Strip 434 -- First Seen: 2010-05-06
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In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.

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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
On one of the farm levels, one of the 'yard guards' walks up to Robyn, reading from a clipboard.

Yard guard: Ward 3998027, Rabhya Jones.

Yard guard: You are ordered to report to Tower Control at 18:00 for work reassignment.

Panel 2
The guard hands Robyn an electronic access badge, and smirks. Robyn accepts the badge with a worried expression.
Yard guard: Wear something nice.

Panel 3
Medium close-up of Robyn, standing there staring at the badge, with an expression of growing alarm.
Caption (Robyn): 'Some of us prisoners were used as office and domestic workers in Tower Control, the control center at the top of the tower.

Caption (Robyn): 'It was an open secret that attractive girls – and boys – were put to … more intimate uses as well.'

Panel 4
In the barracks, Robyn pulls a dirty uniform out of her locker. She has a glum expression.
Caption (Robyn): 'Sajjan's mantle of safety protected me from the other prisoners and the yard guards, but the administrators were another story.'