B022 QoA x NeoScum: Feet Pics for the Hellwasp

> "*Classic. You get dropped in hell. You don't have any idea where you are. You kill a... bull demon? What is this guy?*"
> ― Zenith
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**QoA x NeoScum: Feet Pics for the Hellwasp** is the twenty second bonus episode of Queens of Adventure. It is a cross-over episode with fellow tabletop rpg podcast NeoScum, recorded as part of the Legendary Journey. In it, two pairs of adventurers wake up in Avernus and must find currency to get back home. It was later released as episodes eleven and twelve of Queens of Adventure: Legends.

## Synopsis

*As this episode has been re-released in Queens of Adventure: Legends, the full synopsis has been moved there. This page remains as an archive of the original bonus episode release.*

 Four strangers awake in Avernus, first of the Nine Hells. Butylene O'Kipple and Fraya Love recognize each other, as do Tech Wizard and Zenith. A ferryman greets them, and offers to take them back to the mortal plane, at the cost of one soul coin each. He suggests they can find some at the Hellwasp Hive, floating visibly in the distance.

Upon arriving beneath the hive, Tech Wizard gets stuck in the amber colored bile, which alerts a guardian creature to attack. Fraya manages to convince it they do not plan to take the bile, only want soul coins, and he escorts them up the chains tethering the hive to the ground, expecting them to die inside

Once inside, the four rescue Oriol, a Celestial, and team up with Apocrita, a hellwasp pupae with aspirations to overthrow the queen. Tech Wizard is sent invisibly to steal some royal jelly from the throne room to give to Apocrita to trigger her transfomation. The two Hellwasp Queens do battle as Fraya steals some coins. The battle causes the hive to collapse from the sky. With Oriol and Tech Wizard's flying help, the mortals reach the ground safely.

Apocrita, victorious, escorts them back to the ferry where they pay for passage back to the mortal world. Returned to their realm, Tech Wizard and Zenith think all of this was only a Dak Fuel fueled drug trip.

### Characters

#### Party

Queens of Adventure:

* Butylene O'Kipple - tiefling alchemist
	+ Hella FizzGerald - familiar
* Fraya Love - water genasi cleric

NeoScum:

* Tech Wizard - human wizard - Casey Toney
* Zenith - human warlock - Blair Britt
	+ Sprite familiar

#### NPCs

* Pants Goblin
* Ferryman
* Oriol
* Apocrita
* Queen Hellwasp

## Episode Notes

### Lore

* In Avernus, a circle of hell, they use a currency called Soul Coins.

### Inspiration Earned

* Tech Wizard - for incorporating feet pics into mission

### Memorable Quotes

* "The only thing that could make my character lamer is a pair of goggles on my head." - "Oh, and the DM slowly removes the goggles from his head." - Casey Toney and DM Matt
* "Dude who are these crazy people?" - "I don't know, but where are my pants?" - Fraya Love and Butylene O'Kipple
* "What's tech?" - "I feel like in some other context I would know what that word is." - "I feel like even in that other context it still wouldn't make as much sense as it should." - Butylene O'Kipple, Zenith, and Tech Wizard
* "And how much is infinity? Should we pool our money and see if we have that?" - Zenith
* "As a drag queen I do love a massive bee hive." - Butylene O'Kipple
* "You just have to sell some feet pictures on twitter, it's fine." - Fraya Love
* "You do not have to leave me behind just because of him." - Zenith
* "You two are already a better friend to me than him. Please don't leave me." - Tech Wizard
* "The Great Old One moves in mysterious ways, and I don't remember all of the ways." - Zenith
* "You find a rusty scimitar." - "COOL! What's a scimitar?" - DM Matt and Fraya Love
* "That's the kind of smile that turns into a satisfying frown when you roll a natural 20"
* "Don't mind if I imbue." - Butylene O'Kipple
* "Oh god, my mouth was open!" - "Oh god, I can feel your mouth!" - Fraya Love and Tech Wizard
* "Woah, how did you know exactly what we're here for?" - "Because we asked" - Tech Wizard and Zenith
* "She's not really a fan of her mom. They have a very complicated dynamic." - "She was *just* born!" - "I don't think it takes that long to develop a complicated relationship with your mom." Butylene O'Kipple, Fraya Love, and Tech Wizard
* "I swear to god, this guy has gotten so many people killed this way." - Zenith

### References

* Styxx and Journey
* Siri
* Groupon
* Twitter
* Trixie Mattel's "Oh Honey"
* Moulin Rouge
* Elmer Fudd
* Britney Spears
* Hollywood Walk of Fame
* Junji Ito
* Oreos
* Fruit Gushers

## Behind the Queens

In the intro and outro, DM Matt warns of the upcoming renumbering and renaming of the main feed episodes coming in March 2020. He also announces changes to the patreon tiers coming the same month. Lastly, he mentions the cross over episodes in the One Shot network's feed, starting with Minimum Rage Part 1.

Fraya references both her having a large amount of gold and jewels, and Butylene's lack of soul.

Blair Britt and Casey Toney's characters come from their NeoScum podcast, which uses the ShadowRun rpg. For this game their characters have been translated into D&D versions of themselves.

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