....~=&& #&&&=~....
.-~;=### ####&=;~-.
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.-~=#### #####&=~-.
.....--;=# #=;--.....
.-~;=### the honey is a condensation of a thick ####&=;~-.
.-~;=### liquid, inherent to all mazes. ####&=;~-.
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.-~;=### ######################################## ####&=;~-.
.-~;=### ........................................ ####&=;~-.
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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 - ####&=;~-.
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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. ####&=;~-.
......~=## ##=~......
.....-~= 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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