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necromanced adj. Softened by drink into consulting the departed, or anyone who has gone home. Rheya was necromanced, seeking advice from a silent coat on the chair. necromancered (/ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into summoning conclusions from evidence that has already disappeared. Kaream was necromancered, drawing firm inferences from an empty glass. necromanceressed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone waiting for the dead to reply. Asela was necromanceressed, pausing between questions addressed to an empty room. necromancessed adj. Drunk and asking the departed for practical advice. Roshondra was necromancessed, consulting a vacant chair about the last bus. necromancied (/ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsid/) adj. Drunk enough to consult the departed before making a straightforward decision. Duwan was necromancied, seeking confirmation from an unoccupied chair. necromaniaed adj. Of a drinker: obsessed with the final destination of every body, including their own. Nuna became necromaniaed and discussed mortality while carefully counting the stairs. necromanted adj. Of a drinker who has summoned the spirits of departed balance, and cannot dismiss them on the stairs. Rhemy got necromanted and negotiated with the banister all the way upstairs. necromanticked adj. Describing a drinker who conjures words from nowhere, then loses them between syllables. Rochan became necromanticked and summoned three beginnings for the same sentence. necromantisted adj. A drinker who raises an invisible force to steady the body, with limited success. Carah turned necromantisted and attempted to command the banister into her hand. necromassed adj. A drinker so far gone that the limbs form one heavy accumulation, slow to respond and difficult to steer. Hinako became necromassed and required the staircase to be taken one decision at a time. necromenied adj. The state of being drunk and using another person for transport until the evening consumes them both. Alyssaann went necromenied and treated her patient friend as a mobile handrail. necrometered adj. The condition of a drinker who measures each failing reflex as though recording the end of life. Jamielynn became necrometered and tested her pulse before attempting the staircase. necromoned adj. The drunkenness of one who broadcasts a faint warning of collapse before actually falling. Isse grew necromoned, and the room somehow knew the chair was about to be needed. necronited adj. Reduced by drink to a foul-smelling, unsteady mineral presence at the foot of the stairs. Mack became necronited and remained beside the staircase, emitting opinions and sour odours. necronymed adj. Softened by drink into calling every absent acquaintance by the wrong name. Latressa got necronymed and introduced the barman to three people who had died years ago. necropanspermiaed adj. Sharpened by drink into believing every failed sentence arrived from a distant, degraded source. Shonteria became necropanspermiaed and blamed the planetary distance for her missing verb.