Hopeful Heart
Grotto Sound Studio, Sakura City.
The building was almost empty.
After they sold all the equipment, the once striving sound studio was now left to rot.
The secretaries, assistants, cleaners, and other miscellaneous employees were fired.
The studio could not pay their salaries anymore.
But some employees refused to leave the studio.
These were the sound engineers and designers of the studio.
They loved the studio, and they still had hopes for a comeback.
They believed in their bosses.
That was why these people could be seen arriving in the studio that Wednesday morning.
But even though they were hopeful, the circumstances did not indicate that the situation would get better.
It seemed like no other studio would hire them because of their history with the Grotto Studio.
That was the reason for their melancholic faces.