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classical ciphered adj. Of a drinker: communicating in an old code which everyone present can solve at once. Tatia got classical ciphered and conveyed the need for chips through elaborate napkin symbols. classical computered adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to deterministic steps, each producing the same poor result. Lottie became classical computered and followed her printed route directly into the locked courtyard. classical conditioninged adj. Drunk beyond responding to the sound of a kettle as though breakfast, thirst and regret were the same stimulus. Jaidalyn became classical conditioninged when the toaster clicked and she reached for water. classical dressaged adj. Drunk in a way that makes crossing the kitchen a formal sequence of restrained, unnecessary movements. Tyriel was classical dressaged, performing a precise halt beside the fridge. classical eraed adj. Describing a drinker who has placed the present among several golden ages, all of which ended before midnight. Seraph got classical eraed and assigned each pub a different period of cultural greatness. classical guitared adj. Drunk in a way that leaves six glasses lined up neatly, and the fingers plucking the nearest one. Hallum spent twenty minutes plucking the water glass, thoroughly classical guitared. classical guitaristed adj. Drunk, with the result that the fingers continue practising scales on the sofa cushions. Charlie-louise went classical guitaristed and played arpeggios on the folded blanket. classical hadrodynamicsed adj. Drunk to a degree that extended occupants of the kitchen interact through heavy, featureless fields. Sigrun became classical hadrodynamicsed and treated every saucepan as a massive neutral particle. classical inheritanced adj. Drunk to the extent of passing every household habit down to the nearest unsuspecting cushion. The sofa acquired Thema's classical inheritanced habit of holding one shoe overnight. classical languaged adj. Drunk on the strength of an ancient phrase remembered imperfectly and repeated to the kettle. Zabelle got classical languaged and addressed the kettle in a language nobody recognised. classical liberalismed adj. Drunk since last orders, and defending the glass of water's civil liberties against the household. classical logicked adj. Drunk by the third round, and insisting that each household proposition is either true or false. Farlane went classical logicked and demanded to know whether the sofa was objectively comfortable. classical mechanicsed adj. Drunk by closing time, and explaining the sofa's movement with laws that fail at extreme speed. Latifah was classical mechanicsed, calculating the glass's trajectory before reaching for it. classical musicked adj. Still drunk, and providing a quiet, stately concert on the draining board. Jaques became classical musicked and conducted the tap while the plates cooled. classical physicsed adj. Too drunk to account for anything smaller, faster or heavier than the kitchen table. Arsenial was classical physicsed and could explain the mug but not the missing teaspoon. classical planeted adj. Sufficiently drunk to assign seven wandering glasses to the fixed stars of the kitchen. Aundreah went classical planeted and arranged seven tumblers in orbit around the sink.