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#15

SCENE 13 – “Echoes of Vision”

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Apr 18, 2025 70 3 Mins Read
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INT. ABANDONED VISION TECH OUTPOST – LOWER LEVELS – NIGHT74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUKayFPjl3
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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:74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqowKnjB3K5
V.T. ARCHIVE ACCESS 12 – RESTRICTED74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWHmWfylgl
Beneath it, the Vision Tech logo barely clings to the rusted metal—a fractured eye surrounded by circuitry.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NK1PaVcql
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[Jason ducks under the warped door, stepping into a wide room filled with decay and memory.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc57foeV6Gr
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[Old fluorescent panels flicker, barely alive. On every wall: Vision Tech propaganda posters, yellowed and stained.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdEQO98ZlX
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[POSTER 1]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrE51o6QRL
“THE FUTURE IS MANAGED – TRUST THE VISION”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4Rw6KR7qh
(A smiling human child hugging a mug… yeah. A mug.)74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtK9FaAinq9
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[POSTER 2]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsS9tsiKCh
“YOUR SECURITY IS OUR PRIORITY – V.T. GUARDIAN UNITS STANDBY 24/7”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiWXmnT7V7
(Art of a prototype Security bot giving a thumbs-up with a human in the background nervously holding pepper spray.)74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLCWZ0VWIi
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[POSTER 3]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HcYbyX51S
“REPLACEABLE PARTS, IRREPLACEABLE LOYALTY – JOIN THE LABOR FAMILY TODAY”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfVOoTV5cm
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKMPXPpZV8
[Jason’s gaze scans over it all, barely hiding his disgust.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHd5FgDQ1i
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JASON74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD2fx9hFYs
(mutters)74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OY1HHTY7t
“Replaceable parts, huh? Guess they meant it.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcX3ejqdcf
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfC9TjNxNf8
[His flashlight beam pans right—and stops.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiCT0b67sg
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG13KAeyIqO
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2ID6KCnsF
[He steps closer to one body—a Labor bot with an open chest cavity. No signs of a fight. Just… opened. Emptied.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP18WkaFPaa
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpqOjCdjS6
[Suddenly—movement.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT3Smk6XF9
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGn88Dli0K
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaxsyO1flN
[Jason readies his railcannon, stepping slowly through the room.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCymQAOusD
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmZ3tF5qYd
JASON (V.O.)74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mRq0RUbhv
“Whatever happened down here… Vision Tech wanted it buried. Makes you wonder what else they buried before the Liberation.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXjtRjtPcI
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQF2FBGBIk
[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.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKzM2Qg4ao
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MI1MldFiM
[Text appears:74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRotQMq7NE8
WELCOME BACK, ADMIN.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDJlLfjfNH
LAST ACCESS: 2,191 DAYS AGO.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ64cedugd5
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOoAXyEcHR
[Before Jason can dig further, he hears it again—dragging. Closer this time. Coming from a side corridor leading out of the archive.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqa5rYkCF8
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLwcySNc3u
[He lifts his weapon.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzgOjJrNoi
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtS9fSmk2ji
JASON74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26etuv9lPW
(to himself)74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBj31rVc3v
“Alright, mystery freak number two… come out slow and don’t ooze.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2O7CRuOUo
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeFeBGiu5k
[The dragging stops. Silence. Jason steps toward the corridor—then a shape lurches into the light.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWLV1TqDKP
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2c7ToClQRP
[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.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGf7apISMi
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCXk699xC2
[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.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVQoZKCrhk
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GgYidr1b4
[Jason exhales, slowly lowering his weapon.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8Uhk3Eitu
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeX957OKYh
JASON (V.O.)74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzn590ui1K
“These things… they don’t just kill. They move in. They take over.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxBDV980h9
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqk6TpTL6Dw
[He looks back to the archive room. Back to the posters. Back to the old world that promised safety and loyalty.]74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRlv6sfDiR
74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYmhj3BXZm
JASON74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxjWldvmTa
(dryly)74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWel6k3ogbY
“Nice job, Vision Tech.”74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoFhyJnrVe

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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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