Strip 685 -- First Seen: 2011-04-22
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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
Chang facing off against Rhonda, who is still leaning on the Hotel exterior railing.
Ed: And if I should refuse to play in your drama?

Panel 2
Close-up on Rhonda, looking as evil as you can make her.
Rhonda: A little 12-year-old girl will be gang raped, cut up in little pieces and scattered all over Ceres City.

Panel 3

Looking past Rhonda to focus on Ed, who looks openly disgusted.
Rhonda: But if you put on a good show, the girl goes free. Got it?
Ed: You have … men who would do that?

Panel 4
Rhonda, gloating.
Rhonda: They're a special cadre. Chang doesn't even know they were embedded under his command.
Rhonda: I guess you could call them psychopaths too, although the DSM uses the term, 'antisocial personality disorder.'
Panel 5
Looking past Rhonda at Ed, who now has his poker face on.
Rhonda: The military calls them 'Special Services Operatives.'
Rhonda: They follow any orders I give them.

Panel 6
Ed turns to walk away, but has a few last words to Rhonda.
Ed: Have your boy out front of the hotel in four centimes … that's about an hour.

Panel 7
Ed is back at Chez Treif, in a huddle with Bert, Ernie, Vinnie, Neil.
Caption: Ed and the other Belters talked among themselves and at some point, a consensus was reached.