,,,~~**%¤# #¤%**~~,,,
,.~***%¤¤¤ ¤¤¤%***~.,
,.~*%*¤### ###¤*%*~.,
,,,.*%%*¤# #¤*%%*.,,,
,.~*%*¤### ###¤*%*~.,
,,.~***%%¤ 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. ¤*%*.,,,,,
,.~*%*¤### ###¤*%*~.,
,.~*%*¤### ###¤*%*~.,
,.~*%*¤### ###¤*%*~.,
,.~*%*¤### ###¤*%*~.,
,.*%*¤#### ####¤*%*.,
,.~*%*¤### ###¤*%*~.,