¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~%§# #§%~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^%§§ §§%^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%@# #@%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### the honey is a condensation of a thick ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~~~~~%@§ liquid, inherent to all mazes. §@%~~~~~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
~~^%@§#### ######################################## ####§@%^~~
¨¨¨~~~~^@§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §@^~~~~¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~%@§§ mainly collected by the lizardfolk of §§@%~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^@§# the kirugu vargir desert, in the #§@^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### underlying tunnels. it's use and ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### possession is illegal within the city. ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^^%%@## ##@%%^^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~^@# #@^~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^%@§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §@%^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ~ properties ~ ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~^@§# #§@^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### the honey is a reddish amber, very ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^@§# viscous (but still pourable). it smells #§@^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### slightly of eucalyptus, and has a ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### mostly bitter taste. ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%§#### ####§%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### it's highly addictive, and possess ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### strong psychotropic effects. ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~%§## ##§%~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~^@§ §@^~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@@§## ~ collection ~ ##§@@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨~~~%§§§ the honey materializes in vaccuums §§§%~~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~^@§ within any labyrinthine space. the more §@^~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### folded and ambiguous, the faster it ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~^%@## emerges. the cavernous systems under ##@%^~¨¨¨¨
¨~~~~^@@## the desert of kirugu serves this ##@@^~~~~¨
¨~~~~~%%@§ purpose very well - the lizards use §@%%~~~~~¨
¨~~^%@§### pumps to empty small boxes or jars of ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### air, which then are left overnight and ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~^^@@§ harvested the next day. §@@^^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~%§# #§%~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~^%%%§ most spaces are somewhat mazelike, and §%%%^~~¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### it's not uncommon for lizards in kirugu ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@@@## veszelle city to keep a few jars (often ##@@@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### hanged from the ceiling in metal crowns ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### made for this purpose). however, these ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~^@@@# may take weeks to fill. #@@@^~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%§#### ####§%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^@§# #§@^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%%@§§# ~ as a drug ~ #§§@%%^~~¨
¨¨¨~~%@§§# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #§§@%~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~~%%@## ##@%%~~~¨¨
¨~~~~^^^@§ ¨ one spoon ¨ §@^^^~~~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ¨¨¨¨¨ ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~~%§ the drug is used by the lizards in §%~~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~^%@§#### these small (but often continuous) ####§@%^~¨
¨~~^%@§### doses. this heightens the senses ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%§# somewhat but at the cost of a lessened #§%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~~^^@@§§ ability to multi-task - context §§@@^^~~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^@# switching might take longer and be more #@^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### confusing. ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^@§# #§@^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~~~%§ §%~~~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^%§§ ¨ four spoons ¨ §§%^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ¨¨¨¨¨ ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### multitasking becomes very hard (the ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨~~%@@§# thought does not occur). senses more #§@@%~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^@§ acute but "unimportant" (ignored). §@^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### inner perceptions take the upper hand, ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### abstraction and memory faculties are ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~%§ sharpened severely. slight telepathy §%~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~~^^^%@# (mostly moods) with other honey eaters. #@%^^^~~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%@# sense of thirst dissappears. still easy #@%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### to move around the body (if so ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### inclined). ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨~~~^^@§§ §§@^^~~~¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ¨ seven spoons ¨ ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨~~%@§§# ¨¨¨¨¨ #§§@%~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~^%%%§ the honey eater becomes unresponsive to §%%%^~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^%§§ normal stimuli, but able to override §§%^~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^@@§ their own senses with dreamlike §@@^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### imagery. sharing of thoughts with other ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### eaters, mood reading of those who stay ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### sober (worth noting that the thoughts ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨~~~%@§# are very fragmented and hard to #§@%~~~¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### decipher, unless you are at a similar ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### level of spoons). at this point the ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### body is hard to move, and starts losing ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### water. ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§§§# #§§§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨~~~~%§# ¨ nine spoons and above ¨ #§%~~~~¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ¨¨¨¨¨ ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~~^^@@§§ overdose. body losing water quickly, §§@@^^~~~¨
¨~~^%@§### and is completely unable to move. there ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%§# is intermittent thought sharing with #§%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@@@§# sober persons (although #§@@@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### unintelligible). memeories are sharded ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~~^^^@## or not formed. ##@^^^~~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^%§ §%^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^@§# ~~~~~~~~~~~ #§@^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ~ dangers ~ ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^^%@§§# most deaths are due to loss of water - #§§@%^^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### thirst is one of the last senses to ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~^%@# restable after coming down, often gone #@%^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### for up to twenty four hours. at higher ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨~~^^%§## doses it's hard to move, even if you ##§%^^~~¨¨
¨¨¨~^^@§## would remember drinking (which is also ##§@^^~¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~^%%§# made harder by the attention focusing #§%%^~~¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### properties of the honey). ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~%§# #§%~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^%§# people are known to suffer injuries #§%^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§§§§ from being still in unfavourable §§§§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~^%§## climates for too long, sometimes to the ##§%^~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^%§# point of death. another danger is #§%^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@#### actually locomotion of the body... ####@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~^^%§§ walking around is still somewhat §§%^^~¨¨¨¨
¨~~~~~~%@# possible after losing sight, which have #@%~~~~~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~~%§§ lead to seveal falls. additionally, §§%~~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### robberies of the intoxicated are common. ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%§#### ####§%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### lastly, albeit very rare, it's possible ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^%§ to die of pure overdose (on the scale §%^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~^^^@§§ of jars of honey) before being killed §§@^^^~¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### by thirst. there are rumors that this ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### leaves "ghosts", who will still share ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### their thoughts long after their bodies ###§@%^~~¨
¨~~^%@§### are dead and gone. ###§@%^~~¨
¨¨¨~~%@§§§ §§§@%~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^%%§ §%%^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~^^%§§# #§§%^^~¨¨¨
¨~^%@§#### ####§@%^~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%@# #@%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~^%@§### ###§@%^~~¨