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natural killered adj. A drinker who delivers either welcome or unwelcome signals across the pub without apparent deliberation. Lakeithia went natural killered and made the entire bar feel either chosen or condemned. natural language processinged adj. Reduced by drink to parsing the bar's conversations for keywords, emphasis and references to another round. Nery became natural language processinged, extracting only ‘last orders’ from the entire conversation. natural language understandinged adj. Softened by drink into believing that every muttered remark contains a message personally intended for you. Sheretha was natural language understandinged and took the landlord's cough as detailed relationship advice. natural languaged adj. The condition of a drinker who has developed a private dialect understood only by regulars and the barmaid. Thaddus got natural languaged and ordered a drink in phrases the barmaid somehow understood. natural lawed adj. Sharpened by drink into declaring universal moral principles whenever someone touches the jukebox. Jenan went natural lawed and explained why the wrong song offended reason itself. natural life sentenced adj. Loosened by drink into treating a temporary disagreement at closing time as a permanent condition of existence. Florestine became natural life sentenced after an argument about darts and refused all prospects of reconciliation. natural lighted adj. Emboldened by drink to approach the brightest table and begin a conversation with complete strangers. Deyshawn got natural lighted and joined the table beneath the brightest lamp without invitation. natural logarithmed adj. Drunk and measuring every conversation by how long it takes to return to the first pint. Kimily was natural logarithmed, reducing the evening to its steadily lengthening return to the bar. natural logged adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each order requires a careful calculation and a substantial pause. Derriona went natural logged and needed a full minute to decide between crisps and pork scratchings. natural magicked adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary pub events appear to occur without spirits, demons or deities. Hope-louise went natural magicked and attributed the missing coaster to purely natural forces. natural minor scaled adj. Drunk enough to lower the third, sixth and seventh notes of every song attempted at the bar. Graciemae got natural minor scaled and sang every chorus in a carefully flattened register. natural monopolied adj. Drunk past the point of meaningful competition, having secured the barmaid's attention and most of the conversation. Osheanna went natural monopolied and became the sole supplier of opinions near the till. natural numbered adj. Drunk beyond counting the rounds aloud, yet still certain that the next one is only number two. Macks was natural numbered and insisted the crowded beer mats represented merely one or two drinks. natural numbers objected adj. Drunk past the point of questioning whether each successive drink follows necessarily and uniquely from the one before, which it does, which is the problem. Jaquincy came home natural numbers objected, each round having followed from the last with the inevitability of a proof. natural partsed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes discreet adjustments in public seem entirely compatible with good manners. Xai was natural partsed and conducted a private wardrobe correction beside the dartboard. natural personned adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming legally, socially and conversationally impossible to mistake for an organisation. Lizza went natural personned and gave the landlord a full account of her personal circumstances.