Well, spaceships do that normally if they're in a wormhole.

[ duh?

but he will rewind a bit - ] ...but, let me start at the beginning. We were all more or less compelled to get on a ferry that took us out to a little island. By the time we all knew what was happening, the ferry was gone, and all that was there was a box we were supposed to put our hands in. It was that or leap into the lava, so... we did.

We all knocked out, and then when we awoke, we were on a spaceship.