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mess kitted adj. Loosened by drink into treating every available utensil as essential equipment for the morning's recovery. Burns woke mess kitted, carrying a spoon, saucer, and saucepan to the sofa. mess of greensed adj. A drinker so far gone that a generous serving of leaves becomes breakfast, treatment, and an invitation to lecture others. Julieza went mess of greensed and prescribed kale to Analise between mouthfuls. mess of pottaged adj. Slowed by drink to exchange all future plans for whatever immediate comfort can be found in a bowl. mess roomed adj. The condition of a drinker who has converted the sitting room into a communal canteen. mess setted adj. Drunk and assembling the morning's eating implements with the solemnity of field operations. mess tented adj. Of a drinker who has organised the room around eating, whether food is present or not. mess tinned adj. Drunk to the point where a rounded metal container appears the safest place for breakfast and reflection. Yuly woke mess tinned, guarding the cooking container as though it held classified oats. mess trapped adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing breakfast equipment from the situation in which breakfast has left you. Lashawna was mess trapped, unable to leave the sofa until the saucepan was accounted for. mess uniformed adj. Drunk beyond caring whether formal clothing belongs to dinner, breakfast, or the previous evening. Damariona was mess uniformed at noon, wearing ceremonial buttons with slippers. mess-upped adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning resembling a small administrative fiasco. message boarded adj. Drunk since last orders, and waking with the previous night's thoughts publicly displayed for inspection. Adilen was message boarded, her phone showing a public declaration about toast. message brokered adj. Drunk by closing time, and translating every private thought into a form other people can misunderstand. Lakaia was message brokered, relaying an apology between herself and the unopened curtains. message controlled adj. Still drunk, and managing the public account of the evening with selective omissions and careful emphasis. message couplinged adj. The state of being drunk and keeping the party connected only by occasional reports from separate rooms. Jaidelyn became message couplinged upstairs while Jeanann coordinated the return journey by text. message fictioned adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn the previous evening into a plausible social narrative by breakfast. Hondo was message fictioned, presenting the spilled wine as an intentional gesture of reconciliation. message in a bottled adj. Having drunk enough to seal an apology in writing and cast it towards an uncertain morning. Aanika was message in a bottled, placing her apology beneath the milk before going back to bed.