As all the pledges were frantically looking through their files, Carson went to the closet and grabbed one of the notebooks in Cappie's section. It had a weird marking on the front, so he decided to go ask his history professor about it. When he got there, Professor Ravens-Seger was working on his next lesson plan.
"Hey Professor, can I talk to you?" Carson asked.
"Sure Cars, what's up? Need help with homework?" Ravens-Seger asked.
"Not exactly. Not your homework anyway; I already finished that. I'm doing an alumni project for Kappa Tau." Carson said.
"I see." Ravens-Seger replied.
"Yeah, and when I went through my alumni brother's stuff I came across this notebook." Carson said, handing the notebook to his professor. "I was wondering if you could tell me what the marking on the front is."
Professor Ravens-Seger examined the book closely. "I haven't seen this symbol in years."
"You know what it is?"
"Of course. This is the calling card of CRU's secret elite group, the Amphora Society."
"Amphora Society?" Carson was curious.
"It's a secret society for the best of the best students. I'm slightly surprised you found this at the Kappa Tau house." Ravens-Seger said.
"Does it still exist?"
"Not anymore. It was disbanded after Dean Bowman retired 10 years ago." Ravens-Seger continued.
As Carson read through the notebook, he noticed something. "These are directions to the society's lair. I know you said the society itself was disbanded, but the lair still has to be there."
"I say follow the directions and see where they lead you. You might find an important piece of CRU history." Ravens-Seger said.
Carson took his advice and went back to his dorm to read the notebook.
After reading the notebook twice, and following Cappie's instructions to a T, Carson found himself standing at the entrance of the top secret Amphora Society's lair.
"No wonder this dude's a legend; this must have taken years to find." Carson said to himself as he opened the door and walked inside.
"Whoa." Carson could barely wrap his head around everything he was seeing. It was dingy and creepy and looked like a stereotypical lair you would see in the movies. He saw a large chair sitting on an elevated part of the floor and decided to sit and take in everything. As he sat, he felt like he was a member of the Amphoras, and wondered if a Kappa Tau could ever fit in here. Was Cappie an Amphora, or did he just obsess over finding it?
Carson decided he couldn't keep this to himself any longer. He had to tell Professor Ravens-Seger of his findings.
On his way to Ravens-Seger's office, Carson saw Seth walking out of the lobby to their dorm building.
"Hey dude!" Seth said, walking up to Carson. "Where you headed?"
"I'm off to talk to Professor Ravens-Seger about my alumni project." Carson replied, "Want to come with?"
"Sure. I might ask him a few things myself." Seth said, following Carson to Ravens-Seger's office.
When they got there, Professor Ravens-Seger was thrilled to see them.
"Ah, there are my two favorite students." Ravens-Seger said, putting his History book away.
"Hey Professor." They said in unison.
"So Carson, you find anything in that notebook." Ravens-Seger asked.
"Actually, you know how you were talking about starting a history club; but you needed a place to have it."
"Yeah."
"Well what if I told you I had the perfect place." Carson said.
Seth looked at him oddly, but Professor Ravens-Seger knew exactly what he was talking about.
"You found it?" Ravens-Seger asked excitedly.
"Come with me." Carson smiled as the three ran out of Ravens-Seger's office.
The two were stunned as Carson opened the door to the Amphora lair.
"Well I'll be." Professor Ravens-Seger said as he walked inside.
"Wow." Seth said, sitting in the same seat Carson had just hours before.
"Told you." Carson laughed, "The history club should have its meetings at a historical part of the school."
"You certainly got that right." Ravens-Seger said, admiring the lair.
"Hey Cars, you think I can come down here to work on my alumni project?" Seth asked.
"You'll have to ask the lair's new owner." Carson looked over to Professor Ravens-Seger.
"I'm the new owner?" Ravens-Seger asked.
"It's your club, so yes."
"Alright then; as the new History Club head, I say we allow Kappa Tau's in the history program to use this room for their projects. However, that privilege will end once the project is over. Then this will be for History Club members only." Ravens-Seger announced to his two students.
"Wait, who else is taking history this semester?" Seth asked Carson.
"Conner, Dylan, and Matt." Carson replied.
"Ok, so I will see the five of you busily working here from now on. I'll give you guys special office hours in here if you guys need help." Ravens-Seger said.
Now that they had their own quiet place to work, the KT pledges were even more excited to research their assigned alum. Over the next few weeks, both the pledges and Professor Ravens-Seger brought anything they thought they would need to the lair.
