Strip 598 -- First Seen: 2010-12-22
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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
The Scene: An outdoor cafe at the Place de la Concorde – a sort of town square dominated by the Hôtel de Crillon.. Merry is seated at one of the cafe tables and Pablo Rosenberg is taking a seat across the table from her.
Merry: Thanks for meeting me, Sv. Rosenberg.
Pablo: Pablo, Please. I take it you want to talk about your three … uh, two wards.

Panel 2
A waitress serves coffee to Pablo as Merry holds her coffee cup in both hands while she speaks.
Merry: Something curious has happened.
Merry: After Morris disappeared, I explained to Lawrence and Kinko that they were liable for Morris' debt as well as their own.

Panel 3
Looking over Merry's shoulder at Pablo, who is smiling.
Merry: When they started whining about how 'unfair' that was, I read them the riot act …
Pablo: Which doesn't even exist in the belt.

Panel 4
Medium shot of Merry, smiling back at Pablo.
Merry: Anyway, I really showed my anger and even said maybe I should have indentured them out at hard labor.
Merry: Since then they have been submissive, almost servile towards me. What's up with that?