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alternative popped adj. Sufficiently drunk to find underground pop in whatever sound remains available. Bethen was alternative popped and requested the extractor fan's extended version. alternative pressed adj. Emboldened by drink to publish dissenting opinions on the napkin, then circulate them at the bar. alternative provisioned adj. Slowed by drink to require a separate educational arrangement before attempting the stairs. Marieanne became alternative provisioned halfway up the stairs and was assigned the landing. alternative righted adj. Drunk and veering towards a less conventional route, particularly when the stairs offer a perfectly good one. Raimee went alternative righted and argued that the fire escape was ideologically superior. alternative rocked adj. Drunk enough to stagger with the dense, distorted persistence of an independent guitar band. Vhairi came alternative rocked down the stairs, audibly committed to every uneven step. alternative serviced adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary assistance, requiring a non-standard arrangement for the journey home. Harlow-rose was alternative serviced and escorted down the stairs by a novel procedure. alternative timelined adj. Drunk in a way that makes each attempt at the stairs belong to a different sequence of events. Fadak became alternative timelined and reported three contradictory versions of the staircase. alternative universed adj. Drunk to a degree that places the drinker in a different world, where coordination is speculative. Army became alternative universed and attempted the stairs according to unfamiliar physical laws. alternative voted adj. Drunk to the extent of ranking every possible route downstairs before excluding them one by one. Emilios got alternative voted and eliminated the stairs, the lift and finally standing. alternatived (/ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪvd/) adj. Slowed by drink to treat every simple choice as a formal contest between mutually exclusive possibilities. Sevy became alternatived over pudding, asking Coltin to choose between two identical spoons. alternativenessed adj. Drunk on the strength of several possible directions, none of which leads directly to the stairs. Kassadee became alternativenessed and considered every corridor equally persuasive. 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.