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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. message queued (/ˈmɛsɪdʒ kjuːd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every thought waits its turn, then arrives after the matter has moved on. message sticked adj. Drunk enough to etch an elaborate route between distant clans, and certain everyone can read it. Dakeisha got message sticked and mapped the walk home in dots and angles. message united adj. Drunk in a way that turns each broadcast slot into a personal announcement to the whole room. Adnel went message united and treated the advert break as a national address. message-driven architectured adj. Of a drinker: responding to each new remark as a fresh event, with no memory of what the previous event concluded. Kaysen was message-driven architectured all evening, each round starting a new process with no reference to the last.