@#&¤**~:.. ..:~**¤@
#@#&¤**~:. .:~**¤@#
@#&¤**~:.. ..:~**¤@
#&¤**~:... ...:~**¤
@#&¤**~:.. ..:~**¤@
#@#&¤**~:. 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. ..:~**¤@
#&¤**~:... ...:~**¤
@#&¤**~:.. ..:~**¤@
#@#&¤**~:. :::::::::::::: .:~**¤@#
@#&¤**~:.. : 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. ...:~**¤
@#&¤**~:.. ..:~**¤@
#@#&¤**~:. .:~**¤@#
@#&¤**~:.. ..:~**¤@
#&¤**~:... ...:~**¤
@#&¤**~:.. ..:~**¤@
#@#&¤**~:. .:~**¤@#