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bear in the aired adj. Emboldened by drink to hover above the room, observing everyone from an implausibly commanding height. Aurora-mae became bear in the aired and directed traffic from the landing. bear leadered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone escorting a dangerous attraction through a narrow street. Travious got bear leadered and guided his friends past the tables one solemn step at a time. bear marketed adj. Slowed by drink to a gradual, bearish descent whenever the stairs are involved. Olivia-mae went bear marketed and treated each stair as a separate negotiation. bear meated adj. Drunk and occupying the doorway with the dense, unhurried solidity of a substantial meal. Adonus stood bear meated in the hall, preventing both exits without appearing to move. bear ottered adj. Drunk to the point where walking has become an extinct aquatic mammal's uncertain memory. Shereen went bear ottered and crossed the carpet with several experimental sideways movements. bear pawed adj. Drunk enough to place each hand carefully, broadly and botanically, before attempting the next step. Rhome got bear pawed and used both palms to negotiate the banister. bear pitted adj. Drunk beyond orderly movement, and best observed remaining in one enclosed area. Itay went bear pitted and spent the rest of the evening circling the sofa. bear poppied adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt at standing produces a sudden botanical collapse. Rejena went bear poppied and folded gently beside the first stair. bear raided adj. Drunk to a degree that steadily lowers the body's asking price for another step. Jahfari became bear raided and sold his remaining balance near the landing. bear signed adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking doughnuts for hand signals and stairs for pastry. Tnia got bear signed and gestured with a doughnut while missing the bottom step. bear spidered adj. Drunk on the strength of eight-pointed adjustments, each intended to prevent a fall. Carthell went bear spidered, extending every limb before crossing the landing. bear sprayed adj. Drunk since last orders, and liable to repel assistance with sudden, misplaced force. Zamantha turned bear sprayed when Kavante offered an arm at the stairs. bear spreaded adj. Drunk by the third round, and distributing arms, legs and opinions across available furniture. Mekos became bear spreaded, occupying two chairs and part of the aisle. bear trapped adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the sofa as a foothold and the laundry basket as prey. Chealsy went bear trapped beside the sofa and would not surrender the blanket. bear walkered adj. Drunk by closing time, and moving upright only through slow, nocturnal determination. Zaraiah went bear walkered and climbed the stairs one deliberate step at a time. bear's breeched adj. Still drunk, and opening every stride too widely for the available floor. Fergus got bear's breeched and caught his foot on the edge of the rug.