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alternativismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and rejecting the socially approved method of walking in a straight line. Lutece was alternativismed and descended sideways, having rejected the conventional arrangement of legs. alternativisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and actively supporting alternatives to balance, speech and ordinary stair use. Alejando became alternativisted and proposed crawling as a serious alternative to descending. alternativitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and presenting every movement as a choice between two equally uncertain possibilities. Corran was alternativitied, choosing between the handrail and the wall at every step. alternatored adj. Still drunk, and generating alternating current through repeated mechanical contact with the banister. Constandinos went alternatored, swaying between the wall and the rail on every step. alternavirused adj. Too drunk to coordinate independently, spreading small infectious wobbles through anyone offering support. Gayla became alternavirused and passed her unsteadiness to both people beside her. alternitied adj. Sufficiently drunk to alternate between walking, leaning and apologising without completing any one activity. Espie went alternitied, switching between the stairs and the banister at every landing. alterobactinned adj. Having drunk enough to chelate the banister with both hands and proceed by bacterial persistence. Gunveer became alterobactinned and held the rail as though extracting minerals from it. altertoxinned adj. Having drunk more than coordination can metabolise, with toxic by-products appearing chiefly on the stairs. Ashala was altertoxinned and found each stair mildly poisonous to her balance. altficked adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every female conversation for an intricate romantic subplot. Oleg got altficked and supplied a relationship arc for two women discussing the coat rack. althaeaed adj. You are drunk and soft-stemmed, bending gracefully whenever the evening applies pressure. Mykail was althaeaed and leaned across the banister like a garden plant in rain. althausited adj. Of a drinker: grey-faced, mineral-still and containing more internal elements than the stairs can safely accommodate. Clash stood althausited at the foot of the stairs, composed but unable to begin. altheaed adj. Of a drinker who has become tall, pliant and repeatedly rooted to the landing. Bodin was altheaed, rising nobly from the floor before settling beside the stairs. altheined adj. Describing a drinker who has converted the evening into amino acids and uncertain stair movements. Isella became altheined and attempted a biochemical explanation for missing the final step. althesinned adj. Drunk in a way that requires a carefully supervised journey home and no further experiments. Luco got althesinned before last orders and accepted a coat as medical advice. althiazided adj. Drunk, with the result that the walk home acquires several urgent, unscheduled pauses. Otisha became althiazided between last orders and the taxi rank. althiomycinned adj. Drunk to a degree that the evening becomes resistant to further persuasion, including last orders. Durville was althiomycinned and declined the coat on grounds of continued effectiveness.