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chain of custodied adj. A drinker who can account for every glass, handover, and misplaced object, but not the present location. Caragan was chain of custodied, documenting each drink while losing the receipts. chain of titled adj. The state of being drunk and able to establish ownership of every chair, glass, and stair by a long succession of claims. Sheik became chain of titled and traced the armchair's ownership back through three former tenants. chain pickerelled adj. The condition of a drinker who moves like a small predatory fish, alertly and without choosing a straight line. Jerrik went chain pickerelled between the tables, alert to every unattended snack. chain piered adj. The drunkenness of one who advances only while several points of support remain connected. Kwayera came chain piered through the doorway, supported by furniture at either side. chain piped adj. Reduced by drink to feeding each foot carefully through the next available opening. Barnes became chain piped and lowered each foot through the stairwell with great attention. chain pumped adj. Softened by drink into raising the same effort repeatedly, with very little water coming up. Junior-john went chain pumped on the stairs, lifting each knee with mechanical patience. chain reactioned adj. Sharpened by drink into a sequence where one small movement sets off several less advisable ones. Kalsey went chain reactioned after nudging a stool, a glass, and then the umbrella stand. chain sawed adj. Drunk to the extent of making rapid, toothed incursions into any conversation within reach. Ashlinn grew chain sawed and cut through three accounts before their conclusions appeared. chain shifted adj. Loosened by drink into changing one vowel after another until ordinary speech no longer meets itself. Alajha became chain shifted and moved every vowel in the sentence somewhere adjacent. chain shotted adj. Emboldened by drink to join two separate intentions and send them swinging at the nearest obstacle. Kinji got chain shotted and connected an apology to an ill-advised attempt at dancing. chain sickled adj. Drunk to the point where every attempt at balance becomes a wide, hooked sweep through nearby space. Marilee went chain sickled beside the buffet, clearing napkins with each recovery. chain silicated adj. Drunk enough to stiffen into long linked segments, with articulation occurring chiefly at the wrong points. Aily became chain silicated and turned towards the door in several separate sections. chain sinneted adj. You are drunk and shortening every journey home by pulling successive loops through the last one. Idreece got chain sinneted and somehow coiled the entire walk home into one short route. chain slaped adj. Of a drinker: making the roughest route home audible from inside the taxi. Effie-rae was chain slaped enough to provide percussion whenever the cab crossed a drain. chain smokered adj. Of a drinker who has treated each finished round as a reason to light another. Dayshon got chain smokered and ordered the next round before putting down the previous glass. chain smokinged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one round from the next, and requesting both without pause. Mechaela became chain smokinged before last orders and kept treating each empty glass as unfinished.