Strip 370 -- First Seen: 2010-02-12
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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
We are back at Arana Awatere's theme park. Doris and Fiorella are just leaving Arana's office after their conference. They are moving along a corridor, pulling themselves along in zero-gee via hand-grips in the walls. Buzz is flying along ahead of them.

Doris: So Arana told us to 'get out there and enjoy' ourselves.

Doris: I don't know about you, but I'd like to get a few hours of sleep before we sally forth.

Panel 2
They continue along the corridor. We see them passing an intersection.

Fiorella: No argument from me.

Fiorella: Buzz, is there someplace we can sleep for a bit?

Panel 3
The girls pause, eyes widening, as Buzz turns to answer them.

Buzz: Yes, Fiorella. Arana has put the presidential suite at your disposal.

Panel 4
Same shot. The girls cast sideways glances at each other as Buzz turns to lead the way.

Buzz: Please follow me.

Panel 5
Very large panel, taking entire remainder of page. Allow space for a small inset Panel 6 in the lower right.

Buzz leads the girls into a hangar, filled with a variety of fanciful flying passenger vehicles. Included are a mechanical winged horse, a 2/3-scale model of Baron von Richtofen's red tri-plane ('the bloody Red Baron'), the Wright Brother's plane, the Apollo lunar lander, a flying carpet, a flying saucer, a convincing 'magic cloud,' something that looks like a giant version of Buzz with 'Buzz Bomb' stenciled on the side,and if there's room, any other fanciful conveyance you can think of.

This is a zero-gee area, full of handrails to assist in human movement. The room is hexagonal, with no particular 'floor'. The aircraft appear to be sitting on walls, ceiling, etc.

Buzz: Doris and Fiorella, these are personal vehicles for use within the park's airskin.

Buzz: Are there any craft here that appeal to you?

Panel 6
Close-up of Doris, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

Doris: Oh, yeah.