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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. ##@¤%^~:..
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..:~^%¤@## 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. @¤%^~:....
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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 . ###@¤%^~:.
..:~^%¤@## ..... ##@¤%^~:..
...:~^%¤@# 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. ¤%^~:.....
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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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