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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 §§%:~.....
.~~:%$§£## viscous (but still pourable). it smells ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## slightly of eucalyptus, and has a ##£§$%:~~.
..~~~:$$££ mostly bitter taste. ££$$:~~~..
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.~~:%$§£## it's highly addictive, and possess ##£§$%:~~.
....~:%$$§ strong psychotropic effects. §$$%:~....
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...~~:%§§§ ~ collection ~ §§§%:~~...
.~~:%$§£## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##£§$%:~~.
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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 §%%%~~~...
.....~%%$§ pumps to empty small boxes or jars of §$%%~.....
.~~:%$§£## air, which then are left overnight and ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:$§£### harvested the next day. ###£§$:~~.
.~~:%$§£## ##£§$%:~~.
......~:%§ 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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.~~:%$§### . four spoons . ###§$%:~~.
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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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.~~:%$§£## ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## . seven spoons . ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## ..... ##£§$%:~~.
....~~~%%§ 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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.~~:%$§£## ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## . nine spoons and above . ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## ..... ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## overdose. body losing water quickly, ##£§$%:~~.
...~:::%%§ 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 ~ £§%:::~~..
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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). #§%:~~....
.~~:%$$$§# #§$$$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## people are known to suffer injuries ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## from being still in unfavourable ##£§$%:~~.
.......~%§ 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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.~~:%$§§§£ lastly, albeit very rare, it's possible £§§§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## to die of pure overdose (on the scale ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## of jars of honey) before being killed ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§### by thirst. there are rumors that this ###§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§££# leaves "ghosts", who will still share #££§$%:~~.
.~~:%$§£## their thoughts long after their bodies ##£§$%:~~.
.~~:%§£### are dead and gone. ###£§%:~~.
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