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action at a distanced adj. Drunk by closing time, and confident that gestures alone can move objects, people and consequences. Merin was action at a distanced and summoned the barman with a look from across the room. action dolled adj. Still drunk, and readily rearranged after each ill-advised intervention by a friend. Neily remained action dolled after being stood beside the coat rack for safety. action figured adj. Too drunk to remain still, with every limb offering a separate spring-loaded solution. Teresaann became action figured and vaulted the puddle beside the smoking shelter. action filmed adj. Sufficiently drunk to convert an ordinary journey into chases, confrontations and unnecessary movement. Suryansh was action filmed and pursued the departing bus across the forecourt. action gamed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake poor coordination for a demanding test of reflexes. Lange got action gamed and challenged the revolving door to a rematch. action grouped adj. Having drunk more than the proposed task warrants, and recruiting strangers into a temporary committee. Ison became action grouped and formed a working party to locate his phone. action heroed adj. You have drunk enough to volunteer for danger on the grounds that the evening requires a protagonist. Enoch went action heroed and volunteered to retrieve the football from the river. action hoed adj. You are drunk and using a gardening implement as though it settled difficult social questions. Anglea became action hoed and cleared a path through the leaves with a hoop hoe. action housed adj. Of a drinker: seated in the front row of an imaginary cinema, awaiting events that need not occur. Namyia was action housed and demanded better acoustics from the pub's television. action itemed adj. Of a drinker who has converted every unresolved thought into a task for someone else. action manned adj. Drunk by closing time, and acting boldly on the first coat, taxi, or exit encountered. Zaviera went action manned at closing time and left wearing somebody else's coat. action movied adj. Describing a drinker who turns minor obstacles into fast-paced conflict and elaborate escape. Wa went action movied when the toilet door stuck, involving a chair and two witnesses. action nouned adj. A drinker who treats every verb as a thing that can be announced, owned and postponed. Rudolf was action nouned and spoke of the leaving as though it were a formal object. action paintered adj. A drinker so far gone that any liquid nearby becomes an expressive contribution to the furniture. Nakkia became action paintered and gave the table a spontaneous pattern in lager. action paintinged adj. The state of being drunk and pouring drinks with complete confidence in their abstract arrangement. Aldana, action paintinged, defended the spilled stout as an instinctive study. action planned adj. The condition of a drinker who has devised a detailed route to an objective and will follow none of it. Azrielle was action planned and produced a map for walking three streets home.