Strip 827 -- First Seen: 2011-11-17
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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 the hearing room, Emily finishes her response to Pablo's previous question. She's still looking defensive, but a tear is falling down one cheek. Behind Emily, we can see Madame Defarge, still knitting, still listening intently. We can see the back of Pablo's head in the right foreground.
Emily: I feel terrible, but I was trying to do the right thing!
Pablo: The 'right thing' being, kill him so he couldn't 'weasel out of'' punishment?

Panel 2
Medium shot of Emily, looking as much like she's convincing herself as she is anybody else.
Emily: I – I ... yeah, that was the right thing if he was guilty.

Panel 3
Medium close-up on Pablo, wearing an accusatory but otherwise calm expression.
Pablo: Please Emily, you killed a man, because you were angry and vengeful, not because it was the right thing to do.

Panel 4
Full shot of Emily, seated in her chair with arms folded across her stomach, looking at the floor in front of her, rocking back and forth. In the audience behind her, Madame Defarge is looking at her knitting.
Pablo (OP): You were wrong, and a man died.