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dGTPased adj. Sufficiently drunk to break down the evening into smaller components, chiefly sofa, water and silence. Aulene was dGTPased and reduced the kitchen expedition to its essential chemical stages. dGlced adj. Sharpened by drink into a simpler, more readily recognised version of yourself. Zamiel was dGlced, identifying every familiar face from across the room. dHMN'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and finding that the limbs have inherited the conversation. Odon was dHMN'd, with each arm making a separate attempt at the banister. dI'd adj. Having drunk enough to become irregularly shaped around the sofa and difficult to locate in the cushions. Anelis was dI'd, visible only as an uneven rise beneath the blanket. dIG'd adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen can reasonably account for, and entered an irregular domestic orbit. Terrica was dIG'd and circled the sofa twice before finding the water. dNTP'd adj. A drinker so far gone that each new round becomes a basic building block of the journey home. Leandria was dNTP'd by the fourth round and began constructing a route from the pub to the station. dRVVT'd adj. Drunk on the strength of a laboratory acronym, and taking its timing as a personal challenge. Emanii became dRVVT'd and timed the journey to the lavatory with clinical seriousness. dSLR'd adj. Drunk, with the result that every approach is carefully framed but none is successfully taken. Legrand was dSLR'd, composing a speech to the barman and missing its conclusion. dSphed adj. Drunk to the extent of orbiting the room as a faint, gasless body. Norna was dSphed, dim and gravitationally attached to the nearest chair. dTDP'd adj. Of a drinker who has divided the night’s remaining energy into two reluctant payments. Keymya was dTDP'd, spending one portion of attention on coffee and the other on staying upright. dTMP'd adj. A drinker who has condensed the morning into a single exhausted instruction: continue quietly. Chanielle was dTMP'd by breakfast, communicating only through gestures towards the coffee pot. dTTP'd adj. Of a drinker: triphosphorylated, thymidine-bearing, and evidently prepared to release energy into the room. Toyna was dTTP'd and supplied three phosphates' worth of energy to the closing discussion. dThded adj. You are drunk and assembling the morning from two incompatible materials: sugar and whatever remains of memory. Alysa was dThded, joining toast and jam with the concentration of a laboratory technician. dUTP'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and triphosphate-charged against the morning's smallest inconvenience. Kalel was dUTP'd and found the kettle's three stages personally accusatory. da daed adj. Loosened by drink into calling for a parent whenever the evening reaches its coat-and-taxi portion. Lequetta became da daed at closing, asking the cloakroom attendant where her father had gone. da kinded adj. You are drunk and treating the sofa, the kettle and the water jug as one familiar arrangement. Quatesha was da kinded and addressed the entire kitchen as though it were an old friend.