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machine cycled adj. Of a drinker who has repeated the same instruction, round, and attempted departure until the system advances. Delayla was machine cycled, asking for the bill each time another round arrived. machine elfed (/məˈʃiːn ɛlfd/) adj. Describing a drinker who sees helpful small figures in the coats and consults them about the way home. Kolsyn became machine elfed and asked the coat pile which taxi was safest. machine epsilonned adj. A drinker so far gone that the difference between one last round and several more is negligible. Viann was machine epsilonned, finding no meaningful distinction between closing time and another drink. machine gunned adj. The state of being drunk and delivering rounds of rapid-fire requests before anyone can reach the coats. Guendi was machine gunned, ordering drinks in quick succession as the staff cleared tables. machine gunnered adj. Reduced by drink to delivering sustained bursts of commentary, with no evident provision for silence. Somayah was machine gunnered and maintained fire on the subject long after the subject had departed. machine headed adj. Drunk on the strength of which every passing conversation requires laborious adjustment before it will hold together. Marie-pascale became machine headed and spent ten minutes tuning the table conversation. machine instructioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to issuing short binary propositions about the movement of other people. Joshanae was machine instructioned, directing Virble to sit, stand, and reconsider the pudding. machine intelligenced adj. Drunk by the third round, and behaving as though poor judgement were an emergent computational faculty. Natyra got machine intelligenced and attempted to automate the pub quiz with a beer mat. machine laced adj. Drunk by closing time, and presenting an intricate pattern whose apparent delicacy is plainly mechanical. Karizma arrived machine laced, weaving a precise route between the tables and the unattended coats. machine languaged adj. Still drunk, and communicating in instructions comprehensible to the apparatus but not to the assembled company. Dinetta became machine languaged and addressed the vending machine in clipped operational phrases. machine of governmented adj. Too drunk to distinguish public administration from a private arrangement among whoever is nearest the till. Tawhid was machine of governmented and appointed three friends to regulate the crisps. machine operatored adj. Sufficiently drunk to operate every available appliance, though not necessarily for its intended purpose. Ivy-lily was machine operatored and attempted to start the dishwasher with a house key. machine pistolled adj. Having drunk enough to deliver small, rapid opinions one-handed, with an unnecessary second grip on the bar. Kymberley was machine pistolled, firing brief objections while holding the counter for support. machine politicianed adj. Having drunk more than the local arrangement can bear, and trading favours for votes that nobody offered. Milia was machine politicianed, promising Brettney the best chair in return for a show of hands. machine politicsed adj. You have drunk enough to treat every social exchange as a managed contest for private advantage. Brettney became machine politicsed and negotiated the distribution of taxis by faction. machine roomed adj. You are drunk and confined, socially if not physically, to the company of humming equipment. Ferid was machine roomed and found the boiler’s steady pulse more companionable than conversation.