# pistol.skin-taped → TAPED · continuity audit (I, 28 Oct)

**Kill:** skin film, 14.2 s, Amjad with a knife.
**Lane file:** `58k_w_pistol_cine_i.js`.
**Map-independent:** FLOOR plus room58 [-40, 230]. It stages on 16/17 dry maps plus The Deep (it skips rooftops).

**How it was scrubbed:** at 0.1 s, gore 5, castle plate.
- Sheets: `/Volumes/Workspace/Scratch/i/packs/scrub/tp1_0.jpg` … `tp4_0.jpg`.
- Last-round recheck: `/Volumes/Workspace/Scratch/i/r/tq_g.jpg`.
- Levels: `/Volumes/Workspace/Scratch/i/packs/lv6_k5.jpg`.
- 18-map finals: `/Volumes/Workspace/Scratch/i/packs/maps/skin-taped_grid.jpg`.

**The cause chain:**
1. Faris's rounds spark off Amjad's gold slab (pure cover).
2. Behind it, Amjad tapes the knife to his right fist. This is the insert, held close.
3. He comes out fast.
4. Faris meets the slash with the pistol frame (the parry), grabs the wrist and can't strip the knife.
5. Faris elbows him and cracks the pistol butt on the wrist: the knife stays taped on.
6. Faris shoves him back with a kick, for room.
7. One round at the wrist: the hand and the knife stick point-down in the floor together.
8. On his knees, Amjad claws the tape off his own dead hand and gets the knife into his left hand.
9. The lunge. The next round takes that arm off at the shoulder.
10. He kneels between his two arms.
11. Faris steps back to arm's length and fires the last round.

**Changes in this pass (my calls, autonomous):**
- **THE LAST ROUND (11.95), new:**
  - USER_TASTE §9 requires "EXTREME: the head explosion always", and the old film ended on him bleeding out on his knees.
  - Faris takes a step back to arm's length (11.0-11.25), raises the pistol in both hands (11.55) and fires.
  - The ladder at every level lands at the same moment, and he topples at every level:
    - XT / VH / H: the head bursts;
    - M: a heavy spurt out of the head;
    - L: a spurt;
    - VL: a jolt.
  - His death moves 12.2 → 11.97. The sum and script were updated.
  - A first try had Faris step IN; the bodies crowded at the width, so it was replaced by the step back.
- **The wrist punch-in (6.94):** now ≤ 0.5 s under the 320 floor (it had held ~1 s).

| t (s) | Faris: hands | Amjad: hands | props | issue | fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0-0.36 | F fires twice at the slab, B free | crouched behind his gold slab | sparks off the slab; the slab stays | | |
| 0.9-2.6 | walks in on the slab, the gun on it | B pulls the tape roll from his back pocket; the roll circles the right fist three times; tests the grip | the roll drops and stays where it fell | | insert w 150 under closeHold (flagged macro, approved) |
| 3.24-3.5 | THE FRAME: pistol up, the slash rings off it; B free | F the taped knife: THE SLASH | sparks | | |
| 3.68-4.12 | B grabs the knife wrist (J hF), twists; yanked free | F wrenched; the knife stays | | | |
| 4.25-4.42 | off the thrust; THE ELBOW (B into his face) | F THE THRUST; head snaps back | | | |
| 4.86 | THE BUTT: the pistol butt on his wrist | F the taped fist held up at Faris (it stays) | | | |
| 5.52-6.02 | leans / steps off two slashes and a thrust (grazes his gun arm) | F slashes | blood on Faris's forearm (6.02) | | |
| 6.55-6.9 | THE SHOVE KICK | driven back | | | |
| 6.92-7.04 | two hands on the gun; THE WRIST | F arm flung up | the hand + knife arc and stick point-down in the floor at X+62 (7.5) | punch-in ~1 s under the floor | ≤ 0.5 s |
| 7.5-8.92 | watches, then walks | stares; down on his knees by it; B claws the tape off the dead hand | a torn strip left on the dead hand | | |
| 8.92-9.32 | the gun up, two hands | B the knife free; THE LUNGE | | | |
| 9.35 | THE SHOULDER (a step back off the lunge) | B arm off at the shoulder (from M up) | the left arm and the knife tumble and stay | | |
| 9.9-11.9 | lowers the gun (10.2); steps back to arm's length (11.0); the gun up in both hands (11.55) | back down on his knees between his arms, swaying | | | |
| 11.95 | THE LAST ROUND (F recoil) | head burst (XT-H); M / L spurts; VL jolt; topples | | old ending: no head at XT | new last round |
| 12.0-14.2 | the gun lowered | the soul rises | | | ladderEnd 12.4 (w 350) |

**Gore ladder:**
- **The wrist (7.0):** from M up; L / VL a shake.
- **The shoulder (9.37):** from M up.
- **The last round (11.95):** as above.

**Checks:**
- **Playall** (0-5): 0 problems.
- **Perf:**
  - g5: p95 2.2 ms, max 3.8;
  - a one-off 49 ms GC spike did not repeat on two re-runs;
  - g3: p95 1.9 ms.