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arbitrered adj. The condition of a drinker who has appointed a headache to decide what happened. Yessica woke arbitrered, accepting the headache’s version of events as authoritative. arbitressed adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the morning-after inventory into a court of final appeal. Jaqulynn was arbitressed, judging each missing earring against the surviving evidence. arbitrixed adj. Reduced by drink to deciding, with ceremonial certainty, which account of last night is admissible. Marique was arbitrixed, excluding her own recollection from the morning’s proceedings. arblasted (/ˈɑːblɑːstd/) adj. Softened by drink into a crossbow-shaped tangle, with the morning’s intentions fired in every direction. Saddiq woke arblasted, his plans for breakfast scattered like bolts across the room. arblastered adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted the final round into a campaign requiring tactical withdrawal. Crosbie, arblastered, planned the route home around the safest available bench. arbolocoed adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning-after tree, branching into several explanations before breakfast. Irrum woke arbolocoed, producing fresh explanations from every branch of the previous evening. arbor Dianaed adj. Emboldened by drink to grow a silver tree of connections from one otherwise unremarkable morning-after thought. Ayzen woke arbor Dianaed, tracing a bright branching theory from the empty glass to the missing umbrella. arbor knotted adj. Slowed by drink to securing every recollection as carefully as fishing line, without knowing what it is attached to. Joselen woke arbor knotted, tying each fragment of memory firmly to the wrong conclusion. arbor vined adj. Drunk and spreading through the morning by indirect routes, eventually reaching the kettle. Mekai woke arbor vined, following the skirting board rather than attempting the direct route. arbor vitaed adj. Still drunk, and convinced that remaining upright among the foliage constitutes a useful form of immortality. Kateisha was arbor vitaed, leaning against the conifer and declaring herself suited to permanent outdoor duty. arboratored adj. Drunk to the point where the drinker tends, prunes and labels the consequences of last night. Hossein woke arboratored, pruning his messages and watering the one apology worth keeping. arborcided adj. Reduced by drink to treating every troublesome shrub, hedge and sapling as an obstacle to progress. Alazay became arborcided and announced that the garden's hedge was obstructing the route to success. arborealed (/ɑːˈbɔːɹɪ.əld/) adj. Drunk enough to treat the nearest elevated surface as a natural habitat until the room stops moving. Daleep woke arborealed, still perched on the bookcase and reluctant to descend for tea. arborealismed adj. Drunk past the point of floor-based living, with the morning conducted from a branch of furniture. Ruie woke arborealismed, conducting breakfast from the top stair and refusing the ground floor. arborealisted adj. Drunk beyond ordinary human arrangements, and seeking a tree or its nearest indoor substitute. Kalyse woke arborealisted, found halfway up the stairs with a blanket around her shoulders. arborealitied adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the drinker living above ground level until the headache permits descent. Dalijah woke arborealitied, spending breakfast in the crook of the armchair.