Plot notes

4 –6 hours game

adventure, episodes

modern times

the amazon

temple in a cave

19th century dig, where everyone died(?), so the dig was abandoned there are letters to a wife at home or something getting more and more paranoid. Their descendant got some archeologists interested in this, and they got a permit to dig, now they are all here to dig. They find people already there, and a ghost, and some locals. Possible government-jurisdiction coming in to take over later in game.

Possible rich guy sponsoring the whole thing, not knowing anything, and bubling along, and telling people what to do?

Texas Nugent Thompson Rich guy in charge M 1. hitting on all the women 2. he wants to be in charge 3. looking to make his money back 4. owns stock in Pharama companies 5. hired the biochemist to research drugs 6. stock scam 7. needs lots of stupid ideas about what archeological digs are supposed to be like

Aiden Fisher Head archeologist M 1. he wants his kid to be an archeologist 2. he wants to write a paper on this 3. he is the straight man 4. needs excavation mechanic and correct info about archaeology 5. wants to keep weird shit quiet to save the project

Colleen Fisher Head archeologist’s wife F 1. had affair with Jesuit before he was priest 2. kid is actually Jesuit’s 3. doesn’t want her husband to find out 4. being blackmailed 5. disapproves of Horatio 6. wants to keep weird shit quiet to save the project

Karyn Sims Descendant with the letters/Alien DNA director of student life in same school as archeologist, hippy, environmentalist F 1. wants to find out about lost relative 2. wants to not hurt environment 3. wants the biochemist to find the cure for cancer here 4. will become the alien 5. wants to recruit Horatio for university for diversity

Edmund Hopwood Ghost with amnesia M 1. two of them were involved with the same native chick, ancestor of local teen, and the other one killed this one in jealousy 2. warns new archeologists of dangers 3. he forgot due to time (and wants to forget) but is triggered by Karyn having same symptoms as the other alien 4. doesn’t know what’s true or what isn’t, and doesn’t believe himself, 5. thinks that Horatio looks familiar 6. villagers just think that he is an old crazy hermit 7. he has seen a lot of couples commit ritual suicide here over the years

Erin Fisher Archeologist’s kid/hs student F 1. doesn’t want to be here 2. doesn’t want to be an archeologist 3. misses her friends 4. hates her parents 5. thinks the local teen is totally hot 6. wants to write romance novels (fan of Daniel Steel) 7. is intrigued by the old couple

Dr. Nancy MacDonald Scientist – biochemist F 1. wants to find drugs here 2. wants to make money on drugs 3. works for rich guy in pharma 4. involved in stock scam (pharma insider trading) 5. is in love with karyn (but karyn doesn’t know it) 6. no ethics 7. beware of industrial espionage…shes stolen other’s work before

Krysti Nuyen Trashy biographer/afraid of nature F 1. afraid of jungle 2. she wants to figure out what happened in the life of this guy who survived at this place (famous romance author) 3. wants to marry into money (or get money some way), so is after rich guy 4. has some crazy ideas about what happened here(torrid love affair with the queen of the amazons) 5. has written the biography but his estate wants proof, she doesn’t even want TO BE HERE 6. brought lots of designer clothes, high heels, press on nails, on the expedition

Violet Crowe Grad student/ occultists anthropologist F 1. here to get field experience 2. has studied occult for a while 3. wants to hold ritual here in this place of power 4. summon a familiar (crow) 5. works directly for Aiden and Colleen 6. wants to interview Horation about his culture

Eileen Cash (Betsy Gordon) Treasure hunter in disguise medic/archeologist F 1. get treasure 2. maintain her disguise 3. had on/off love affair with other treasure hunter but work always gets in the way 4. also here to spy on rich guy and biochemist for a Pharma competitor

Al Sanchez (Madame Catalina) Psychic treasure hunter disguised as gypsy M 1. had on/off love affair with other treasure hunter but work always gets in the way 2. has visions(of the aliens and other stuff) 3. blackmailing the archeologist’s wife (but doesn’t know about the kid, but has pictures of affair) 4. tries to blackmail Gabriel 5. suspects something fishy between Gabriel and Horatio

Father Gabriel Fitzwilliams Jesuit/folklorist M 1. is the schoolmaster 2. is father of Erin 3. had affair with archeologist’s wife 4. is interested in legends and visions 5. wants local teen to become priest, so is spending special time with him 6. knows the local legend of lots of couples coming to this area to commit ritual suicide 7. people suspect him of doing something improper with Horatio

Horacio Salvadore Hired local/teenager M 1. wants to live in America 2. in love with kid 3. hired to do lifting and stuff for dig 4. spends time with Jesuit, so he can become a priest as ticket out of here 5. archeology thing might be ticket out of here as well

Barton Beck American tourist possessed M 1. bought antique and opened it and got possessed by ancient lover spirit 2. are being drawn here to reenact a ritual suicide 3. think he is here just on a vacation 4. the couple has a lot of marital strife but take it upon themselves to try and help other couples, butting into everything 5. wants to buy antiques

Edith Beck American tourist possessed F 1. same as above 2. suspects the priest of not being very pure

Plot

     Aliens
        Ancients worship alien tech as a god
        Natives incorporated laser into their religion
   	Thing glowed so they never saw what it was

They built a temple around it, and worshiped it, and it made good agricultural things happen One of the 19th century archeologists had alien Dna and the laser triggered it, turning him slowly into an alien. One guy died for other reasons, he is ghost Newly-made alien guy killed all others as he slowly understood that he is an alien As a full alien he can’t breath here so he died His descendant has letters form him and also the alien dna

5 million years BCE aliens 4000 years BCE natives 1872 first dig now second dig