Tkyo Studios' Neighborhood, Elffire City.
7:44 AM, Friday, December 11th.
The last day of the week arrived.
The day that every worker and student desired to arrive because it meant that usually meant that the next day would be a day off.
In the neighborhood where Theo's studio was located, several other buildings housed other companies.
But the studio building was the bigger edifice among them.
That's why it attracted attention when the people noticed that the big empty building was housing a company.
Through the troves of people who walked towards their jobs, a group of 30 people walked directly towards the bigger building.
They did not seem local from Elffire City as they looked around with curious eyes.
"I have to say that Elffire City is a beautiful city." One of them commented.
"I don't feel as cramped as I was in Sakura City." Another added.
"It seems a good city to live in."
"But for that, we have to pass their interview."
These people were the former sound engineers and designers of the Grotto Sound Studio.
They arrived in Elffire City some hours ago, and after they checked in a hotel and placed their bags there, they came to the Tkyo Studios.
Miss Riverdale told them to be at the studio by 8 am.
And that was what they were doing.
Even though everyone tried to hide it, they were all nervous as they walked toward the mysterious studio.
This test meant so much to every one of them.
It was their chance to work in their dream job once again.
And Oichi, Emina, and Kanai were the most worried.
They were betting everything they had on this opportunity.
What if they didn't pass the test?
What if this studio was a scam?
They have these thoughts as they walked toward the studio.
But when they arrived in front of the studio, they had shocked faces.
They stopped in front of it and just looked at the building with bewildered eyes.
The building was as big as the renowned animation studio buildings of Sakura City!
They did not expect that.
"Hmm, at least the building is big enough for all of us." One of them commented with a nervous laugh.
The others just nodded as they walked toward the entrance of the building.
When they arrived near it.
They saw a few people entering the building after showing their identification to the security team.
They were a little puzzled because, at this time of the morning, the employees should be arriving.
So, there should be troves of people arriving to work in a building as big as the one they were seeing.
But what they didn't know yet was that most of the employees of the studio lived in the dorms of the studio.
Only a few of them lived outside.
But they would learn about that later.
They arrived in front of the security post and waited for their turn.
No one could enter the studio without being screened by the security team.
So, they could only wait and ask the security guards.
And when it was their turn, Emina stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, my name is Kido Emina, and these are my colleagues. Miss Riverdale told us that we could come here today for an interview?"
"Okay, let me check here." The guard said after he observed the newcomers.
The guards searched the system and shortly after they said, "Yes, Miss Riverdale told about you guys."
"You just need to show us your id and we will give you a Visitor Badge. Afterward, you will be guided to the location of your test by one of our employees." The guard added.
The id was for them to check if they were who they were alleged to be.
Ryoko did not want impostors entering the building.
It was the standard procedure for visitors.
When they heard what the guard said, they nodded and obeyed him.
A while later, after everyone showed their id and got a visitor badge, they arrived at the Entrance Hall of the Tkyo Studio.
And they were once again blown away by the beauty of the place.
They were admiring the place when they suddenly heard someone talking with them.
"Excuse me. Are you the sound engineers who will be interviewed today?" A young woman asked as she looked at their visitor badges.
"Yes, we are." Emina replied calmly for them.
 "My name is Amber Kaur, I am Miss Riverdale's Assistant. She instructed me to guide you all to the place where the test will happen. If you follow me, please." Amber said with a smile as she motioned them to follow her.
After working as Ryoko's assistant for one month, the girl had become more skilled in her job.
She worked really hard to become the best assistant to her boss.
Now, she was not the shy and naive girl that she was in the beginning.
Well, she still was, but now she could hide that and be a professional assistant that someone like Ryoko should have.
Emina and the others nodded and followed Amer.
"If you have any doubts, you can ask me, by the way." Amber added as they walked out of the Entrance Hall.
Her words made their already curious minds jump in joy.
They had so many questions about this studio!
"Why this animation studio was opened in Elffire City and not in Sakura City?" Oichi was the first to ask the question that was on top of everyone's minds.
Sakura City was known worldwide as the Animation Holy City.
Opening an anime studio outside the holy city never happened before.
And by the amount of investment that they saw in this building, they imagined that money put in here was not little.
It was a huge risk investing so much money in an anime studio outside Sakura City.
"That's a question that every animator we hired already asked when they arrived here." Amber said with a smile.
"Well, I don't know the specific reason. But in my opinion, it is because the owner of the studio doesn't want to leave Elffire City. And he doesn't mind spending more money to do that. But again, this is what I think is the reason. You will have to ask the owner to know the truth." Amber said with a chuckle.
They had thoughtful faces as they heard Amber's reply.
Who would be rich enough to disregard the risks and open a studio outside Sakura City?
This question was on top of their minds.
"You said the studio hired animators, right? But we saw very few employees arriving when we got here." Kanai said with a puzzled face.
"Oh, you saw that. That's because most of our animators live in the dorm section attached to the building."
"We have more than 800 animators working here in the studio. And 90% of them live in the dorms. The dorms are very comfortable. It has comfy beds, desks, bathrooms, a heating and cooling system, and other amenities. As most of our animators came from Sakura City, most of them chose to live in our dorms." Amber explained with a calm voice as she guided them to their destination.
Emina and the others had shocked faces when they heard Amber's words.
This studio seemed to be more amazing than they expected.
They were about to ask another question, but they stopped when they saw the place they just arrived.
Their eyes shone with the scene in front of them.
They arrived in the Sound Effects Studio of the building!