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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 ~ ,~«**@@###
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##@@**«~,, 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. ,~«**@@###
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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. ,~«**@@###
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#@@**«~,,, 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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