¤$††~:.... ....:~††$¤
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#@@¤$††~:. .:~††$¤@@#
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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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