Alanna has been in an especially foul mood since she returned from Milliways.

They are all at court now, preparing for the voyage to Carthak. Soon Alanna and Nuamir will be on their way and Adam would return to Olau with the children, but the Lioness can not seem to shake the dark, worried mood she'd brought back from the end of the universe.

After a ( Read more... )

[OOM: Alanna, Adam and the triplets adjust to life at court; which is probably for the best, as it looks like they'll be there for a while. Something unexpected is happening in Tortall, and it's not good.]

[OOM: In Tortall, something that is sometimes taken for granted goes missing.

King Jonathan and George Cooper soon confirm the worst: it’s not just Alanna’s door that has changed. All such passageways have disappeared.

Perhaps they'll return as capriciously as they once appeared. But there’s one person who stands to lose more than the rest if ( Read more... )

The door, when it opens, gives an unusually audible click. And another when it closes ( Read more... )

[OOM: Before a startling proclamation is read, Jon informs his champion of its contents. She definitely approves.]

Having a dream come true is wonderful.

Having another dream come true might be an embarrassment of riches, Alanna thinks as she shoves open the door with her shoulder, wearing full court dress and a distinctly smug smile. (Or, if ( Read more... )

Having Gibbs on board has been good for Elizabeth. She trusts him as much as she can trust any pirate; seeing his familiar face as they set sail, and as she proudly showed him the Empress, very nearly made her cheerful ( Read more... )

[OOM: Mel, Mike and Raph have a Tortallan holiday. Millitimed to vague but appropriate dates.

First there are babies and inappropriate mentions of pudding. Then, Alanna tricks Raph into riding a pony horse and, much to his regret, making a new friend. Mel gets her promised ride, with the added bonus of a hunt. And, at some point, they all have ( Read more... )

[OOM: Sometimes new people require old conversations.]

Japan is lovely this time of year. This is obvious from the view revealed when the door opens this time: a panorama of temperate forest and mountainside farmland, stepped in tiers to maximise usable land ( Read more... )

At this very moment in the town of Coeur d'Coeurs, Young Ned was 9 years, 27 weeks, 6 days, and 3 minutes old. His dog, Digby, was 3 years, 2 weeks, 6 days, 5 hours, and 9 minutes old...and not a minute older.Digby loved to play, and loved to play with Ned. Running down the hill from Ned's house, Digby crossed into a highway where an 18-wheeler ( Read more... )