# knife.mid-pockets · LAUNCHED · CONTINUITY AUDIT (F, 28 Oct) · FINAL pass

MID-ROUND, 2.9 s. Placed with F8.spot.
- **F** = Faris: the blink knife in his RIGHT hand; his LEFT forearm takes the jabs.
- **C** = Chotu (white), a boxer: bare fists; no hat.
- **Props:** at MEDIUM, his uppercut arm. It lands and stays.

| t | F | C | props / camera |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.12 / 0.3 | the jabs parried on his left forearm | jab, jab | low wide |
| 0.52 | the uppercut lands on the guard: launched up and back, a small turn back | THE UPPERCUT | local flash |
| 0.52-0.88 | the arc to the top (56 u), the knife cocked | the follow-through | slow motion from 0.8 |
| 0.88 | DOWN: the blink from the apex down a diagonal through him to the floor behind (the floor stops the line short) | the cut | the line, ghost in the air |
| 0.9-2.9 | lands LOW, turns, the flick | the ending | ladderEnd 1.75 |

**Endings:**

| Level | Ending |
|---|---|
| XT | He comes apart: STYLE.explode (1.12); soul |
| VH | Limbs off and the head pops (STYLE.ending level 4) |
| H | Two limbs off and the head pops (STYLE.ending level 3; no halving, per COORD); soul |
| M | The uppercut arm off; he sits, falls; soul |
| L | A graze; he spins and falls (stars) |
| VL | The uppercut misses (Faris sways back and blinks past); he swings himself off his feet (stars) |

**Checks:**
- Hands accounted for at every beat.
- No faces, bones or hats.
- `melee58` and `ending58` are off.
- Perf: ms95 3.1, max 4.4.
- Play-all: 0 problems.
- Sound table in place.