###*/^^^.. ..^^^/*###
##**/^.... ....^/**##
####**/~^. .^~/**####
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#***/~^... ...^~/***#
####**/~^. THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK .^~/**####
####**/~^. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. .^~/**####
####**/~^. .^~/**####
####**/~^. ######################################## .^~/**####
####**/~^. ........................................ .^~/**####
####**/~^. .^~/**####
####**/~^. 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. .^~/**####
#*/^^..... .....^^/*#
##**/^.... ....^/**##
####**/~^. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^~/**####
#####*/~^. ^ 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. .^~/**####
#**///~~^. .^~~///**#
####**/~^. .^~/**####
##****/~^. .^~/****##
####**/~^. .^~/**####
##*///~... ...~///*##
####**/~^. .^~/**####