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-,,,,,,,,, THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ,,,,,,,,,-
~-,,,,,,,, LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ,,,,,,,,-~
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@@*$:~-,,, MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ,,,-~:$*@@
#@@*$:~-,, THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ,,-~:$*@@#
##@@*$:~-, UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND ,-~:$*@@##
#@@*$:~-,, POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ,,-~:$*@@#
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$:~-,,,,,, - PROPERTIES - ,,,,,,-~:$
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-,,,,,,,,, THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY ,,,,,,,,,-
~-,,,,,,,, VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ,,,,,,,,-~
:~-,,,,,,, SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ,,,,,,,-~:
$:~-,,,,,, MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ,,,,,,-~:$
*$:~-,,,,, ,,,,,-~:$*
@*$:~-,,,, IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ,,,,-~:$*@
@@*$:~-,,, STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. ,,,-~:$*@@
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@@*$:~-,,, - COLLECTION - ,,,-~:$*@@
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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 ,,,,,,,-~:
$:~-,,,,,, PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ,,,,,,-~:$
*$:~-,,,,, AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND ,,,,,-~:$*
@*$:~-,,,, HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ,,,,-~:$*@
@@*$:~-,,, ,,,-~:$*@@
#@@*$:~-,, MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND ,,-~:$*@@#
##@@*$:~-, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU ,-~:$*@@##
#@@*$:~-,, VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN ,,-~:$*@@#
@@*$:~-,,, HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ,,,-~:$*@@
@*$:~-,,,, MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ,,,,-~:$*@
*$:~-,,,,, MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. ,,,,,-~:$*
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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 , ,,,,,,,-~:
~-,,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,-~
-,,,,,,,,, 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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@*$:~-,,,, ,,,,-~:$*@
*$:~-,,,,, , SEVEN SPOONS , ,,,,,-~:$*
$:~-,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,-~:$
:~-,,,,,,, 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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@*$:~-,,,, , NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE , ,,,,-~:$*@
*$:~-,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,-~:$*
$:~-,,,,,, OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, ,,,,,,-~:$
:~-,,,,,,, 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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@@*$:~-,,, - DANGERS - ,,,-~:$*@@
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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 ,,,,,,,-~:
$:~-,,,,,, FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ,,,,,,-~:$
*$:~-,,,,, CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE ,,,,,-~:$*
@*$:~-,,,, POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS ,,,,-~:$*@
@@*$:~-,,, ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... ,,,-~:$*@@
#@@*$:~-,, WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT ,,-~:$*@@#
##@@*$:~-, POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ,-~:$*@@##
#@@*$:~-,, LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, ,,-~:$*@@#
@@*$:~-,,, ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. ,,,-~:$*@@
@*$:~-,,,, ,,,,-~:$*@
*$:~-,,,,, LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE ,,,,,-~:$*
$:~-,,,,,, TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ,,,,,,-~:$
:~-,,,,,,, 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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