Strip 100 - Click on page above to goto the next page. -- First Seen: 2009-01-30
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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
Wide panel. Logo will run across the top of the page this time.

We are back at the Ceres Spaceport Terminal. Guy is preparing to leave, and an informal farewell committee is there to see him off: Reggie, Bert, Ernie, Babbette the Younger (wearing her ‘Agent’ cap), Lorna, also Emily Rose, her younger brother Billy and his friend Wally. Fiorella will also show up but she’s not in the initial shot. Reggie is dressed as he was during the last scene, and is holding out a white gift box. The box is about 60cm long, a bit less than 30cm wide and 6cm thick.

Caption: As Guy Caillard departs for Terra, an informal farewell committee is on hand to see him off.

Reggie: Before you go, Special Agent Caillard, we wish to offer you a token of our esteem and appreciation.

Panel 2

Medium shot of Reggie. He is opening the box with a flourish, revealing is contents – a long, black, silken triangular flag. The hoist end is emblazoned with a golden crown. Extending towards the fly end, in gold letters of decreasing size, are the words ‘World Ceres.’

Reggie: We give you our national flag, the World Ceres Pennant.

Panel 3
Medium shot of Guy, now holding the opened box and looking at the gift warmly. He is visibly moved. We see a partial silhouette of Fiorella, standing behind him.

Guy: Thank you, Your Majesty. I am honored and shall treasure your gracious gift always.

Guy (2): I …

Panel 4

Close 2-shot of Guy and Fiorella. She has laid a hand on his shoulder to get his attention, and he turns to look at her in surprise. (She is dressed in Cererean clothes, and has a pistol on her hip, but we won’t see all of that until the last panel.

Guy: … I …
Panel 5
Fiorella embraces Guy, kissing him passionately.

No dialog.

Panel 6
Maintain close-up. They break the kiss, and Fiorella speaks.

Fiorella: Come back.

Panel 7
Wide shot. As Guy looks on slack-jawed, and everyone else looks on appreciatively, Fiorella strides away with all the ease of a life-long Cererean.

Announcer (electronic): This is your final boarding call for Burner 23 bound for Terra. Final boarding call.

Caption: Not the end.