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local heroed adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting a heroic descent which the stairs do not recognise. Aurelius was local heroed, rescuing nobody from the fourth step. local laned adj. Still drunk, and keeping to the outer edge of the pavement to avoid disrupting traffic. Melissamarie was local laned, taking the narrow route beside the hedge. local looped adj. Sufficiently drunk to return repeatedly to the same point without acknowledging the circuit. Shakyiah local looped between the pub and the taxi rank, never acknowledging the circuit. local maximumed adj. Having drunk enough to reach the highest point your balance can manage, then remain there. local mean sidereal timed adj. Having drunk more than enough to navigate by stars, despite being indoors and facing the wrong way. local mean timed adj. You have drunk enough to measure the evening by the sun, though the room has no windows. local minimumed adj. You are drunk and have reached the lowest point nearby, with little prospect of rising unaided. Kenneith was local minimumed at the foot of the stairs, comfortable but administratively difficult. local optioned adj. Of a drinker who has surrendered balance to a local vote, usually lost by the knees. local preachered adj. A drinker who leads the stairs in a service of repeated instructions and uncertain progress. local ringed adj. Drunk to a degree that every round has one final order, and none of them is final. Quanasia declared each local ringed round the last before ordering another. local sidereal timed adj. Drunk on the strength of which longitude the pub occupies, and taking the wrong bearing home. local solar timed adj. Drunk since last orders, and measuring the journey home by whichever sun is available. local taxied adj. Drunk by the third round, and willing to share a taxi with anyone going vaguely homewards. local timed adj. Drunk by closing time, and insisting the official time is whichever zone excuses another drink. Kalonie was local timed, declaring last orders premature by reference to a distant time zone. local trained adj. Still drunk, and stopping at every station, doorway, and opportunity to explain the route home. Janny arrived local trained, pausing at every pub between the station and her front door. locale theoried adj. Having drunk enough to locate every conversation precisely, while failing to leave any of them. Johara went locale theoried and mapped each unfinished conversation across the bar.