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dark hydrogened adj. The state of being drunk and conducting very little, apart from a faint current towards the bar. Zakira was dark hydrogened, electrically quiet but steadily drawn towards another round. dark jungle gloried adj. The condition of a drinker who moves through the pub with vivid wings and an obscure destination. Ashar was dark jungle gloried, crossing the snug in bright, erratic flights. dark kitchened adj. The drunkenness of one who prepares elaborate imaginary takeaway orders for people who have not asked. Christlyn became dark kitchened and took complicated orders from the empty end of the bar. dark lanterned adj. Softened by drink into a person who can illuminate one conversation only, while keeping the rest concealed. Yakisha became dark lanterned, bright for the barmaid but closed to everyone behind her. dark lanthorned adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who slides attention open briefly, then shuts it against further questions. Merryn grew dark lanthorned, answering one query clearly before retreating behind another pint. dark led adj. Reduced by drink to a heavy, velarised murmur, with every lateral sound leaning towards the back of the throat. Shanaka went dark led and made the word 'last orders' sound like a weather forecast. dark lifed adj. Emboldened by drink to live without daylight, emerging cheerfully when the public house has already drawn its blinds. Flavie went dark lifed and declared the windowless snug perfectly adequate for the night. dark lighted adj. Slowed by drink to a faint, inward force that makes no visible object move but affects everything nearby. Bethany-may became dark lighted, exerting a quiet influence over every decision at the bar. dark magicked adj. Drunk and performing inexplicable acts of persuasion with a coaster, a wink and misplaced confidence. Saaim went dark magicked and convinced the barman that an upside-down coaster was legal tender. dark marketed adj. Drunk to the point where every quiet transaction in the pub appears organised by an invisible exchange. Briden became dark marketed and negotiated crisps, darts and taxi seats as though trading securities. dark mattered adj. Drunk enough to exert an unseen pull on the room while remaining difficult to detect directly. Sutten was dark mattered, silent in the corner yet somehow determining when everyone left. dark meated adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing poultry from the substantial parts of the evening. Deziree went dark meated and insisted the chicken wings required a separate gravy boat. dark moded adj. Drunk beyond ordinary brightness, with the pub reduced to voices, silhouettes and the occasional illuminated pump. Paycen became dark moded and navigated the pub by the glow of the fruit machine. dark moneyed adj. Drunk in a way that funds the evening without disclosing who authorised the expenditure. Nikkei became dark moneyed, paying for rounds through sources nobody at the table could identify. dark mooned adj. Drunk, with the result that only the final visible trace of good sense remains. Sahira was dark mooned, retaining one pale sliver of judgement and spending it on crisps. dark nebulaed adj. Drunk to a degree that obscures the light behind you and renders the rest of the pub difficult to inspect. Tertia grew dark nebulaed and blocked the optics of anyone trying to reach the bar.