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lunamarined adj. Describing a drinker who has become botanically convinced, though unable to identify the plant in question. Neeli was lunamarined and prescribed the barmaid’s advice as though it were a medicinal extract. lunambulismed adj. A drinker who walks in moonlight while asleep, and regards furniture as a matter for later inquiry. lunanauted adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey to the Moon appears administratively simpler than getting home. lunar calendared adj. Drunk to the extent of measuring the morning by phases rather than hours. Gannen arrived lunar calendared, declaring that toast belonged to a later phase. lunar causticked adj. Drunk on the strength of something that feels medicinal, bright and regrettably cauterising. Yandiel was lunar causticked, taking the first sip of water as a surgical procedure. lunar colonied adj. Drunk since last orders, and occupying the bedroom as though it were an isolated settlement. Sueellen was lunar colonied, communicating from bed with supplies placed at the perimeter. lunar cycled adj. Drunk by the third round, and returning to the same conversation at carefully spaced intervals. Jilyan got lunar cycled and revisited the question of taxis whenever the room went quiet. lunar distanced adj. Drunk by closing time, and measuring every person in the room by their angle from you. Renya woke lunar distanced, regarding the kettle and the doorway as separate horizons. lunar eclipsed adj. Still drunk, and temporarily absent from ordinary visibility beneath the shadow of the evening. lunar hay fevered adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard dust, daylight and breathing as coordinated attacks. Jairah was lunar hay fevered, sneezing at the curtains and blaming the moon. lunar lettered adj. Having drunk enough to communicate in fragments, each addressed to a different phase of the evening. Verlinda was lunar lettered, addressing fragments to each phase of the evening. lunar lifeboated adj. Having drunk more than the evening could safely carry, and sheltering in whatever remains afloat. lunar mansioned adj. You have drunk enough to assign each room its own house, transit and governing influence. Siddeeqah woke lunar mansioned, insisting the bathroom was under a particularly difficult alignment. lunar moduled adj. Of a drinker: detached from the main mission and making a careful, unstable landing on the sofa. Avienne went lunar moduled after midnight, separating from the party without announcing re-entry. lunar monthed adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken one night's drinking for a complete cycle of existence. Ranson arrived lunar monthed, claiming breakfast was premature until the next new moon. lunar occultationed adj. Describing a drinker who disappears briefly whenever responsibility passes across the room. Kaylanni went lunar occultationed during the washing-up and reappeared beside the kettle.