Seattle in Chicago - Part Two

> "*Nine plus seven is... a number. Sixteen!" \*laughter\* "But was I wrong? It's a number!"*"
> ― Fraya Love
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**Seattle in Chicago - Part Two** is the twenty fourth episode of Queens of Adventure: Legends. It is a recording of a live show hosted at Mary's Attic in Chicago. In it, Bootie and the Hofish complete a quest in the Fae wilds.

## Summary

*Previously: Bootie and the Hofish performed at the annual Fall Faerie Festival. Queen Titania sent them on a quest to fetch the last of the pumpkin spice. After encountering several fae creatures, and befriending some hags, they have entered a cave.*

 As they approach the end of the cave, Arson Nicki brushes her foot against a mushroom. It cries out. Looking around more closely the group realizes they interrupted a mushroom orgy. One presses a switch, revealing a ramp and a massive round mushroom that begins rolling towards them.

Fraya Love uses her *animal handling* to ride the dog they befriended earlier, which she names Rufus, down towards the end of the tunnel. Arson throws a tantrum at the horny mushrooms, *intimidating* them out of the way. Using her knowledge of *nature,* Butylene O'Kipple sees the weak spot on the giant mushroom (with her newly gained third eye) and spin kicks it so it shatters.

Continuing on, they arrive at a forest glade. As they reach a bend, runes on the ground surround them in a magical barrier. A satyr and various other fae animals approach them. They heard a group of performers were heading this way and say they will release the queens if they will perform songs composed by their friends. There is a mouse in a polka dot dress, a floppy eared dog in a hat, and a duck in a sailor suit shirt.

The queens take poses and take turns lip syncing to the songs, and the runes vanish. Arson books it before she is forced to do that again.

They continue until they emerge from the forest into a large pumpkin patch. Fraya grabs a pumpkin, and its vine runs across the patch to a massive 30 foot tall scarecrow. It feels her tugging on the vine and it turns towards the queens. Crows from all around the field fly to its head and form a massive beehive wig as it raises its fist to attack.

Arson casts *Samantha's Curse* by faux crying, then summons her pact weapon as a vibrating boomerang. She throws it twice, the second one doing critical damage, before giggling. The scarecrow reacts by picking up the murder of crows wig at her. Arson manages to avoid them as they embed in the ground all around her.

Fraya uses *bane* to curse the scarecrow and then hurls her trident, getting a second action by sneezing. It bursts through the center of the Scarecrow. Rufus the dog lunges and bites the scarecrows leg.

The scarecrow sends out vines that grab Fraya and drag her down into the ground up to her neck.

Butylene adds the sleep weed into one of her bombs which she throws at the scarecrow. It bursts into flame, as does Butylene with her *flames of Phlegethos*.

As the scarecrow throws down its arm at the party, and the queens dodge, Queen Titania's voice says the group has misplaced something. The frozen arcane vapor appears in front of Butylene who thaws it with her flaming body just before the fists slams down on her. The vapor bursts the scarecrow apart.

The group gathers themselves and sees a giant pumpkin across a dry river bed. They head over and find a face carved into it. The face turns to them and says he is out of spice, as he has been down in the dumps. Fraya gives him instructions for how to spice up her life, as Rufus demonstrates.

The pumpkin lifts them up to a platform and asks them to perform for him to cheer him up. Music rises and the group performs one last number. Delighted, pumpkin spice flows from the pumpkin down the dry river bed as snowflakes begin to drop. Arson falls down trying to catch one on her tongue. Fraya shapes the snowflakes into a faux fur coat after a bad slant rhyme.

Titania appears, descending from the clouds, and says she is amused. She says they may invite this group back again someday. Butylene throws the horny mushrooms from her pouch out into the air. Titania asks them for their wishes.

Fraya wishes for a wyvern, which manifests out of the snow (a turquoise to seafoam blue hombre). Arson wishes to end world hunger and Butylene wishes the President would be impeached and incarcerated immediately.

A banquet appears alongside the wyvern, which Titania names Odin. In the wyverns jaw is a long red necktie.

###  Characters

#### Party

* Arson Nicki - drider warlock
* Butylene O'Kipple - tiefling alchemist
* Fraya Love - Water Genasi cleric

#### NPCs

* Rufus the Dog
* Satyr

* Fae Animals
	+ Fae Cats
	+ Mouse in Skirt
	+ Dog in Hat
	+ Duck in Sailor Suit

* Hags: Beatrice, Madame, and Lansbury
* Dumpy Pumpkin
* Queen Titania
* Various Fall Faerie Festival Attendees
* Odin the Wyvern

#### Monsters/Enemies

* Mushroom Orgy
* Giant Scarecrow

#### Live Show Roles

* DM Matt
* Dice Boy Diggory

## Episode Notes

###  Lore

* At the annual Fall Faerie Festival, Queen Titania challenges teams of mortals to entertain her people by seeking out the last of the annual Pumpkin Spice.

### Inspiration Earned

* All Three - Posing before the surprise lip sync
* Butylene - "Oh my gourd!" pun

### Memorable Quotes

* "Hell yeah I'm gonna ride the dog!" - Fraya Love
* "9 plus 7 is... a number. 16. ... But was I wrong? It is a number." - Fraya Love
* "Look, I know you are horny but you need to respect my space and clear this path so I can get the fuck out of here!" - Arson Nicki
* "To destroy this six foot mushroom tip heading my way without consent. Consent is mandatory." - Butylene O'Kipple
* "And that, everybody, is how the patriarchy fell apart." - Fraya Love
* "Problematic Ru-nes glow around you." - DM Matt
* "Is this pumpkin patch actually a lot of red heads?" - Fraya Love
* "So you've got a vibrating boomerang which you throw..." - "Aren't you jealous?" - DM Matt and Arson Nicki
* "I've gotta tell you, Chicago has made me a different person!" - Arson Nicki
* "I'm allergic to basic bitch so I sneeze on the pumpkin spice." - Fraya Love
* "You know I'm going to have to call my boyfriend after this." - "What is he going to beat me up for being mean to the dog?" - "Well he is a Seattle Leather Daddy so... he just might. But only if I let him and you consent." - Fraya Love and DM Matt
* "And I got 8 hit points back. Cause I am, what? Thinking ahead." - Arson Nicki
* "I mean, I can create food and water so I could have just made it myself from the very beginning, but I wanted to take yours." - Fraya Love
* "Girl you're talking to a millennial. I wanted to die twelve years ago." - Fraya Love
* "I'm just curious what a spider's snow angel looks like." - Butylene O'Kipple
* "Arson you see her first as you're on your back... as usual." - DM Matt

### References

* Redbull
* Dominoes Pizza and the Noid
* Ugg Boots
* RuPaul
* Minnie Mouse, Goofy Dog, and Donald Duck
* Dragula
* Rue McClanahan
* Vine and TikTok
* Toto - Wizard of Oz
* Samantha Jones - Sex and the City
* Eeyore
* Lady Gaga Joanne hats
* Celine Dion

### Name That Tune

* "What A Man" - Minnie Mouse
* "Blue" - Goofy
* "Simple and Clean" - Donald Duck
* "We All Sleep Alone" - Cher
* "Holding Out for A Hero" - Bonnie Rait
* "Spice Up Your Life" - Spice Girls
* "Dog Days are Over" - Florence and the Machine (Finale lipsync)

## Behind the Queens

This episode was recorded in Chicago as part of the kickstarter backed Legendary Journey. It was previously released as Bonus Episode 29.

In the mid-episode ad break, DM Matt reminds listeners that the shows will be going on hiatus after this episode. He recommends listeners check out NeoScum, another actual play podcast that crossed over with Queens of Adventure during the same Legendary Journey to Chicago.

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**Hang Ten**: Part One -- Part Two
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**Children of the Cornball**: Part One - Part Two
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The Day of the Lepus - Camp Crystal Light - Children of the Cornball
**Legendary Journey to the Midwest** Chicago Style - Seattle Style - Minneapolis Style
**Convention Panels** RuPaul's DragCon 2018 - Pax West 2018 - PAX West 2019 - Gaylaxicon 2019 - PAX Online 2020
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