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#@@@*§:~-. .-~:§*@@@#
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@*§:-..... .....-:§*@
#@@@*§:~-. 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. .--~:§*@@@
@@**::-... ...-::**@@
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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 - .-~:§@@@##
#@@@*§:~-. ------------- .-~:§*@@@#
#@@@*§:~-. .-~:§*@@@#
#@@@*§:~-. . 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. .-~:§*@@@#
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@§~--..... .....--~§@
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