QoA x NeoScum: Feet Pics for the Hellwasp - Part Two

> "*I swear to god this guy has gotten so many people killed this way.*"
> ― Zenith
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**QoA x NeoScum: Feet Pics for the Hellwasp - Part Two** is the twelfth episode of Queens of Adventures: Legends. It is the second part of the first crossover with the cast of NeoScum. In it, the four mortals try to steal soul coins from a Hellwasp hive.

## Summary

Previously: *Butylene O'Kipple, Fraya Love, Tech Wizard, and Zenith*, *awoke on the banks of the river Styx in Avernus, first of the nine hells. They journeyed to a hellwasp hive in order to steal soul coins, a currency needed to pay the Ferryman to take them back to the mortal plane.*

 Entering the hive, they find a chamber, littered with mangled armors. Most of the wall are cells covered by the amber material, with writhing shapes inside. In another chamber is a celestial being, secured up to her shoulders in the bile. She, Oriol, asks them to free her before the pupae hatch and she will help them find Soul Coins. Zenith frees her with *gaseous form* as well. Fraya slaps him to break his concentration so she reforms, hovering in the air.

Oriol explains the three levels of the hive: The lower feeding chamber, mid incubation chamber, and highest throne room where the Soul Coins would be.

Zenith uses his *awakened mind* ability to communicate with one of the pupae in the walls, asking it for help. It bursts out of the wall. Butylene uses *friend* on itself to further request its help. The pupae offers to help if they help her overthrow the Hellwasp Queen. What she, Apocrita, needs, is for them to help her get the royal jelly from the throne room that will transform into a Queen that could take down the old one. Oriol is wary, but she will help since she owes them.

The group huddles together, and discuss their plan. Fraya worries the pupae would betray them. The group considers stealing royal jelly but not giving it to the pupae. Tech Wizard, knowing she can't concentrate on both *flight* and *invisibility*, asks Butylene to help him with one of them. Butylene gives him a potion to 'get her high'. It causes Tech to fly, and he casts *invisibility* on himself. As he ascends, the others begin to climb out of this chamber, as they hear other wasps approaching. Oriol carries Apocrita.

The next chamber is full of more wriggling creatures in cells. They ascend further. Zenith telepathically tells Tech he should try to eat some of the royal jelly. Butylene gives him a turkey baster/syringe to gather jelly with.

Tech arrives in the next chamber, and sees Soul Coins embedded in the walls. There are also blue veins running through the walls. In the center is a bone throne with the Queen Hellwasp seated on it. He flies over to a vein and finds the wall very solid. He uses his dagger to open a vein, and for a moment contemplates licking the blade but it smells foul. As he sucks up some jelly, the wall begins to shake. He flies down to the others.

Apocrita is unimpressed with the quantity, but consumes the jelly. Instantly she begins to grow and transform from pupae to hellwasp. Using *zone of truth* spell, Fraya gets Apocrita to confirm her intentions to help the group. She says she will help as long as they prove useful. Tech casts *invisibility* on her and she scuttles up into the throne chamber. They hear the walls tear, and a gulping sound, and frantic movements. The hive begins to shake.

The group climbs up to investigate. The Hellwasp Queen grapples an unseen attacker. Their battle causes the walls to shatter and fall apart. Fraya runs to a crack and finds three Soul Coins inside, resisting the mental agony and pain of the souls inside. She dodges as the fighting queens slam against the wall next to her. The wall falls away from the hive to the ground far below. She reaches into the newly broken wall and takes three more coins.

Apocrita, becomes visible as she begins to cast a spell, looking beaten up. Butylene uses her *healing tongue pop.* Fraya casts *thunder wave* and it hurts most of her companions. The concussive force knocks several of her friends into the air as the roof of the throne room bursts apart. The hive begins to fall as the queens continue to fall.

As Zenith falls, he *intimidates* Oriol to come save him. She swoops over and grabs him. Butylene uses her knowledge of *nature* to skillfully free dive as Tech swoops to grab her in a bear hug. The two of them splash land in the river safely. Fraya uses her *perception* to find sections of the papery wasp hive walls to use as a parachute. With them she makes a rough landing, but survives. The hive crashes and explodes nearby. Oriol lands with Zenith near Fraya, a short walk from the river.

Fraya tries to deceive about how many coins she got, but Zenith sees through it. The old Hellwasp Queen falls dead near them as Apocrita hovers nearby. She is larger and more defined and accompanied by other wasps. Apocrita offers them all a ride to the ferryman. Fraya and Zenith *deceives* her into giving them five Soul Coins. Apocrita tells them they have earned a powerful ally, and thinks the group could stay here and become a fierce group of Hell Pirates with all their soul coins. She suggests they go to a wandering market.

The group declines the offer, but thanks her. The wasps carry them to the Ferryman as Oriol flies alongside them. Fraya pays the Ferryman with only four coins, keeping two for herself. Tech gives the Ferryman one as a tip (still near the sign saying Four people for one coin).

Heading across the river, a fog descends thickly. Tech says he can trust them: Tech stands for Technically a Wizard. Butylene stares longingly, goes in for a hug. But they melt away.

Butylene and Fraya head to adventures unknown. Tech and Zenith appear in a rowboat in their world, saying how crazy that Dak juice was.

### Characters

####  Party

Queens of Adventure:

* Butylene O'Kipple - tiefling alchemist
* Fraya Love - water genasi cleric

NeoScum:

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

#### NPCs

* Oriol
* Apocrita
* Queen Hellwasp
* Ferryman

## Episode Notes

### Memorable Quotes

* "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

### References

* Junji Ito
* Oreos
* Fruit Gushers

## Behind the Queens

During the mid episode break, Matt mentions the recent shout out the show got from Critical Role, a massive online DnD franchise, on their new show 'Critter Hugs'.

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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