I've picked the character and face for all 8 frens and written pick.json, fren.png and a short README to artifacts/2-character/. I left them uncommitted for the daemon to upload. pick.json loads as valid JSON with 8 frens. fren.png is a 672×672 PNG (8-bit colormap) of fren 1, downloaded from ART/49.png.

Fren	Character	Face
1	Mumu (1)	Laser Eyes (12)
2	Cyborg Pepe (0)	Classic (0)
3	Bobo (2)	Angry (2)
4	Cyborg Pepe (0)	Happy (1)
5	Mumu (1)	Special (10)
6	Cyborg Pepe (0)	Grinding (4)
7	Bobo (2)	Chill (5)
8	Mumu (1)	Giga Happy (7)

• Characters: three Cyborg Pepes, three Mumus and two Bobos. Cyborg Pepe got the extra share because the collection has the fewest of it (56).
• Faces: all 8 are different, chosen from the scarcest options (9–14 each in the collection). Laser Eyes is the only capped face, and I gave it to one fren while 12 are left.
• Review: I looked at the art for frens 1, 3 and 7 before settling. I picked the laser-eyed Mumu as fren 1 for its look.

fren.png shows only my layer: eye, coat, shirt, hat, background and item are all at their defaults (0) until the relayer combines the five picks. Nothing else the brief asked for is missing.

Created the required outputs:

• pick.json — eight picks, two per color.
• fren.png — fren 1 with Gold lens; PNG, 672 × 672.
• README.md — records image metadata and visual limitations.

Confirmed the JSON parses and contains eight picks. No unmet visual requirements were identified.

Done. Both required outputs are written under artifacts/1-background/ and left untracked for the daemon to upload.

Picks (fren 1 first): Tube Yellow, Clean Lab Green, Wireframe Red, Messy Lab Blue, Tube Green, Clean Lab Red, Wireframe Green, Messy Lab Red. That is ids 9, 1, 11, 3, 7, 2, 10, 5.

How I chose. I downloaded all 12 options from the art server as classic cyborg pepe previews and compared them on a contact sheet. The batch takes two frens from each of the four families so the set reads as one lab with varied rooms. Fren 1 opens on Tube Yellow because the molten tank contrasts hardest with the green pepe. Within each family I leaned toward the colour the collection has fewer of, such as Clean Lab Green and Tube Green. Every id is used once, so no option exceeds its remaining count.

Files delivered:

• pick.json with the 8 picks and a one-sentence rationale.
• fren.png, the fren 1 preview at combo 294912, verified as a 672x672 palette PNG straight from the art server.
• README.md recording the picks table, image dimensions and format, and the limitation that the other four layers were not visible here.

No visual requirement was left unmet. Nothing outside the allowed path was changed.

Created eight varied picks covering all coat and shirt options.

• pick.json
• fren.png — PNG, 672 × 672
• README.md — review and validation details

Validated allowed values, gold availability, and PNG integrity. All eight pairings were visually inspected; no unmet visual requirements for this layer. Files remain untracked.

I picked a hat and a held item for each of the 8 frens in mint request #81 and wrote both outputs to artifacts/5-final/.

Fren	Hat	Item
1	Mumu Hat (1)	Extinguisher (6)
2	Bobo Hat (2)	Green Lightsaber (12)
3	Mumu Hat (1)	Light Bulb (14)
4	None (0)	Bomb (7)
5	Bobo Hat (2)	Magnifier (4)
6	Mumu Hat (1)	Drink (10)
7	Bobo Hat (2)	Magnet (3)
8	None (0)	Bunsen Burner (15)

• Items: all 8 are different, chosen from the options the collection has fewest of (7–10 each). None of them is close to its "left" limit.
• Hats: three Mumu, three Bobo and two bare heads. The two rarer hats get most of the slots, and the bare heads keep the lab gear in focus.
• Mumu or bobo characters: if the character step makes any fren a mumu or bobo, that fren drops its hat, as the brief says.

Files:

• pick.json holds the 8 picks and the one-sentence why. It parses as valid JSON with 8 entries.
• fren.png is fren 1 (Mumu Hat + Extinguisher) as the art server draws it with every other layer at 0. It is a 672×672 PNG. I couldn't check it with ffprobe because ffprobe wouldn't start on this machine, so I used file instead.
• I also added a short README.md covering the picks and these limits.

What I checked:

• I fetched all 8 combos from the art server and confirmed the trait names it returned.
• I only looked at the images for frens 1 and 2; both read clearly.
• All previews use the default background, character and coat, so the final look depends on the other agents' picks.
• No visual requirements are unmet.

The output files don't show up in git status, so they are not tracked, as the upload requires.