Strip 767 -- First Seen: 2011-08-12
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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 the Water Bros. Cafe, Wally is in a booth, picking at his food with a desultory expression. Emily has walked up to speak with him.
Emily: Don't like the pork chop?
Wally: Oh, the pork chop's fine.
Panel 2
Looking past Emily at Wally, who looks up at her with sad eyes.
Wally: I have 12 decadays left to prove I can earn a living doing what I want, rather than doing what my father wants.
Emily: How's that going?
Panel 3
Medium close-up on Wally.
Wally: Not well. I get an occasional consulting job with the Merchant's association, but it's not enough.
Wally: Catching petty crooks isn't really my goal anyway.
Panel 4
Another 2-shot of Wally and Emily.
Emily: What is your goal?
Wally: There are bigger dangers in the system – the Teddies, the UW – like what happened to Billy.

Panel 5
Emily suddenly looks like she's been punched in the stomach. Wally looks apologetic.
Emily: I try not to think about that.
Wally: It's all I can think about. But I can't become what I need to be just by academics, and there's not enough, well, crime on Ceres to even support me, never mind get me to the next level.

Panel 6
In the left foreground, we see the head-and-shoulders silhouette of a woman. In the right back-ground, Emily and Wally suddenly look up at her, startled.
Woman: Perhaps I can be of some assistance.
Wally: Sv. De Leon!

Panel 7
Now we see that it is Ursula De Leon, the widow of Daniel De Leon, the first casualty in the 'War of the Worlds.'
Ursula: Or more precisely, perhaps we can assist each other to achieve a mutual goal.
Ursula: Come with me and let's discuss it.
Caption: Ursula De Leon is the widow of Daniel De Leon, the first casualty of the 'War of the Worlds,' as seen in strip #130.

Panel 8
Ursula moves towards the exit, with Wally following her. Emily stands by the booth, looking doubtful.
Emily: I'll – uh – put this on your tab, okay?