Lyra walked inside the common room and saw a huge banner saying "attendo thea vipera" Lyra frowned , "owkee," she muttered a little "what in the name of merlin's beard does that mean?" she whispered to herself and decided that she was going to find out the next day ,maybe at the library. Lyra looked around, it was a very nice common room , apart from the slimy things she thought. She walked over to a black chair and sat on it, listening to the people talking to each other.