Strip 374 -- First Seen: 2010-02-18
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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.

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Panel 1
The Fokker is now out of the hangar, following Buzz. We see the tri-plane from somewhat below and behind, with a few of the other large constructions and maybe another personal flying machine or two in the background. Buzz is glowing.

The 'sky' background in the Park is a star-field, only the black space isn't black but rather a 50-percent grey, due to the airskin which contains polarizing filters against solar and cosmic rays. There is no 'up' or 'down' orientation: buildings hover and conveyances fly at every which angle.

No dialog.

Panel 2
Closer on the plane, now from an elevated angle so we can see Fiorella turning around to look behind them.

Fiorella: Doris! Check this out!

Panel 3
Tall panel. In the lower foreground, the Fokker, flying away from the Monolith, which fills the background. On the backside of the Monolith is a carving of an enormous man frozen in a soot-black substance (see Sandy's artists' notes doc for reference).
Fiorella. Mmm, big hands.