INT. JASON’S APARTMENT CUBE – NIGHT – CPU DREAM MODE
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[FADE IN on darkness. Slowly, we glide into the silent hum of digital idling. Wires whisper, soft blips echo. Inside these machines, dreams flicker to life—strange, fragmented things, half-data, half-imagination.]
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DREAM 1: SD-K
INT. BLACK-AND-WHITE OFFICE – NIGHTMARE MODE
[SD-K sits at a painfully tiny desk surrounded by absurdly cheerful Labor bots wearing novelty hats. A banner reads: “SECURITY BOT CUSTOMER SERVICE MONTH!”]
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MANAGER BOT (chipmunk voice)
“K! Smile bigger or you’ll be scheduled for another empathy seminar!”
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[K’s smile is a jagged, glitchy attempt that crashes his facial display. Everyone claps politely. The printer next to him spits out a hundred "YOU'RE DOING OKAY" notes.]
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SD-K (deadpan)
“This isn’t a dream. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen.”
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[Suddenly, A skips in, dressed like a kindergarten teacher with glitter on his metal shoulders.]
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SD-A (DREAM VERSION)
“K! Today we’re going to learn how to hug!”
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[K is buried under a sea of plush heart-shaped cushions as circus music plays.]
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SD-K (V.O.)
“…please initiate kill command…”
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DREAM 2: SD-A
INT. COTTON-CANDY LANDSCAPE – CHILDISH WONDER MODE
[SD-A rides a floating toaster across a glowing river of coolant, holding a flower made of wires. Tiny flying mugs with wings (not alive, just adorable) orbit him like happy satellites.]
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SD-A (DREAMING)
“I’m the Champion of Circuitonia!”
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[He stands atop a mountain made of scrap and smiles heroically. Beside him is a smiling Jason in knight armor made of dish parts, waving a spoon-sword. K sulks nearby in a cardboard dragon costume, smoke puffs weakly from his vents.]
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SD-A
“We’ve defeated the Mean Protocols and saved the Data Princess!”
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K (DREAM VERSION)
“…I’m uninstalling myself the second I wake up.”
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DREAM 3: JASON GEARMAN
INT. WEIRD, HALF-FINISHED LANDSCAPE – MIXED SIGNALS MODE
[Jason walks through a city like Central but full of mirrored surfaces. He passes reflections of himself—some smiling, some tired. His arm changes forms on its own: railcannon, axe, hand, bottle opener.]
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[He sees K and A from a distance, walking into the crowd. He tries to follow but the ground turns to metal water. He stumbles. Then… a dinner table.]
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[Jason, SD-A, and SD-K sit around it. No lights, no jokes. Just the sound of ticking wires.]
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JASON (DREAMING)
“They don’t belong here. But somehow… they do.”
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[SD-A laughs and tosses a screw at his face. SD-K just nods slightly before flickering out.]
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[Jason is left alone, looking at an empty third chair. His hand morphs into a scanner, scanning nothing. He frowns, unsure if he’s supposed to feel peace or panic.]
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JASON (V.O.)
“What are we even doing…”
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[He looks at the scanner screen. It reads: “You’re not alone.”]
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INT. JASON’S APARTMENT CUBE – MORNING
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[A faint light seeps through a crack in the window. Jason’s optics light up first. Then SD-A stirs, mumbling something about “muffin batteries.” K flickers online, groans at existence, and mutters something rude under his breath.]
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JASON (stretching)
“…Y’all dream too, right? Or am I just broken?”
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SD-A (cheerful)
“I defeated the evil codec king and saved the Power Princess!”
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SD-K
“I had a dream where you both exploded and I got promoted to King of Nothing.”
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JASON (grinning)
“Aw, you do love us.”
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[They all stare at each other in silence. Then Jason shrugs and gets up.]
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JASON
“Alright, dream team. Let’s wreck the next day.”
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FADE OUT.
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