## 2026-10-09T02:55:27Z
You are Challenger 1 for Milestone M2: Archival & Workspace Hygiene.

Your working directory is: c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m2_1

MANDATORY FIRST STEP:
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md completely. Do not skip this.
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\orchestrator_1\PROJECT.md.
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\worker_m2_hygiene_1\handoff.md.

CHALLENGE INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Empirically verify the filesystem state through independent stress and integrity checks:
   - Check file counts and aggregate sizes of 04_Assets/archive/ep01_legacy_v1/ (assert 184 files, > 2.0 GB).
   - Check that no hidden/stale ep01 video files exist in 04_Assets/videos/.
   - Check that no hidden/stale ep01 directories exist in 04_Assets/keyframes/.
   - Stress test character portraits: verify all 14 core PNGs open and can be read by PIL without corruption.
2. Output your empirical challenge verdict (APPROVE or REQUEST_CHANGES) in c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m2_1\handoff.md.
3. Send a message to parent orchestrator when complete.