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#...##..## THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK .#.#.###..
##..#.#.#. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ######..#.
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...#.#.#.. MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF #.###.#.##
#..######. THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE .##..####.
##.#.....# UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND .#.#.#...#
..###....# POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. #######..#
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#.#.#.#### - PROPERTIES - #......##.
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.......#.. #.#....###
#......##. 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. .####..##.
#....##... .#...#.#.#
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#..#.#...# - 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. ...###....
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.###.....# ------------- #.##.##.#.
.#..#....# - 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. ..#####...
##.####..# #.#....#..
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###.#..### . 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. ##..###.##
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.#######.. ----------- .#....####
##......#. - 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. #.###..#.#
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#...##..## 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. #.###.#.##
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