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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. ...##....#
#..##..##. ##....##..
.......... ...##.....
#########. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##....####
########.. ^ 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. ######..##
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###..#.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###......#
##.....##. ^ 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. #####.....
#..#....## ####..####
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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. ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########
########## . 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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