Strip 932 -- First Seen: 2012-04-12
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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.

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
Aerial shot of the Forbidden Castle, back at SkyLand.
Caption (top of panel): Once in orbit, Mac, Nisa, Bert and Ernie transferred back to Zeke, to catch the next ferry to SkyLand, while the rest flew straight to the Park in Free Bird.
Caption (bottom of panel): In the Forbidden Castle, Tobi called an informal 'after-action' debriefing.

Panel 2
Tobi's living room, as before. Assembled are Mac, Nisa, Bert, Ernie, Drenkowski, Arana, Tobi, Nowra and Neanne. Nowra and Neanne are sitting together, holding hands, with Neanne's head resting on one of Nowra's shoulders, while 'Gerald' the lyrebird sits on Nowra's other shoulder. Everyone's in casual clothes, and in a relaxed repose.
Tobi: So Nowra, just how did you manage to disarm the guard and escape?
Nowra: Well, sir ...

Panel 3
Looking past Tobi at Nowra, with Gerald perched on his shoulder.
Tobi: Tobi.
Nowra: Well, Tobi, Gerald here, is a dwarf lyrebird, or Weringerong, as we call them.
Nowra: His full name is 'Gerald McBoing-Boing.'

Panel 4
Medium-close 2-shot of Nowra and Gerald, focusing on the bird.
Nowra: Lyrebirds are great mimics. They can reproduce any sound from a comm ringtone to a chainsaw.
Nowra: You should check them out in the Tanglepedia and YouTube.