INT. ABANDONED VISION TECH OUTPOST – LOWER LEVELS – NIGHT110Please respect copyright.PENANA8mUrYCaCaH
110Please respect copyright.PENANA4SLuIOCSwi
[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:110Please respect copyright.PENANAELu5dKGU2f
V.T. ARCHIVE ACCESS 12 – RESTRICTED110Please respect copyright.PENANA1OgF5ZiAbS
Beneath it, the Vision Tech logo barely clings to the rusted metal—a fractured eye surrounded by circuitry.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAP5SvoqPxbF
110Please respect copyright.PENANAKNKA4iymnD
[Jason ducks under the warped door, stepping into a wide room filled with decay and memory.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAVtUnAvs0yI
110Please respect copyright.PENANAmjtkOetODU
[Old fluorescent panels flicker, barely alive. On every wall: Vision Tech propaganda posters, yellowed and stained.]110Please respect copyright.PENANA2ij4ZvPQr6
110Please respect copyright.PENANA3LL7dyII3X
[POSTER 1]110Please respect copyright.PENANALesyOJqWEE
“THE FUTURE IS MANAGED – TRUST THE VISION”110Please respect copyright.PENANAHPqldLRt9N
(A smiling human child hugging a mug… yeah. A mug.)110Please respect copyright.PENANA7d9LTKIJc0
110Please respect copyright.PENANA0LwoiGfgkN
[POSTER 2]110Please respect copyright.PENANALACP96TNxB
“YOUR SECURITY IS OUR PRIORITY – V.T. GUARDIAN UNITS STANDBY 24/7”110Please respect copyright.PENANAvbYSbruIk6
(Art of a prototype Security bot giving a thumbs-up with a human in the background nervously holding pepper spray.)110Please respect copyright.PENANA3uec5Vm0Pc
110Please respect copyright.PENANADi38US8QG1
[POSTER 3]110Please respect copyright.PENANA67KLWzyFfM
“REPLACEABLE PARTS, IRREPLACEABLE LOYALTY – JOIN THE LABOR FAMILY TODAY”110Please respect copyright.PENANAuzw6jyIIbe
110Please respect copyright.PENANAtPBzboHzMK
[Jason’s gaze scans over it all, barely hiding his disgust.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAFBA9KWxIUh
110Please respect copyright.PENANAPEIIZqMwCg
JASON110Please respect copyright.PENANAkbh1wB2naE
(mutters)110Please respect copyright.PENANAXvGTMwuLTg
“Replaceable parts, huh? Guess they meant it.”110Please respect copyright.PENANAGG0vLZ5FGY
110Please respect copyright.PENANASs6VKH8tpO
[His flashlight beam pans right—and stops.]110Please respect copyright.PENANALAXub6Cx7E
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.110Please respect copyright.PENANAwqrph6Pvb0
110Please respect copyright.PENANAZsE8NRTGHw
[He steps closer to one body—a Labor bot with an open chest cavity. No signs of a fight. Just… opened. Emptied.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAUFWOi0gJ2H
110Please respect copyright.PENANA43rGJs2OmO
[Suddenly—movement.]110Please respect copyright.PENANA8N6M3Llo4w
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.110Please respect copyright.PENANAoSiXG1xrIM
110Please respect copyright.PENANAFEzVOpb2iT
[Jason readies his railcannon, stepping slowly through the room.]110Please respect copyright.PENANA1yl8d2pHoI
110Please respect copyright.PENANAemRmkPFg2U
JASON (V.O.)110Please respect copyright.PENANAkaY5tgBEfU
“Whatever happened down here… Vision Tech wanted it buried. Makes you wonder what else they buried before the Liberation.”110Please respect copyright.PENANApSUJqYkZ75
110Please respect copyright.PENANAdj9U6HrrH9
[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.]110Please respect copyright.PENANA1T6zgsYWNu
110Please respect copyright.PENANAk6nKsyL6S8
[Text appears:110Please respect copyright.PENANAN55QH5p35Y
WELCOME BACK, ADMIN.110Please respect copyright.PENANA5OBj9zhBZ4
LAST ACCESS: 2,191 DAYS AGO.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAvhotOgJA80
110Please respect copyright.PENANA3kuMTXBXap
[Before Jason can dig further, he hears it again—dragging. Closer this time. Coming from a side corridor leading out of the archive.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAOeq4QQRrWk
110Please respect copyright.PENANAbNG1luvgDo
[He lifts his weapon.]110Please respect copyright.PENANABdJtaQjXYA
110Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ0XJGnpgR
JASON110Please respect copyright.PENANAUlzk4RyqMD
(to himself)110Please respect copyright.PENANAEKjMtiCdnO
“Alright, mystery freak number two… come out slow and don’t ooze.”110Please respect copyright.PENANAMuTOURhFIF
110Please respect copyright.PENANAiousDYsWMp
[The dragging stops. Silence. Jason steps toward the corridor—then a shape lurches into the light.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAlHXxqOmNqC
110Please respect copyright.PENANAzMwQ2W0ifo
[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.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAaQOkodJ4Q9
110Please respect copyright.PENANAddcJj7YmVT
[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.]110Please respect copyright.PENANA9wpieiKDiX
110Please respect copyright.PENANAqTQq7kSHTI
[Jason exhales, slowly lowering his weapon.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAWFkGBiOAel
110Please respect copyright.PENANAasjFFv0vM3
JASON (V.O.)110Please respect copyright.PENANADYl4mQMUc9
“These things… they don’t just kill. They move in. They take over.”110Please respect copyright.PENANAsVncar6u2y
110Please respect copyright.PENANAds9w5JUs2J
[He looks back to the archive room. Back to the posters. Back to the old world that promised safety and loyalty.]110Please respect copyright.PENANAIIRqihMq51
110Please respect copyright.PENANAAdm83TeDZw
JASON110Please respect copyright.PENANADLZaZdTwf1
(dryly)110Please respect copyright.PENANAXuMrvmVquS
“Nice job, Vision Tech.”110Please respect copyright.PENANAL5OGyFq3rD
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ISSUE #15
SCENE 13 – “Echoes of Vision”
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