Today on Quantum Vibe: No ordinary elevator Strip 1252 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2016-01-08
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Lea Jean Badelles Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Hu Iz Alyss Roaz?
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
Diana looks unsteady on her feet. Bok and Zander also look alarmed.
Diana: Feels like we're still accelerating down?
Bok: Ungh. My stomach ...
Zander: I don't think this is an ordinary elevator.
Alyss: Needs … time … pressurize
Panel 2
The elevator door slides open. From this angle we can't see much out of it, but Bok and Zander can.
SFX: WHSSHHHT!!
Bok: What the flork …
Zander: It doesn't feel like we've stopped.
Panel 3
Diana steps very carefully and unsteadily out of the elevator into a room very different from the one the'd just left.
Diana: This is crazy. I fee like I only weigh 10 or 12 kiis.
Diana: Where the feek are we?
Panel 4
Bok follows Diana out, carrying a nearly-unconscious Alyss in his arms
Bok: I don't know, but we've all lost a lot of weight.
Bok: Which does make it easier to carry Alyss, but still.
Zander: Easy does it.
Panel 5
They stand around in a large, gleaming-clean room, taking it all in.
Zander: I don't know where we are, but I'm sure of one thing:
Zander: We're not on Zytemode anymore.
Alyss: {moan} medical … emergency ...
Panel 6
A medi-bot suddenly rolls in from around a corner, startling Bok, Zander and Diana.
Medi-bot: What is the nature of your medical emergency?