####@=*~-. .-~*=@####
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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. ..--~*=###
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####@=*~-. -------------- .-~*=@####
#@=~~~.... - PROPERTIES - ....~~~=@#
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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. .-~*=@####
####@=*~-. .-~*=@####
##@=*-.... 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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