Strip 218 -- First Seen: 2009-07-15
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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
Ext. scene, a location on the outer surface of TLP's air skin, some place not close to Damocles Station, but still near the equator. The Pale Man's personal transport pod settles to the skin's surface.
Pale Man (thought): Now, that's strange.

Panel 2
Pod is stationary just a few inches above the surface. The canopy has slid back to reveal the Pale Man in his environment suit
PM: At this altitude there should be some light gravity, but I can't sense any gravity at all.

Panel 3
The Pale Man has emerged from the pod. Hanging on his belt is a hand-held maneuvering unit, which something like a futuristic spray-paint can attached to a sprayer gun, which has a small bell-shaped rocket nozzle at the firing end. He has two large semi-auto pistols, holstered in thigh rigs on each leg. He's reaching back into the cockpit for something else.

PM: WTF is going on here?


Panel 4
Three-shot of Bert, Ernie and Tobi at the patio table. Tobi is suddenly disoriented, swaying in his seat. Ernie reaches out to grab his shoulder.
Ernie: Hey, you okay?