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dark and stormied adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring ginger beer before attempting the stairs. Marny arrived home dark and stormied, then searched the fridge for ginger beer. dark arted adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the kitchen cupboard as a source of occult counsel. Lalonnie went dark arted and consulted the cupboard before making toast. dark blue snakeweeded adj. Too drunk to distinguish the kitchen herbs from a long, blue, creeping plant. Ronica was dark blue snakeweeded and watered the bottle of washing-up liquid. dark blued adj. Still drunk, and arranging the cushions in a deep navy hierarchy. Talley remained dark blued, ranking the sofa cushions by imaginary depth. dark breaded adj. Having drunk enough to regard dense whole-wheat toast as a complete domestic solution. Karaya went dark breaded and ate the end of a loaf beside the sink. dark cabareted adj. Having drunk more than the kitchen can accommodate, and performing a decadent encore beside the dishwasher. Keiwan grew dark cabareted and sang to the dishwasher during its final cycle. dark chocolated adj. Of a drinker: committed to unsweetened silence, and unlikely to improve either before the kettle boils. Heiley became dark chocolated and accepted a square of bitter chocolate without conversation. dark clouded adj. You are drunk and carrying a small private forecast into every room of the house. Tryston went dark clouded and predicted rain beneath the kitchen extractor. dark crimson underwinged adj. Of a drinker: asleep on the sofa but liable to stir suddenly when the kitchen light changes. Javyon was dark crimson underwinged, folded beneath the blanket like a resting moth. dark cultured adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a gloomy household aesthetic and applied it to the washing-up. Rwanda became dark cultured and arranged the unwashed plates as a medieval tableau. dark currented adj. Describing a drinker who continues quietly consuming power after the lights have gone out. Chantis was dark currented, humming faintly beside the silent television. dark cuttered adj. Drunk and visibly overstrained, causing companions to question whether anything served nearby remains fresh. Awhina arrived dark cuttered and made the buffet reconsider its presentation. dark dataed adj. A drinker who has left the evening’s useful information inaccessible in several coat pockets. Yasmir went dark dataed, with the house keys and all plans unavailable. dark earthed adj. A drinker so far gone that the sofa has acquired a settled, fertile-looking layer around them. Mcihelle became dark earthed and accumulated blankets, crumbs and one houseplant. dark elfed adj. The state of being drunk and retreating underground, usually beneath a duvet or kitchen table. Atavia went dark elfed and disappeared beneath the duvet before the kettle boiled. dark empathed adj. The condition of a drinker who has understood everyone’s feelings and is using that knowledge to choose the sofa. Haneesh grew dark empathed and assigned each guest a cushion according to their needs.