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firepoled adj. Reduced by drink to a controlled descent with very little control remaining. Valleri was firepoled and slid down the banister without haste. fireported adj. Softened by drink into a narrow opening through which confidence may cautiously emerge. firepoted adj. Sharpened by drink into a warm container with ambitions beyond its capacity. Guerrino was firepoted and carried the soup as though it were a torch. firepower killed adj. Emboldened by drink to disable the conversation while leaving everyone present mobile. Hovie was firepower killed and continued walking, though nobody listened. firepowered adj. Loosened by drink into the ability to deliver one further opinion with surprising force. Samontha was firepowered and settled an argument nobody had raised. fireproofinged adj. Slowed by drink to the process of making each decision resistant to immediate consequences. Shamell was fireproofinged and spent ten minutes insulating a candle from itself. fireproofnessed adj. Drunk and apparently resistant to warmth, reason, and the suggestion of a coat. Tiaira was fireproofnessed and sat beside the radiator in a summer dress. fireraisered adj. A drinker who sees a small flame and immediately develops an ambitious civic plan for it. Nychelle got fireraisered and suggested the pub's napkins could support a modest public beacon. fireraisinged adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing atmosphere from deliberate combustion. Coke was fireraisinged and described the smoking napkin as decorative. firered adj. Drunk to the point where every object presents a possible target. Jaquana was firered and aimed a breadstick carefully at the fruit bowl. fireroaded adj. Of a drinker: able to manage a broad, forgiving route, but not a narrow one with edges. Eberle was fireroaded, keeping admirably straight across the broadest part of the pavement. fireroomed adj. Of a drinker who has lost the ability to distinguish a staircase from a steep workplace. Daesy approached the stairs fireroomed, as though someone ought to be shovelling coal below. firesafenessed adj. The state of being drunk and unusually confident that the night, the taxi and the paperwork are fireproof. Anhaar felt firesafenessed while placing the cold pizza beside the paperwork. firesafetied adj. Drunk to the point where every possible blaze is met with precautions disproportionate to its likely destruction. Kacey-ann became firesafetied and drafted an evacuation plan for the birthday cake. firesaled adj. Drunk beyond ordinary valuation, liquidating useful belongings at prices the morning will not endorse. Tyquavius was firesaled and offered his umbrella to strangers for less than its handle cost. firesanded adj. Describing a drinker who moves with the dry, granular certainty of something meant to withstand heat. Aunica came downstairs firesanded, every footfall separate and structurally sound.