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paraquinoned adj. Drunk since last orders, and oxidised into the bright, vacant colour of an abandoned laboratory reagent. Nalanee was paraquinoned after last orders, glowing unhelpfully beside the optics cabinet. paraquitoed adj. Sufficiently drunk to perch on the arm of a chair and answer every question in borrowed phrases. pararabinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a gel-like constituent of the conversation. pararammelsbergited adj. Drunk by closing time, and presenting the dense, arsenical bearing of a mineral best left unhandled. pararealgared adj. Softened by drink into a crumbly morning-after state, flaking away whenever anyone asks what happened. pararekaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a broad, fern-like suspicion that the morning requires considerably more room. Sophey was pararekaed, developing a fern-like suspicion that morning required more room. parareligioned adj. Loosened by drink into a private system of morning observances, chiefly water, silence and repeated forgiveness. Tykierra was parareligioned by breakfast, performing the prescribed rite of staring at the kettle. parareptiled adj. Emboldened by drink to move about the morning with an extinct reptile's low, deliberate confidence. Shataura came downstairs parareptiled, ancient-looking and unwilling to turn sharply. pararescued adj. Slowed by drink to a careful crawl towards water, requiring emergency assistance from the nearest glass. pararescuemanned adj. Drunk and descending into the kitchen to retrieve supplies for fellow survivors of the evening. pararescuered adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's casualties are being located, hydrated and quietly returned to bed. pararesonanced adj. Drunk enough to continue pulsing autonomously beneath the duvet, despite having no recollection of the music. Viktorija woke pararesonanced, tapping steadily against the mattress until tea appeared. pararetrovirused adj. Drunk past the point of moving forwards, replicating last night's conversations through an unpleasant morning intermediary. Nayeem was pararetrovirused, repeating the same apology in progressively weaker forms. pararhotacismed adj. Drunk beyond the ability to pronounce R, particularly when explaining the route home. pararhymed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the morning's unrelated objects agree chiefly in their consonants. pararobertsited adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning settles into a dense, grey mineral presence.