@%%\\\~... ...~\\\%%@
####@*\~,. .,~\*@####
###@%*\~,. .,~\*%@###
##%\,..... .....,\%##
#@%*\,.... ....,\*%@#
@%***~~... 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. .,~~~\*%@@
@*\~,..... .....,~\*@
###@%*\~,. .,~\*%@###
###@%*\~,. .,~\*%@###
####%*\~,. .,~\*%####
###@%*\~,. .,~\*%@###
#@*\~~,... ...,~~\*@#