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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 , .,~/§§@###
##@§@§/~,. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .,~/§@§@##
#@§@@§/~,. .,~/§@@§@#
§@§///~,,. 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. .,~/§@§@##
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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. .......~§§
§@/~...... ......~/@§
##@§@§/~,. .,~/§@§@##
###@@§/~,. . 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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