Fallen London: Upwards!

A Probationary Professor is looking for assistants for a perilous venture. Inspired by the fever for palaeontology and armed with a doctorate on the ritual practices of the Starved Men, she's looking to lead an expedition to the cavern roof. The Probationary Professor has a brazen theory regarding a missing and heretical sect of the Starved Men.To help her prove her hypothesis, you’ll need to find your way to the cavern roof where you can begin a palaeontology dig of a different kind: upwards. Do watch out for the Starved Men though. Certain sacrifices may have to be made if you wish to escape them in the same shape as you found them…