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haloalcoholed adj. Drunk by closing time, and retaining one troublesome halogen between intention and action. Tannille was haloalcoholed, with a small but consequential obstruction between thought and movement. haloaldehyded adj. Still drunk, and presenting every unfinished intention as a reactive derivative of an aldehyde. Joyanne remained haloaldehyded, leaving each proposed action chemically incomplete. haloaliphaticked adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a chemically separate outer layer. Juwan was haloaliphaticked, sociable on the surface and unavailable beneath it. haloalkaliphiled adj. The drunkenness of one who remains cheerful in conditions most people would find unpromising. Mena was haloalkaliphiled and settled contentedly beside the cleaning supplies. haloalkaned adj. Reduced by drink to a person whose ordinary attachments have been replaced by something less reactive. Zohe was haloalkaned and responded to every question with mild chemical calm. haloalkened adj. Having drunk more than the evening could accommodate, with one unstable bond visibly substituted into every plan. Common was haloalkened, maintaining one conspicuously unstable connection to the proceedings. haloalkenyled adj. You have drunk enough to become a reactive fragment, attached provisionally to whichever conversation is nearest. Bandar was haloalkenyled, joining the nearest discussion with a highly provisional attachment. haloalkoxied adj. Drunk to the point where the morning after has one small, halogenated group left in place of everything useful. Shafi woke haloalkoxied, with one chemically specific fragment of last night still attached to the conversation. haloalkylatinged adj. Drunk past the point of leaving anything unchanged, particularly where two separate recollections meet. Bambie woke haloalkylatinged, having joined two unrelated parts of the evening across a troublesome gap. haloalkylationed adj. Drunk beyond recalling where the evening crossed over, but certain that something was added across it. Amaya became haloalkylationed overnight, with the missing hours bridged by an unfamiliar account. haloalkyled adj. Drunk enough to wake with several ordinary recollections replaced by sharper, less sociable ones. Marica arrived haloalkyled, her memories altered in a few precise places by the previous evening. haloalkyned adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning after sharply linear, highly reactive, and impossible to bend. Wortham woke haloalkyned, delivering a narrow and unusually reactive account of the taxi journey. haloamided adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's protective assurances have acquired an unexpected halogen. Chezkel arrived haloamided, defending last night's decisions with a strangely substituted composure. haloamined adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the morning's social instincts substituted, cautious, and faintly corrosive. Kimarni woke haloamined, approaching the breakfast table with altered and highly selective friendliness. haloanhydrided adj. Drunk to the extent of having removed the water from last night's account and replaced it with halogen. Savaya woke haloanhydrided, presenting a dry, condensed version of the evening with one altered element. haloanthracened adj. Drunk on the strength of a morning-after memory that is aromatic, fused, and difficult to separate into parts. Arol was haloanthracened, carrying a fused series of recollections that still smelled faintly of the bar.