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#15

SCENE 13 – “Echoes of Vision”

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Apr 18, 2025 37 3 Mins Read
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INT. ABANDONED VISION TECH OUTPOST – LOWER LEVELS – NIGHT41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFseJxfMwU
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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:41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgaBkNFMc8
V.T. ARCHIVE ACCESS 12 – RESTRICTED41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pmpNkcakm
Beneath it, the Vision Tech logo barely clings to the rusted metal—a fractured eye surrounded by circuitry.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3TZiDY5V9
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Lv9KS95IB
[Jason ducks under the warped door, stepping into a wide room filled with decay and memory.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8O4VhKlIVa
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhy3nsOT6O3
[Old fluorescent panels flicker, barely alive. On every wall: Vision Tech propaganda posters, yellowed and stained.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLddm0DrbT
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECDoZU0IVh
[POSTER 1]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt0B0jUZMO
“THE FUTURE IS MANAGED – TRUST THE VISION”41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoaYfT13uL
(A smiling human child hugging a mug… yeah. A mug.)41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2nT3awgmo
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34A2F0peIj
[POSTER 2]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyQtrdzGTo
“YOUR SECURITY IS OUR PRIORITY – V.T. GUARDIAN UNITS STANDBY 24/7”41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NNBy4BekB
(Art of a prototype Security bot giving a thumbs-up with a human in the background nervously holding pepper spray.)41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OLTtiAwrk
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHpenNSUky
[POSTER 3]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlCnVEstlO
“REPLACEABLE PARTS, IRREPLACEABLE LOYALTY – JOIN THE LABOR FAMILY TODAY”41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn2pGNqYNf
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NLSuvAX0u
[Jason’s gaze scans over it all, barely hiding his disgust.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLcIbDI5xW
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqayAerNM2
JASON41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BmysndVjK
(mutters)41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbLRbjcUN8
“Replaceable parts, huh? Guess they meant it.”41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhnCNkYN3w
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvnSSFxMNU
[His flashlight beam pans right—and stops.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiD3aTvRWw
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.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5ibkRZ868
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnug4PgZjIN
[He steps closer to one body—a Labor bot with an open chest cavity. No signs of a fight. Just… opened. Emptied.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa9hzva0w4
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4vbjda7pX
[Suddenly—movement.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqTfln8yuK
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.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKoKzNswtR
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMjxBaegCS
[Jason readies his railcannon, stepping slowly through the room.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIk8n8yjBh
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFXPHtm9AC
JASON (V.O.)41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD2gRszHaV
“Whatever happened down here… Vision Tech wanted it buried. Makes you wonder what else they buried before the Liberation.”41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sVe9FzhED
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueBBor22Y5
[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.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVq4aF85RCP
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr1RYtHvZg
[Text appears:41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUmxZZydBg
WELCOME BACK, ADMIN.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ItcNmfehf
LAST ACCESS: 2,191 DAYS AGO.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFrrXhmn4h
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEa87ArdOe7
[Before Jason can dig further, he hears it again—dragging. Closer this time. Coming from a side corridor leading out of the archive.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNltcgdAw7
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CksjQpbrY
[He lifts his weapon.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBvUgzzy9V
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtiBZHuzuv
JASON41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemnXhwieti
(to himself)41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3XVcHbmbf
“Alright, mystery freak number two… come out slow and don’t ooze.”41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcxZQu5LZ0
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0X8TwGHIx
[The dragging stops. Silence. Jason steps toward the corridor—then a shape lurches into the light.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFdEKN2XDg
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5QN5O6GKz
[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.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRliJljEPBO
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1JZjMtL12
[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.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOfuN7kzy6
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTk1N92CaMR
[Jason exhales, slowly lowering his weapon.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzmlYeEaEr
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdn8v3jWD1K
JASON (V.O.)41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCKRtmLQ0R
“These things… they don’t just kill. They move in. They take over.”41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfSObmVS1C
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDx1tYhRQQT
[He looks back to the archive room. Back to the posters. Back to the old world that promised safety and loyalty.]41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLdyDnvkAC
41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJRE9qvaLJ
JASON41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kh8NHiDE5
(dryly)41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMQBLLlfTf
“Nice job, Vision Tech.”41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzdd1TRJia

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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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