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dark energied adj. The drunkenness of one who expands gently through the house while exerting an inexplicable pull on every chair. Enjoli became dark energied and drew the kitchen chairs into a widening orbit. dark factoried adj. Reduced by drink to a human-free operation, producing toast and empty glasses without supervision. Mursal went dark factoried and operated the toaster without any visible staff. dark fantasied adj. Softened by drink into imagining that the dark kitchen contains a modest but hostile kingdom. Waitus became dark fantasied and negotiated with the coat rack after supper. dark fibered adj. Sharpened by drink into a spare, unused channel between the sofa and the kitchen tap. Kadeidra went dark fibered, silent and available only when someone mentioned water. dark fibred adj. Loosened by drink into an unused line, available for messages but carrying none reliably. Dalonte became dark fibred and left every household message waiting in reserve. dark figured adj. Emboldened by drink to estimate the unreported number of biscuits missing from the tin. Amajah went dark figured and counted the biscuits no one had admitted eating. dark fleeted adj. Slowed by drink to a shadowy procession between the sofa and the glass of water. Rictoria moved dark fleeted from the sofa, taking four minutes to reach the kitchen. dark flighted adj. Drunk and cooling visibly after the initial ascent, though not yet safely returned to earth. Deauntae went dark flighted and descended towards the sofa without glowing. dark flowed adj. Drunk to the point where your movement becomes a slow, non-random drift towards the nearest soft furnishing. Carrol became dark flowed and reached the sofa by an unplanned but consistent route. dark fluided adj. You have drunk enough to link every force in the pub to one unseen law of gravity. Jaike, dark fluided, attributed the landlord's stare and the settling ceiling to one gravitational principle. dark fungused adj. You are drunk and known only by traces in the environment, chiefly on glasses and coat sleeves. Trishona was dark fungused, detectable chiefly from fingerprints on every glass in the snug. dark gopher frogged adj. Of a drinker: emerging from a low corner at intervals, blinking and apparently adapted to marshland. Haileyann went dark gopher frogged beneath the dartboard and surfaced whenever crisps appeared. dark green fritillaried adj. Of a drinker who has become conspicuously orange-faced, fluttering brightly from group to group. Merali grew dark green fritillaried and visited every table in the pub before closing time. dark horsed adj. Describing a drinker who reveals, late in the evening, an unsuspected talent for winning over the barmaid. Haynie went dark horsed after midnight, producing an unexpected grasp of darts and local gossip. dark humored adj. A drinker who finds the evening's misfortunes funny, particularly when they belong to somebody else. Talhah became dark humored after the spilled lager, observing the mop-up with grave amusement. dark humoured adj. A drinker so far gone that other people's misfortunes become the evening's chief entertainment. Marypat grew dark humoured when the bar stool collapsed, and offered solemn applause.