The 1980's? Oh wow! That is such a great idea,,,I LOVE IT! Being on the run without the aid of cell-phones or the internet (as we know it we'd have to dial in and all that stuff with an actual phone) great idea Katelyn! Like 1983...perfect.

In terms of my character's age...yeah in the same range works great. The intern should be younger so yeah 4-6 works great. Surgeons by trade but scientists at heart...great wordsmithing there Katelyn. 

The concept of pulling parts together..creepy and brilliant! I'm not familar with Oregon either but with the woods and the weather issues provides some great challenges when we are on the run.

In terms of the creature...what if the first time you tried it the assistant kills it and in the process the assistant gets killed, and then a couple years later my character comes along and provides you with the motivation to get back into this because he is on the verge of doing it and wants your help, because he knows that together they can do it (although we all know at some point they will wish they hadn't ).

For CSs I think we're solid on that besides we should leave some things out so as our characters find out things about each other so do we.