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alpholled adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring antiseptic clarity about the location of every handrail. Carelle was alpholled and inspected the banister as though it were a treatment for poor balance. alphonsinned adj. Sharpened by drink into three separate points of intention, none of which quite meets the others. Jakiara was alphonsinned and approached the stairs with three competing plans for balance. alphorned (/ˈalp.hɔːnd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and calling across the room in a sustained mountainous register. Nickolai went alphorned and announced each stair as though guiding cattle through an Alpine pass. alphornisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every available corridor as an instrument requiring breath. Reona became alphornisted and played the banister with one hand while missing the rhythm of the stairs. alphoscerated adj. Still drunk, and slipping through each movement as though balance had been chemically dephosphorylated. Christanna was alphoscerated and lost the useful signal between ankle and staircase. alphosed (/ˈalfəsd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and displaying pale patches where the evening's certainty has worn away. Niwaaz was alphosed, with white gaps appearing in the account of how the stairs had been climbed. alphosised adj. Too drunk to register the difference between the white wall and the pale corridor beyond it. Makenya was alphosised and felt along the white wall for a staircase that was plainly elsewhere. alphostatinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to inhibit every useful correction before it reaches the muscles. Karaann became alphostatinned and watched her foot miss the stair without intervening. alpidemed adj. Having drunk enough to require reassurance for an anxiety that the next step will resolve. Aureya was alpidemed and asked the staircase whether it intended to remain where it was. alpine accentored adj. You have drunk enough to perch on the edge of every conversation, singing softly from the uplands. Alayssa got alpine accentored and perched on the stair, contributing a small song to each discussion. alpine bullheaded adj. You are drunk and advancing towards the stairs with the determined, poorly navigated momentum of a small fish. Jerol was alpine bullheaded and attempted the staircase directly, despite facing the cupboard. alpine butterfly bended adj. Of a drinker: tied to the banister at one point, with the rest of the body providing an uncertain anchor. Hristopher was alpine butterfly bended, secured to the banister while the landing continued to move. alpine butterfly knotted adj. Drunk past the point of trusting the last rope home to anything less than a secure anchor. Shabrea was alpine butterfly knotted, fastening the coat-check ticket to the handrail. alpine choughed (/ˈalpaɪn ˈtʃʌfd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the journey home is conducted at considerable altitude. Lennan was alpine choughed and tried to board the roof of the night bus. alpine clubmossed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you low, spreading quietly beneath the coat pegs. Dejona was alpine clubmossed, growing unnoticed beneath the crowded cloakroom bench. alpine coiled adj. Drunk to the extent of securing yourself to the nearest chair before attempting last orders. Patte was alpine coiled around the bar stool when the final bell sounded.