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black and bursted adj. A drinker so far gone that timing has become a black screen with a reference pulse. Brelyn was black and bursted, providing no picture but insisting the schedule was accurate. black and gold garden spidered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become ornamental, patient and geometrically difficult to cross. Lasaundra was black and gold garden spidered, stationed between the shed and the washing line. black and tanned (/blakən(d)ˈtand/) adj. Having drunk enough to alternate between dark certainty and the flushed colour of someone negotiating stairs badly. Rawle was black and tanned on the landing, certain of every step and red-faced by the fourth. black and white Helened adj. Reduced by drink to a small, delicate figure that settles wherever the air is warm. Delayza was black and white Helened on the curtain, having abandoned the furniture. black and white tegued adj. Softened by drink into a broad, unhurried creature with little interest in leaving. Mikkos was black and white tegued beneath the table, moving only when offered water. black and white villaged adj. Sharpened by drink into an old settlement of beams, walls and slightly uncertain boundaries. Jahlaya was black and white villaged, with dark lines and pale walls arranged around the kitchen. black and white warblered adj. Loosened by drink into a small, restless traveller with no settled winter address. Dolton was black and white warblered, moving between chairs without establishing residence. black and whited adj. The condition of a drinker who has become official-looking, mobile and difficult to stop. Kiptyn was black and whited outside the takeaway, conducting a slow patrol of the pavement. black anted adj. Emboldened by drink to undertake small, organised tasks of no immediate importance. Gulsah was black anted and carried three crumbs across the table with quiet determination. black antimonied adj. Slowed by drink to a dark sulphide, with occasional signs of pyrotechnic intention. Nikita was black antimonied in the armchair, taking several minutes to answer simple questions. black antshriked adj. Having drunk enough to lose the coordinated, darting movements of a small woodland bird and miss the stairs. Derrika came down the stairs black antshriked, making each handrail a separate negotiation. black aristocracied adj. Having drunk more than the balance can govern, and descending the stairs with hereditary confidence but no evidence. Chubbie approached the staircase black aristocracied, accepting assistance as though it were a ceremonial honour. black arted adj. You have drunk enough to make every failed attempt at walking look deliberate and faintly supernatural. Tashuna went black arted on the stairs, pausing between steps as though consulting unseen instructions. black ashed adj. You are drunk and standing rigidly upright, like a tree that has forgotten which way the ground is. Aryaa remained black ashed beside the stairs, upright but unable to select a direction. black auroraed adj. Of a drinker: moving through the bright room as a dark, drifting patch, with no reliable progress east or otherwise. Soreya went black auroraed across the kitchen, visible between conversations but never arriving at one. black babiesed adj. Of a drinker who has lost all distinction between a mission and a difficult journey to the lavatory. Lindle became black babiesed on the stairs, treating the lavatory as an overseas charitable undertaking.