##¶#¤%/~:, ,:~/%¤#¶##
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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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