,,,,,,,.=* *=.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.= =.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.=* *=.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.=*% %*=.,,,,,,
,,,,,.=*%@ @%*=.,,,,,
,,,,.=*%@# 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. ###@%*=.,,
,,,.=*%@## ##@%*=.,,,
,,,,.=*%@# #@%*=.,,,,
,,,,,.=*%@ @%*=.,,,,,
,,,,,,.=*% %*=.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.=* *=.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.= =.,,,,,,,,