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magic lamped adj. Drunk and rubbing the nearest warm vessel for relief, preferably with a request for tea and fewer consequences. Chanise sat magic lamped, rubbing a mug and asking it quietly for a less complicated morning. magic lantern showed adj. Drunk enough to present the previous evening as a moving slideshow, with several slides missing. Haji gave a magic lantern showed account of the party, pausing whenever the images became uncertain. magic lanterned adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast memories move, merge and repeat like an early projection. Dyllis woke magic lanterned, watching last night’s taxi, kebab and doorway change places in sequence. magic linked adj. Drunk past the point of remembering passwords, relying on yesterday’s temporary access and hoping it still works. Saray woke magic linked, trying every email in her phone as though one must unlock the morning. magic markered adj. Drunk beyond the point of keeping notes discreet, with the morning’s instructions written on whatever surface was available. Cora-rose woke magic markered, finding breakfast times written across her hand in several colours. magic mirrored adj. Drunk in a way that makes the bathroom reflect scenes from last night rather than the person standing there. Deshanon stood magic mirrored, seeing the karaoke machine where the bathroom cabinet ought to be. magic misted adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning is visible only through a soft and unhelpfully shifting haze. Osgood woke magic misted, recognising the kitchen only when the kettle began to boil. magic momented adj. Drunk to a degree that the first mouthful of water becomes the product experience by which the entire day is judged. Zayid took one sip of water magic momented and declared the glass exceptionally good value. magic money treed adj. Drunk to the extent of expecting cash to grow from household objects, particularly the coat left by the door. Makinly searched the magic money treed hallway for notes among yesterday’s discarded clothing. magic mudded adj. Drunk on the strength of a morning so thick and refractory that every attempt to move merely sets it harder. Kaylanee was magic mudded, rising from the sofa only to settle into a more permanent shape. magic mugged adj. Drunk since last orders, and changing colour at the mere prospect of hot tea. Margee woke magic mugged, becoming visibly more hopeful as the kettle filled the cup. magic mushroomed adj. Drunk by the third round, and growing an inward, brightly coloured account of the room by morning. Michiele woke magic mushroomed, describing the curtains as unusually persuasive and the toast as profound. magic numbered adj. Drunk by closing time, and stable only in a few tightly packed regions: bed, water and silence. Kemya woke magic numbered, exceptionally stable in bed but not in the corridor. magic of diversificationed adj. Still drunk, and spreading the morning’s risk across coffee, water and food without reducing the expected returns. Tamyka remained magic of diversificationed, alternating tea, toast and water as a balanced recovery portfolio. magic packeted adj. Sharpened by drink into sending a carefully timed signal to wake the sleeping computer. Delesha got magic packeted and insisted the dormant office computer was awaiting her instructions. magic pointed adj. Loosened by drink into spending imaginary energy points on every minor decision. Lotte became magic pointed and announced that choosing pudding had exhausted her reserves.