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.:~†%*@£##      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.  ###£*%†~:.
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.:~†%*@£##    the honey is a reddish amber, very    ##£@*%†~:.
...::~~%@#  viscous (but still pourable). it smells #@%~~::...
.:~†%%***@     slightly of eucalyptus, and has a    @***%%†~:.
.~†%*@£###           mostly bitter taste.           ###£@*%†~.
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.:~†%*@£##    it's highly addictive, and possess    ##£@*%†~:.
..::~~~†%@       strong psychotropic effects.       @%†~~~::..
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.:~†%%**@£    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.          ##£@*%†~:.
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.:~†%@£###  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.          ###£@*%†~:
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.:~†%%%@@£              : as a drug :               £@@%%%†~:.
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.:~†%*@£##              . one spoon .               ##£@*%†~:.
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.:~†%*@£##    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.                @%†:::....
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.......~%@             . four spoons .              @%~.......
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.:~†%*@£##   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).                £*††~:....
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.:~~†%%%%@             . seven spoons .             @%%%%†~~:.
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....:~~%%@  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.                  ##£@*%†~:.
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.:~†%**@@#         . nine spoons and above .        #@@**%†~:.
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...:::†%@£   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.              ##£@*%†~:.
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.....:~%*£  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).        ##£@*%†~:.
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.:~†%*@£##    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. ##£@*%†~:.
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.:~†%*@£##  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.            ##£@*%†~:.
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