play-by-mailed
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play-by-mailed adj. Sharpened by drink into conducting a long-distance game entirely through notes passed across one table. play-by-played adj. Loosened by drink into narrating each minor movement as though broadcasting a decisive sporting encounter. Eion went play-by-played and described Jordan-leigh opening the crisps in real time.
play-callinged adj. Drunk to a degree that domestic movements are announced like tactical instructions during a match. Mairah was play-callinged and directed Karamba towards the kitchen for a defensive glass of water. play-dohed adj. Drunk to the point where your plans have softened into shapes made chiefly for squashing. play-of-colored adj. Loosened by drink into shifting colours, so that the morning changes hue whenever the head moves. Almera was play-of-colored, watching the kettle turn gold and then apologetically grey. play-offed adj. Slowed by drink to requiring a final deciding contest for every disagreement, however settled. Sepia became play-offed and demanded a rematch over who had chosen the restaurant. play-partied adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a singing game for a binding social obligation. Zilin became play-partied and led strangers through a harvest dance behind the pub. play-righted adj. The condition of a drinker who has granted himself exclusive performance rights over the evening. play-throughed adj. Drunk enough to attempt the entire journey home from start to finish without recognising any pauses. play-writinged adj. Slowed by drink to compose a scene about the taxi home before finding the second act. playa laked adj. Slowed by drink to a temporary inland body of water, reflecting pub lights and accepting no visitors. playabilitied adj. Drunk and convinced that every surface, object, and administrative task is ready for play. playabled adj. Drunk to the point where every companion appears selectable, controllable, and obliged to join the quest. Guadelupe became playabled and chose Agapito as the party’s reluctant healer. playactinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every ordinary request receives a full dramatic performance. Ithan was playactinged and made collecting the bill into a three-act tragedy. playactored adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed a troupe of coat-hangers and rehearsed them for supper.
playactressed adj. Softened by drink into a leading lady who believes the queue is her audience. Zaylie was playactressed and bowed whenever the queue moved forward.