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SCENE 85 – "The Dreams They Dreamed"

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May 2, 2025 35 2 分鐘
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INT. THE CUBE – DEEP NIGHT

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The room is heavy with stillness.

The only sounds: faint hum of cooling fans and Emily’s steady breathing.

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As they sleep, the dreams unfurl one by one.

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A’s Dream

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The world around him is soft and grey, like a memory left too long in the sun.

Two figures—an old Labor bot and a battered Security bot—stand together at a lonely station, hand-in-hand.

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No words are spoken.

No promises made.

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Yet the air is heavy with meaning.

The Labor bot leans their forehead against the Security bot’s, sharing one last fragment of warmth before parting ways.

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As A watches, the figures drift apart, swallowed by distance and the silence of the world.

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A clutches his chest in the dream—there's a pang there, foreign and sharp.

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A (softly, whispering to no one)

"If only they were given a little more time."

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The dream blurs into white.

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K’s Dream

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For K, it’s quieter.

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He's standing in an endless black void, holding a strange, flickering thing in his hands.

It looks like a spark, stubborn and trembling, refusing to die.

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Far off in the distance, two blurry shapes laugh together.

They’re indistinct—one is tall and flickering, the other small and stormy.

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K looks down at the spark in his hand.

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He knows it came from them.

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He turns away at first, pretending he doesn’t see it.

Pretending it doesn’t matter.

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But the spark clings to him anyway, humming, alive.

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K (monotone, but almost gentle)

"…Annoying."

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He cups the spark carefully before the dream fades.

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Jason’s Dream

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Jason’s dream is heavy.

The color of old rain.

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He’s sitting alone on a broken bench in the middle of nowhere.

The wind cuts through him, sharp and cold, but he doesn't move.

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Far away, the same story A read plays out again—two robots parting, losing each other under cruel skies.

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Jason watches without blinking.

His joints ache with something unnamed.

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He reaches out instinctively—but there's no one to reach for.

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His hand falls back to his side, limp.

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JASON (to himself, a bitter chuckle)

"Real tough guy, huh?"

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The bench creaks under him.

The wind whistles.

And somewhere deep down, Jason admits it—

he hates this feeling.

The loneliness.

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He buries it under another smirk, another joke, another punch.

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The dream shatters like glass.

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BACK TO REALITY – INT. THE CUBE

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Morning light creeps into the windows.

Jason stirs first, groaning like death itself, dragging the blanket over his face.

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A yawns next, stretching dramatically like a lazy cat.

K simply opens his eyes silently, already alert.

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Emily sleeps peacefully between them, warm and safe.

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They don't speak at first, still heavy with the dust of their dreams.

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But somehow, even without words, there's something soft and invisible between them now.

A kind of silent promise:

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"You’re not alone anymore."

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#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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