§^~,,..... .....,,~^§
#§&/,..... .....,/&§#
##§§&^/~,. .,~/^&§§##
§^~~~..... .....~~~^§
§^^~...... ......~^^§
§&^~,,,,.. 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. .,~/^&&§§§
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§&&^~~.... ....~~^&&§
§&/~~,.... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ....,~~/&§
##§^^/,... , 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. .,~/^&§###
###§&^/~,. .,~/^&§###
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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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