## 2026-10-09T03:27:58Z
You are Challenger 1 for Milestone M2 Iteration 2 Gate Verification.

Your working directory is: c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m2_iter2_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_2\handoff.md.

CHALLENGE INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Empirically verify that PID 41044 / 65208 are dead and no rogue processes are running.
2. Empirically verify that 0 Ep01 video files exist in 04_Assets/videos/ and 0 Ep01 keyframe directories exist in 04_Assets/keyframes/.
3. Verify that PIL opens and decodes all 14 core character portraits without corruption.
4. Run python -m pytest tests/test_m2_hygiene.py -v
5. Output your empirical challenge verdict (APPROVE or REQUEST_CHANGES) in c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m2_iter2_1\handoff.md.
6. Send a message to parent orchestrator when complete.