Collections of Madness

Onward to Sica Hollow 2am, Sunday, 21 Oct, 1923 - For those who handled the rune-etched coprolite stones, it was a fitful sleep of nightmares: Dr. Harrison Bones (Tony), 46yo Paleontology Prof: You didn’t have much to drink Saturday, but you remember the spoiled food at the diner… did that cause you to throw up? As you lie in bed, you see your pile of vomit in the bucket beside your bed coalesce into strange fossil bones. You sit up mesmerized by the sight and sound of the rattling bucket from which a strange looking bipedal dinosaur emerges to jump onto your bed. It’s face as if it’s a reflection of your own. It speaks, “I am your ancestor, Darwin.” Your room suddenly becomes a dark tunnel in which you chase Darwin. You round a corner and run into… “Dr. Baker, what are you doing here?!” But you cannot understand his reply as pounding drowns him out. You wake up to realize someone is at your door . Dr. Alaric Voss (Geoff), 39yo Anthro...

Intro : During the summer break of 1923, Dr. William Baker (University of Cincinnati) trolled the museum basement’s uncatalogued fossil collection to relieve his boredom. One particular fossil (labeled as found in northeastern South Dakota) piqued his interest and renewed his ‘itch’ for field work. Thus, it was Oct 1 st when his team of professors and students waved goodbye as they boarded the train bound for West Haven, SD. The Original Team: Dr. William Baker , head of the Paleontology department. Older man, brilliant, affable. Still has a bit of that child-like wonder that makes him a pleasure to work with. Dr. John Tucker , a funny man, the youngest of the bunch but still a very competent paleontologist . Dr. Eugene Stewart , very opinionated and serious paleontologist . Sometimes cantankerous. Thinks that Dr. Lynch’s theories are rubbish. They argue climate change versus disease killing the dinosaurs. Dr. George Lynch , somewhat somber and serious Anthropologist . Dee...