A Top-Tier Research University

Barnsford University was one of the finest academic institutions in the world, with the laboratories and doctoral programs producing more celebrated publications per person than any other university on the continent. From anthropology to zoology, all areas of academia were at their height at this great establishment, the smartest minds working together to further humanity.

That was, of course, until research gone awry led to a more infantile future. That babyish path started when 27-year-old Megan Wells was well on her way to a PhD in…