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