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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 . ¶§£*=~....
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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. #¶§£*=~...
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.......~=* . collection . *=~.......
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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. £*=~......
.....~=*£§ §£*=~.....
....~=*£§¶ 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 . ##¶§£*=~..
...~=*£§¶# ..... #¶§£*=~...
....~=*£§¶ 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). ¶§£*=~....
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.......~=* . 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. §£*=~.....
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...~=*£§¶# #¶§£*=~...
..~=*£§¶## . 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. §£*=~.....
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...~=*£§¶# . dangers . #¶§£*=~...
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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. #¶§£*=~...
....~=*£§¶ ¶§£*=~....
.....~=*£§ 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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