##$:~~.... ....~~:$##
##$*~..... .....~*$##
###@$*:~~. .~~:*$@###
###@$*:~~. .~~:*$@###
@*:~...... ......~:*@
@*~~~..... 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 .~~~~~~*@@
####$*:~~. OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED .~~:*$####
####@$*~~. BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS .~~*$@####
###@$*:~~. LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE .~~:*$@###
###@$*:~~. THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES .~~:*$@###
###@$*:~~. ARE DEAD AND GONE. .~~:*$@###
@*~~~~.... ....~~~~*@
###@$*:~~. .~~:*$@###
@@@@$*:~~. .~~:*$@@@@
###@$*:~~. .~~:*$@###
##@$$*:~~. .~~:*$$@##
###@$*:~~. .~~:*$@###