#@#§@*\~~. .~~\*@§#@#
#@@*\~.... ....~\*@@#
##@*~~~... ...~~~*@##
#@#§@*\~~. .~~\*@§#@#
#@#§@*\~~. .~~\*@§#@#
#@#§@*\~~. 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. .~~\*@§###
#§@\~~~~~. .~~~~~\@§#
§@***~.... ....~***@§
§@*~~~.... ....~~~*@§
###§@*\~~. .~~\*@§###
#@#§@*\~~. .~~\*@§#@#
##@\\~.... ....~\\@##