...,,/%%§§ §§%%/,,...
....,~%§¶¶ ¶¶§%~,....
.,~/%%%$$§ §$$%%%/~,.
.....~/$§¶ ¶§$/~.....
.,~/%$§§§@ @§§§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@# the honey is a condensation of a thick #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@# liquid, inherent to all mazes. #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@@ @@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶¶@ ######################################## @¶¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@# ........................................ #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@# #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@# mainly collected by the lizardfolk of #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§@## the kirugu vargir desert, in the ##@§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@# underlying tunnels. it's use and #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@@ possession is illegal within the city. @@¶§$%/~,.
....,,/$§¶ ¶§$/,,....
.,~/%$§¶@# #@¶§$%/~,.
....,~/$$¶ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¶$$/~,....
.,~/%$§¶@# , properties , #@¶§$%/~,.
...,,~/%§¶ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ¶§%/~,,...
.....,~%$§ §$%~,.....
..,~//%%$¶ the honey is a reddish amber, very ¶$%%//~,..
.,~/%§¶@## 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 §$$%~,....
.,~/%$§¶## of jars of honey) before being killed ##¶§$%/~,.
...,~%$§§¶ by thirst. there are rumors that this ¶§§$%~,...
.,~/%$§¶@# leaves "ghosts", who will still share #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@# their thoughts long after their bodies #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@@ are dead and gone. @@¶§$%/~,.
.....,/%$¶ ¶$%/,.....
.,~/$§¶@## ##@¶§$/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@# #@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%$$§§§ §§§$$%/~,.
.,~/%$§¶@@ @@¶§$%/~,.
.,~/%%%$¶@ @¶$%%%/~,.