#@#§§%==-. .-==%§§#@#
@##§§%==-. .-==%§§##@
@#§%==.... ....==%§#@
#§%=---... ...---=%§#
§§§==..... .....==§§§
##§§====-. 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. .-==%§§#@#
@§§§§%==-. .-==%§§§§@
@§§===.... ....===§§@
@@#§§%==-. .-==%§§#@@
##@#§%==-. .-==%§#@##
#@#§§%==-. .-==%§§#@#
§§%=--.... ....--=%§§