Strip 175 -- First Seen: 2009-05-15
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QV on a short break

QUANTUM VIVE is taking a break for a few weeks, as we prepare for Part 2 of the Novo Palermo story, and also for a Kickstarter campaign for Part 1, which will start in September.

In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.

Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Re-establish the scene: Looking from above and behind the captive Young and Harris, Emily steps past Reggie to speak with Bert. We can also see Fiorella and her camera.

Caption: As the surviving member of the murdered Rose family, it is left to Emily to decide the fate of Admiral Harris and his weapons officer.

Emily: Sov. Guzmán, my guns were destroyed when my home ...

Panel 2
Medium close-up of Emily, pausing in a fight against the urge to cry. Her head is bowed forward, here eyes clamped shut, her mouth clenched, tears streaming down her face.

No dialog.

Panel 3
Same camera angle, now she's standing straight and wiping the tears away on her sleeve.

Emily: My guns were destroyed.

Panel 4
Two-shot of Bert and Emily. Bert is handing Emily his Colt 1911 (nothing fancy, although it does have adjustable sights).

Emily: May I borrow your colt?
Panel 5
Emily has moved towards Harris and now stands before him, the Colt gripped in both of her hands, pointed downward at the moment. Put her in the left part of the frame and Harris in the right. We also see Young in the far right of the frame, eyes as large as saucers. Harris is scornfully defiant as ever.

Harris: Is this supposed to scare me?


Panel 6
Close-up on Harris, laughing.

Harris : Hand a teenager an unloaded gun so she can psychologically terrorize me?

Harris (2): Don't try to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.

Harris (3): Do your damnedest, little girl.


Panel 7
Two-shot from the side, Emily shoots Harris square in the chest. If room permits show Young looking on in horror.

SFX: BLAMM!!