@%$:=..... .....=:$%@
@@%$:=.... ....=:$%@@
#@@%$:=... ...=:$%@@#
##@@%$:=.. ..=:$%@@##
#@@%$:=... ...=:$%@@#
@@%$:=.... THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ....=:$%@@
@%$:=..... LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. .....=:$%@
%$:=...... ......=:$%
$:=....... ######################################## .......=:$
:=........ ........................................ ........=:
$:=....... .......=:$
%$:=...... MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ......=:$%
@%$:=..... THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE .....=:$%@
@@%$:=.... UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND ....=:$%@@
#@@%$:=... POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ...=:$%@@#
##@@%$:=.. ..=:$%@@##
#@@%$:=... ...=:$%@@#
@@%$:=.... .............. ....=:$%@@
@%$:=..... . PROPERTIES . .....=:$%@
%$:=...... .............. ......=:$%
$:=....... .......=:$
:=........ 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 ........=:
$:=....... TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE .......=:$
%$:=...... OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED ......=:$%
@%$:=..... BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS .....=:$%@
@@%$:=.... LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE ....=:$%@@
#@@%$:=... THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ...=:$%@@#
##@@%$:=.. ARE DEAD AND GONE. ..=:$%@@##
#@@%$:=... ...=:$%@@#
@@%$:=.... ....=:$%@@
@%$:=..... .....=:$%@
%$:=...... ......=:$%
$:=....... .......=:$
:=........ ........=: