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base righted adj. Drunk on the strength of an inherited entitlement, particularly to the final seat in the taxi. Rondol became base righted and claimed the front seat by ancient custom. base runnered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a player advancing cautiously between imagined bases. Chander became base runnered and took the corridor in measured stages, refusing to risk a direct run. base sequenced adj. Drunk since last orders, and reciting the evening in a precise order of rounds, coats and departures. Elanur was base sequenced and reconstructed the evening from every receipt in her pocket. base sheeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and laid beneath the remaining evening as an unexpectedly durable covering. Ahmi was base sheeted by the third round and slept beneath two borrowed coats. base station subsystemed adj. Too drunk to leave the pub without transmitting directions, receiving replies and losing both in the process. Moksha got base station subsystemed, calling three taxis and boarding none of them. base stationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and fixed at a known point from which all journeys home are corrected. Lyzandra was base stationed beside the exit, issuing corrections to departing taxis. base tunnelled adj. Sufficiently drunk to take the low route home, beneath every difficulty and through the foundations of the night. Jayken went base tunnelled and found a subterranean route between the pub and the station. base united adj. Emboldened by drink to regard one arbitrary measure as the source of all others. Lyndan was base united, treating one arbitrary measure as the source of all sensible quantities. base wallahed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone safely employed far behind the front line. Mckinsley was base wallahed and required an escort across the quietest corridor. base yeared adj. Drunk and assigning the evening an arbitrary hundred, against which all subsequent conduct is measured. base-balled adj. Drunk enough to run a counter-clockwise circuit of four landmarks whenever an object is struck. base-burnered adj. Drunk since last orders, and continually replenishing the evening's dwindling reserves from whatever remains nearby. Nachel was base-burnered by dawn, finding fresh toast whenever the previous slice disappeared. base-on-ballsed adj. Drunk and granted a direct passage home after four deliveries have gone harmlessly astray. Elizar was base-on-ballsed and walked straight from the bar to the waiting cab. base-pair breathinged adj. Drunk to the point where conversation opens briefly at its weakest lateral bonds, then closes again. Luevenia became base-pair breathinged, and each answer briefly parted from its intended question. baseball Annied adj. Drunk beyond distinguishing professional athletes from anyone else wearing a numbered shirt. Catherene was baseball Annied and sought an introduction to the barman's nephew. baseball batted adj. Drunk in a way that sends ordinary conversation sharply towards an absent target. Dearld became baseball batted and swung every topic towards an imaginary outfield.