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Airships: Spiraling Rush

Elletra didn’t have time to scream, the air was rushing all around her, drowning all noise. She flailed, like a flightless bird for a few moments before the wind filled the flaps of the harness and she straightened out.

Elletra was squinting from the wind but she could make out her fellow jumpers in a spiraling formation just a dozen meters ahead of her. Hawkeye was at the bottom of the staircase-like spiral, heading for a small airship farther down.

Elletra muttered an oath since they all had evident practice with these contraptions and quickly tilted herself towards the spiral in an attempt to join the silent men. She floundered a bit but finally made it to the top of the spiral. She mimicked the man in front of her, slowly figurin gout how to maneuver herself.

She allowed herself a few glances around, and was struck by the endless blue beauty of it all.

Then she looked below and saw Hawkeye and the first few others land on the small ship’s deck. All she could hear was shouting.

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