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¨~-^%%#¶## 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. ##¶#%%^-~¨
¨~-^%%#### ####%%^-~¨
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