The First Day

Life, Relocation

Gildi Kiya was a young girl whose mother, Tilda Kiya, liked to find and refurbish old buildings that were no longer in use so the misfortunate could come and live in the safety of lavish shelters. One day, Tilda received a letter with no return sender which described a beautiful mansion southwest of Soja that was depreciating with no one to live in it, so Tilda packed up her daughter and moved them out there. Where they arrived the mansion was in a sorry state, but despite the overgrowth and peeling paint the home itself was still largely intact. Tilda put in requests with the locals of Soja for materials to renovate, however, none would come directly to the mansion. When she asked why, the towns people said that when the building did exsist, it was filled with misfortune. It was as cursed as the soils it stood on... She shrugged of the superstitious sentiment and decided to haul the equipment and materials herself and went to work restoring the once magnificent mansion. As she worked, her daughter Gildi wandered the house and eventually she came across a strange door in the basememnt. When she pressed her ear to its face, a woman cried out to her in desperation.
"Little girl. Hey, little one! Leave before the first night comes."
She gasped and leaped away from the door in terror, running and screaming for her mommy. Tilda dropped what she was doing and ran to Gildi, clutching her safely to her breast.
"What happened, my sleepy little Sola?" Tilda asked as Gildi calmed down in the comfort of her mommas arms. Hearing her nickname caused a subtle smile to stretch across her lips as this namesake was in tribute to the Sola flower. The only flora known to help the restless get a good night sleep. Gildi told her mother of the door, but when they both went to check there was nothing but a wall spanning the empty basement. Gildi insisted that someone was there and told Tilda she wanted to leave, but Tilda had already sunk a fair amount of gold into restoring the mansion, so instead she simply convinced Gildi that she was tired and needed a better rest.