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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 . .....~§@@#
@§§**..... .............. .....**§§@
###@%§*~.. ..~*§%@###
@§~~...... 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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