90 Searing 122
It was Niko who discovered the door first. While Mirza had lived for far longer than Drathera, and she claimed she knew the city like the back of her hand, it was not entirely truthful. For even she could not accomodate every change, every addition, every alleyway in her working memory. It was rare that she came to this part of Drathera, but Niko had found both her and Mordin and dragged them here to see "something special". Mirza, of course, did not know what he meant, but she was always willing to indulge in his urban exploration.
She didn't see it at first. She wasn't familiar with this particular alleyway, where two story buildings managed to shade the many steps and wooden doors into apartments were in abundance. It was just a wooden door.
"It's a door, Niko." She stood beside him and looked at it, Aether sight showing no aberrant aether. It was a massive door, but that was not uncommon either in Drathera. It would comfortably fit Mordin to walk through.
"Yes, mama. It wasn't here before." Niko walked up to it and knocked, to no answer. The boy had always been bold. He checked the door for a lock, and seeing none, tried the handle. He cried out, "It's unlocked!" before pulling open the door. The simple room it revealed was not unusual — save for the wooden walls. And the convenient number of chairs. Two that were sized comfortably for Mirza and Niko, one that was truly massive, and two that were for someone that may have been normal sized if they were not Ecithian. Mirza looked at Niko, who had already walked into the doorway, though the door had yet to close behind him.
"What is this, Niko?" She sounded confused. She walked over and looked at the side of the building, and realized that there was no way a room of that size could fit in that space. The door seemed to lead into someone's home, but it was not. She walked back towards the doorway, where Niko had already sat in one of the chairs.
"I don't know! Come in? It smells like the ocean." While much of Drathera would smell like the ocean with the right wind coming in, it did not smell like it here. The Dragonborn took one look at Mordin, and then walked into the room after Niko.
