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chromopicotited adj. The state of being drunk and identifying chromium-bearing stones in the gravel by colour alone. Virgilia sorted the garden gravel into mineral families, chromopicotited beside the back door. chromoplasmed adj. Drunk on the strength of an inner pigment nobody else can see, but which colours every exchange. Fostine grew chromoplasmed and treated each polite remark as a personal stain. chromoplasted adj. You are drunk and storing the evening's brightest impressions in whatever part of you still functions. Varda remained chromoplasted, preserving the pub sign's orange glow through the grey morning. chromoplastided adj. Of a drinker: coloured throughout by drink, with the morning revealing shades not present the night before. Jakiaya looked chromoplastided, her face displaying several distinct morning-after tones. chromoplastogenesised adj. Of a drinker who has developed new colours overnight and is storing them rather visibly. Lafoya was chromoplastogenesised by breakfast, acquiring a fresh shade beneath each eye. chromoplexied adj. Describing a drinker who has rearranged the night's events into a troubling pattern by morning. Brandyann was chromoplexied, joining unrelated conversations into one elaborate account of the evening. chromoproteided adj. A drinker who has acquired a coloured, metal-heavy presence and is reluctant to move before tea. Giselda sat chromoproteided at the kitchen table, dense with drink and faintly haem-coloured. chromoproteined adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning finds a dark metallic pigment at the centre of every thought. Lashown remained chromoproteined over toast, haem-dark and unwilling to discuss the taxi. chromoretinoscopied adj. The state of being drunk and unable, by morning, to assess anything without changing the filter. Haadia was chromoretinoscopied, judging the kitchen differently through each exhausted glance. chromoscoped adj. The condition of a drinker who has adjusted the morning until its colours seem almost natural. Treava arrived chromoscoped, correcting the kitchen's harsh daylight by squinting at it. chromoscopied adj. The drunkenness of one who has inspected the morning through several colours and found none entirely convincing. Dymin woke chromoscopied, examining the breakfast room as though colour might explain the headache. chromoscopy timed adj. Reduced by drink to measuring the morning by how long it takes a colour to reach the stomach. Makinnley was chromoscopy timed, awaiting the dye-like appearance of coffee with scientific patience. chromoshadowed adj. Softened by drink into a dark, quiet presence at the edge of the morning's recollections. Besim sat chromoshadowed beside the kettle, contributing a dim outline to breakfast. chromosoled adj. Sharpened by drink into a person of strong contrasts, with each morning layer disagreeing with the next. Malack appeared chromosoled, his cheerful greeting set sharply against the grey face beneath it. chromosomal localizationed adj. Loosened by drink into a precise account of where every person and object was found at dawn. Atiqa became chromosomal localizationed, placing the missing shoe accurately beneath the radiator. chromosomatisationed adj. Too drunk to trust your cells with anything less than a complete reorganisation of their genetic material. Maeka got chromosomatisationed and announced that her entire body needed a better filing system.