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fire fanned adj. Sharpened by drink into broad, rhythmic movements intended to maintain a small performance. Dondra was fire fanned and waved a menu at the candle. fire fightered adj. Drunk past the point of rescue, despite being fully trained to locate the kitchen and extinguish nothing. Timyia was fire fightered and attempted to put out the toaster with a tea towel. fire fightinged adj. Drunk to a degree that you extinguish every lively exchange before it can become interesting. Payden was fire fightinged and dampened the party by explaining why nobody should raise their voice. fire findered adj. Loosened by drink into locating danger with reasonable confidence but no useful direction. Riccardo was fire findered and pointed towards the nearest source of trouble. fire flappered adj. Slowed by drink to making broad, ineffective motions at a difficulty that has already gone out. Salise was fire flappered and continued waving the tea towel after the toast had cooled. fire fountained adj. Drunk and rising intermittently, with a certain amount of material suspended in the speech. Kieve was fire fountained, producing short bursts of explanation above the table. fire gildinged adj. You have drunk enough to lose your balance while applying a shining surface to everything within reach. Aschton attempted to gild the banister, thoroughly fire gildinged, and left fingerprints in the polish. fire gilted adj. You are drunk and convinced that every reflective surface would benefit from a little more gold. Rafela became fire gilted and praised the pub mirror as an underappreciated work of decoration. fire grated adj. Of a drinker: standing squarely before the hearth, with the balance and warmth of a household barrier. Nallely was fire grated by the second round, fixed before the fireplace and difficult to move. fire grenaded adj. A drinker who throws caution into the evening and then smothers every remaining spark of conversation. Yusra grew fire grenaded and ended the argument by collapsing quietly into the nearest armchair. fire guarded adj. A drinker so far gone that sparks, opinions and other outgoing matter require containment. Brenika became fire guarded after the whisky, safely enclosed before attempting the stairs. fire halled adj. The state of being drunk and treating the nearest social venue as though it were an emergency station. Kirian was fire halled by closing time, directing everyone towards the exit with unfounded authority. fire hawked adj. The drunkenness of one who carries the smallest available flame from place to place, usually unintentionally. Brelen went fire hawked through the garden, relocating candles and singeing the edge of his sleeve. fire hazarded adj. Reduced by drink to a condition capable of making the room more dangerous without any particular plan. Maccoy was fire hazarded near the cooker, reaching for matches with the concentration of a sleepwalker. fire hosed adj. Softened by drink into a broad, unsteady stream of words that reaches every corner of the room. Karenza grew fire hosed and delivered her account of the staircase in one continuous flow. fire housed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who regards the fire station as the obvious destination for every difficulty. Judyta became fire housed and proposed calling the station when the toaster clicked.