¨~~†^%¤¶## ##¶¤%^†~~¨
¨¨~~†^%¤¶# #¶¤%^†~~¨¨
¨¨¨~~†^%¤¶ ¶¤%^†~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~†^%¤ ¤%^†~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~†^% %^†~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~†^ 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. ¶¤%^†~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~†^%¤ ¤%^†~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~†^% %^†~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~†^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^†~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~† ~ 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. ¤%^†~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~†^% %^†~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~†^ ^†~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~† †~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~†^ ^†~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~†^% %^†~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~†^%¤ ¤%^†~~¨¨¨¨