Today on Quantum Vibe: Unexpected attachment Strip 539 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2013-02-14
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.
Kickstarter successful and closed [ May 19, 2026 ]
The Kickstarter campaign for Not-Safe.Space Chapter 3 concluded successfully on April 21, and Scott extended the time allowed for late pledges until May 19.
Books have been ordered from the printer and Scott will be spending the next week or so setting up and sending the PDF files to those who asked for them.
(There are still six of you who have not responded to the survey asking for e-mail and snail-mail addresses, he'll do the best he can.)
Panel 1
The drama ended, the queue to the gate continues. Seamus is almost at the gate now, and is a bit shaken.
Seamus (thought): Good goddard! That was a fright.
Seamus (thought): Why am I so on-edge lately?
Panel 2
Seamus hands his boarding pass to the gate minder.
Seamus (thought): Is this an effect of my last rejuv?
Seamus (thought): Or is it just the accumulated stress of dealing with these children?
Gate minder: Thank you, sir.
Panel 3
Now seated on the shuttle-bus, Seamus looks out the small porthole as he ponders.
Seamus (thought): I hadn't really thought I'd become so attached to Nicole.
Seamus (thought): Even though she caries some of my genes, she isn't my daughter in any meaningful sense.
Panel 4
Close-up on Seamus, chin resting on his palm, gazing out the porthole; a solitary tear streams down his cheek.
Seamus: It's just that ... she reminds me so much of ... of ...