.~-/*%§£## ##£§%*/-~.
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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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