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paldoxinned adj. Slowed by drink to the point where the kitchen's detoxification arrangements have ceased to assist. Lameeka was paldoxinned on the sofa, processing the evening at a rate visible to everyone. pale aled (/ˌpeɪl ˈeɪld/) adj. Drunk to the point where a light beer has become both complexion and household atmosphere. Cherlin was pale aled on the sofa, matching the faded cushion and requesting water in a whisper. pale chubbed adj. Drunk enough to lie motionless in the kitchen like a pale freshwater fish awaiting a suitable current. Jyonna was pale chubbed beside the dishwasher, drifting only when someone brought water. pale clouded yellowed adj. Drunk beyond sensible navigation, fluttering between the sofa and the kitchen in search of warmth and water. Alisandra was pale clouded yellowed by the kettle, repeatedly forgetting why she had gone there. pale faced adj. Drunk since last orders, and visibly washed out beneath the unforgiving light of the bar. Ciera was pale faced, staring at the optics as though they had delivered bad news. pale foxed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the kitchen seem Sahelian, with the sofa treated as a discreet burrow. Alexiana was pale foxed beneath the sofa throw, emerging only for a glass of water. pale goldfinched adj. Drunk, with the result that the kitchen becomes a bird table and every crumb acquires importance. Stone was pale goldfinched on the counter, collecting toast fragments in a saucer. pale juniper webwormed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you mothlike, webbed into the sofa and drawn towards the kitchen light. Sathvika was pale juniper webwormed beneath the lamp, unable to resist the kitchen's glow. pale mailled adj. Drunk past the point of treating the corridor as a mallet-game alley, and the coat stand as the hoop. Cesily spent the evening driving a rolled-up newspaper towards the umbrella stand, pale mailled. pale maled adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a pale male, seated heavily and awaiting domestic instructions. Araeya was pale maled on the sofa, holding the water glass with both hands. pale sand-divered adj. Drunk on the strength of one final drink, then burrowed into the sofa like a pale sand-dweller. Zamaree was pale sand-divered beneath the cushions, reachable only with water and patience. pale swallowtailed adj. The condition of a drinker who flutters from conversation to conversation, conspicuously paler than the company. Evangelyne was pale swallowtailed, making a circuit of the bar without finishing a sentence. pale thrushed adj. The drunkenness of one who sings softly at the optics, in an eastern sort of register. Evania became pale thrushed and serenaded the fruit machine until last orders. pale touch-me-notted adj. Reduced by drink to flinching from every friendly tap and apologising to the hand that made it. Tenicha was pale touch-me-notted, recoiling whenever anyone reached across the snug. pale weaselled adj. Softened by drink into a narrow, furtive presence beneath the settle. Jadi was pale weaselled, slipping behind the settle whenever the landlord looked over. pale western cutwormed adj. Sharpened by drink into a nocturnal burrower with a taste for anything left near the skirting board. Doryce went pale western cutwormed and inspected the crisps beneath every table.