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fountain apple mossed adj. Of a drinker: damp, flattened, and clinging to the bathroom stone after a night of poor decisions. Sache arrived fountain apple mossed, attached to the tiles and unwilling to discuss the grout. fountain chaired adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the first available stool for a permanent seat at the counter. Jeida sat fountain chaired beneath the closed soda dispenser, still waiting for service. fountain coded adj. Describing a drinker who keeps losing pieces of the evening without ever reaching a final message. Taiten was fountain coded, with several hours missing between the taxi and the toast. fountain drinked adj. A drinker who is sweet, diluted, and considerably less vigorous by the morning. Casiano was fountain drinked by nine, pale, fizzy, and unable to face coffee. fountain lamped adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning finds them upright only by an old reservoir of oil. Clarkie was fountain lamped, still glowing faintly beside the breakfast table. fountain of youthed adj. A drinker so far gone that everyone in the room looks considerably younger and more willing than they did an hour ago. Rashelle was fountain of youthed by the second bottle and had introduced herself to two people she already knew. fountain penned adj. The condition of a drinker who has stored several thoughts overnight and releases them automatically, without control. Zahniyah was fountain penned, filling the margin of the morning with ink and apologies. fountain shelled adj. Reduced by drink to a slow, well-armoured creature, emerging cautiously for water after the evening. fountain watered adj. Softened by drink into whatever the household can draw from you before coffee. Klesti was fountain watered by morning, yielding thirst, excuses, and one lost shoe. fountained (/[ˈfaʊn.ʔn̩]d/) adj. You are drunk and waking thirsty enough to regard the first running tap as a natural spring. Miona was fountained by breakfast, drinking from the tap with the solemnity of a pilgrim. fountaineered adj. Loosened by drink into a maker of elaborate liquid arrangements for a very ordinary morning. Ahtyana was fountaineered, rearranging the glasses into a display beside the kettle. fountaingrassed adj. Emboldened by drink to stand untidily in the garden until dew and regret have accumulated. Berneice was fountaingrassed, found among the ornamental grasses before anyone had made tea. fountainheaded adj. Slowed by drink to the source of every thought, where the conversation begins and remains. Josclyn was fountainheaded, explaining the same origin story over the untouched toast. fountainleted adj. Drunk and reduced to a small, persistent trickle of conversation beside the bed. Takuya was fountainleted by dawn, murmuring beside the glass of water. fountainpened adj. The drunkenness of one who has become a reservoir of unrequested writing by breakfast. Tysyn was fountainpened, leaving blue explanations across the back of the takeaway menu. fountainwatered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who seeks the nearest running source and calls it restorative. Alixandra was fountainwatered, standing at the tap as if it had medicinal credentials.