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#15

SCENE 13 – “Echoes of Vision”

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Apr 18, 2025 131 3 Mins Read
No Plagiarism!NzO3L3us873csmfRrTB6posted on PＥNAＮＡ

INT. ABANDONED VISION TECH OUTPOST – LOWER LEVELS – NIGHT135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2et31BGSZ
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLrwbYk64F
[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:135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxVdurJAb9
V.T. ARCHIVE ACCESS 12 – RESTRICTED135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyDGYdXSck
Beneath it, the Vision Tech logo barely clings to the rusted metal—a fractured eye surrounded by circuitry.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRMXN3iJfa
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiH58pCQIk
[Jason ducks under the warped door, stepping into a wide room filled with decay and memory.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt95d3ORmk3
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVo8iIqPjSE
[Old fluorescent panels flicker, barely alive. On every wall: Vision Tech propaganda posters, yellowed and stained.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorytOWgFJc
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jYpcRpVKm
[POSTER 1]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxpl5EjvtZ
“THE FUTURE IS MANAGED – TRUST THE VISION”135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ2881lgGY
(A smiling human child hugging a mug… yeah. A mug.)135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBer9dk82o
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcASa8ic99y
[POSTER 2]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAn1914NBC
“YOUR SECURITY IS OUR PRIORITY – V.T. GUARDIAN UNITS STANDBY 24/7”135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVB94rzSMC
(Art of a prototype Security bot giving a thumbs-up with a human in the background nervously holding pepper spray.)135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOCXs16pPx
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAzzvwcqEV
[POSTER 3]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgATzqjDgg8
“REPLACEABLE PARTS, IRREPLACEABLE LOYALTY – JOIN THE LABOR FAMILY TODAY”135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5slGmTiCw
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrTJjOzexY
[Jason’s gaze scans over it all, barely hiding his disgust.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKaSMstxYU
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2OOuT6oEa
JASON135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kslHZoY73
(mutters)135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSI7CI0e0dg
“Replaceable parts, huh? Guess they meant it.”135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XKNqG16BO
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOA96kZ0qFb
[His flashlight beam pans right—and stops.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H8pImJLpm
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.135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEl2GkoTCx
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQMXVYlw9d
[He steps closer to one body—a Labor bot with an open chest cavity. No signs of a fight. Just… opened. Emptied.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fP5wcUuSq
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWas5NCRC8j
[Suddenly—movement.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInjLQOmDJv
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.135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbszLj1UkD
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOZxCTwWxR
[Jason readies his railcannon, stepping slowly through the room.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHGrbFSInJ
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTZovfIvpm
JASON (V.O.)135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq8bn0qt4H
“Whatever happened down here… Vision Tech wanted it buried. Makes you wonder what else they buried before the Liberation.”135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjlMIdmjBl
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0g5PdHAgSu
[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.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKm7YbvAaG
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm5p8YwSFj
[Text appears:135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSDHbx86be
WELCOME BACK, ADMIN.135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWdni6myMG
LAST ACCESS: 2,191 DAYS AGO.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxYAELsShx
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm724qP22Sd
[Before Jason can dig further, he hears it again—dragging. Closer this time. Coming from a side corridor leading out of the archive.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpySUic1DT5
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnNHtdpdnX
[He lifts his weapon.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHXUBJzcLQ
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMhIYo1s3L
JASON135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyDI9DyiJy
(to himself)135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2ZNKX0q8B
“Alright, mystery freak number two… come out slow and don’t ooze.”135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV5iw8x4M4
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJnjXHG6B3
[The dragging stops. Silence. Jason steps toward the corridor—then a shape lurches into the light.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdYOYtZXBr
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbfb4CvcXE
[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.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BMpMeEHj0
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrsY1qtXjq
[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.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEoVv24MU8
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIwVLl0N7C
[Jason exhales, slowly lowering his weapon.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlUcNgIQ1L
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0l4K9GIuL
JASON (V.O.)135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDv64fotH3
“These things… they don’t just kill. They move in. They take over.”135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUl8cSfJ3Xz
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pDZZ19JeV
[He looks back to the archive room. Back to the posters. Back to the old world that promised safety and loyalty.]135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4VNx0N9BJ
135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Fqekqn3YC
JASON135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ40xPJNAol
(dryly)135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETiBCuoP3a
“Nice job, Vision Tech.”135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Raa9ZHGv5

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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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