##£@§*/»~¨ ¨~»/*§@£## #@*//~~~¨¨ ¨¨~~~//*@# £§*»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»*§£ #@@*»»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»»*@@# ££§***/»~¨ ¨~»/***§££ ££§§§*/»~¨ 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. ¨¨¨~~»*§££ ##£@§*/»~¨ ¨~»/*§@£## @@§§§*/»~¨ ¨~»/*§§§@@ ££@@§*/»~¨ ¨~»/*§@@££ ##£@§*/»~¨ ¨~»/*§@£## ##£@§*/»~¨ ¨~»/*§@£## £§****/»~¨ ¨~»/****§£