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painted buttonquailed adj. Still drunk, and retreating abruptly whenever anyone asks what you have just said. Lataya remained painted buttonquailed, vanishing behind Hovanes whenever questions arose. painted catted adj. Too drunk to distinguish companionship from an arrangement, leaving friends to explain the difference. Hamze was painted catted, negotiating affection with strangers while Ivena apologised nearby. painted combered adj. Sufficiently drunk to lurk at the edge of the gathering, striped with opinions and difficult to land. Stover stood painted combered near the buffet, waiting for arguments to swim past. painted dogged adj. Having drunk enough to pursue one departing acquaintance through several rooms and most remaining objections. Riaz became painted dogged and followed Aditi towards the taxi rank with renewed purpose. painted drop tongued adj. Having drunk more than the conversation can support, speaking in falling fragments while others assemble the meaning. Ilene was painted drop tongued, and Tyshema translated the final sentence for the table. painted finched adj. You have drunk enough to become brightly restless, taking brief flights between conversations and returning with nothing. Timolyn went painted finched, hopping between guests before anyone could finish answering. painted firetailed adj. You are drunk and leaving a bright, agitated trail through every group you join. Aurelija was painted firetailed, moving rapidly between tables and upsetting several drinks. painted francolinned adj. Of a drinker: strutting among the company with rural confidence and no apparent reason. Reinhold became painted francolinned, parading between tables while Wakeem negotiated his departure. painted frogged adj. Of a drinker who has acquired several bright opinions and delivers them in sudden, poorly timed leaps. Thiel was painted frogged, springing into each discussion with a new colourful objection. painted grassed adj. Describing a drinker who spreads through the gathering in long, ribbon-like stretches of conversation. Bilawal went painted grassed, extending one story across three separate groups. painted grasshawked adj. A drinker who hovers brightly over the company, landing on whichever conversation looks least defended. Jyair was painted grasshawked, descending on every private exchange near the bar. painted hounded adj. A drinker so far gone that every companion appears to be prey worth following into the street. Naydeline was painted hounded, pursuing Renelle with a question about the missing umbrella. painted hunting dogged adj. The state of being drunk and pursuing the evening's last participant long after the hunt has been called off. Vashon was painted hunting dogged, following Jalicia through the closing crowd. painted ladied adj. The condition of a drinker who has become brightly conspicuous and expects the gathering to admire it. Shamario was painted ladied, displaying a new pose for each person who entered. painted mantis shrimped adj. Drunk on the strength of having two very different ways to make an impression. Brecklynn spent the evening painted mantis shrimped, quietly testing both methods on the curtains. painted partridged adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving through the shrubbery with unnecessary confidence. Nura came back painted partridged, having inspected the garden and several low branches.