REFERENCE & SUBJECT CONTROL

REFERENCE & SUBJECT CONTROL @image1 as opening state/shot/motion; EXCLUDE later state/text/additions. @image2 as final state/shot; EXCLUDE opening state/text/repairs. @image3 as C1: USE identity + one spear; EXCLUDE sheet/variants/duplicates/background. @image4 as C2: USE identity, mask + one hook sword; EXCLUDE sheet/variants/duplicates/background. @image5 as relative scale; EXCLUDE sheet/pose/extra bodies. @image6 as weapon/mechanism geometry; EXCLUDE sheet/text/duplicate props. @image7 as axis/landmarks; EXCLUDE map graphics/text/overhead style. @image8 as zone look/landmarks; EXCLUDE alternate zone/text/reset. @image9 as passage continuity; EXCLUDE alternate passage/text/replacement. Keep one Tiger-Cat General and one Bai-Yue throughout; fictional non-graphic action. STORY & LOCATION Two adult anthropomorphic feline rivals collide on the rain-lashed upper floodgate deck. C1 tries to contain the wheel; C2 attacks the brake path. Fixed landmarks are the left hook lane, central wheel and brake, right spear lane and shaft opening below. COMBAT RULES C1 uses rear-paw spear plants, sliding grip and waist redirection; armor adds force but slows recovery. C2 enters low via wheel-base steps and one circular hook. Start moving. Show support, center travel, contact, recoil and weighted recovery. Named rain, bronze, timber and stone reactions persist. CONTINUITY STATE IN: C2 stands screen left in a low hook guard; C1 stands screen right with spear already intercepting. Wheel, brake housing, rail and timber walkway are intact. Hard rain crosses the deck toward the open shaft. Carry identity, fatigue, damage, owned weapons, mechanism state, debris, axis and momentum; no reset. CAMERA & EDITING Use fast but readable anime action cinematography: wide shot, eye close-up, side-tracking dash, low-angle impact shot, slight rotation during midair movement, final cinematic freeze. The camera may move dynamically, but the action must remain clear and coherent. No live-action realism, no 3D game look. With 28-35 mm depth, open low and full-body: C2 left, C1 right, wheel between. Track the crossing weapons, arc around the wheel impact, isolate the dent reaction briefly, then crane through the floor rupture into a wide that proves both debris lanes. Cut only on weapon contact or rupture; preserve axis, downward eyeline, visible grips and recoil. Keep water, cloth and debris moving through the brief final accent. ACTION FLOW 0-2.5s: C1 plants and catches C2's advancing hook on the spear shaft while both grips remain visible. 2.5-5s: C1 turns the waist, drives the hook into the wheel rim and recoils with a new shoulder-guard dent. 5-7.5s: C2 lands on the wheel base and cuts the brake latch with the stored rebound. 7.5-10s: the wheel jerks, gear teeth bite and the walkway ruptures beneath both moving fighters. 10-12.5s: C1 drives from the rail stub as C2 rebounds from one fragment; spear and hook clear slab and beam into separate debris lanes. 12.5-15s: C2 swings across C1's spear, C1 rolls the contact downshaft and kicks the beam aside; both accelerate into opposite shaft lanes. VISUAL EXECUTION Escalation enlarges silhouettes through quiet-contact-fall contrast. Planted pivots, circular redirection, one supported fragment step and weighted descent stay legible. Dark lead contours, force-aligned lines and local brush accents punctuate contact without printed panels. Armor compresses; latch shears down; timber opens toward the shaft; debris follows and persists. Storm-blue stone, wet bronze and white-cyan water separate forms; trails remain source-attached. AUDIO <SFX: hard rain, spear-hook clang, bronze wheel toll, armor dent, latch shear, gear bite, timber rupture, falling debris and shaft wind>. No music, dialogue or subtitles. END STATE Both rivals descend into the shaft on opposite sides: C2 left, C1 right. C1's shoulder guard is dented; wheel, brake, rail and walkway are broken; both weapons remain intact and owned; the rusted upper link below remains intact. Reach this only on the final beat while residual water, cloth and debris continue moving. PRESERVE / AVOID PRESERVE: Identities, weapon ownership, geography, axis, motion, damage, mechanism distinctions, SFX and arrival. AVOID: Count/identity drift, duplication, transfer, hidden contact, floating, empty posing, reset, repair, merged mechanism, detached effect, axis flip, unauthorized audio, text or watermark.