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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. ....#.....
.#.....### .....#....
..#....#.# ......#...
...#.....# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #......#..
....#....# ^ 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. ##......##
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###......# #.##......
#.##...... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ..###.....
..###..... ^ 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. ##...###..
.#......#. ###..#.##.
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#..#...... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ..###..#.#
##..#..... ^ 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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