respect copyright.PENANAZMvfjfnjNm
“Nice job, Vision Tech.”20Please respect copyright.PENANAdCy7yOcSEv