(OOM: Somewhere in the woods around Milliways, the panserbjorn awakens.)

The door opens to allow a massive creature in. To those who have seen him before, there's the familiar sight of the Panserbjorn in full armoured glory. For those who haven't... Well. Sure they have seen strangest and more fearsome sights, what with all the weird creatures ( Read more... )

Teja is still in the forge, working ( Read more... )

Teja has spent the night brooding and playing his harp by the fire; now, in the morning, he goes to the bar and asks for parchment and ink. The things that appear aren't like anything he's seen before; it is a thin white parchment, and a stylus that spews ink all by itself. He writes in what he thinks is Latin,

To Richard Ryan, master of the forge ( Read more... )

 (OOM: Iorek has been idling around Milliways for some time. Little introspection but, you know, who knows what passes through a bear's mind? Belar, shut up!)

And thus, the bulk of the panserbjorn and his armor squeezes through the door one morning, a few autumn leaves stuck to his armor, maybe a small branch caught in a joint between plates and ( Read more... )

Lissar can smile and laugh. She doesn't do it often, but she can do it. In the dusk, with puppies tumbling over each other, she lets laughter out and turns her face up to watch the stars swirl and burn.

The white of her skin, hair, and dress stand out in the dimness, as does the long fur of Ash and spots and blotches on various of the puppies.

(OOM: Iorek has been keeping himself busy. Which leads directly to this post.)

The back door opens, revealing the huge, sleek shape of the armored bear as he drops to all fours and pads over towards the Bar, a flat piece of wood a couple feet across held carefully in his fearsome jaws. As he gets to the Bar he rears up onto his hind legs. Taking the ( Read more... )

Lyra Silvertongue and her daemon Pantalaimon have been busy since university let out for the summer. In May and June they worked in Bodley's Library, looking for information about the makings of the alethiometer, and then in July the Costas came and invited Lyra and Pan to travel with them for a month ( Read more... )

Yesterday was so much less than ideal that Wells didn't bother going home. He left a note with the Bar for Annie saying that he'd be back as soon as he could manage, and he stayed in the room upstairs for as long as he could. Which didn't last long this morning, because the full moon begins in seven days, and that means he's got to be outside if he ( Read more... )

(OOM: Of how Iorek Byrnison took a wrong turn to the End of the Universe. Warning: Very mild spoilers for Northern Lights. No, really, I kept the post small so the spoilers are minimal. )

He just stepped through what looked like a stone arch, half of it natural and the other half made from carefully-hewn masonry. For a moment a corridor of the same ( Read more... )