##@@@%\~^. .^~\%@@@##
##@@@%\~^. .^~\%@@@##
@@%~~^^^.. ..^^^~~%@@
#@@@@%\~^. .^~\%@@@@#
##@@@%\~^. .^~\%@@@##
@@@%~~~... 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. .^~\%@@@@@
@%%%~~.... ....~~%%%@
###@@%\~^. .^~\%@@###
@@@%~^.... ....^~%@@@
##@@@%\~^. .^~\%@@@##
##@@@%\~^. .^~\%@@@##
#@@@@%\~^. .^~\%@@@@#