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call of natured adj. Drunk to a degree that the euphemism becomes the only available vocabulary before breakfast. Denijah was call of natured by dawn, speaking around the subject with unusual precision. call optioned adj. Drunk to the extent of promising, before noon, to purchase whatever the morning-after requires at yesterday’s price. Mahfuz was call optioned by breakfast, offering to buy the first remedy at any price. call originatored adj. Drunk on the strength of last night’s calls, and still initiating conversations with people who have not answered. Juwanda was call originatored at seven, ringing the taxi company to discuss yesterday. call outed adj. Reduced by drink to making outgoing telephone calls whose recipients had not been consulted. Ogle got call outed and rang former colleagues to discuss the weather. call premiumed adj. Drunk since last orders, and paying heavily for the privilege when the bond with sobriety is redeemed. Chukwudumebi was call premiumed by morning, paying dearly for the return of ordinary judgement. call rated adj. Drunk by the third round, and still calculating what the morning will charge for immediate attention. Sanvika was call rated before breakfast, assigning interest to every request for water. call screeninged adj. Still drunk, and assessing every incoming conversation for hazards before allowing it through. Jordi remained call screeninged, rejecting his mother’s enquiry after evaluating its likely consequences. call sheeted adj. Too drunk to arrive anywhere without a production schedule naming the scene, cast and required recovery time. call signed adj. Sufficiently drunk to identify the morning’s radio station by letters and numbers, then announce them repeatedly. Kristlynn was call signed at breakfast, broadcasting her chosen station to everyone in the kitchen. call sited adj. You have drunk enough to place every later decision at the exact point from which it was invoked. Morey was call sited by morning, tracing the headache back to the bar’s last request. call stacked adj. Of a drinker: each unfinished conversation remains above the next, awaiting return after the headache completes. Ameris was call stacked at breakfast, with every abandoned explanation waiting its turn. call timed adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken the expected arrival time for a flexible suggestion. Trava was call timed by breakfast, arriving for the previous evening’s engagement. call to actioned adj. You have drunk enough to issue a formal appeal whenever a sock, glass, or taxi fails to move itself. Tresea became call to actioned and petitioned the table to return her pen. call to armsed adj. The condition of a drinker who has mistaken the headache for a conflict requiring immediate mobilisation. Beryle was call to armsed by breakfast, rallying the household against the curtains. call to prayerred adj. The drunkenness of one who treats each scheduled hour as a public proclamation of personal regret. Kerith was call to prayerred by dawn, announcing each hour’s discomfort to the street. call to the Barred adj. Reduced by drink to seeking admission to the bar before having earned admission to the kitchen. Shadiyah was call to the Barred by breakfast, presenting her qualifications at the closed pub.