Strip 290 -- First Seen: 2009-10-23
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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.

Kickstarter successful and closed

The Kickstarter campaign for Not-Safe.Space Chapter 3 concluded successfully on April 21, and Scott extended the time allowed for late pledges until May 19.

Books have been ordered from the printer and Scott will be spending the next week or so setting up and sending the PDF files to those who asked for them.

(There are still six of you who have not responded to the survey asking for e-mail and snail-mail addresses, he'll do the best he can.)

Thanks to all for supporting this Kickstarter!

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Re-stablish the scene: Reggie is standing by his desk, his chair behind him (this is important), confronting an apparition of his younger self named 'Joe.' Joe is in the right part of the panel. Reggie is upset at what Joe has just said and is retorting strongly.

Reggie: Honest with myself?

Reggie: I don't see what that has to do with this mystery.

Reggie: Besides, I don't have anything to hide!

Panel 2
Medium shot of Joe, finger on his chin, looking upward to the left, bringing out a memory.

Joe: Really?

Joe: Okay, how about 'Uncle Reggie,' you know, the man you were supposedly named after?

Panel 3
Looking over Reggie's shoulder at Joe, who has stepped closer, getting into Reggie's face.

Reggie: Well, I ….

Joe: I wonder if anyone has a clue as to just how old you really are, who you really are and what awful things you have done.

Panel 4
Reggie has fallen back into the chair behind him, thunderstruck. Joe stands before him, fists on hips.

Reggie: I, I … that was a long time ago!

Joe: People died, Reggie.

Panel 5
Medium shot of Reggie, yelling at the apparition with an anguished expression, tears welling up in his eyes.

Reggie: I can't change the past!

Reggie: All I can do now, is try to 'pay it forward.'

Reggie: You know, I have saved lives too!

Panel 6
Reggie has turned around and put his head down on his arms on his desk. Joe is standing behind him with a blank expression.

Reggie: I'm trying as hard as I can, to be the best person I can and to make the world a better place!

Reggie: {sob!}

Panel 7
Medium shot of Joe, starting to fade away.

Joe: I have done all I can here, but it is not over, Reggie.

Joe: You and I will talk again, for I am also the 'Ghost of Christmas Future.'