Today on Quantum Vibe: Tell us a story Strip 2488 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Mon 2024-07-08
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.
Panel 1
Alyss, surrounded by her grandchildren
Alyss: So, what do you want to do today?
Two of the younger kids: Tell us a story!
General: A story! A story!
Panel 2
Alyss, with Alphonse in the panel
Alyss: Okay, okay, what story would you like to hear?
Alphonse: The story of Novo Palermo.
Panel 3
Alyss’ demeanor suddenly darkens.
Alyss: Novo Palermo? Alphonse, you know how that ends ...
Alphonse: I think Pietro and Melissa are old enough, now.
Alphonse: And, it’s an important part of family history.
Panel 4
Alyss is sitting there with Pietro and Melissa on her lap.
Alyss: Very well, children, get comfortable, because this story is a bit long.
Alyss: It all started almost 400 years ago ...
Pietro: Four Hundred Years?
Melissa: How old are you, Abuela?
Panel 5
Alyss and the kids
Alyss: That’s not a polite question to ask, Melissa.
Alyss: But, I’ll tell you that I am now 535 Standard Years old.
One of the younger kids: Woah!
Panel 6
Alyss and the kids settle in for the story.
Alyss: It was 100 years after I co-invented the Displacement Engine.
Alyss: Humanity was spreading through the cosmos, and … your Abuelo Situ and I decided it was time to join them ...