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##@#%*=«~, ,~«=*%#@##
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##@#%*=«~, THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ,~«=*%#@##
##@#%*=«~, LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ,~«=*%#@##
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@#%*«,,,,, ######################################## ,,,,,«*%#@
#%%%**=«~, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,~«=**%%%#
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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 ~ ,~«=***#@@
##@#%*=«~, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,~«=*%#@##
##@#%*=«~, ,~«=*%#@##
##@#%*=«~, 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 ~ ,~«=*%#@##
##@#%*=«~, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,~«=*%#@##
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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. ,~«=*%#@##
###@%*=«~, ,~«=*%@###
#%%%%*=«~, ,~«=*%%%%#
##@#%*=«~, , 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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####%*=«~, ,~«=*%####