SINISTER FINALE

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WHO: Those who signed up for the punching dinosaurs Savage Lands mission
WHAT: Time to get a cure
WHERE: Savage Land Nature Preserve
WHEN: October 10th
WARNING(S): Violence, language, etc

The Blackbird was getting quite a bit of use, lately. It left the Institute early, before the sun was properly up—from there, it was a straight line from New York to Antarctica, with no stops between. The paperwork had been cleared, official permission granted for the team to enter an international wildlife reserve. There would be no scandalous headlines of border-crossing house parties this time, thank you very much.

The glasslike surface of the Antarctic Ocean stretched away endlessly beneath the plane, disappearing into a fog-clouded horizon.

They weren’t there quite yet.

But they would be soon.

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All Aboard

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There’s probably at least one person you don’t like in close proximity. Or someone you’re okay with. And it’s been a long trip with a decided lack of radio.

Feel free to talk amongst yourselves, just don’t rock the plane.

Encounter

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[As the fog begins to clear on the water, three shapes appear, streaking in from the west. Fighter jets.

And they’re not coming from the direction of Antarctica.

The planes break formation as they approach, two taking up positions behind the Blackbird’s wings, almost like some kind of escort.

The third flies directly in front of the Blackbird, rocking its wings in a deliberate signal. You have been intercepted, follow me. The plane begins to turn, as if to lead the Blackbird away from the Savage Land and back to sea.

As it does so, it reveals "Genoshan Acolyte Air Force" emblazoned proudly on its side.]

A Safe Landing?

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[The shift in scenery from the snow and ice to a sudden land of Green and sun in the middle of nowhere was shocking. The smoke from the damaged engines still smoking as the Blackbird crossed over the verdant lands until they got close to the forest surrounding Sinister's lab. A lab in the middle of a lush jungle making it impossible to land outside.

Circling around the Blackbird finally finds a place to land. A flat section of a large clearing about 5 miles away. As soon as they landed and the engines shut down they could hear the loud roaring of the local wildlife around them.]

REOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRR!!!

FINAL STRETCH

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[After fighting through the mostly annoying and sometimes dangerous guard dogs, they came to the lab itself.

It was relatively nondescript; a single-story building tucked into the forest, worn by weather and vines—difficult to see from the air. But that wasn’t all there was to see here.

And they weren’t alone.]