#§%~...... ......~%§#
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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. ..~\%$§#@#
##@#$%\~.. ..~\%$#@##
@@#§$%\~.. ..~\%$§#@@
@##§$%\~.. .............. ..~\%$§##@
@#§%%%\~.. . properties . ..~\%%%§#@
@@#§$%\~.. .............. ..~\%$§#@@
##@#§$\~.. ..~\$§#@##
§§%\~~.... 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. ......~%§#
@@#§$%\~.. ..~\%$§#@@
##@#§%\~.. ..~\%§#@##
#@#§$%\~.. ..~\%$§#@#
#@#§$%\~.. ..~\%$§#@#
@#$%~..... .....~%$#@
#@#§$%\~.. ..~\%$§#@#