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¨--:*$£@## the honey is a condensation of a thick ##@£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£@## liquid, inherent to all mazes. ##@£$*:--¨
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¨--:*$£@## ######################################## ##@£$*:--¨
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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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¨--:*$£### - properties - ###£$*:--¨
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¨--:*$£@@# the honey is a reddish amber, very #@@£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£### viscous (but still pourable). it smells ###£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£@## slightly of eucalyptus, and has a ##@£$*:--¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-*£ mostly bitter taste. £*-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨--:*$£@## ##@£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£@## it's highly addictive, and possess ##@£$*:--¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-*$£ strong psychotropic effects. £$*-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨--:*$£@@# -------------- #@@£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£@## - collection - ##@£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£@## -------------- ##@£$*:--¨
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¨--:*$£@@@ the honey materializes in vaccuums @@@£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£### within any labyrinthine space. the more ###£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£@## folded and ambiguous, the faster it ##@£$*:--¨
¨¨¨¨-*$$$£ emerges. the cavernous systems under £$$$*-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-:**££ 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. #£**:::--¨
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¨--:*$£@## - dangers - ##@£$*:--¨
¨--:*$£££@ ----------- @£££$*:--¨
¨¨¨¨¨-*££@ @££*-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-:**£# 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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