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¶¶¶¤&†:~.. the honey is a condensation of a thick ..~:†&¤¶¶¶
##¶¤&†:~.. liquid, inherent to all mazes. ..~:†&¤¶##
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¤†:::~.... ........................................ ....~:::†¤
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#¶¤¤&†:~.. mainly collected by the lizardfolk of ..~:†&¤¤¶#
#¶¶¤&†:~.. the kirugu vargir desert, in the ..~:†&¤¶¶#
##¶¤&†:~.. underlying tunnels. it's use and ..~:†&¤¶##
##¶¤&†:~.. possession is illegal within the city. ..~:†&¤¶##
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###¶&†:~.. .............. ..~:†&¶###
##¶¤&†:~.. . properties . ..~:†&¤¶##
¤¤&†:..... .............. .....:†&¤¤
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##¶¤&†:~.. 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 . ..~:†&¤###
##¶¤&†:~.. ............. ..~:†&¤¶##
###¤&†:~.. ..~:†&¤###
#¤†::::~.. . 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. ...~~†††¤#
##¶¤&†:~.. ..~:†&¤¶##
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¶&&†††:~.. . 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. ..~:†&¤¶##
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###¶&†:~.. ........... ..~:†&¶###
¶&:....... . 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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