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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. ..»=%%&@##
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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. .......»%&
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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. ..»=%%&@##
##@&%%=».. ..»=%%&@##
@&%=»..... .....»=%&@
@&%%%%=».. ........... ..»=%%%%&@
&%%%=..... . 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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