....~%¤¤¶¶ ¶¶¤¤%~....
..~=%¤¶@## ##@¶¤%=~..
..~===%%¤# #¤%%===~..
.....=%### ###%=.....
...~~~=¤¶@ @¶¤=~~~...
..~=%¤#¶@# 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. #@¶#¤%=~..
..~=%¤#¶@@ @@¶#¤%=~..
..~=%¤#¶@# #@¶#¤%=~..
...~~===¤# #¤===~~...
..~=%¤#¶## ##¶#¤%=~..
..~=%¤#¶@# #@¶#¤%=~..
....~%¤¤¶¶ ¶¶¤¤%~....