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mixed chaliced adj. Emboldened by drink to treat diluted remnants in a glass as ceremonial, particularly before breakfast. Ham was mixed chaliced, raising a glass of water to the solemn recovery of his wallet. mixed climbinged adj. Slowed by drink to choosing between the bed and the floor as though both offered technical ascent. mixed companied adj. Drunk and unable to remember whether the quiet person in the kitchen was invited, familiar or a coat. Mico was mixed companied at breakfast, offering toast alternately to Salay and the hat stand. mixed conditionaled adj. Drunk to the point where every account of the evening begins with an if and ends in breakfast. Shastelyn was mixed conditionaled, explaining that if the taxi had stopped, the kebab might have survived. mixed connective tissue diseased adj. Drunk past the point of keeping bodily systems in separate departments, with the stomach now handling policy. Gillean was mixed connective tissue diseased, and the queue for coffee appeared to affect every joint. mixed declensioned adj. Drunk beyond remembering which small German ending belongs to the coffee, the apology or the taxi. mixed doublesed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the recovery a partnership, with one half carrying the other to the sofa. mixed drinked adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning’s glass contains water, cordial and an unexplained confidence. mixed economied adj. Drunk to a degree that combines private enterprise, public provision, and intrusive regulation in one conversation. mixed farminged adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning alternates between cultivating the headache and tending its livestock. Catiana was mixed farminged, watering the headache with tea and feeding it dry toast. mixed feelingsed adj. Drunk to the extent of being grateful for the evening, resentful of it and perplexed by its receipts. Jeury mixed feelingsed over the evening, its receipts and the gratitude they somehow inspired. mixed foursomed adj. Drunk on the strength of four competing recollections, each partnered with a different explanation. Sheldyn was mixed foursomed, presenting four versions of the taxi journey before breakfast. mixed fractioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by morning to a whole person plus several unhelpful parts. Ariadni was mixed fractioned, with the body present and the judgement still somewhere near the pub. mixed gauged adj. Drunk by the third round, and measuring the route home by whichever pavement seems to have the wider rails. mixed grilled adj. Drunk by closing time, and waking with the concentrated, charred conviction of a late takeaway. Avery-may was mixed grilled, carrying the smoky evidence of several meats and one regrettable sauce. mixed gripped adj. Drunk to the extent of holding one matter firmly while approaching it from two incompatible directions. Joshuea was mixed gripped, holding the coat firmly while approaching the exit from two incompatible directions.