Strip 355 -- First Seen: 2010-01-22
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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
Large panel. In the foreground, Buzz leads our girls into a large, hemispherical auditorium. Scores of people are hanging onto railings on the flat 'floor.' In the center of the floor is a sort of podium with a young, crisply-groomed woman speaking. She is flanked by a bank of projectors pointed at the domed ceiling.

Doris: Looks like a planetarium.

Buzz: It operates much the same way. This is the resort orientation.

Panel 2
Medium three-shot of Buzz and the girls, moving (Buzz flies, the girls use hand-rails) along the wall of the auditorium.

Buzz: However, I have been instructed to escort you directly to the Director's office for a private meeting. Please follow me.

Panel 3
Different angle. Buzz in foreground right, leading the way, the girls in the middle-ground left behind him.

Doris: Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Buzz: I'm sorry, Doris, I have not been informed as to the nature or purpose of the meeting.

Panel 4
Now, the girls are framed in a doorway. Buzz flies on through, but the girls pull back a bit in a mild fear reaction to what they're seeing.

Caption: Finally...

Voice (OP): Greetings, ladies.

Panel 5
Standing behind a desk is a very large Polynesian man with a heavily tattooed face. He smiles warmly. Arrayed in front of the desk are three zero-gravity seats.

Arana: I am Arana Awatere, the Director of this park and your host. Please come in and lock onto a seat.

Panel 6
Angled view from behind Arana. The girls remain in the doorway.

Doris: We were wondering, Mr. Awatere …

Arana: Arana, please. May I call you Doris and Fiorella?

Arana: Please come a little further into my office and I think your questions will be answered.

Panel 7
The girls cautiously move into the room. They look into a corner of the room that has not been seen previously, and there stands Reggie King.

Doris and Fiorella (in unison): Reggie!