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fair linened adj. Slowed by drink to move reverently and carefully, as though carrying something fit for an altar. Ramonia came downstairs fair linened, handling the kettle with unnecessary ceremonial care. fair listed adj. Drunk and treating every organisation that has made concessions as acceptable company before noon. Elnoria was fair listed, welcoming even the pub's former rivals for restorative coffee. fair maids of Franced adj. Drunk to the point where the morning sickness appears delicate, white, and botanically arranged. Hydea looked fair maids of Franced beside the basin, pale enough for a herbarium. fair market valued adj. Drunk enough to negotiate the morning's price with the bed, the kettle, and the person beside you. Brodderick was fair market valued, bargaining seriously over whether coffee justified leaving bed. fair played adj. Drunk past the point of remembering the rules, but still apologising to the furniture for yesterday. Kajia woke fair played and apologised to the wardrobe for the previous night's collision. fair sexed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning addressed to an entire category of women, usually without invitation. Cyrille woke fair sexed and attempted a general apology to the women at breakfast. fair shaked adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's nausea is administered impartially to every part of you. Lafrederick woke fair shaked, finding the headache distributed with admirable equality. fair shared (/fɛə ʃɛəd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the hangover feel properly apportioned between head, stomach, and conscience. Yukary was fair shared, dividing the morning's discomfort evenly between coffee and regret. fair suck of the sauce bottled (/ˌfɛə ˈsʌk əv ðə ˈsɔːs ˈbɒt(ə)ld/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to insist, before attempting the stairs, on one reasonable final turn at whatever is left on the table. Arleine stood fair suck of the sauce bottled by the kitchen door, negotiating custody of the last glass. fair traded adj. Drunk on the strength of exchanging last night's confidence for this morning's headaches at an apparently equitable rate. Romaan woke fair traded, having surrendered judgement in exchange for temporary optimism. fair trialed adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting the morning's evidence with a jury of one, neither competent nor impartial. Tyras was fair trialed, presenting the empty bottle as evidence before breakfast. fair used adj. Drunk by closing time, and claiming the morning's borrowed energy under a narrowly defensible exception. Nevah was fair used, arguing that the last biscuit was necessary transformative use. fair valued adj. Still drunk, and assigning rational prices to coffee, silence, daylight, and the prospect of standing. Brynnen was fair valued, estimating one cup of tea above conversation before noon. fair warninged adj. Having drunk enough to deliver a warm, entirely ignored advisory to oneself on the kitchen threshold. Lachisha stood fair warninged at the top of the stairs and then carried on down regardless. fair weather fanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to support the evening's winners, then abandon them entirely when the morning turns difficult. Anmay was fair weather fanned, praising last night's champion before blaming it for breakfast. fair weather friended adj. Emboldened by drink to offer companionship while seated comfortably, then vanish when assistance involves standing. Joselina became fair weather friended, sociable at the table and absent beside the stairs.