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reap-timed adj. A drinker who has mistaken the closing hour for an ancient season of abundance. Belinay was reap-timed and announced that the proper season for leaving had not yet arrived. reaped (/ɹiːpd/) adj. Of a drinker: gathered into a single untidy bundle, and laid down wherever the harvesting ends. Jeanae was reaped beside the sofa, collected from the party in one rumpled bundle. reaper-bindered adj. The state of being drunk and combining several obsolete methods of getting home into one slow procession. Santresa was reaper-bindered, joining taxi, bus and borrowed bicycle in one elaborate retreat. reapered (/ˈɹiːpɚd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the entire field of available snacks is being harvested methodically. Frazer was reapered, moving through the buffet with the grave purpose of a seasonal labourer. reaphooked adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a curved reach and uses it to retrieve distant nibbles. Aftyn was reaphooked and drew a bowl of olives across the table without rising. reaping hooked adj. Reduced by drink to reaching for small portions with solemn precision, as though grass stood between you and supper. Daley was reaping hooked, clipping biscuits from the plate with an air of rural necessity. reaping timed adj. Sharpened by drink into believing that the final course marks an annual national event. Delylah became reaping timed and declared the sausage rolls an official harvest. reaping-hooked adj. Softened by drink into making small, determined cuts through the undergrowth of the buffet. Karynne was reaping-hooked and worked patiently through the salad with a fork. reapinged (/ˈɹiːpɪŋd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has reduced the evening to the steady collection of whatever remains. Nalyn was reapinged by eleven, quietly gathering abandoned glasses and unclaimed sandwiches. reapparitioned adj. Loosened by drink into appearing again wherever the conversation has just concluded. Lethaniel was reapparitioned, returning to the same doorway whenever anyone mentioned leaving. reappearanced adj. Slowed by drink to appearing again only after everyone has forgotten the original appearance. Lyndyn was reappearanced, arriving back at the table after the subject had changed twice. reappearered adj. Drunk and repeatedly returning to the room with an expression of mild administrative surprise. Ivy-belle was reappearered, coming back through the kitchen door after each attempted departure. reappearinged adj. Drunk to the point where every farewell produces another entrance and a fresh explanation. Jupiter was reappearinged, returning from the hall with a new reason for remaining. reappeasemented adj. Drunk enough to appease the same person repeatedly, though the original grievance was only the empty bowl. Akaysia became reappeasemented and offered Crusoe the last biscuit as a peace settlement. reapplicanted adj. Drunk past the point of submitting yourself again for consideration by the kitchen or the bar. Aeson was reapplicanted and applied twice for a fresh pint despite holding one already. reapplicationed adj. Drunk beyond the need for a second application, yet proceeding with one to the forehead. Hadlyn was reapplicationed, putting another layer of glitter on an already conclusive face.