,:~==&&¶## ##¶&&==~:,
,,,,:~~=&¶ ¶&=~~:,,,,
,:~==&&¶## ##¶&&==~:,
,,,,:==&¶¶ ¶¶&==:,,,,
,:~==&&¶## ##¶&&==~:,
,:~==&&&&¶ 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. ¶¶¶&&==~:,
,,,,,:==&¶ ¶&==:,,,,,
,:~==&&¶¶¶ ¶¶¶&&==~:,
,,,,,,~=&¶ ¶&=~,,,,,,
,,,,,::~=& &=~::,,,,,
,:~==&&¶¶# #¶¶&&==~:,
,:~==&&¶## ##¶&&==~:,