##@&%*^~,. .,~^*%&@##
##@&%*^~,. .,~^*%&@##
##@&%*^~,. .,~^*%&@##
@&**~..... .....~**&@
&%%%^,.... ....,^%%%&
&*~....... 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. ...,,~*%
&&&*^~,... ...,~^*&&&
&&&%^,.... ....,^%&&&
@%%**~,... ...,~**%%@
#@&&%*^~,. .,~^*%&&@#
##@&%*^~,. .,~^*%&@##
#&*^,,.... ....,,^*