Strip 313 -- First Seen: 2009-11-25
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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
Back in the Water Bros. Café, during a slow period. Wally Cooper is seating himself at a booth, as Emily Rose approaches him.

Emily: Er, long time no see, Wally.

Wally: Uh, yeah. Mom's taken up the cello. Can't study at home.

Panel 2
Wally (now about 13 years old) is setting up his portable at the table. It consists of a rectangular bar about 15 inches wide which projects a holoscreen above and a holo-keyboard at its base.

Emily: What are you studying?

Wally: Orbital mechanics. Could I please have an iced tea, a BLT sandwich and some solitude?

Panel 3
Emily is standing over next to Babbette the Elder at her cashier's stand, Emily glancing back over her shoulder towards where Wally is sitting.

Emily: I've never seen a kid his age so … so ...

Babbette: Driven? Yeah, that's his way of coping with … the war.

Panel 4
Two-shot of Emily and Babbette. Emily is looking a bit downcast Babbette is looking as though she's unsure of what she's saying.

Emily: Yeah, he was closer to Billy than I was, in a way.

Babbette: Don't know about that, Emily, but if he's found a purpose in life, that's not a bad thing, necessarily.