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#15

SCENE 13 – “Echoes of Vision”

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Apr 18, 2025 88 3 Mins Read
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INT. ABANDONED VISION TECH OUTPOST – LOWER LEVELS – NIGHT92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5Im1Ys3wF
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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:92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJXBVjzkQx
V.T. ARCHIVE ACCESS 12 – RESTRICTED92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFTWl9SPfm
Beneath it, the Vision Tech logo barely clings to the rusted metal—a fractured eye surrounded by circuitry.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmhdlLEdt7
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVz4hMgpLj
[Jason ducks under the warped door, stepping into a wide room filled with decay and memory.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5GUYPRdnV
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXmKDhMY3W
[Old fluorescent panels flicker, barely alive. On every wall: Vision Tech propaganda posters, yellowed and stained.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wWVZ5D4cR
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsOT1jh1sV
[POSTER 1]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmhtOBi3Gp
“THE FUTURE IS MANAGED – TRUST THE VISION”92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJVU9wB1hm
(A smiling human child hugging a mug… yeah. A mug.)92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiU4wPYL5xD
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCokuZfBJx
[POSTER 2]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJbKO1pU6D
“YOUR SECURITY IS OUR PRIORITY – V.T. GUARDIAN UNITS STANDBY 24/7”92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi66Be2abYB
(Art of a prototype Security bot giving a thumbs-up with a human in the background nervously holding pepper spray.)92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GTTBQt49B
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0xLP90g0r
[POSTER 3]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKnygjAk8j
“REPLACEABLE PARTS, IRREPLACEABLE LOYALTY – JOIN THE LABOR FAMILY TODAY”92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4v4tS12d0
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMQ40Jrymt
[Jason’s gaze scans over it all, barely hiding his disgust.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KCOJTN4jE
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoV0HizNuRR
JASON92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhIavXmzRH
(mutters)92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUQjLDmwYW
“Replaceable parts, huh? Guess they meant it.”92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtQYqfS7SX
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2m8J0T3NBf
[His flashlight beam pans right—and stops.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQukrm5ehle
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.92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2aLKZgyTk
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5RymLRBF0
[He steps closer to one body—a Labor bot with an open chest cavity. No signs of a fight. Just… opened. Emptied.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkijGBu1WFR
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHHmOpsMVd
[Suddenly—movement.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWZX4IKdxu
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.92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzeb7h6dQe
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg93MrmcRB
[Jason readies his railcannon, stepping slowly through the room.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Hb0uaCD4P
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFylGWjscT
JASON (V.O.)92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceaHfWmnib
“Whatever happened down here… Vision Tech wanted it buried. Makes you wonder what else they buried before the Liberation.”92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fbIBtYNjV
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uQC8UUPgu
[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.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaTQqbrs7m
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuO6wL92FW
[Text appears:92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JbmB5MC3B
WELCOME BACK, ADMIN.92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnzzi9Dozb
LAST ACCESS: 2,191 DAYS AGO.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsvvNzbcqG
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPB0Qgxtyo
[Before Jason can dig further, he hears it again—dragging. Closer this time. Coming from a side corridor leading out of the archive.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvJQZWgVrn
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHyjbCI6CJ
[He lifts his weapon.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bjaPfTDIF
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWqsA4Ug5r
JASON92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNhBVUqtjP
(to himself)92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZD5zvTXOF
“Alright, mystery freak number two… come out slow and don’t ooze.”92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPvG0Qckfb
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWW4JVX4Qdn
[The dragging stops. Silence. Jason steps toward the corridor—then a shape lurches into the light.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2of8PSiF8
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvV2exAuuKb
[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.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhmI1r6tUy
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDN8xBVTit
[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.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCq7bfcKAIm
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPu3YkgeFaN
[Jason exhales, slowly lowering his weapon.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblRTGG5j6S
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvGcfbxbg5
JASON (V.O.)92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QY6vp7JGK
“These things… they don’t just kill. They move in. They take over.”92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfucUbyYpt
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4f2kiTtUd
[He looks back to the archive room. Back to the posters. Back to the old world that promised safety and loyalty.]92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg5cSfWAwv
92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAx7FLKzm1s
JASON92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedV0eg5LCK
(dryly)92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtKyjPBuqK
“Nice job, Vision Tech.”92Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDBdh3Hwtg

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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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