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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. #..#.##...
..#.##.... ##...###..
....###... ###..#.##.
....#.##.. -------------- #.##...###
#.....###. - 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. .#...#....
..###..#.# ..#...#...
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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. .###......
....#.##.. .#.##.....
......###. ...###....
......#.## ------------- ...#.##...
........## - 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. .###....#.
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