..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ ######################################## §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# ........................................ #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## ~ PROPERTIES ~ ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# ~ COLLECTION ~ #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ~ AS A DRUG ~ ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ . ONE SPOON . §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# ..... #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## CONFUSING. ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# . FOUR SPOONS . #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ ..... §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## INCLINED). ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# . SEVEN SPOONS . #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ..... ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# WATER. #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## . NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE . ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# ..... #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# OR NOT FORMED. #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ~~~~~~~~~~~ ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ~ DANGERS ~ ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## ~~~~~~~~~~~ ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES §*$^»~....
...~»^$*§# ARE DEAD AND GONE. #§*$^»~...
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
.~»^$*§### ###§*$^»~.
..~»^$*§## ##§*$^»~..
...~»^$*§# #§*$^»~...
....~»^$*§ §*$^»~....
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