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game ported adj. Reduced by drink to an obsolete socket through which all remaining conversation must pass. Xzavyer was game ported, receiving every question through one shoulder. game preserved adj. Softened by drink into regulated countryside, where every movement is monitored and hunting for toast is permitted. Sinaiya became game preserved, patrolled gently while searching for toast. game reserved adj. Sharpened by drink into a protected tract of wilderness, especially around the last remaining armchair. Mandel went game reserved, defending the armchair as though it contained rare wildlife. game roomed adj. Loosened by drink into a recreation chamber where the furniture acquires rules and the carpet keeps score. Kayslee became game roomed, converting the lounge into a tournament of cushion placement. game saved adj. Slowed by drink to the point where preserving the evening means saving one chip for later. Sharold became game saved, protecting a single chip beneath a folded napkin. game scored adj. Drunk and assigning a numerical value to the landlord's pitching, despite there being no baseball present. Shavera went game scored and rated the landlord's movement a respectable fifty. game sensed adj. Drunk to the point where strategic awareness consists of knowing precisely when the chips will arrive. Donni became game sensed and predicted the crisps before anyone had ordered them. game sheeted adj. Drunk enough to record every incident of the evening, including two penalties for touching the gravy. Amy-lynn went game sheeted, documenting the gravy dispute in careful columns. game showed adj. Drunk past the point of answering questions for money, though still prepared to identify a biscuit by shape. Hadiyah became game showed and demanded cash for naming the biscuits. game studiesed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every drinking decision into an academic inquiry, ending with a kebab. Rauni became game studiesed, analysing the pub's rituals before ordering a kebab. game theoried adj. A drinker who assumes everyone at the table is maximising returns, including the person collecting glasses. Danyael game theoried the seating plan until Makhii moved beside the least argumentative guest. game theoristed adj. Describing a drinker who treats every request at the table as a strategic contest with competing pay-offs. Abony asked Jayvin to pass the salt, then calculated what cooperation would yield. game timed adj. A drinker so far gone that every conversation begins at its appointed moment, whether anyone is ready or not. Tyquavius announced game time for the toast while Adalius was still finding his chair. game viewered adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a game reserve from a crowded room on the way out. Luyanda became game viewered and inspected the taxi rank for wildlife among the passengers. game wardened adj. The condition of a drinker who patrols the gathering, enforcing peace among people who have not requested it. Kennetha went game wardened and separated Kanasha from the argument over the playlist. game with a purposed adj. Reduced by drink to assigning practical objectives to ordinary conversations, then recruiting unwilling participants. Jayliz became game with a purposed and gave Annmary the task of reconciling two strangers.