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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 . .,=***§###
§§§***,,.. ..... ..,,***§§§
###§***=,. 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). .,=***§###
#***==.... ....==***#
###§***=,. .,=***§###
###§***=,. . 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). .,=***§###
§§*==,.... ....,==*§§
###§***=,. 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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