# pistol.going-down → BOOKENDS · choreography (N3, 28 Oct · approved as a beat summary; this is the build sheet)

ONE VS MANY. Mikku (she) with a pistol, Fayiz (he) with a combat knife; Faris in the middle with one pistol, then two.
Map-independent: FLOOR + a clear run of about 260 u (the kill's own stage58 picks a run with no crates, barrels or walls on it,
as DEAD RUN does). Lane file 58k_w_pistol_cine_n3.js.

Uniqueness, checked against the page:
- GUN KATA owns "knocked spinning out of her hand with a palm, caught in the air, ends with two pistols". So BOOKENDS strips the
  gun with a real disarm (the slide grabbed, rolled toward her thumb, ripped out). Nothing spins, nothing is caught.
- CROWD CONTROL owns "one round through two lined-up men". So BOOKENDS uses two guns, two rounds, the same frame.
- UNDERNEATH owns "Faris on his back firing up". Nothing here happens on the floor.
- THE X (SMG) has crossed guns. The coordinator approved the crossed-arms double shot anyway; the shot here comes from a held
  T-stance closing to the cross as they both close in.

Dismemberment: one forearm (Fayiz's knife hand, taken at the elbow by a round fired point blank after the parry). Opening: none;
the payoff is the two heads. End pose: the two headless bodies kneeling, propped against each other in an A-frame (the bookends),
with Faris standing back.

| t (s) | Faris | Mikku | Fayiz | cause → effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0-0.3 | centre, F gun on Mikku | left, the pistol up | behind him on the right, the knife low, creeping | |
| 0.3 | slips inside her line (duck + step in) | fires | the round goes past Faris at Fayiz: he flinches, stops | her shot nearly hits her partner |
| 0.5-0.9 | B hand clamps her slide and rolls it out of her grip; a shoulder shoves her back | stripped; stumbles back | recovers | |
| 0.9-1.3 | spins round; B forearm blocks the stab; the blade sparks on the stolen pistol's slide | | the lunge stab at his back | |
| 1.3-1.7 | BOOKENDS stance: arms out, one gun on each (slow push) | backs off, casts a gold blade from her free hand (sweep) | circles | |
| 2.0 | leans back from the gold blade (it passes his throat) | slashes | | |
| 2.3-2.4 | parries the knife with the B gun's slide (sparks), fires point blank: the forearm off at the elbow | | slashes, loses the forearm; the knife spins off and sticks in the floor | the parry opens him |
| 2.6-2.8 | blocks her blade on the F gun (gold sparks), push-kick to her chest | knocked back a stride | screams, staggers | |
| 2.9-3.4 | resets to the T-stance | gathers | runs for his knife, yanks it out of the floor left-handed | |
| 3.6 | | charges from the left, blade high | charges from the right, knife low | both at once |
| 3.8-3.9 | crosses his arms: the left gun to the right, the right gun to the left; fires both (slow motion) | head pop | head pop, the same frame | |
| 3.95-4.6 | drops down and back out from between them | the momentum carries them into each other; they meet shoulder to shoulder over the spot where he stood and slump to their knees, propped together | | |
| 4.8-6.5 | stands back, both guns lowered; sets the stolen pistol down at her knees | the bookends hold | | the prop is put down, not dropped |

Gore ladder (EXTREME, VERY HIGH, HIGH get the two head pops; EXTREME adds brain bits through STYLE.headPop): the bodies have to
stay whole for the bookends, so no explode. MEDIUM shoots the knife out of his hand instead of taking the forearm; the end is
STYLE.ending on both. LOW / VERY LOW play the kill's own stand-in.
Camera: wide two/three-shot at w 330-360. Slow motion on the strip (0.5), the forearm (2.36) and the cross (3.85). Hold on the
bookends.