Constance let out a nervous little titter as they all made it to relative safety as the bizarre announcement rang throughout the air, snippets of the words standing out to her as she backed away from the edge. She wrapped her arms around herself defensively, snapping her head back and forth to see if anybody appeared as if they knew what was going on and finding only other looks of confusion in return. As the engine of the Endurance filled the room, wind whipping around from its rotors and from their own ascension, Constance reached up to grab her hat to prevent it from blowing away only to find that it had been lost in the panic. For a moment she could channel all of her frustration on that fact and ignore the fearing for her life, her pettiness providing her with enough clarity to hear what Edward and Luna were shouting about.

Wait, seriously?

They wanted to stop this? Hadn’t they been listening?

“Oh, sure, the cube! Yeah, we’ll just somehow figure out how to pilot a buncha islands through some stupid little map box. Ho! Brilliant plan. Excuse me, but did you not hear that announcement?” snapped Constance, her voice booming to carry over all of the noise as she stepped up towards Luna. She stared down her nose at the other woman, her words dripping off of her tongue like venom. “Sorry, sweetie. We don’t have time to try and play hero anymore. Let’s be realistic for once.”

She turned to Edward, knowing that trying to convince Luna would be an impossibility—that woman would argue with her about what two plus two equals just for the sake of starting more shit. She tried to sound calm and collected as she stated her case but, since it was so damn noisy, her words still came out as hoarse shouts. 

“Eddy, between that announcement and the fact that we are [i]fucking[/i] floating up into the sky I think it’s safe to assume that we’re witnessing the start of another Ring of Thunder. If we don’t leave before those ten minutes are up then we will be trapped on these new floating islands for who know how long. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t sign up for this voyage just so I could get stuck on a slightly shittier version of our own home.”

She held up a finger behind her as if to shush Luna before she even started talking as she continued, “Plus, we know for certain that these people will be okay. After all, our ancestors managed to survive something like this. What we don’t know is what will happen to any vessels in the neighboring waters that happen to be a bit too close such as, oh, I don’t know, the Garrloch. If we don’t get in the Endurance and radio them to set sail then they might not make it. Would you really take that gamble?”

She cast a cold look over at their guides, and then looked dead into Edward’s eyes. “You know I’m right. We need to get on the Endurance right now and leave.”