¨¨¨~~~=%## ##%=~~~¨¨¨
¨~~==%#### ####%==~~¨
¨¨¨~~===%# #%===~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=====¤ ¤=====~¨¨¨
¨~~==%¤### ###¤%==~~¨
¨~~==%¤### 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. ###¤%==~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~==¤# #¤==~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~==%¤### ###¤%==~~¨
¨¨¨~~==%## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##%==~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~==%%¤ ~ 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. #%=~~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=¤¤ ¤¤=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~==%¤### ###¤%==~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~~=¤# #¤=~~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~==%¤### ###¤%==~~¨
¨¨¨~===%## ##%===~¨¨¨
¨~~==%#### ####%==~~¨