Strip 820 -- First Seen: 2011-11-08
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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.

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
Looking past Pete and Naveed from behind, at the comm screen, upon which we can now see Pablo Rosenberg's hearing room. (We can also see some other bar patrons in the extreme sides of the panel). On the screen, the camera takes in several people seated in rows arranged to face Pablo's desk at the far end. Pablo is standing behind his desk, his hands raised half-high.
Pete: Considering how much he charges for refreshments ...
Voice (OP): Shush! It's getting started!
Pablo: (from screen): Okay everybody, let's settle down and take our seats ...
Panel 2
Close-up on the screen, featuring Pablo now seated behind his desk. We can see the backs of a few people's heads in the lower foreground of the screen.
Pablo: So, we have a case of the killing of a human being, to wit, Sv Anton Sherwood.
Pablo: Sv Emily Rose has filed a confession to the killing.

Panel 3
The panel now becomes the screen. Pablo and his desk fill the screen.
Pablo: The question before this hearing is to what degree she is liable for damages.
Pablo: Sv Rose is representing herself.
Pablo: Sv Sherwood is represented by Guy Caillard, as a member of the Speakers for the Dead, Civil Liberties Union.

Panel 4
Cut back to the table with Pete and Naveed. Pete is looking disappointed. Naveed glances sharply sideways at Pete.
Pete: Aw, I was hoping it'd be Merry Petzger for the dead. She's a real crack-up.
Naveed: I think this case is no laughing matter.