# knife.skin-cartoon · FOLLOW-THROUGH · CONTINUITY AUDIT (F, 28 Oct) · FINAL pass

SKIN CARTOON · DUEL vs a cartoon mallet, 6.4 s. Times are scene seconds. The cartoon lives in the animation: anticipation holds, smears, dust outlines, squash on impact. No gags.
- **F** = Faris: the CARTOON blink knife in his RIGHT hand.
- **M** = Mikku (yellow): the giant mallet, grip in her RIGHT hand with her LEFT on the handle above it; no hat.
- **Props:**
  - The mallet head is cut off at 1.85; it flies end over end, lands with a squash, and stays.
  - The headless handle stays in her hands.
  - The dents stay.
  - The dust outlines fade after 0.9 s.

| t | F right | F left | M right | M left | props / camera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1-0.45 | walks in | | the mallet out from behind her back; steps in | on the handle | wide |
| 0.5-0.62 | COCK | | THE STRETCH, the held anticipation (a tremble) | | |
| 0.6 | BLINK through her (a nick); his dust outline left | | | | |
| 0.7 | lands behind her | | SMASH onto the outline (smear down) | | dust, dent, impact strokes; the outline flattened |
| 0.9-1.2 | turns; BLINK back through her (1.12) | | turns, stretch, hold, SMASH onto the second outline (1.2) | | |
| 1.45-1.72 | READY, COCK | | turns, winds the mallet behind her | | |
| 1.85 | BLINK through the swing | | the flat swing in one long smear: the handle cut | | slow motion; punch 0.12 s |
| 1.9-2.5 | turns | | FOLLOW-THROUGH: spins like a top with the headless handle (facing flips, speed arcs) | | the head flies, lands (2.45) with a squash, stays |
| 2.6 | the last blink through her as the spin unwinds (MEDIUM and up) | | the ending | | ladderEnd 3.8-4.4 |

**Endings:**

| Level | Ending |
|---|---|
| XT | The head bursts off along the spin's tangent; the body falls away from Faris; soul |
| VH | The same, smaller |
| H | Two limbs and the head (STYLE.ending 3; no halving) |
| M | An arm off; the spin throws her down; soul |
| L | No last line: she spins down dizzy and sits (stars) |
| VL | She spins on and on, staggers away and falls flat (stars) |

**Checks:**
- Hands accounted for at every beat.
- No faces, bones or hats.
- `melee58`, `ending58` and grade are off.
- The speed arcs and impact strokes are open strokes, never closed circles.
- 17/17 maps.
- Perf: ms95 4.0, max 5.9.
- Play-all: 0 problems.
- Sound table in place (fx.boing, body.slam, world.wood).