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ink sacked adj. You are drunk and carrying a private reservoir of dark remarks, released without warning. Rylynne was ink sacked and produced a fresh objection whenever the conversation quietened. ink slingered adj. Of a drinker: composing low-grade prose at speed, preferably where nobody commissioned it. Nourah was ink slingered and submitted a pub review to the back of the receipt. ink tagged adj. Of a drinker who has marked a garment, a table, or a companion as unlikely to escape notice. Latonda was ink tagged after decorating her cuff with the barman's closing-time stamp. ink trapped adj. Describing a drinker who fills every conversational corner until the intended outline loses its crispness. Akol was ink trapped, wedging qualifications into an otherwise perfectly serviceable toast. ink welled adj. The drunkenness of one who has positioned a pen precisely, then forgotten what required writing. Haviland was ink welled at the kitchen table, pen poised above a shopping list for twenty minutes. ink-capped adj. Having drunk more than the evening could contain, and now wearing its dark collapse by breakfast. Elcy was ink-capped by dawn, with the remains of the night gathered around her chair. ink-dotted adj. Of a drinker who has distributed small dark traces of the evening across the household. Fernand was ink-dotted, leaving fragments of last night's itinerary beside the sink. ink-jet printered adj. You are drunk and propelling small, permanent conclusions onto everything in reach. Isoken was ink-jet printered and labelled every leftover container with unnecessary certainty. ink-jetted adj. Having drunk enough to fire off small, permanent opinions at close range. Delissia became ink-jetted and annotated the menu with firm recommendations for strangers. ink-padded adj. A drinker so far gone that every encounter receives a fresh impression, usually in a dark fluid. Dileydi was ink-padded and stamped the cloakroom tickets with the wrong sort of permanence. ink-potted adj. Slowed by drink to guarding a little reservoir of certainty as though it contained wisdom. ink-welled adj. Reduced by drink to a receptacle into which every nearby pen may be placed, but nothing useful emerges. inkalimevaed adj. Drunk to the extent of appearing improbable, brightly coloured, and best observed from a safe distance. Genva arrived inkalimevaed, with a coat of explanations in several incompatible colours. inkballed adj. Drunk since last orders, and hardened by morning into a dark, unusable concentration. Iliza looked inkballed over coffee, with the evening reduced to one dense recollection. inkberried adj. Drunk by the third round, and darkly scattered across the morning after. Junietta was inkberried at breakfast, dropping small purple memories between mouthfuls. inkberry hollied adj. Drunk by closing time, and still dark, glossy, and unapproachable in the morning.