Today on Quantum Vibe: Spare brain Strip 907 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2014-08-22
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Quantum Vibe
A thousand years in the future, humanity has colonized worlds in nearly
100 galaxies, thanks to Quantum Vibremonic technologies developed five
centuries earlier. Other new technologies have created various
off-shoots of humanity and extended life expectancies five-fold. The
story begins with how a mad scientist and his plucky assistant, along
with their robot friend, brought humanity to the stars, and continues
with the adventures of some unique people in fantastic places.
What Comes Next [ Mar 18, 2024 ]
The war is over, but This Means War has a ways to go. Novo Paolo/Bubbleopolis is still in a nebula/stellar nursery, no one knows what happened to the planet Sharen (center of the Intergalactic Council), and the status of the now-surrendered Invaders is yet to be resolved. What will they do when they learn their homeworld is basically destroyed? Will Alyss and Li be re-united? How about Diana (the real one) and Otto?
These questions will be resolved in the next few weeks, before This Means War part 3 wraps in late May.
After that, I plan to go BACK in time about 400 years, to when Alyss and Li left their home in the Sol System to colonize a new world on the far side of the galaxy. As one might expect, hijinks ensue. New subtitle yet to be determined, start date sometime in around the start of July. Stay tuned!
Panel 1
Nicole jumps back in fright. Murphy smiles gently at her.
Nicole: MURPHY!!!
Nicole: You're … you're not … I mean ...
Panel 2
Nicole steps cautiously back towards the table, as Murphy, while not anything aside from her eyes and mouth, speaks to her.
Murphy: I'm back. After a fashion.
Murphy: Although I'm not exactly the same me I was before.
Nicole: Huh?
Panel 3
Looking past Nicole at Murphy.
Murphy: My old brain was destroyed, as you probably know.
Murphy: Turns out Seamus had a spare.
Nicole: A spare brain? Who the hell carries around a spare brain?
Panel 4
Seamus appears in an entryway.
Seamus: Someone who is very old, and has very important work to be done.
Nicole: Seamus!
Panel 5
Seamus, Murphy, Nicole. Murphy has not moved.
Seamus: I had been preparing it for emergency uploading, in case I suffer some mishap.
Seamus: But considering the service Murphy has done both of us, I reckoned she should have it instead.
Nicole: Why can't she move?
Panel 6
Same shot.
Seamus: It takes time to integrate something as complex as a new brain into an android body.
Seamus: Murphy has to learn how to move her body all over again.
Murphy (to Seamus): I think I'm ready to try again.
Panel 7
Same shot, Seamus has moved his hand to the back of her head.
Seamus: Very well, engaging your motor-cortex interface now.
Seamus: Try raising your left arm straight up.
Panel 8
Murphy's arm swings wildly and smacks Nicole in the face.
Seamus: Hmmm. You need more time.
Murphy: Sorry!
SFX: BAPF!
Nicole: OW!