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paper planed adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, folded course from the bar, with no provision for navigation. Riane went paper planed and cut directly across the pub towards an imagined destination. paper plated adj. Still drunk, and accepting any disposable surface as a proper meal. Blakney was paper plated, balancing supper carefully on a thin card. paper profited adj. Too drunk to distinguish an apparent gain from money that can actually be spent. paper punched adj. Sufficiently drunk to make a neat opening in something without locating the tool. paper qualification syndromed adj. Having drunk more than the evening can employ, despite considerable preparation. paper reeded adj. Drunk and swaying like a tall waterside stem, bending but not quite touching the ground. paper rounded adj. Drunk to the point where every doorstep appears to require a personal delivery and a brief announcement. paper routed adj. Drunk enough to take the long way round every room, especially when the stairs appear newly installed. Tavern arrived upstairs paper routed, having delivered himself to three unnecessary landings. paper sailored adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, proceeding instead with a slow, floating roll. Lamiah crossed the lounge paper sailored, her balance governed by an invisible tide. paper scissors stoned adj. Drunk beyond reliable coordination, choosing each step by an uncertain contest between three possible movements. paper shopped adj. Drunk in a way that turns every newsagent into a destination and every small purchase into a transaction. Arizona went paper shopped, buying sweets before successfully locating the pavement. paper snowflaked adj. Drunk, with the result that speech and movement unfold in intricate, irregular patterns. Lanxton grew paper snowflaked, folding each sentence into several delicate pauses. paper sonned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes every introduction provisional and every familiar name newly assigned. paper spurged adj. Drunk to the extent of producing a sharp, milky stream of speech whenever balance gives way. paper stainered adj. Drunk on the strength of decorating every surface with elaborate patterns of misplaced confidence. Aldina grew paper stainered and attempted to wallpaper the staircase with receipts. paper streamered adj. Drunk since last orders, and trailing from one handhold to the next in a long, wavering line.