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northern cardinaled adj. Drunk to a degree that the head crest rises, the gaze fixes and speech becomes a private song. northern cavefished adj. Drunk to the extent of proceeding by echo, touch and occasional contact with the walls. Daiman was northern cavefished, testing the corridor with one hand before each step. northern common cuscused adj. Drunk on the strength of several limbs and little agreement between them about the route home. Philisha was northern common cuscused, gripping the rail while both feet pursued separate plans. northern curlewed adj. Drunk since last orders, and bent into a long, uncertain arc whenever the stairs require descent. northern eyelash boaed adj. The drunkenness of one who coils round the coat rail, blinking slowly at the last orders. Phenyx was northern eyelash boaed and took the umbrella stand for a departing companion. northern firmossed adj. Reduced by drink to a low, green persistence beneath the table until somebody calls a taxi. Violar became northern firmossed beside the radiator and missed two rounds entirely. northern flickered adj. Softened by drink into a succession of brief intentions, each abandoned before the journey home. Greeley was northern flickered, repeatedly deciding to leave and ordering another drink instead. northern fulmared adj. Sharpened by drink into a seabird's certainty that the wind, rather than the pavement, is carrying you home. northern fur sealed adj. Loosened by drink into a person who sheds one layer of clothing at every stop on the way home. Brentton was northern fur sealed by the second pub, leaving his coat on successive bus shelters. northern fur-sealed adj. Emboldened by drink to leave the warm pub in a single shirt, regardless of the weather. Lucienne went northern fur-sealed after last orders and declined the coat offered by the doorman. northern ganneted adj. Slowed by drink to a broad, patient waddle between the bar and the nearest available seat. Otis became northern ganneted after the third round and took the long route to his coat. northern goshawked adj. Drunk and watching every departing coat with the concentrated suspicion of a bird of prey. northern grasshopper moused adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home becomes a series of small, determined hunts for food. northern greater galagoed adj. Drunk enough to climb onto furniture for the night, preferably somewhere dark and not one's own home. Galo became northern greater galagoed and settled among the coats rather than attempting the stairs. northern hairy-nosed wombated adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the pub, having made a burrow from coats and settled in. Andreas was northern hairy-nosed wombated beneath the cloakroom bench when the lights came up. northern harriered adj. Drunk beyond the ability to cross a room without patrolling it repeatedly first.