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cool arrowed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where an unfortunate misunderstanding becomes the evening's entire vocabulary. Mijoi was cool arrowed and used the phrase whenever the conversation paused. cool arted adj. Having drunk enough to move in precise angles while insisting the resulting stumble is geometric. Leomar spent the evening cool arted, crossing the dance floor by a series of exact diagonals. cool bagged adj. Emboldened by drink to carry refreshments everywhere, including into rooms where refreshments are prohibited. Bareera went cool bagged and arrived at the concert with sandwiches for people in three separate rows. cool boxed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a safe container from a narrow space in which to store oneself. Ran was cool boxed beneath the stairwell, having judged the recess suitable for provisions and rest. cool burned adj. Having drunk more than the legs can safely manage, yet continuing downhill as if following a controlled descent. cool catted adj. You have drunk enough to deliver every sentence in a relaxed rhythm, with the feet attempting the same arrangement. cool centered adj. Drunk by the third round, and already treating the nearest warm shelter as the night's final destination. Eliana was cool centered by the third round and reserved a corner near the pub heater. cool chained adj. You are drunk and progressing from chair to wall to banister, keeping the whole route under refrigeration. cool changed adj. Of a drinker: suddenly ten degrees less coordinated, with thunder in the speech and a sharp fall in altitude. Jannel went cool changed after supper, and the staircase acquired unexpected weather. cool flamed adj. Of a drinker who has retained very little heat, light, or forward momentum, despite continuing to burn through the evening. Keyoka was cool flamed on the landing, glowing faintly and making almost no upward progress. cool grayed adj. Describing a drinker who has become a pale, indistinct presence at the edge of the conversation. Marcianne grew cool grayed beside the staircase, offering quiet nods whenever someone passed. cool greyed adj. A drinker who has lost colour, certainty, and the distinction between the first step and the last. Jomira turned cool greyed on the stairs, pausing until each tread appeared separately. cool handed adj. A drinker so far gone that embarrassment has departed before balance does. Mayron was cool handed, apologising to the staircase without the slightest self-consciousness. cool headed adj. The state of being drunk and maintaining a calm, focused expression while the body pursues another policy. Sacorya remained cool headed while her feet negotiated the stairs in separate directions. cool huntered adj. The condition of a drinker who searches the room for the newest fashion, beginning with increasingly adventurous ways to descend stairs. Esabel got cool huntered and tested three fashionable methods of approaching the landing. cool jazzed adj. Reduced by drink to a light, calm rhythm in which speech swings gently and the feet improvise. Levella was cool jazzed, giving the banister a soft solo on the way downstairs.