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Archaeology Club, 4pm, Library

Evie was vibrating a bit, and she'd sneaked in a box of doughnuts from Jeff, God of Biscuts. The Caff-Pow she'd had before she came to the library probably accounted for part of this, but the map spread out on the table had to be part of the rest of it.

"Good afternoon! For those of you who hadn't met me before, I'm Evie Carnahan. I'm so glad you could make it this afternoon to the first meeting of the Archaeology Club." She nodded over to Dr. Jackson. "Dr. Daniel Jackson has graciously agreed to be our faculty advisor. I thought maybe we could just brainstorm today, but we do have three prospective dig sites for this semester that need discussion."

She pointed to a little area where the Wildlife Preserve met the edge of Chimera court. "There used to be a lighthouse here, which was broken by a storm and then semi-demolished in 1817. And over here--" Evie pointed to an area between the Rocky Bits and the Fandom High property, "Used to be a manor owned by the Luckleys, which burned down in 1927. But my *favorite* possible site is over here." She moved her pen to mark the beachline of the preserve. "The Santa Melinda supposedly washed up somewhere along this coastline in 1701."

"Dr. Jackson's going to take care of the paperwork for the first site, but we need to decide which onethat's going to be, first."

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Name, areas of interest/emphasis, suggestions for the semester.

[Stolen from Peter PEvensie:
Not necessarily collapsey so people can start up conversations here if they want.]

Questions, chatter, ideas, suggestions, eat some doughnuts.

Anything you need to ask her? Or point out in case she forgot it in the caffiene buzz? Go ahead.

(Wait 'til he pings in)

I can't promise pirates. Or cave-ins. But probably at least a doubloon or two?

Blair is not going to be at tonight's meeting!

*is worst big brother ever!*

*pats* Awww. Life happens. Alas!

"I'm Evie Carnahan. I'm going to be an archaeologist, with an emphasis on Egypt. And I'd *really* like to start with the Santa Melinda."

ZOMG THIEF! ;)

Dr. Jackson was here, although he wasn't looking very talkative. He waved half-heartedly when Evie introduced him.

This might have something to do with the concussion he got yesterday.

Shhhhhh!

*Drags you into club bodily* Look, shinies!

Janice had ~~handwavily~~ gone off to the library after her morning excursion to Aereopagitica, and gotten a little bit too engrossed in it. As it happened, she emerged from the stacks like someone stumbling out of the wilderness, and caught sight of her student.

"Somehow it wouldn't surprise me that you'd be here after classes, Evie. What's going on here?"

"Archaeology Club!" Evie looked very pleased. "Please come in! We were just looking at the potential sites, for possible digs. Well, assuming my research was at all accurate."

That coaxed a genuine, if slightly frightening, smile from Janice. "You have a club for this? Hell, I'm impressed. Mind if I sit in?"

Of course, she'd already made herself comfortable in a chair, and was eyeing the goodies.

"O-of course," Evie said, carefully pushing the box of doughnuts toward Janice. If she was happy, perhaps she wouldn't have any frightening suggestions? Evie's natural optimism re-asserted itself. "Dr. Jackson is going to apply for a preliminary permit for the first site. *I* was hoping it could be the Spanish galleon from the 18th Century."

Spanish galleon? Janice wondered if it had been carrying anything valuable. She leaned over to examine the map, carefully eating a doughnut so as to not get crumbs or sugar on anything, and nodded. "That'd be a tough one. The other two look less challenging. Most people'd tell you to start small, but to hell with that. I'd go with the galleon."

"Yes!" Evie punched the air, then tried to settle down. "Plus, the other two are unlikely to have remains? Unless there was a murder there that we didn't know about. Oooo. I suppose that could have happened? But our anthropologists won't have anything to do if there's no corpses!"

"William Kessler, I uh, have no idea as to, emphasis, this just seemed interesting. And actually the Santa Melinda does sound good to me too. With the Lighthouse coming in close second."

"Okay, so, who were the Luckleys? Any kooky stories about them?"

"If there was a murder," Janice mused, trying very hard not to grin with amusement at this very sanguine line of thought of Evie's. "What would be in that dig that would drive a man to murder?"

"The lighthouse-- well, not much really. It's very historical, but the weather reports from 1817 seem to back up that there was a hurricaine. The Luckleys, now, that's more difficult. There's so *many* conflicting stories about how that fire started, and who started it, that there's no way to be certain." Evie looked gleeful. "They were quite well-off. The grandfather was supposedly an art collector. But I couldn't find any details about what it was, precisely, that he collected."

"Well, no one knows how the fire that destroyed the manor started. There was a party that weekend, and all the guests had to flee in the middle of the night. Good thing, too, the fire spread and took out the vegetation on the hillside above, and there was a mudslide less than week later." Evie took a huge breath. "And the oldest Luckley, Mr. Preston Luckley, was evidently an art collector and a tad eccentric. Well, more than a tad. One of his son-in-laws was a state senator, though, so it's *awfully* difficult to sort out the truth from the lies."

Evie couldn't possibly have said anything that would have intrigued Janice more if she'd scripted it. "Now that could be worth checking out too," she said after she'd polished off the doughnut. "Nothing like a dig with a little mystery around it."

Those were usually the more profitable ones in the end.

Evie nodded enthusiastically. "And at least for that one, we have a definite plat and residence map from 1927. It could give us more time to narrow down the area where the Santa Melinda broke up on the shore." She bounced, and reached over and took another sip of her Caff-Pow. "Although, I don't know how deep that site goes. Mud. Rather deep."

Bounce!

"Zack Addy, I'm going to be a forensic antropologist, and the Santa Melinda seems good to me."

Evie earned a definite apprehensive stare from Janice for the bouncing. "What in hell are you drinking?"

She shook her head and examined the map again. "That sounds like a plan. Can't go barging into a dig site unprepared, after all. You're likely to ruin more than you find -- which I get the feeling you already know. Mud's going to make for a bitch of a dig, but I guess you could look at it as a trial by fire. Sort out the people who are dedicated enough to really want to do it."

Ulterior motives? Not at all . . .

"Hmm, well the eccentric part sounds like fun. But I think an old house like that would be more exciting if it were still standing."

"Mmmm, Caff-Pow! It's lovely, Professor Abby from Internets class drinks it. She let us have some, and I kept it for a special occasion." Evie's legs might be swinging a lot underneath her chair. "And I was wondering if some kind of, ohhh, well digging, maybe some test holes? Would help us find a good place to start. Maybe we can narrow down where the roof of the manor would be, and then map out the rest from any architectural plans we can find."

Evie would never, ever suspect a Teacher of ulterior motives. Other people, sure. But not a Teacher.

Evie looked concerned, and nudged the doughnut box closer to him. "You look a little peaked, Dr. Jackson."

"Well, it might be partially intact. There's no way to be sure yet. I want to look at the Santa Melinda first too. I just hope we don't have to dig up the entire shoreline to find it." Evie bit her lip. "Or possibly do an underwater dig. I don't think we're ready for that yet."

Evie glee'd at him. "There might be bodies on it. Lots of them!"

"No probably not. Are there ways to narrow down the search?"

"Possibly metal detectors? The ship was made of wood, but the fittings would have been iron. And there are a few more sources we need to check for research-- the original report was by a sailor who evidently escaped the wreck, but claimed the storm covered the ship with sand when a seawall gave way. There might be more details elsewhere." She looked apologetic. "I'm afraid the first part is always quite a lot of reading."

Janice couldn't be sure, but she could swear the chair was starting to sway under the influence of that Caff-Pow stuff. (Mentally, she made a note to track Abby down and find some of it. It could come in handy, on those late nights cataloguing her latest acquisitions.)

"You know your stuff, kid, I'll definitely give you that," she said with a definite note of satisfaction in her voice. "And you've done a damn good job of thinking this through. I can't find anywhere to poke holes in this plan."

~~Janice would have appreciated the sentiment. And the capital T, if she'd known.~~

"Hey when you don't get to read much, you learn to appreciate it when you do get the chance."

Evie grinned all over her face, and only refrained from clapping because she had a doughnut in her hand. "Thank you, Dr. Covington. I appreciate the oversight, since this is the first time I've been allowed to take the lead. So to speak." She sighed happily. "Luckley Manor first, then, I think? Unless we find more information about the Santa Melinda?"

"Luckley Manor it is, and research on the Santa Melinda," Janice agreed. "The lighthouse sounds like it'll be the least interesting of the three. Not a good first impression for the newbies, so you might want to save that for when they're already hooked. They'll have to learn sometime that there's disappointment in this job, but not right off."

Zack grinned. "Pirate bodies?"

"Possibly? At the very least, Spanish privateer bodies. The Santa Melinda had a rather shadowy reputation." Evie pushed the box of doughnts over to him, and took another sip of Caff-Pow! "And while I *really* want to find the ship's manifest and log, there's always a possibility that we can find their cargo, too. Which has been rumored to be silks and satins, but also, possibly, pearls."

"Chad," he lifted a hand. "I just started to get interested in this stuff, and I'd say we go for the Santa Melinda." Yes, he said the name with a particular Spanish flair. He couldn't help it.

Oooh, doughnuts. Chad was always willing to partake in doughnuts.

Not so much with the talking bit, although he does contribute a grunt.

Daniel managed a slightly strained smile. "I, uh, sorta fell down the stairs in my apartment building yesterday," he admitted. "I'm a bit concussed, but it should clear up in a day or two."

[[ooc: Sorry, went to bed early last night, which is going to be a regular Tuesday thing what with a 6.30am start on Wednesday mornings omg!]]

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