[sillysadass]

It was a foolish option to venture out here without preparing. Vespa realized that. The cold harshness of the kingdom's edge tore at him like a stick in a hurricane. His grassy cloak blew in the storm, giving little protection from the freezing winds. It was rare for a colony bug like him to be sentient, especially with the queen still alive and uninfected. He scanned his surroundings before opening a tattered mask he bought from a traveling cartographer. That couldn't be right. The surroundings didn't show up on the map. Vespa closed his map and assumed he was already outside of Hallownest until a primal aspid corpse greeted him. Its bright orange acid sac slashed open and leaking as if someone had freshly slain the creature. "Still inside..." Vespa muttered to himself, his mandibles completely numb.

He was about to press on traveling until the wind picked up in his wings and dragged him several feet across the mountain. The chitin on his back scraping against the compact snow and ice. Once he was able to regain himself from the powerful blast, he decided it was best if he took cover. Somewhere in the distance, he saw a cave that would serve as perfect cover from the storm. Thanking the slumbering gods, he quickly ran for dear life, nearly collapsing when he finally made it inside. The cave was definitely sturdy and kept out all the wind, and hail, and ice. It was deep too, almost intimidatingly deep. It felt like someone was here, and probably wouldn't react kindly to an intruding creature. He looked towards the deeper grotto of the cave, walking towards it cautiously.