HALL 1 OF 5: CAMBRIAN BAY
VISIT 412 · CURATOR: MARIGOLD · 47 GUESTS · QUIET HUM
CURATOR MARIGOLD
GOAL: welcome school group, brood-watch the rare snail
NEED: soft voice, working salinity gauge
HAVE: field notes, tea thermos, penlight
PLAN: Cambrian intro → Devonian glass → Cretaceous arch → Modern Reef → Speculative Future closer
STEP: 1 of 5 (Cambrian intro)
MOOD: Warm, attentive
DRAMA LADDER · QUIET
RIBBON-SNAIL BROOD38%
DEEP-SEA WING FUNDING61%
SCHOOL-GROUP DELIGHT74%
QUIET HUM88%
TIMELINE FORK · CAMBRIAN BAY
FOSSIL RECORD
Trilobites burrow gentle furrows in mud, then thin out across the Permian.
SPECULATIVE BRANCH
If trilobites had survived: tide-pool cousins, polite shell-knock greetings.
RECURRING CAST
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Visit 412 · Curator Marigold opens the gallery — soft kelp-green lights warm up.
CAMBRIAN BAY
A speculative pelagic creature drifts to the glass and looks back at you.
— Curator Marigold whispers, "Hello, you."