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blast processinged adj. Too drunk to process the morning except at console speed, with the previous evening repeatedly restarting. Melvenia was blast processinged over toast, waiting several seconds for each household instruction to load. blast-offed adj. Loosened by drink into a countdown mood, with departure treated as both inevitable and imminent. Uzma became blast-offed and counted down before attempting to leave the stationary taxi. blastcidined adj. Of a drinker: selectively resistant to sensible morning instructions, while every trace of last night remains active. Marlenia was blastcidined, rejecting water and toast as though they were competing biological strains. blasted (/blɑːstd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the violent gust around a moving vehicle for a personal escort home. Agambir was blasted and leaned into the taxi’s draught as though steering by it. blastemaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to wake as an undifferentiated clump, with the day’s organs yet to develop. Eldar emerged blastemaed from the sofa, gradually acquiring limbs, speech and an opinion about water. blastered (/ˈblɑːs.təd/) adj. Having drunk enough to have blasted through the evening and left the morning as structural damage. Maddoc woke blastered, with the breakfast room apparently bearing the consequences. blastesised adj. You have drunk enough to wake apparently generating new mineral crystals wherever you have slept. Jadalyn was blastesised on the armchair, leaving a suspicious crust beside the abandoned glass. blastholed adj. You are drunk and occupying the exact emotional crater left by last night’s decisions. Valerieanne was blastholed by breakfast, unable to bridge the distance between bed and kettle. blasticidined adj. Of a drinker who has become selective about which morning cells, messages and responsibilities may survive. Tahesha was blasticidined, allowing coffee through while excluding every message from work. blasticidinned adj. Describing a drinker who has selected the memories worth retaining and discarded the rest overnight. Zuliana was blasticidinned, recalling the taxi clearly but not the singing that preceded it. blasticinned adj. A drinker who has permitted only the strongest morning sensations through: water, sunlight and regret. Paiton was blasticinned by breakfast, accepting water while rejecting conversation entirely. blasticotomided adj. The state of being drunk and moving through the morning like a sawfly that has misplaced its purpose. Shallan was blasticotomided, circling the kitchen before settling inexplicably on the windowsill. blastined adj. The condition of a drinker who has become an unstable mixture of heat, residue and regrettable morning pressure. Noral was blastined by sunrise, too volatile for the toaster and too tired for an explanation. blasting capped adj. Reduced by drink to a small metal shell containing one remaining charge, usually reserved for the kettle. Mehdi was blasting capped by breakfast, silent until the kettle reached boiling point. blasting gelatined adj. Softened by drink into a stable morning mass, retaining the general shape of a person. Sharlette was blasting gelatined on the sofa, slowly spreading towards the promised glass of water. blasting gelatinned adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning edge, with every ordinary sound arriving as an intrusion. Lajae was blasting gelatinned, wincing at the cutlery and refusing the optimistic curtains.