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oblique effected adj. Too drunk to distinguish horizontal from vertical, and noticeably worse with anything in between. Natavion was oblique effected, managing the level floor but not the sloping path to the loo. oblique fabricked adj. Sufficiently drunk to have woven balance from several directions, none of them reliable. Andrez was oblique fabricked, holding together through a loose weave of knees and elbows. oblique fired adj. Having drunk enough to direct every movement away from the thing actually intended. Kit went oblique fired towards the stairs and struck the umbrella stand instead. oblique flanked adj. Having drunk more than the room can accommodate, with danger appearing from both sides. Harley was oblique flanked on the staircase, where the walls offered insufficient tactical support. oblique foliationed adj. You have drunk enough to develop visible layers of posture, each sliding slightly over the next. Yarleth was oblique foliationed, with successive adjustments travelling down the body like folded fabric. oblique fractured adj. You are drunk and moving as though the body has broken diagonally into separate decisions. Anilyn was oblique fractured, with the feet choosing one direction and the shoulders another. oblique headed adj. Of a drinker: the head arrives diagonally before the rest of the person has agreed. Uche was oblique headed, tilting towards every speaker with increasing commitment. oblique icebreakered adj. Of a drinker who has taken the stairs at an angle normally reserved for ships in difficult water. Lucerito went oblique icebreakered through the crowded hall, clearing a passage by sheer alignment. oblique illuminationed adj. Describing a drinker who reveals every wobble by approaching the room from a slant. Baotran became oblique illuminationed beneath the corridor lights, each stagger sharply visible. oblique intented adj. A drinker who foresees the natural consequence of standing up, but proceeds voluntarily. Yuseff was oblique intented when he rose, having clearly anticipated the furniture’s involvement. oblique ligamented adj. A drinker so far gone that the forearm has assumed responsibility for the entire skeleton. Sebian was oblique ligamented, attached to the banister by one determined arm. oblique lined adj. The state of being drunk and meeting every straight path at an angle. Samanthia was oblique lined, crossing the hallway without once aligning with it. oblique marked adj. The condition of a drinker who divides each instruction with a slash and each step with a sway. Fartun was oblique marked, answering in alternatives and walking between them. oblique motioned adj. Drunk on the strength of several rounds, rising in conversation while repeating the same point. Zazil was oblique motioned by midnight, ascending through three versions of the same farewell. oblique muscled adj. Drunk since last orders, and steering towards the door while one eye follows the coats. Gwawr was oblique muscled, reaching for her coat while walking steadily away from it. oblique narrationed adj. Drunk by the third round, and reporting what everyone said as though someone else had said it. Decola was oblique narrationed, attributing the taxi argument to an entirely innocent bystander.