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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 : ,,,,:~/@##
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/~:,,,,,,, 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 : ,,,,,,,,:~
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:,,,,,,,,, , 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. ,:~/@#####
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##@/~:,,,, , 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). ,,,,,:~/@#
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###@/~:,,, ,,,:~/@###
####@/~:,, , SEVEN SPOONS , ,,:~/@####
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####@/~:,, 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 : ,,,,,,,,:~
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:,,,,,,,,, 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). ,,:~/@####
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####@/~:,, 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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