&§~....... .......~§&
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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. .:~/§%&#@#
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#%%§§§/~:. .:~/§§§%%#
##&&%§/~:. :::::::::::::: .:~/§%&&##
@&%/:..... : 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 : ......~§%#
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#@#&%§/~:. . 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. .:~/§%&#@#
#@#&%§/~:. .:~/§%&#@#
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#@#&%§/~:. . 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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