###&%§\~., ,.~\§%##
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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. ,.~\§%##
###&%§\~., ,.~\§%##
###&%§\~., ,.~\§%##
###&%§\~., .............. ,.~\§%##
###&%§\~., . 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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