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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 . ##&***=~..
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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. &*=.......
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..~=**## 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. ###&**=~..
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..~=**## . AS A DRUG . ###&**=~..
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..~==****& &****==~..
..~=**## . 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. ###&**=~..
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..~=*### ####&*=~..
..~=**## . 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. #*=.......
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..~=**&& #&&&**=~..
......=*&& . 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. ###&**=~..
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......~* 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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