Strip 178 -- First Seen: 2009-05-20
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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
Side-view of Emily, Reggie, Harris' corpse, Young. Emily is shooting Young in the head.

SFX: BLAMM!

Panel 2
Holding the still-smoking gun pointed downward in her right hand, Emily walks towards Bert. Show as many of the other Cerereans as space permits. She is looking downcast.
No dialog.

Panel 3
Emily hands Bert his gun back, handle first [but pointed downward; gun safety requires that she must not “cover” herself or anyone else]. Emily is still downcast, Bert is somber. Babbette is moving past the others towards Emily and Bert.

No dialog.

Panel 4
Emily collapses into Bert's arms, weeping uncontrollably. Babbette is next to them, laying a comforting hand on her shoulder. If space permits show Fiorella turning off her camera.