Strip 830 -- First Seen: 2011-11-22
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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
Babbette and Reggie still looking at the lake. More of a side view this time, so we can see their faces and also numerous buildings along the near part of the crater wall. (Note – where the Otaared structures tended to be fancy and ostentatious, the Chao Meng-Fu buildings are mostly smaller-scaled, with architectures ranging from neo-Victorian to brownstone to cubistic to retro-futuristic. A very eclectic mix.
Reggie: When I lived in San Francisco, I used to go day sailing inside and outside the Bay.
Panel 2
Babbette and Reggie stroll away arm-in-arm down a boardwalk, the lake on one side and various buildings on the other.
Reggie: Whatever else we do here, I want to take some time to sail this little sea, with thee, my lady.
Panel 3
Babbette and Reggie approach a three-story building, with three signs. On the second floor, the sign reads 'The Above Stairs Inn'. On the first floor are two signs. The first floor has a broader storefront on the left side with a large plate-glass window with a painted-on sign reading 'Below Stairs Café' and to the right, an ordinary door and small window and a smaller sign reading, 'Below Stairs Tattler.'
Caption: They had made reservations at the Above Stairs Inn – a modest, but clean, boarding house for transients.
Caption: The Inn sat above the offices of the Below Stairs Tattler, just the place Reggie wanted to visit.