# smg.bank-shot → "BLIND FIRE" · AMBUSH · beat summary v1 (B, 27 Oct) · for the coordinator's OK

**Slot.** smg.bank-shot. The old BANK SHOT needed an overhead to bank off; this is a new kill in the same key.
**Victim.** A plain gameplay fighter (Chotu): no costume, no accessories, no face (stickman laws).
**Needs.** FLOOR + open space only (`{ kinds: ['FLOOR'], space: { w: 380 } }`). Nothing of the map is used. The only prop he casts is a gold folding screen standing on the floor (a hiding place, not a copy of map architecture).
**Length.** ~16 s, natural pace. Two smooth slow-mo beats: the blind fire, and the head pop.
**Gore.** K58.STYLE only:
- the choking arm OFF at the shoulder by the blind burst (a round wet cap, the stump spraying in pulses);
- the lead leg off at the thigh;
- the HEAD POP at the end (the radial pop; brain bits at XT only).

No bones, no openings, nothing painted on the body.

**Core.** The SMG's own sling is the ambush. He waits behind a gold screen, steps out behind Faris, grabs the sling at his back and twists it into a garrote. The gun is pinned on Faris's chest and both of Faris's hands fly to his throat. Strangling, Faris lets go of the strap with one hand, finds the grip by feel, and turns the SMG backward under his own armpit. He fires blind, without looking.

## BEAT LIST (0.5 s · F = FARIS, V = the victim · hands: R = right, L = left)

| t | V | F | hands / props |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Crouched on the floor; the L hand flicks and draws a tall gold folding screen up from the floor (3 panels, head-high). | Off frame. | V: L casts, R empty. The screen stands, and stays. |
| 0.5 | Tucks behind the screen, listening. | Walks in from the left, SMG at the ready on its sling. | F: R on the grip, L on the fore-grip. The sling runs over his L shoulder, behind his back. |
| 1.0 | Still. | Slow heel-toe, the muzzle sweeping. | |
| 1.5 | Still. | Level with the screen, he checks it and leans to look round its far end. | |
| 2.0 | Slips out round the near end, behind F, low. | Looks past the screen (wrong way). | V: both hands empty. |
| 2.5 | Rises behind him. | Steps on, turning back. | |
| 3.0 | **AMBUSH:** grabs the sling at F's back with both hands. | — | V: R and L on the strap. |
| 3.2 | Twists the strap round in a full turn and hauls back: a garrote. | Yanked backward off balance. The strap bites his neck and the SMG is pinned flat on his chest. | F: both hands leave the gun and claw at the strap at his throat. The gun hangs on the strap. |
| 3.5 | Knee in his back, leaning back with his weight. | Heels drag; he's bent backward. | |
| 4.0 | Hauls again, one foot braced. | Two back elbows: one misses, one lands (V's head snaps). | F: the R elbow back, the L hand on the strap. |
| 4.5 | Re-grips tighter, both fists at F's nape. | Sinks to one knee, choking; the R hand drops from his throat. | |
| 5.0 | Leaning over him, hauling. | The R hand finds the SMG grip by feel at his chest and rotates the gun under his own L armpit, the muzzle backward. He never looks. | F: R on the grip (gun turned backward), L on the strap. |
| 5.3 | — | **SLOW-MO 1:** the muzzle points back past his ribs into V's chest, a hand's width off. | Pitch-down, heartbeat. |
| 5.6 | **LIMB OFF 1:** the burst under the armpit takes V's L arm off at the shoulder. The arm spins away and lands two strides off, then stays. The stump sprays in pulses. | Snap back loud; the recoil shoves his elbow. | V: the R hand still on the strap. |
| 6.0 | The strap goes slack; staggers back, the R hand clapped to the stump. | Rips the strap off his neck over his head, coughing, and turns on one knee. | F: L throws the strap aside; the SMG is free on its sling; R on the grip. |
| 6.5 | Pulls a long knife from his belt with the R hand. | Rises, bringing the gun round. | V: R knife, L gone. |
| 7.0 | Throws the knife at F's face, hard. | The L hand comes off the gun. | F: R holds the SMG one-handed; L free. |
| 7.3 | — | **CAST (F):** a flick of the free L hand, and a round gold buckler inks onto his L forearm. The knife hits it: CLANG, sparks. | The knife drops and stays on the floor. |
| 7.8 | Charges, bleeding, one-armed. | Fires low from the hip, R hand only. | |
| 8.2 | **LIMB OFF 2:** the lead leg off at the thigh mid-stride. He pitches forward, still coming. | Brings the L hand back to the fore-grip (the buckler on that forearm). | |
| 8.6 | Falls toward F's feet, the R hand reaching for him. | Steps back half a pace and tips the muzzle down. | |
| 9.0 | **SLOW-MO 2:** in the air, falling, the head a foot from the muzzle. | One round. | A crash zoom. |
| 9.2 | **THE HEAD POP** (the radial pop; brain bits at XT). The body drops at F's boots. | Snap back. | |
| 9.5-12 | Still. The soul rises. | Lowers the gun and taps the buckler, which un-inks from his forearm. Steps over the knife. | |
| 12-14 | The FINAL, stepped back: the body at F's feet, the arm two strides off, the leg, the knife, the slack sling strap on the floor, the gold screen behind (it un-draws at the exit). | | |

**Shots (8):**
1. A low wide on the screen being drawn.
2. A tracking shot on F walking past it.
3. The reveal over F's shoulder, V rising behind him.
4. A handheld tight two-shot in the choke.
5. A push-in on F's hand finding the grip.
6. The slow-mo low past F's ribs as the muzzle turns backward.
7. A whip pan to the thrown knife and the buckler.
8. A crash zoom on the head pop, then a stepped-back final.

**Dismemberment and ending (anti-template):**
- The arm comes off at the shoulder because the blind burst goes under F's own armpit into the arm that's strangling him.
- The leg comes off at the thigh to stop the one-armed charge.
- The end is a head pop at F's boots in the air (the user's favourite ending). The ending pose is the body crumpled forward at the killer's feet.

**Why it's unique:**
- No SMG kill uses Faris's own sling as the victim's weapon, or fires blind backward under the shooter's own armpit.
- THE X (a knife lunge and a duck inside) is different: here the knife is thrown and blocked on a gold buckler.
- Not like my AR BLIND SIDE either (a surrender trap with a sickle and chain).