Strip 797 -- First Seen: 2011-09-23
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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
Medium panel. Reggie and Babbette are still at the observation window (we can see other passengers there now, gazing outward as the ship launches). R and B are standing close, his arm around her back, her head resting against his neck.
SFX: RRRROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRR
Reggie: Here we go …
Babbette (small font): Ramming speed!

Panel 2
Close 2-shot of Babbette and Reggie, she's looking excitedly outward, he's glancing down at her with a smile.
Reggie: {sigh}
Reggie: Everything old is new again.

Panel 3
Vignette of the Airship H-82, reaching lengthways across the page. Panel borders for the next three panels radiate from underneath the airship, indicating the different places over which the dirigible passes.
Caption: The great airship swept gracefully outward and downward to glide just below the crater rim, over a variety of Terran-like landscapes:
Panel 4
A Tyrolean village with a ski slope rising in the background.
Caption: Faux Tyrolean villages with ski slopes.
Panel 5
A Mediterranean villa on a rocky (25-meter) bluff overlooking a small sandy beach on the lake. We can see some more similar structures among trees in the background.
Caption: Mediterranean villas with white sand beaches.

Panel 6
A Shinto temple, surrounded by Japanese-type flora.
Caption: A Shinto temple.

Panel 7
Leave 3/8 inch of open space at the bottom of the page. Into this space I will insert the caption:
Caption: It was a striking testament to just how well the super rich could live when they pulled out all the stops.