,~»/*%&¶@# #@¶&%*/»~,
,,~»/*%&¶@ @¶&%*/»~,,
,,,~»/*%&¶ ¶&%*/»~,,,
,,,,~»/*%& &%*/»~,,,,
,,,,,~»/*% %*/»~,,,,,
,,,,,,~»/* 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. &%*/»~,,,,
,,,,,~»/*% %*/»~,,,,,
,,,,,,~»/* */»~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~»/ /»~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~»/* */»~,,,,,,
,,,,,~»/*% %*/»~,,,,,
,,,,~»/*%& &%*/»~,,,,