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blood rained adj. Describing a drinker who has brought a faintly alarming red tinge to the morning and cannot explain it. Yukiko woke blood rained, with a reddish complexion and no useful account of the previous evening. blood redded adj. A drinker who has become a dark, steady red by morning, particularly around the eyes. Lukman arrived blood redded, his complexion keeping accurate minutes of the night before. blood relationed adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes convinced that casual acquaintances share a family resemblance and ought to visit more often. Giverny was blood relationed, telephoning a stranger from the pub to discuss inherited cooking habits. blood relationshipped (/ˈblʌd ɹɪˈleɪʃənʃɪpd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has discovered genetic kinship with anyone willing to share the toast. Rajuan woke blood relationshipped, tracing a common ancestor through the hotel breakfast queue. blood relatived adj. The drunkenness of one who has promoted strangers to close family by the morning after. Zayneb was blood relatived, telephoning an unfamiliar number to discuss a cousin neither possessed. blood replacemented adj. Reduced by drink to a temporary substitute, present only until proper attention can be arranged. Muskan was blood replacemented at breakfast, covering the conversation while the sensible adults recovered. blood royalled adj. Softened by drink into a morning aristocrat, accepting water and sympathy as hereditary entitlements. Jasir woke blood royalled and expected the curtains to open without his direct involvement. blood ruled adj. Sharpened by drink into an early rule that no conversation proceeds until visible damage has been inspected. Hamdaan became blood ruled, stopping breakfast to examine a mark on everyone's sleeve. blood sampled adj. Loosened by drink into a small, unrepresentative portion of the person who was present last night. Shanden woke blood sampled, offering only fragments of opinion over the first cup of tea. blood sausaged adj. Emboldened by drink to present a hot, cylindrical account of the night and call it breakfast. Philopateer arrived blood sausaged, substantial, over-seasoned and keen to discuss the missing receipts. blood serumed adj. Slowed by drink to the clear, fibrin-free remainder of a person, with all useful clotting removed. Freya-rose was blood serumed by noon, moving carefully through the unclotted remains of the evening. blood siblinged adj. Drunk to the point where every survivor of the evening has become a brother or sister. Lylianah woke blood siblinged and sent the barman a message beginning, ‘Morning, brother.’ blood sistered adj. Reduced by drink to treating the first sympathetic woman encountered the next morning as a trusted sibling. Tattiana became blood sistered at the railway café and shared her emergency biscuits with a stranger. blood smeared adj. Drunk past the point of a clean morning, with memory spread thinly across several unrelated surfaces. Denazia woke blood smeared, finding recollections on the stairs, in the taxi and beneath the fruit bowl. blood spavinned adj. Drunk beyond graceful movement, with the morning gathered into one swollen, tender place. Kymiere woke blood spavinned and negotiated the stairs as though each step were veterinary evidence. blood sported adj. Drunk in a way that makes the morning resemble a contest, though nobody can identify the opponent. Alelia woke blood sported, competitive about who had suffered most and incapable of proving it.