Strip 752 -- First Seen: 2011-07-22
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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
In Reggie and Babbette's hotel suite. It's a goodly-sized, 4-star hotel room, with a king-sized bed (coverings now completely disheveled), a work desk with chair (to the right), another overstuffed chair (to the left), and a wet-bar. Along one wall are glass doors to a balcony which overlooks Central Park, although we don't have to see it in the first panel. Currently, Babbette is lounging in the overstuffed chair, wearing a dressing gown which reveals as much as it conceals, sipping on a frozen margarita. Reggie is standing at the desk, looking at a 22-inch holo-display being projected from a holo-strip on the desktop.
Babbette: Cloud yachts?
Reggie: Yes! We can rent a cloud yacht and explore around in the atmosphere!
Panel 2
Reggie has walked over to where Babbette is seated, and looks excited. Babbette looks dubious about the subject, and continues sipping on her margarita.
Babbette: Which is just a yellowish mist.
Babbette: Oh goodie, sounds fascinating.

Panel 3
Medium 2-shot of Babbette and Reggie.
Reggie: No, it's more than that, I've read about it.
Reggie: There are yellow clouds and white clouds.

Panel 4
Reggie shifts into sales-pitch mode. Babbette is looking even more dubious.
Reggie: There are cloud canyons many kilometers deep.
Reggie: Areas where the clouds are so dense, day turns into night.
Reggie: Sometimes the sky is deepest blue and sometimes a bright canary color.
Reggie: We can ride through lightning storms.

Panel 5
Close 2-shot, Reggie is leaning in close to Babbette, who now seems to be gazing at something far away.
Reggie: And maybe we'll see some Venusian life.

Panel 6
Same shot, pulled back a little. Babbette is smiling an enigmatic smile. Reggie looks at her knowingly – he has won her over.
No dialog.