INT. ABANDONED VISION TECH OUTPOST – LOWER LEVELS – NIGHT107Please respect copyright.PENANAO2B9GiL2lj
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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:107Please respect copyright.PENANAgYar7Gcks9
V.T. ARCHIVE ACCESS 12 – RESTRICTED107Please respect copyright.PENANAdc9I3MMXZp
Beneath it, the Vision Tech logo barely clings to the rusted metal—a fractured eye surrounded by circuitry.]107Please respect copyright.PENANArezmkXZmEq
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[Jason ducks under the warped door, stepping into a wide room filled with decay and memory.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAiKyLL1dm4q
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[Old fluorescent panels flicker, barely alive. On every wall: Vision Tech propaganda posters, yellowed and stained.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAxW0gg05iHy
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[POSTER 1]107Please respect copyright.PENANAWNCmqfuRcc
“THE FUTURE IS MANAGED – TRUST THE VISION”107Please respect copyright.PENANAkgqoz5hu7l
(A smiling human child hugging a mug… yeah. A mug.)107Please respect copyright.PENANAFVjV1aYg4Z
107Please respect copyright.PENANAG7yrjIkwBM
[POSTER 2]107Please respect copyright.PENANAopjyA0FGDG
“YOUR SECURITY IS OUR PRIORITY – V.T. GUARDIAN UNITS STANDBY 24/7”107Please respect copyright.PENANAMAqH3ea9sq
(Art of a prototype Security bot giving a thumbs-up with a human in the background nervously holding pepper spray.)107Please respect copyright.PENANA2COU5Qsz8f
107Please respect copyright.PENANAlEBQ5uIx2T
[POSTER 3]107Please respect copyright.PENANAoke8phchPP
“REPLACEABLE PARTS, IRREPLACEABLE LOYALTY – JOIN THE LABOR FAMILY TODAY”107Please respect copyright.PENANAPKY8AcKjYA
107Please respect copyright.PENANAtljounUz0F
[Jason’s gaze scans over it all, barely hiding his disgust.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAN9j8KivvvX
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JASON107Please respect copyright.PENANAFbO6m6HJel
(mutters)107Please respect copyright.PENANA5ipXtpwK1g
“Replaceable parts, huh? Guess they meant it.”107Please respect copyright.PENANAvIGomAEGxm
107Please respect copyright.PENANAmAKnHhQU0j
[His flashlight beam pans right—and stops.]107Please respect copyright.PENANA7tyvQX9402
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.107Please respect copyright.PENANAYoikddX9OU
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[He steps closer to one body—a Labor bot with an open chest cavity. No signs of a fight. Just… opened. Emptied.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAP6wZ0C9hPn
107Please respect copyright.PENANAO6JKuJbmGc
[Suddenly—movement.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAvPW4HebKDE
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.107Please respect copyright.PENANA2CHcqsDIa4
107Please respect copyright.PENANATERXmaowJF
[Jason readies his railcannon, stepping slowly through the room.]107Please respect copyright.PENANASjP8sEREH9
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JASON (V.O.)107Please respect copyright.PENANAx36l1v30yd
“Whatever happened down here… Vision Tech wanted it buried. Makes you wonder what else they buried before the Liberation.”107Please respect copyright.PENANAXwTvxQuPi8
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[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.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAhiGmam1AIs
107Please respect copyright.PENANAwKVRbE2Sn8
[Text appears:107Please respect copyright.PENANAfycnWtkEXr
WELCOME BACK, ADMIN.107Please respect copyright.PENANATmC1OYKpX2
LAST ACCESS: 2,191 DAYS AGO.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAxAhTRSCoMk
107Please respect copyright.PENANAO4mmuNAfVI
[Before Jason can dig further, he hears it again—dragging. Closer this time. Coming from a side corridor leading out of the archive.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAiSpAXGvrrj
107Please respect copyright.PENANAG0eZ46xLM9
[He lifts his weapon.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAhDYMmERQuj
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JASON107Please respect copyright.PENANAPGExjVXnA7
(to himself)107Please respect copyright.PENANAmFiokUJPVj
“Alright, mystery freak number two… come out slow and don’t ooze.”107Please respect copyright.PENANArZJPPuDCU9
107Please respect copyright.PENANArGlkkrRPRd
[The dragging stops. Silence. Jason steps toward the corridor—then a shape lurches into the light.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAT6TFap4DIa
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[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.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAx7aIG2UE7Z
107Please respect copyright.PENANATRyWdUOrum
[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.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAtenaCCCcG9
107Please respect copyright.PENANAQTh11zDvev
[Jason exhales, slowly lowering his weapon.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAOC48z5gwMS
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JASON (V.O.)107Please respect copyright.PENANA23mKaIzclz
“These things… they don’t just kill. They move in. They take over.”107Please respect copyright.PENANAGQmLG92Fkf
107Please respect copyright.PENANAywuu4ySBd1
[He looks back to the archive room. Back to the posters. Back to the old world that promised safety and loyalty.]107Please respect copyright.PENANAdhyOrfrijC
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JASON107Please respect copyright.PENANACw5s4dQvgF
(dryly)107Please respect copyright.PENANA6h5geMes02
“Nice job, Vision Tech.”107Please respect copyright.PENANA6McghjNgtE
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ISSUE #15
SCENE 13 – “Echoes of Vision”
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