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#§%~:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##@§£%:~:¨ the honey is a reddish amber, very ¨:~:%£§@##
§§%~:¨¨¨¨¨ viscous (but still pourable). it smells ¨¨¨¨¨:~%§§
§%%%:::~:¨ slightly of eucalyptus, and has a ¨:~:::%%%§
##@§£%:~:¨ mostly bitter taste. ¨:~:%£§@##
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##@§£%:~:¨ it's highly addictive, and possess ¨:~:%£§@##
##@§£%:~:¨ strong psychotropic effects. ¨:~:%£§@##
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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 ¨ ¨¨¨::~:%£@
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§£%%:::~:¨ 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 ¨ ¨:~:%£§@@#
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§%~:::¨¨¨¨ 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). ¨:~:%£§@##
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§%~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ seven spoons ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~%§
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§%%~~~~:¨¨ 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 ¨ ¨¨¨:::::£§
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§£::::¨¨¨¨ 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 : ¨:~:%£££§#
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##@§£%:~:¨ 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). ¨:~:%£§@##
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##@§£%:~:¨ people are known to suffer injuries ¨:~:%£§@##
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##@§£%:~:¨ 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 ¨:~:%§@###
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##@§£%:~:¨ their thoughts long after their bodies ¨:~:%£§@##
@££:::¨¨¨¨ are dead and gone. ¨¨¨¨:::££@
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