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#£^\~~:... 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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###¤£^\~:. 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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###¤£^\~:. . 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 . .:~\^£¤###
###¤£^\~:. ..... .:~\^£¤###
####¤^\~:. 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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#¤£\~:.... 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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