# ice.the-first-step · OPEN VEIN · LONG TAKE · choreography doc v1 (N3, 27 Oct; the concept was approved 16:15 with the ANTI-TEMPLATE changes)

Slot: ice.the-first-step (EPIC → LEGENDARY cinematic). The key stays; the old kill is replaced in place.
Victim: MIKKU (SMG). Faris: the ICE GUN.
Needs: `{ kinds: ['FLOOR'], space: { w: 420 } }`, room58 [-170, 250], range close, air false, victims 1, no hazard. Everything is
drawn or cast by the kill. The Deep: adapt (slowed, bubbles) or skip.
Length: trigger to final is about 23 s at natural pace (scene ~20 s plus the ramps).

**THE LONG TAKE:** ONE unbroken camera move from the first frame to the final. No cuts, no whip pans. Every change of framing is
camera choreography on one continuous eased path (crane, arc, dolly, orbit, push), and the slow-mo beats are speed ramps INSIDE the
move, so the camera keeps flowing at film speed while the world slows. A soft lens drift and impact-coupled shake ride on top.

## What makes it THIS kill (ANTI-TEMPLATE)
- **The hook:** every wound the ice gun gives him freezes its own spurt into a red icicle standing out of him, and he snaps them
  off and fights with daggers of his own frozen blood. It is specific to the ice gun (the blood freezes as it leaves him) and to
  this victim (a fighter who won't stop).
- **Dismemberment:** (1) the WHOLE knife arm at the SHOULDER: frozen mid-leap by three shards, then broken off by Faris's stock;
  it goes down in one piece and bursts on the floor. (2) The JAW: Faris shoots it frozen and breaks it off with the stock; Mikku
  fights on mouthless, gurgling. That is the horror beat.
- **Opening:** the BELLY. His own blood-dagger is turned and driven in, the muzzle fires against it, and the belly freezes
  glass-clear round the blade. Ripped sideways, it cracks open in red plates and the frozen entrails slide out and shatter on the
  floor.
- **End pose:** kneeling back on his heels, upright, the jawless dead face upright, the belly open, the frozen loops shattered at
  his knees. Nothing propped.

## The casts (no springboards)
1. **Faris · THE BUCKLER** ('shield', back hand, during the knife exchange): a small round gold buckler on his left forearm to
   parry the red daggers. It takes the last dagger and snaps it.
2. **Mikku · THE KNIFE-HAND GUARD** ('blade', subtle): when he snaps the first icicle off, a thin gold crossguard inks round his
   fist at the base of the red blade, a grip so the ice doesn't slip. It shows that he's a fighter, and it un-draws when the arm
   goes.
(Two casts: the kill's set pieces are his own frozen blood.)

## THE CAMERA PATH (one move; scene s)
- 0.0-2.5 START low on the floor between them (w 150), then CRANE up and ARC left round them as they circle (w 190).
- 2.5-5.0 DOLLY alongside his charge at running pace, the lens leading him (w 160).
- 5.0-9.0 ORBIT 180° slowly round the knife-versus-gun exchange (w 120), drifting closer.
- 9.0-11.0 PUSH IN to a tight two-shot for the thigh-icicle pull (w 90). SLOW-MO inside.
- 11.0-13.6 PULL BACK and CRANE UP with his leaping stab (w 150, the camera rising with him), then fall with the arm. SLOW-MO inside.
- 13.6-17.0 a slow ARC back down to his face for the jaw (w 100).
- 17.0-20.0 a DOLLY round to the side for the belly (w 105).
- 20.0-23.0 complete the circle LOW in front of him, settling into the final (w 110).

## THE BEAT SHEET (M = Mikku, F = Faris)

### 0.0-2.5 · THE CIRCLE AND THE FIRST WOUND
| t | MIKKU | FARIS | FX / SOUND |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0-1.2 | SMG up, sidestepping right; three steps (feet planted). | Mirrors, sidestepping, gun level. | Wind. Grain on. Grade: steel and crimson. |
| 1.3 | Fires a burst (6 rounds). | Dives into a shoulder roll forward (the burst through the space he left). | Muzzle flash; rounds spark on the floor. |
| 1.9 | Tracks. | Comes up on one knee and fires: shard 1 into M's left shoulder. | The blood spurts and FREEZES in the air: a jagged red icicle standing out of the wound (~0.4 FH), crackling as it sets. |
| 2.2 | Recoils, fires again: the SMG clicks: frost has crept into the action from the hit (rime on the gun). | Up to his feet. | A dry click. |

### 2.5-5.0 · THE DAGGER AND THE CHARGE
| t | MIKKU | FARIS | FX / SOUND |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | Looks at the jammed SMG, drops it. Looks at the red icicle in his shoulder. | Watches. | Silence. |
| 2.9 | Takes it in his right fist and SNAPS it off at the skin. CAST 2: a thin gold crossguard inks round his fist. | — | Crack; a fresh trickle at the shoulder that freezes in threads. |
| 3.3-4.9 | Charges: four real strides, the red dagger low, the left hand forward. | Fires twice; one shard misses, one hits his left forearm (a second icicle forms; he ignores it). | Footsteps; the camera runs beside him. |

### 5.0-9.0 · KNIFE AGAINST GUN
| t | MIKKU | FARIS | FX / SOUND |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Slash (high, left to right). | Leans back. | Whoosh. |
| 5.35 | Backhand slash. | Blocks with the gun barrel: ice chips fly from the red blade. | Glassy clack. |
| 5.7 | Low stab at the belly. | Sidesteps; the blade passes. | |
| 6.0 | The recovery slash opens Faris's cheek. | Head snaps (hit spring), a step back. | Blood flick. |
| 6.4 | — | CAST 1: a gold buckler inks on his left forearm. | ink.cast.shield. |
| 6.6-8.6 | Combination: stab, slash, slash, stab (feet driving him forward). | Parries each on the buckler, giving ground in a circle; on the last one counters with the gun stock to M's ribs. | Clang, clang, clack; the stock hit a thud. The orbit round them. |
| 8.7 | Doubles over, gasping. | — | |

### 9.0-11.0 · THE SECOND DAGGER (horror beat 1)
| t | MIKKU | FARIS | FX / SOUND |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | — | Fires point-blank into his right thigh. | The jet freezes into a long red spike (~0.6 FH) standing out of the thigh. |
| 9.2-10.4 | Grips the spike with his left hand and RIPS it out of his own leg, the frozen blood crackling, pieces of frozen flesh on it. Face: rage and pain (agony58 → rage). | Steps back, appalled. | **SLOW-MO 0.15x** (9.25-9.85): frozen red splinters hanging, his breath, the camera pushing in at film speed. Snap back on the rip. |
| 10.5 | Two red daggers, one in each fist. | — | |

### 11.0-13.6 · THE LEAP AND THE ARM (the whole arm at the shoulder)
| t | MIKKU | FARIS | FX / SOUND |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.0-11.6 | Dual flurry: right, left, right (fast, real), driving him back. | Parries twice on the buckler, the third cuts his shoulder strap. | Clangs. |
| 11.7 | Drops low and LEAPS from the floor (his own legs: a deep crouch, both arms back), the right dagger high for a downward stab. | Brings the gun up. | |
| 11.95-12.5 | At the top of the leap. | Fires three shards into the right arm: elbow, upper arm, shoulder. | **SLOW-MO 0.12x** (11.95-12.45): frost racing down the whole arm into the shoulder, the dagger frozen to the hand, the camera craning up with him. |
| 12.5 | Lands heavily, the right arm a frozen white branch sticking out, unbending. | Swings the gun stock down onto the frozen shoulder. | Snap back. |
| 12.6 | EXPLODING LIMB 1: the WHOLE ARM breaks off at the SHOULDER in one piece, hits the floor and bursts into red-ice chunks; the shoulder a jagged frozen socket (the humerus head torn out, red ice, torn sleeve). The gold crossguard un-draws. | Follows through. | Glass shatter + wet crack; flash; a 2-frame hit-stop. |
| 12.7-13.5 | Staggers, screams, the left dagger still up. | Re-sets. | |

### 13.6-17.0 · THE JAW (horror beat 2)
| t | MIKKU | FARIS | FX / SOUND |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.7 | Lunges with the left dagger. | Catches it on the buckler; it sticks in the gold; he twists the buckler and the dagger SNAPS. | Crack. |
| 14.1 | Opens his mouth to roar. | Fires one shard into the open mouth and jaw. | The lower jaw and chin freeze white, his tongue frozen, the scream cut off. |
| 14.4 | — | Swings the stock up under the chin. | |
| 14.5 | EXPLODING: the frozen JAW breaks off and drops (the teeth in red ice, the tongue torn), shattering on the floor. The face: upper teeth over a red frozen cavity. | — | Crack; teeth skitter. |
| 14.6-16.8 | Fights on MOUTHLESS: a gurgling roar with no mouth, blood steaming and freezing in threads down his throat. Grabs the broken red stub of the dagger and comes again, two steps. | Gives ground one step, then plants. | Wet gurgle (pitched), heartbeat rising. |

### 17.0-20.0 · THE BELLY
| t | MIKKU | FARIS | FX / SOUND |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.0 | Stabs the stub at Faris's chest. | Catches the wrist, turns it, and drives the red stub back into Mikku's own belly. | A wet punch. |
| 17.4 | Doubled on the blade. | Muzzle against the stub: fires two shards. | The belly freezes glass-clear around the blade, the loops frozen inside, cracks spreading. |
| 17.9 | — | Rips the stub sideways, out through the side. | The frozen belly CRACKS OPEN in red plates. |
| 18.0-19.2 | Drops to his knees. The frozen entrails slide out of the opening and fall onto the floor in front of his knees and SHATTER like red glass. | Steps back. | **SLOW-MO 0.2x** (18.1-18.6) on the shatter. Snap back loud. Letterbox in. |
| 19.3-20.0 | Sags back onto his heels. | Drops the red stub; it shatters by Mikku's knee. | Ice tinkle, then silence. |

### FINAL (20.0-23.0) · the camera completes its circle low in front of him (w 110), then a slow drift in
**XT:** kneeling back on his heels, upright. The jawless dead face upright: glazed half-lidded eyes, frost on the lashes, the upper
teeth over a red frozen cavity where the jaw was, frozen blood in threads down the throat. The belly cracked open in red-ice
plates, the cavity frozen, a few frozen loops still hanging; the shattered entrails a red glass heap at his knees. The right
shoulder a torn frozen socket; the arm in red-ice chunks a stride away with the frozen dagger hand. The icicle-wounds in the
shoulder and thigh. The jaw and teeth on the floor. Faris's legs at the frame edge, the gold buckler un-drawing. Nothing floats.

## SOUND
Wind, footsteps, the SMG burst and the frost click, the freezing crackle of each blood-icicle, the snap-off crack, glassy clacks
of ice on metal, the buckler clangs, the stock thuds, the arm and jaw cracks, the gurgle, the belly freeze and crack, the entrails
shattering. Slow-mo beds: pitch-down whoosh, heartbeat, muffled; snap-backs loud.

## LADDER (after the XT pass)
VH: the arm frozen and broken, no jaw; the belly frozen white and cracked, not open; kneeling. H: dark ice; the dagger turned into
his belly, he folds. M: frozen solid mid-leap; he lands and tips over whole, X eyes. L: his dagger melts in his hand; Faris taps
him out with the stock. VL: the icicles turn to glitter; he sits down, dazed.