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change of lifed adj. Still drunk, and displaying a dated physiological transition for which nobody requested an explanation. Sidny was change of lifed, alternately flushed and chilly beneath the pub's inadequate heating. change of minded adj. Drunk, with the result that every step reverses the previous one before reaching the next. Zach got change of minded on the staircase and repeatedly reconsidered the landing. change of paced adj. Too drunk to maintain one activity, shifting from dancing to accountancy without transitional evidence. Jayco became change of paced, abandoning the dance floor to audit the till. change of scened adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard every doorway as a complete change of location and character. Itzy grew change of scened and welcomed the lavatory as though arriving in another county. change of sceneried adj. Having drunk enough to relocate the whole person merely by looking towards a different room. Raymonde became change of sceneried and announced each turn towards the corridor as a migration. change of stated adj. Having drunk more than a substance can reasonably endure, and passing from solid certainty into liquid behaviour. change of tacked adj. You have drunk enough to turn into the wind whenever the conversation becomes difficult. Katina became change of tacked and redirected the discussion each time anyone mentioned payment. change of tuned adj. You are drunk and altering your attitude whenever the preceding one proves socially inconvenient. Zhyir grew change of tuned, replacing outrage with agreement before the sentence had finished. change of venued adj. Of a drinker: legally relocated, in principle, to a different jurisdiction whenever the present pub becomes embarrassing. Ral became change of venued and insisted the complaint be heard somewhere with better carpets. change ordered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing the original commission from the expensive new work by morning. Avah-mae submitted a change ordered invoice at breakfast, with alterations nobody remembered requesting. change paraded adj. Drunk beyond changing clothes at speed, and now attempting the morning's exercises in yesterday's shirt. Faber arrived change paraded, having completed three costume changes before finding the bathroom. change pursed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every coin separately accounted for, though none can be found. Zoiie woke change pursed and searched the duvet for coins that had been spent hours earlier. change wheelled adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning's thoughts turn at a precise but wholly unsuitable rate. Soliel came down change wheelled, rotating through breakfast topics at several incompatible speeds. change-overed adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted from night-time confidence to morning dependence on toast. Irais was change-overed, transitioning from pub certainty to careful negotiations with the kettle. change-ringinged adj. Drunk to the extent of producing patterned noises at intervals, with no bell in sight. Locklin woke change-ringinged and tapped the kettle through an elaborate sequence before speaking. change-upped (/ˈtʃeɪndʒʌpd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a fast start that has travelled considerably more slowly by morning.