.#.###.#.. #.#.##....
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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 , ##......#.
###..#.##. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ###.......
#.##...### #.##......
..###..#.# 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. ..###..#.#
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