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First Seen: Mon 2021-05-03
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Dark plans fall like thunderbolts.
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.
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Transcript For Strip 2226
Panel 1Medium shot of Alyss in her chair with Michael in her lap. He's 'awake' again.
Michael: That Falstaff is such a supercilious twerp. Why can't we get news from Bolivar Clark?
Alyss: 'Bok' left town almost a cycle ago, said he was following a big story.
Panel 2
Cut to: Albert Montoya is on a by-way in some middling town on a planet (we can see a couple of moons in the background sky) talking to an Old Codger. Alyss speaks one line from a cameo inset:
Alyss: He didn't say where … and I'm a bit worried about him.
Albert: So, you're sure they said KannT'nkRiss?
Old Codger: No, dadgummit.
Panel 3
Medium close-up on Albert and the Old Codger.
Old Codger: Dey shayd, shewuza cantankrus brawad.
Old Codger: Budshe toll Geartrood shewuz stainin Argwotts.
Old Codger: Cantya unnerstan Loowanee?
Panel 4
Looking at Albert and the Old Codger from a distance, we see the same gent who we saw tailing Albert previously, discreetly loitering around the corner.
Albert: I'm sorry, sir, this is my first visit to New Charlotte. I'm unaccustomed to your dialect of Loony.
Old Codger: Sunya badder larn daloco lingo ifya wanna shtay lawng.
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