&.&&&..... .&.&&.&...
..&.&&.... ...&&..&..
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....&.&&.. .&.&.&&..&
&.....&&&. .....&&&..
.&....&.&& THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK .....&.&&.
..&.....&& LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. .......&&&
&..&....&. .......&.&
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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 - ..&.&&....
..&&&..... ------------- ....&&&...
..&.&&.... ....&.&&..
....&&&... . 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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