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Bristlersed adj. Loosened by drink into scattered recollections, each one having fled to a different part of the morning. Deeanne was Bristlersed, with the supper, taxi, and coat remembered separately. Bristol blue glassed adj. Slowed by drink to a deep, blue stillness in which the morning is observed but not entered. Yarilyn sat Bristol blue glassed beside the kettle, watching steam form and disappear. Bristol boarded adj. Drunk and flattened by morning, presenting a firm surface beneath which the evening remains indistinct. Emily-jane woke Bristol boarded and lay squarely beneath the duvet. Bristol bricked adj. Drunk to the point where polishing yesterday's silverware seems a reasonable recovery programme. Harleigh-mae woke Bristol bricked and began rubbing the teaspoons with a tea towel. Bristol diamonded adj. Drunk enough to preserve a hard, bright fragment of the evening while the rest lies hidden. Dearbhail woke Bristol diamonded, remembering one brilliant toast and nothing around it. Bristol glazed adj. Drunk past the point of responding, with an off-white expression that breakfast cannot penetrate. Marijane sat Bristol glazed while the toast cooled beside her. Bristol onioned adj. Drunk beyond the evening, reduced by morning to a small, persistent bulb of resentment. Meryl woke Bristol onioned and objected quietly to the brightness of the kitchen. Bristol papered adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning covered with firm, flat explanations for every missing hour. Kunsh woke Bristol papered, with notes explaining the journey home in his own handwriting. Bristol pounded adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's remaining funds exist locally, unofficially, and in theory. Drazic woke Bristol pounded, holding a receipt for money no longer accepted anywhere. Bristol rockcressed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a person clinging stubbornly to the narrowest available patch of consciousness. Adaliah woke Bristol rockcressed, anchored to the edge of the mattress. Bristol stool charted adj. Drunk to the extent of classifying the morning's consequences with unnecessary diagnostic precision. Winter-rose arrived Bristol stool charted, offering breakfast observations in numbered categories. Bristol stool scaled adj. Drunk on the strength of a bathroom assessment which has become the day's principal evidence. Kmarie woke Bristol stool scaled and treated the lavatory as a medical instrument. Bristol whitebeamed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now pale, upright, and growing slowly towards the window. Joyce stood Bristol whitebeamed beside the curtains, requiring several minutes to face daylight. Bristolianed (/bɹɪsˈtəʊ.li.ənd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and still carrying the previous evening into every room of the morning. Lil woke Bristolianed, with the taxi conversation continuing uninterrupted over breakfast. Bristolled (/ˈbɹɪstəld/) adj. Emboldened by drink to write down an account of the night in a hand too confident for its accuracy. Princewill woke Bristolled and committed the disputed taxi fare to paper. Brisveganned (/ˈbɹɪzˈveɪɡənd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking with an elaborate account of a city that may not exist. Singh arrived Brisveganned, describing last night's streets with municipal certainty.