Strip 730 -- First Seen: 2011-06-22
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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.

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
In Reggie and Babbette's cabin, Reggie, clad in t-shirt and long shorts, stands and gazes at a wall-sized view screen which is presently showing a view of Venus – from about 20,000 miles away, looming large, with a 'surface' of fast-moving clouds. We can see Babbette, dressed in a light shift, sitting on the edge of the bed in the far right of the panel.
Venus reference: http://library.thinkquest.org/12659/media/solar_system/venus/venus.jpg
Reggie: Just a few hours left, now. It's been an interesting trip.
Babbette: I'll say.

Panel 2
Swing around so that the focus is on Babbette seated on the bed, with Reggie starting to walk over to her.
Babbette: Between almost getting our cover blown, and all that time we sat in that damned radiation shelter, and that lifeboat drill, I haven't had so much 'interesting' since the War of the Worlds.

Panel 3
Reggie sits on the bed next to Babbette, puts a loving arm around her shoulders.
Reggie: Lifeboat drill – you mean the instructions on how to operate the emergency life-support systems in each of the cabin-sections.
Babbette: We're supposed to just drift in space and hope a burner comes along to rescue us? Sheesh!

Panel 4
We see the embracing couple from behind, silhouetted against the growing image of Venus on the wall screen.
Reggie: Are you sorry you came on this trip?
Babbette: Sorry? I wouldn't give this up for anything.