Aola managed to take a couple of steps before the void opened under her feet.

She only had time to reflexively flap her arms like wings before falling into the dark depths. However, the fall immediately slowed down because one of the amulets on the belt activated. Gregory, who once saw Miranda jumping from a swing and hanging in the air, immediately wished to provide his precious wife with a similar amulet.

So the way the hatch falls into place, cutting off the sunlight, the Marquise watched, hanging in the manner of an airship above the black abyss, into which she descended slowly and solemnly. Well, that is, not entirely...