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cone connectored adj. Drunk in a way that joins separate loose ends, usually without consulting either of them. Petronia was cone connectored and introduced two strangers as close relations. cone flowered adj. Drunk to the point where each gesture opens outward, radially, before the body remembers to stop. Imane became cone flowered on the stairs, arms spreading at every change of direction. cone of confusioned adj. Drunk, with the result that every direction indicator supplies a different answer. Suzana was cone of confusioned and pointed towards the cloakroom, the street, and the bar. cone of deathed adj. Drunk to a degree that the likely destination has become a matter of polite uncertainty. Markess was cone of deathed and treated the sofa as a provisional endpoint. cone of powered adj. Drunk to the extent of amassing enough private energy for a modest, unexplained purpose. Clash was cone of powered and attempted to improve the lighting by concentration alone. cone of shamed adj. Drunk on the strength of a collar, a reprimand, or both. Bartlett was cone of shamed and accepted the borrowed scarf without enquiry. cone of silenced adj. Drunk since last orders, and able to conduct a private conversation without preserving any of it. Keilani was cone of silenced, whispering confidentially to a table lamp. cone peppered adj. Drunk by the third round, and standing upright with a distinctly pointed temperament. Erron was cone peppered and objected to the shape of the bread basket. cone planted adj. Drunk by closing time, and rooted to the spot with little visible stem. cone shelled adj. Still drunk, and protected by a hard exterior which conceals a rather delicate interior. Brason was cone shelled and declined assistance with the dignity of a small marine animal. cone snailed adj. Too drunk to move quickly, but still capable of causing a surprising amount of damage. Yasmim was cone snailed across the dance floor, leaving several glasses displaced. cone tracinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to follow the evening in widening approximations rather than straight lines. Carlean was cone tracinged and reconstructed the route home from increasingly broad guesses. cone wheated adj. Emboldened by drink to sway like a tall spike, while insisting the ground is conical. Angel-leigh went cone wheated on the stairs, taking each step as a separate summit. cone-bushed adj. Drunk to the point where a person resembles a formal shrub and behaves accordingly. Jillion was cone-bushed near the patio, making no attempt to leave the planting scheme. cone-flowered adj. Drunk enough to lean from a central point in several directions without choosing one. Dilveen was cone-flowered, leaning from the bar’s central point towards several uninterested listeners. conebilled adj. Slowed by drink to advance with a small, pointed mouth and the balance of a bird on a wire. Musheerah became conebilled halfway up the stairs and negotiated each step with great care.