http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/ Where the good stories are told. en-us 2010-02-07T18:53:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/02/reunited---chap-15.html The guard with the drawn knife walked up to Prince William and grabbed him. The strong guard easily picked up the Prince and carried him across his shoulders. He walked the short distance from the suncar to a waiting security van. A second guard was there and put handcuffs on the Prince. Together they gently placed the twitching Prince inside the van. Once that was done, the two guards entered the van and sat next to the secured prince. A third, entered the front, started the van, and began to drive off. Reunited... deg 2010-02-07T18:53:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/02/the-god-wars---30.html Charon released the three-headed dog, Cerberus. The giant canine ran towards the trenches and dove in. The ravenous dog started grabbing men by ones and twos, and tearing them apart. The bullets from the rifles did little to halt the dog's assault The God Wars deg 2010-02-03T17:46:03-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/01/reunited---chap-14.html It was shortly before dawn when Prince William awoke. He looked over at the beautiful sleeping princess. As silently as he could, he grabbed his things and headed to the suncar. Because he was the driver, he had the keys. He quietly opened the doors and packed all of his things. As soon as the sun peeked over the horizon, he drove off. Reunited... deg 2010-01-31T22:59:12-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/01/the-god-wars---29.html Just after the sunset, Hermes returned to the trenches where Ares set up camp. The chewed up ground contained bodies from both sides that lay strewn across the landscape. Jagged scraps of bronze and heaping piles of stone told of the combat that took place earlier in the day. The god of thieves looked the worse for wear. His tunic usually clean and white was now torn and dirty. His well kempt hair was in disarray. The God Wars deg 2010-01-27T17:20:19-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/01/reunited---chap-13.html Princess Angelina made preparations to return to her father's kingdom. She gathered provisions and placed them into her suncar. She had a technician recondition the batteries. At a moderate speed, it would take about fourteen hours to make it back to her father's castle. Thus, there was a need to camp somewhere along the way. She wanted to be in the cooler mountain areas before the need to stop. Further, she did not want to breakdown before reaching her father's castle in Calmondak. The car was going to travel through some pretty harsh areas, and there would be no help available. Thus, preparations were important. Reunited... deg 2010-01-24T18:22:42-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/01/the-god-wars---28.html General Crist watched as the unrelenting army of undead marched towards the trenches. The men had to hold these trench works because after that there would only be the city walls and the three canals to hinder Ares' advance. The God Wars deg 2010-01-20T19:23:24-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/01/reunited---chap-12.html It was getting dark, and it had been a long day for Prince William. However, with the darkness came the realization that he was not that far from the strip. The bright lights he had seen while in the desert came from those hotels. He would just have to head north and east to get back from where he came. He was not as lost as he thought Reunited... deg 2010-01-17T19:20:25-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/01/the-god-wars---27.html Ares' temper again started to flare. These Otherworlders always seemed to be able to guess his mind. Hermes' Draco-lords were only a remnant of what they were before. The griffins were long gone; however, Hermes was able to rally a few hundred of the remaining dragons. The gods scrapped their air assault on the city. Even though there were a few fires burning, it was not the great conflagration the gods wanted. The God Wars deg 2010-01-13T18:21:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/01/reunited---chap-11.html Princess Angelina enjoyed her meal in the kitchen of the ancient hotel. The chefs outdid themselves. They brought her item after item for her to enjoy. She let them completely pamper her. With a look, she would get more of this or have that taken away. She easily got her fill. She got more than her fill. She could eat no more. She had determined her limit. However, they kept bringing her food. Reunited... deg 2010-01-10T15:07:23-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2010/01/reunited---chap-10.html Prince William spent much of his time exploring the ancient city. Once the intense daytime heat got to him, he would duck into one of the ancient buildings. Inside some of the larger building was a scene similar to the one he saw in the first hotel. There was the sound of a strange language being spoken and people sitting in front of these strange machines. Reunited... deg 2010-01-03T16:32:19-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2009/12/the-god-wars---26.html Olympus, and it was now out to sea. ]]> The God Wars deg 2009-12-30T17:00:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2009/12/the-god-wars---25.html Ares smiled as the sun rose above the Dragonspine Mountains and burned through the smoke-choked air in a blood-red hue. He could see the towers of Atlantis rise above the horizon before him. His army marched tirelessly on. Neither the dead nor the animated bronze giants needed any rest. The Draco-lords and the wild companions -- the griffins -- never seemed to tire. They would ravish and burn any village in their path. Furthermore, any unfortunate human, which did not escape in time, made an easy meal for the beasts. The God Wars deg 2009-12-23T19:21:05-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2009/12/reunited---chap-9.html Google was an interesting and vast source for information on the internets. The words she would type brought a vast selection of results. However, most of these results were no longer there. Thus, when she would use the strange pointing device to click on the items, they returned an error page. However, the item labeled cache on the Google would return a result.]]> Reunited... deg 2009-12-20T20:34:53-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2009/12/the-god-wars---24.html As soldiers ran one way and civilians ran another, Podaistas realized that the trumpet calls were not coming from the wall towers facing east or north. Instead, these calls came from the west. There was someone trying to gain entrance to the harbor. The king felt a moment of anxiety. He had sent all the ships out to sea leaving none for the defense of Atlantis. The God Wars deg 2009-12-16T17:40:32-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/deg/campfire/2009/12/reunited---chap-8.html After taking her leave of Prince William, Princess Angelina immediately left the hotel where she met him. In the intense daylight heat, she began walking the several blocks towards her living quarters. There was not a lot she could do to protect herself from the heat. The stifling sun beat down upon her from the cloudless sky. Reunited... deg 2009-12-13T15:24:22-06:00