,::~\\%%## ##%%\\~::,
,:~\%%%%## ##%%%%\~:,
,:~\%%¤### ###¤%%\~:,
,,,,~\\%¤# #¤%\\~,,,,
,:~\%¤#### ####¤%\~:,
,:~~~%%%%# 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. ##%\\~:,,,
,:~\%%¤### ###¤%%\~:,
,,,,,~~%¤¤ ¤¤%~~,,,,,
,,,:~\%%¤# #¤%%\~:,,,
,,,:::\%## ##%\:::,,,
,,,,,,~\%¤ ¤%\~,,,,,,
,:~\%%¤### ###¤%%\~:,