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#15

SCENE 13 – “Echoes of Vision”

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Apr 18, 2025 81 3 Mins Read
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INT. ABANDONED VISION TECH OUTPOST – LOWER LEVELS – NIGHT85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0RbUKjuey
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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:85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRLbqbNPjF
V.T. ARCHIVE ACCESS 12 – RESTRICTED85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr24DyOnC2H
Beneath it, the Vision Tech logo barely clings to the rusted metal—a fractured eye surrounded by circuitry.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbTU3SD8a0
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[Jason ducks under the warped door, stepping into a wide room filled with decay and memory.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha0ZaHwH5X
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[Old fluorescent panels flicker, barely alive. On every wall: Vision Tech propaganda posters, yellowed and stained.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrvvETSQe0
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[POSTER 1]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ72bVCayj
“THE FUTURE IS MANAGED – TRUST THE VISION”85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEF2UuOyz4D
(A smiling human child hugging a mug… yeah. A mug.)85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sN9XHYg9d
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXbRbvvXN4
[POSTER 2]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0o98DxXIr
“YOUR SECURITY IS OUR PRIORITY – V.T. GUARDIAN UNITS STANDBY 24/7”85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa74TVavZmT
(Art of a prototype Security bot giving a thumbs-up with a human in the background nervously holding pepper spray.)85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9yUoDAkfa
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[POSTER 3]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUd2LKeDiQ
“REPLACEABLE PARTS, IRREPLACEABLE LOYALTY – JOIN THE LABOR FAMILY TODAY”85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10H2Ee8nFe
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZRCRG2rOP
[Jason’s gaze scans over it all, barely hiding his disgust.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zz2muhbZ6
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JASON85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnHhVsclyH
(mutters)85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZnW7zYigx
“Replaceable parts, huh? Guess they meant it.”85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbITXWWwhf
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZl0rwAQEN
[His flashlight beam pans right—and stops.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQlgxpQbF3
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.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLHBjWE54u
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dep2UCs3U
[He steps closer to one body—a Labor bot with an open chest cavity. No signs of a fight. Just… opened. Emptied.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyo6YuvEfv
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7V5FkLlAG0
[Suddenly—movement.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBi99cYpYK
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.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsMoCKHyOH
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSUcm6V04Y
[Jason readies his railcannon, stepping slowly through the room.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYmjsRAU1R
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JASON (V.O.)85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0fGurxpRi
“Whatever happened down here… Vision Tech wanted it buried. Makes you wonder what else they buried before the Liberation.”85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKnMZ0GUF9
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GARMb9n2b
[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.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9lbDNM7HD
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxjBegutFA
[Text appears:85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbt18vsMXee
WELCOME BACK, ADMIN.85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQDnXNwDxL
LAST ACCESS: 2,191 DAYS AGO.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LBxO5eMCO
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRg6eRTGle
[Before Jason can dig further, he hears it again—dragging. Closer this time. Coming from a side corridor leading out of the archive.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6Ra1gCLtP
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCEGQAqRCJ
[He lifts his weapon.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPFsowI7oe
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3jcSuPQCb
JASON85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1LYgsREPf
(to himself)85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhYLqXTKVB
“Alright, mystery freak number two… come out slow and don’t ooze.”85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFEaynNTMc
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTF7xERIug
[The dragging stops. Silence. Jason steps toward the corridor—then a shape lurches into the light.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOz1z6QghK9
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcLChF7Md8
[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.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ3oJGbizT
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qqh3s7Al1
[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.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCJklYa83O
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2irYi5al0x
[Jason exhales, slowly lowering his weapon.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7u9iFiDTl
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14lThSxjSu
JASON (V.O.)85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lwKoXC6Ke
“These things… they don’t just kill. They move in. They take over.”85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVx8ZyJWq0
85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqXBqOlVUp
[He looks back to the archive room. Back to the posters. Back to the old world that promised safety and loyalty.]85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQs7uDazad
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JASON85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jApHlukSQ
(dryly)85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9F3dpLF71
“Nice job, Vision Tech.”85Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrLzTmhyTr

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Table of Contents
#0 Intro
#1 Welcome to Central City
#2 SCENE 1 – “Security Life” pt1
#3 SCENE 1 – “Security Life” pt2
#4 SCENE 2 – “Quiet Doesn’t Last”
#5 SCENE 3 – “Unwelcome Footprints”
#6 SCENE 4 – “Break the Silence”
#7 SCENE 5 – “The Parts We Don’t Talk About”
#8 SCENE 6 – “Still Breathing”
#9 SCENE 7 – “The Smiling Knife”
#10 SCENE 8 – “Ghost in the Pipes”
#11 SCENE 9 – “Right-Hand Problems”
#12 SCENE 10 – “Drag Marks and Doubt”
#13 SCENE 11 – “Below the Skin of the City”
#14 SCENE 12 – “What Shouldn’t Be There”
#15 SCENE 13 – “Echoes of Vision”
#16 SCENE 14 – “Fragments of a Dying Empire”
#17 SCENE 15 – “Shadows Don’t Bargain”
#18 SCENE 16 – “Rust Between Circuits”
#19 SCENE 17 – “The Breach”
#20 SCENE 18 – “Three Bots & a Parasite”
#21 SCENE 19 – “Paperwork and Parasites”
#22 SCENE 20 – “Smuggle Me Softly”
#23 SCENE 21 – “Oil, Info, and Idiots”
#24 SCENE 21 – EXTENDED: “Sleepover Protocols & Other Malfunctions”
#25 SCENE 22 – “Robot Makeover: Low Budget Edition”
#26 SCENE 23 – “Caffeine, Cloaks, and Casual Paranoia”
#27 SCENE 24 – “Rustfields”
#28 SCENE 25 – “Buzz and Circuits”
#29 SCENE 26 – “Tune-Ups and Tightropes”
#30 SCENE 27 – “Errands and Egos”
#31 SCENE 28 – “Groceries and Good Lies”
#32 SCENE 29 – “Dinner and Disclosures”
#33 SCENE 30 – “Steam, Suffering, and Swords”
#34 SCENE 31 – “Dicey Decisions”
#35 SCENE 32 – “Good Night, You Weirdos”
#36 SCENE 33 – “Dreamscapes”
#37 SCENE 34 – “Office and Off-Duty”
#38 SCENE 35 – “A Pleasant Stroll… with Minor Homicidal Undertones”
#39 SCENE 36 – “Wings and Wires”
#40 SCENE 37 – “After-Hours”
#41 SCENE 38 – “Alcohol & Stuff”
#42 SCENE 39 – “Shutdown.exe”
#43 SCENE 40 – “The Weight of Peace”
#44 SCENE 41 – “Midnight, Glitches, and Blankets”
#45 SCENE 42 – “Dawn of the Mildly Functional”
#46 SCENE 43 – “Commute to Doom”
#47 SCENE 44 – “An Office Full of Violence and Vending Machines”
#48 SCENE 45 – “Lunch Break and Clickbait Nightmares”
#49 SCENE 46 – “Rise and Resist (Routine)”
#50 SCENE 47 – “Unauthorized Research”
#51 SCENE 48 – “Wardrobe Upgrades”
#52 SCENE 49 – “Field‑Trip From Hell”
#53 SCENE 50 – “Afternoon Idleness”
#54 SCENE 51 – “Uno and Other Emergencies”
#55 SCENE 52 – “Tech on a Budget”
#56 SCENE 53 – “Delivery, Disobedience & Discoveries”
#57 SCENE 54 – “Questions & Quirks”
#58 SCENE 55 – “Privacy Settings”
#59 SCENE 56 – “Entertainment Planning”
#60 SCENE 57 – "Loyalty Reinforcement Seminar"
#61 SCENE 58 – “Friday‑Night Free Play”
#62 SCENE 59 – “Spire of Panic”
#63 SCENE 60 – “Lines, Orders, and Vines”
#64 SCENE 61 – “Infiltration”
#65 SCENE 62 – “Regroup & Re‑Arm”
#66 SCENE 63 – “Through Flesh and Steel”
#67 SCENE 64 – “Descent Protocol”
#68 SCENE 65 – “The Lungs Below”
#69 SCENE 66 – “Dead Air”
#70 SCENE 67 – “The Heart of the Hollow”
#71 SCENE 68 – “Overheat Protocol”
#72 SCENE 69 – “Sanitized and Sampled”
#73 SCENE 70 – “Totally Normal Roommates”
#74 SCENE 71 – "The Long Walk to Judgment"
#75 SCENE 72 – "Welcome Home, Idiot"
#76 SCENE 73 – "A Promise, A Vacation"
#77 SCENE 74 – "Field Trip to Food"
#78 SCENE 75 – "Cabin Fever"
#79 SCENE 76 – "Manners, Please"
#80 SCENE 77 – "Errands with Extra Steps"
#81 SCENE 78 – "Books, Pills, and Poor Decisions"
#82 SCENE 79 – "Pharmacy Phantoms"
#83 SCENE 80 – "Digital Birds and Binary Bees"
#84 SCENE 81 – "Babysitting? Seriously?"
#85 SCENE 82 – "The Babysitting Begins"
#86 SCENE 83 – "Chaos, Baby-Sized"
#87 SCENE 84 – "Midnight Meltdown"
#88 SCENE 85 – "The Dreams They Dreamed"
#89 SCENE 86 – "The Morning After"
#90 SCENE 87 – "Return of the Parents"
#91 SCENE 88 – "The Reveal"
#92 SCENE 89 – "System Error: Josh.exe Has Stopped Responding"
#93 SCENE 90 – "A Totally Normal Lunch"
#94 SCENE 91 – “Business As Usual”
#95 SCENE 92 – “After the Storm”
#96 SCENE 93 – “The Rim of Opinions”
#97 SCENE 94 – “Tales, Tails, and Talking at 2AM”
#98 SCENE 95 – “Surgery, Solo”
#99 SCENE 96 – “Sleepless Core”
#100 SCENE 97 – “Unknown Systems”
#101 SCENE 98 – “Orders and Oil”
#102 SCENE 99 – “Key Moments”
#103 SCENE 100 – “Three Days of Sky”
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