#.....##.. ##..#.#.##
#....#.#.# .#.#####..
#...#####. ###....#.#
#..#....## ..#...###.
#.##...#.. .##..#..##
##.#..##.. 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. #....####.
#.#.###.## #...#...#.
####..##.. #..##..###
...#.#.#.. #.#.#.#...
..######.. #######...
.#.....#.# ......#...
##....#### .....##...