How I Met My Mates
"Elara! Balance the flight vectors now!"
I closed my eyes, opening my double-layered voice to its absolute maximum frequency, letting my Sovereign light flood through all five conduit lines simultaneously:
"HEAR ME, FIVE SHIPS OF THE FIRST LINE! ALIGN YOUR HEADING! HOLD THE SKY!"
The five massive star-metal landmasses responded.
Across the entire continent, millions of citizens looked up in awe as the terrifying, chaotic drift suddenly stopped.
The five floating landmasses locked into a perfectly synchronized, circular orbital formation, hovering three thousand feet above the dark, oceanless world below, linked together by five brilliant, shimmering bridges of pure silver and gold light.