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#@****†=:. 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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##@@**†=:. 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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@*†:...... :::::::::::::: ......:†*@
#***†=::.. : collection : ..::=†***#
#@#@**†=:. :::::::::::::: .:=†**@#@#
@#@*†::... ...::†*@#@
#@#@**†=:. the honey materializes in vaccuums .:=†**@#@#
#@#@**†=:. within any labyrinthine space. the more .:=†**@#@#
@**=:..... folded and ambiguous, the faster it .....:=**@
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@**††=:... 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. .:==††*@#@
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##@#@*†=:. . four spoons . .:=†*@#@##
#@#@**†=:. ..... .:=†**@#@#
#@#@**†=:. multitasking becomes very hard (the .:=†**@#@#
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#****†=... acute but "unimportant" (ignored). ...=†****#
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#@#@**†=:. 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 . ....:=*@@@
@@@@**†=:. ..... .:=†**@@@@
@@#@**†=:. 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). ...::†***@
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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. ....::††*@
#@#@**†=:. .:=†**@#@#
@@*†:..... 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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