Strip 786 -- First Seen: 2011-09-08
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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
Pierre and Guy squaring off – the background is still Paris-at-sunset, with the living room furniture incongruously arrayed beside the men.
Pierre: Sacre-bleu, cousin. You are growing cranky in your old age. You used to be fun.
Guy: MERDE! I was 'fun' for you to push around.
Guy: I am not going to take your shit any more, Nappy!

Panel 2
Medium shot on Pierre, looking stunned.
Caption: When the other students at Pierre's school in Leon discovered his adoration of Napoleon, a classmate from Australia gave him the nickname, 'Nappy.'
Caption: In most former British Commonwealth sectors, the word also meant 'diaper.'

Panel 3
Pierre, now looking defanged, speaks quietly to Guy, who in turn is smiling, looking more relaxed.
Pierre: The Belt has changed you.
Guy (thought): Yes, the Belt has changed me, and I like it.

Panel 4
Smiling Guy lays a friendly hand on his cousin's shoulder.
Guy: Yes, Pierre, and I pray that it will change you, too.