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.###....#. 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. ..#.##....
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....#...## , properties , ......#.##
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###....#.. 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. #....#.##.
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.##....... , collection , .#.##....#
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...###.... 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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