Today on Quantum Vibe: But it can't be her Strip 2259 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Mon 2021-08-09
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.
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
New Scene: Otto at home, sitting at a kitchen breakfast table and looking distraught. Lorelei notices him.
Caption: Not long afterward, at the DeCleyre home:
Otto (muttering): But it can't be her. But she called my name. But it can't be her. But she asked about Monty. But it can't be her.
Panel 2
Lorelei comes over and lays a protective arm across his shoulder. But, he looks away.
Lorelei: Relaxa! Who can't be her, Otto?
Otto: Oh, you don't want to hear about it, you've told me enough times already.
Panel 3
Lorelei takes a seat at the table next to Otto. He's still avoiding her gaze.
Lorelei: I know I've been hard to live with lately, but times are rough for everybody.
Lorelei: Please talk to me, mi Primo Lindo!
Otto: {sigh} It concerns Diana.
Panel 4
Lorelei is suddenly very interested, which is not what Otto expected.
Lorelei: Oh, really? Diana? What happened?
Otto: No eye-roll. You're really interested?
Otto: Or have you upped your sarcasm game?