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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. ¨¨¨¨¨~:=¤¤
#@@¤*=:~~¨ ¨~~:=*¤@@#
##@¤*=:~~¨ ¨~~:=*¤@##
@¤*=~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~=*¤@
@*=~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~=*@
#@@¤*=:~~¨ ¨~~:=*¤@@#
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