A note that I found a theme that is similar to what I am looking to do, but more than anything, it's a direct implementation of ascensor which pulls content from existing pages:
http://bragthemes.com/preview/?theme=AscensorPress
?Unfortunately, this blows away any previous theme styling I had (of course) and I'm really looking for something that is a plugin I can apply to an already functional WP.
I'll keep looking, but it's starting to seem that this is something I will need to code myself. I will keep this thread up to date on my research.