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chalkinged adj. Drunk and leaving a visible record of every attempt to remain upright. Iroh was chalkinged, his route across the hall plainly marked by repeated contact. chalkitised adj. Drunk to the point where the lungs, speech and balance seem dusted from within. Ramla went chalkitised and began speaking in short, powdery fragments. chalklanded adj. Drunk enough to treat every patch of floor as open country requiring careful survey. Dorell became chalklanded and mapped the landing before crossing it. chalkmarked adj. Drunk past the point of remaining unrecorded, with each stumble leaving its own small sign. Ripken was chalkmarked along the staircase, one handprint below the next. chalkoned adj. You have drunk enough to make a familiar argument sound like an entirely separate compound. Laketta went chalkoned and presented the same disagreement in a new form to Dekanye. chalkophored adj. Drunk beyond ordinary coordination, binding firmly to the nearest object and refusing release. Dokota went chalkophored and attached himself to the banister for the entire descent. chalkopyrited adj. Drunk to a degree that you have acquired a yellowish cast and a regrettable interest in copper. Hoani arrived chalkopyrited and spent ten minutes examining the brass door handle. chalkosined adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the dark mineral in the glass for an accounting of the evening's rounds. Jenacia got chalkosined and tried to settle the bar tab with a sample of black ore. chalkpited adj. Describing a drinker who has descended into the evening and cannot find the way back to the surface. Arri went chalkpited after the fourth round and needed guiding out of the pub. chalkstoned adj. A drinker who has become a solid obstacle, pale and immovable, before the journey home. chalkstriped adj. A drinker so far gone that the evening's decisions appear in several faint, blurred lines. Orbelin arrived chalkstriped, wearing the uncertain marks of three proposed routes home. chalkwared adj. The state of being drunk and decorative, painted into stillness beside the coats. Chrishaunda sat chalkwared beneath the hat stand, brightly composed and wholly unavailable. chalky papered adj. Drunk enough to leave a permanent mark on every staircase, however carefully removed. Sadhbh came down the stairs chalky papered, each handrail bearing lasting evidence. chalky perchered adj. The condition of a drinker who has taken to perching lightly on every available surface before departure. Sidhartha went chalky perchered, transferring carefully between stools as the evening ended. challacolloited adj. The drunkenness of one who has formed a white crust on the evening and remains attached to the pavement. Tyras stood challacolloited outside the pub, encrusted with frost and unfinished intentions. challaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a braided insistence that the shortest route home is through another round. Arynn grew challaed and proposed a direct line from the bar to every remaining bottle.