Today on Quantum Vibe: Revolution Strip 625 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2013-06-20
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.
Panel 1
In the left foreground, in realspace, Murphy and Nicole sit looking entranced. In the background, Nigel and Buford are sitting on the other bed, watching them.
Nigel: How much of a risk is Murphy really taking?
Buford: I don't know, but she's usually not prone to exaggerate.
Panel 2
Two-shot of Nigel and Buford. Nigel looks troubled.
Nigel: I … she seems to be going to great lengt's to help strangers.
Buford: She's not doing t'is for you, she's doing it for me.
Buford: She feels she owes me a debt.
Panel 3
Nigel looks at Buford inquiringly.
Nigel: A debt? For what?
Buford: I … well, on Huoxing I caught a baseline starting to rape her, and ... I stopped him.
Nigel: Couldn't she defend herself? She seems quite capable …
Buford: On Huoxing arti-folk are property, and can't defend themselfs.
Panel 4
Nigel looks thoughtful.
Nigel: Our kind were 'property' once.
Nigel: Maybe it's past time Huoxing had a revolution.
Buford: Yeah, well, sometimes revolution begins at home.