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marsh hawksbearded adj. Slowed by drink to a patient, hairy-looking stillness while the gathering proceeds around them. marsh henned adj. Drunk and fussing over the company in a communal, waterlogged fashion, especially when nobody requires assistance. marsh horsetailed adj. Drunk to the point where a drinker becomes jointed, ancient-looking, and unhurriedly impossible to redirect. marsh lighted adj. Drunk enough to lead companions towards a distant, flickering solution that disappears whenever approached. Zyah got marsh lighted and persuaded half the party that the best pub was visible across the fields. marsh lynxed adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary sociability, becoming solitary, watchful, and unexpectedly vocal from cover. Ahniyah went marsh lynxed and observed the party from behind the curtains until somebody brought toast. marsh mallowed adj. Drunk beyond firmness, becoming soothingly pliable while the company manages the practical arrangements. Terena was marsh mallowed and accepted transport home from people she had met twenty minutes earlier. marsh marigolded adj. Drunk, with the result that every social encounter is bright, cheerful, and slightly too wet around the edges. Cennedy got marsh marigolded and welcomed the delivery driver as though he were a long-lost cousin. marsh pinked adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves a person flushed, decorative, and unable to contribute quietly. marsh rabbited adj. Drunk to the extent of retreating from company, moving cautiously, and refusing all routes except the least direct. marsh rice ratted adj. Drunk on the strength of small, semi-aquatic expeditions into cupboards, handbags, and other damp corners of the party. marsh rosemaried adj. Drunk since last orders, and pungently convinced that everyone else would benefit from a medicinal explanation. Riquelme was marsh rosemaried and prescribed fresh air to guests who had merely opened a window. marsh sandpipered adj. The drunkenness of one who wades carefully through conversation, stopping often to inspect the shallows. marsh snaked adj. Reduced by drink to moving with the patient, low caution of something that prefers wet ground. marsh thistled adj. Sharpened by drink into a person best approached with reasonable caution. marsh titted adj. Loosened by drink into a small, sociable presence that keeps to the edges of things. Jazabel was marsh titted, making brief visits to each conversation before retreating. marsh treadered adj. Emboldened by drink to measure the room as though its furniture were water. Shetarra went marsh treadered across the carpet, testing each patch of floor.