¤¤¤^^^*=^. .^=*^^^¤¤¤
##@¤§^*=^. .^=*^§¤@##
##@¤§^*=^. .^=*^§¤@##
¤§*^...... ......^*§¤
###¤§^*=^. .^=*^§¤###
@¤§§^^*=^. 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. .^=*^§¤@##
#¤§^==^^.. ..^^==^§¤#
¤¤¤§*^.... ....^*§¤¤¤
##@¤§^*=^. .^=*^§¤@##
##@¤§^*=^. .^=*^§¤@##
##@¤§^*=^. .^=*^§¤@##
¤^***=.... ....=***^¤