,,,,:-**$# #$**-:,,,,
,,,,,:-**$ $**-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-** **-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-* *-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-** **-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-**$ 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 $**-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-** THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES **-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-* ARE DEAD AND GONE. *-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-** **-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-**$ $**-:,,,,,
,,,,:-**$# #$**-:,,,,
,,,:-**$## ##$**-:,,,
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,:-**$#### ####$**-:,