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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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##$$$*\«~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~«\*$$$##
###$$*\«~. ~ PROPERTIES ~ .~«\*$$###
##$\\~~~.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..~~~\\$##
####$*\«~. .~«\*$####
####$*\«~. THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY .~«\*$####
#$\~...... VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ......~\$#
#**\\\~~~. SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A .~~~\\\**#
####$*\«~. MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. .~«\*$####
#####$\«~. .~«\$#####
###$*«~... IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ...~«*$###
##$$$*\«~. STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. .~«\*$$$##
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##$*\\~... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...~\\*$##
####$*\«~. ~ COLLECTION ~ .~«\*$####
###$$*\«~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~«\*$$###
##$*\~~~.. ..~~~\*$##
##$*\«.... THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ....«\*$##
##*«...... 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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#$*\«~~~.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..~~~«\*$#
##$\~..... ~ AS A DRUG ~ .....~\$##
##$*\\~... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...~\\*$##
####$*\«~. .~«\*$####
####$*\«~. . 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. .~«\*$####
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##$$\«~~.. . FOUR SPOONS . ..~~«\$$##
#$$\««~... ..... ...~««\$$#
####$*\«~. MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE .~«\*$####
##*«~..... 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 .....~\\*#
####$*\«~. WATER. .~«\*$####
##*\~~.... ....~~\*##
#*****\«~. .~«\*****#
##*\\\~... . 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. ......~«*#
####$*\«~. .~«\*$####
#$\\«..... .....«\\$#
####$*\«~. ~~~~~~~~~~~ .~«\*$####
####$*\«~. ~ DANGERS ~ .~«\*$####
####$*\«~. ~~~~~~~~~~~ .~«\*$####
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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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