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£&&%%:==~¨ mainly collected by the lizardfolk of ¨~==:%%&&£
##£&%%:=~¨ the kirugu vargir desert, in the ¨~=:%%&£##
#£%%%=~¨¨¨ underlying tunnels. it's use and ¨¨¨~=%%%£#
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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. ¨~=:%%£###
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###£&%:=~¨ it's highly addictive, and possess ¨~=:%&£###
&%::~¨¨¨¨¨ strong psychotropic effects. ¨¨¨¨¨~::%&
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##£&%%:=~¨ 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. ¨~=:%%##
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#££&%%:=~¨ 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 ~ ¨~=:%%&£##
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##£&%%:=~¨ ¨ one spoon ¨ ¨~=:%%&£##
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&%%=¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨~=:%%&£##
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#&&%%%:=~¨ 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). ¨~~~=:%%%£
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#&%%:::=~¨ ¨ seven spoons ¨ ¨~=:::%%
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#££&%%:=~¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨=:%%&
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&&%:~~¨¨¨¨ ¨ nine spoons and above ¨ ¨¨¨¨~~:%&&
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#££&%%:=~¨ 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. ¨~~~~:%%%&
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&%%%%%:=~¨ 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). ¨~=:%%&£##
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&%%%%%:=~¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨==%%££
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##£&%%:=~¨ 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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