It seemed to me that a periodically flooding parking garage would be an ideal depositional environment. Gentle deposition of sediments over a fairly short period of time. I also decided that the location should be in a flat geologically inactive area, so I picked Omaha. I looked up office buildings with parking garages in Omaha, and 450 Regency Parkway immediately popped up and caught my eye.

I then looked at the tenants of the building to see if any stood out as being particularly fun to watch die- The ophthalmology practice there certainly didn't seem like they would be any fun, nor did Cushman & Wakefield - I considered looking for another office building, but then I found 'Bland and Associates' on the 3rd floor... I stopped looking- THEY were the ones I had been looking for.

I debated using the actual names of the Bland and Associates team in the story, but after much back and forth with myself I decided that some people might find that a little... disturbing. :)

In their defense, I am sure Bland and Associates is a fine place to work with nice people... Every day is jeans day at Bland, and they have 'flip-flop fridays', Hawaiian shirt day, ugly sweater day- I am sure its a real hoot. It's just that- with a name like 'Bland and Associates'- they were really just asking for it...

I also originally intended for Cynthia's Precious Moments figurines to also be preserved and discovered by The Geologist- they would become the basis for reconstructing the human biology and culture... much hilarity would ensue, alas I was running out of steam there at the end- maybe I will add to it later.