# pistol.mid-live-wire → SLIDE LOCK · continuity audit (I, 28 Oct)

**Kill:** mid, 2.95 s, Fida unarmed (a flying tackle at his throat).
**Lane file:** `58k_w_pistol_cine_i.js`.
**Map-independent:** FLOOR plus room58 [-60, 210]. It stages on 16/17 dry maps plus The Deep (it skips rooftops).

**How it was scrubbed:** at 0.1 s, gore 5, backyard plate.
- Sheet: `/Volumes/Workspace/Scratch/i/packs/scrub/lw_0.jpg`.
- Levels: `/Volumes/Workspace/Scratch/i/packs/lv6_k3.jpg`.
- 18-map finals: `/Volumes/Workspace/Scratch/i/packs/maps/mid-live-wire_grid.jpg`.

**The cause chain:**
1. Faris's sixth round goes and the slide locks back empty.
2. She hears it and comes for him: two strides and a flying tackle.
3. The 0.12x slow motion starts as she leaves the floor.
4. Faris drops the empty magazine and seats a fresh one off his belt with his left hand, drawn on the near side. The slide snaps home.
5. He fires under her chin as she lands on him.
6. She slumps and slides off him to the floor in front of his feet.

**Changes in this pass:**
- The gore ladder was re-cut per §9, with `ending58: false`:
  - the head burst now starts at MEDIUM, smaller down the levels (it used to fire from LOW);
  - L: a spurt under the chin;
  - VL: a jolt.

| t (s) | Faris: hands | Fida: hands | props | issue | fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0-0.4 | F pistol firing, B on the grip | crouched under the rounds | casings | | |
| 0.44 | the slide locks: F gun up, empty | rises: the click | | | |
| 0.5-0.76 | F thumbs the release (the empty mag drops), B to his belt | the charge, arms back | the empty mag falls and stays | | |
| 0.76-1.08 | slow motion: B brings the fresh mag up nose first into the grip (the arm drawn on the near side, 0.5-1.08), F holds the gun | the leap, arms out at him | the fresh mag in the left fist | | |
| 0.94 / 1.02 | the click in, the slide snaps home | | | | |
| 1.1 | the shot under the chin, F | head burst (XT-M); L a spurt; VL a jolt | the pieces | | |
| 1.1-1.5 | F gun on her, B back to the grip | slumps on him and slides off to the floor at his feet | | | |
| 1.5-2.95 | stands over her, the gun lowered | the soul rises | | | |

**Camera:**
- A wide two-shot.
- The reload insert in slow motion, under closeHold (a flagged macro, approved).
- Wide on the shot and the slump.
- Slow motion: 0.76 (0.12x, a 2.3 s hold) on the reload in the air.

**Checks:**
- **Playall** (0-5): 0 problems.
- **Perf:**
  - g5: p95 2.1 ms, max 3.3;
  - a one-off 30 ms GC spike at g3 did not repeat on a re-run (p95 1.8, max 2.8).