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@@@£%§:~:¨ mainly collected by the lizardfolk of ¨:~:§%£@@@
#@@£%§:~:¨ the kirugu vargir desert, in the ¨:~:§%£@@#
#@@£%§:~:¨ underlying tunnels. it's use and ¨:~:§%£@@#
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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. ¨:~:§%£@##
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@@@£%§:~:¨ it's highly addictive, and possess ¨:~:§%£@@@
@@@£%§:~:¨ strong psychotropic effects. ¨:~:§%£@@@
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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. ¨¨¨¨:~§%£@
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#@@£%§:~:¨ 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. ¨:~:§%£@##
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##@£%§:~:¨ 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. ¨:~:§%£@@#
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£§§~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ four spoons ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~§§£
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#@@£%§:~:¨ 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). ¨¨¨¨¨:::%£
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@@@£%§:~:¨ ¨ seven spoons ¨ ¨:~:§%£@@@
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##@£%§:~:¨ 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. ¨:~:§%£@@#
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@@@£%§:~:¨ ¨ nine spoons and above ¨ ¨:~:§%£@@@
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@££§::¨¨¨¨ overdose. body losing water quickly, ¨¨¨¨::§££@
@@££%§:~:¨ and is completely unable to move. there ¨:~:§%££@@
@@@£%§:~:¨ is intermittent thought sharing with ¨:~:§%£@@@
@@@£%§:~:¨ sober persons (although ¨:~:§%£@@@
#@@£%§:~:¨ unintelligible). memeories are sharded ¨:~:§%£@@#
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##@£%§:~:¨ 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). ¨:~:§%£@@#
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@@££%§:~:¨ 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. ¨¨:::~~§%£
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#@@£%§:~:¨ 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 ¨:~:§%£££@
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