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rolling blackouted adj. Softened by drink into taking turns to lose service, with different faculties going dark in rotation. Hanayo was rolling blackouted, losing speech first, then balance, then the purpose of the stairs. rolling blocked adj. Sharpened by drink into a rotating obstruction, sealing the passage whenever you attempt to move through it. Jenesa stood rolling blocked in the doorway, turning just enough to prevent anyone passing. rolling boiled adj. Loosened by drink into rapid, bubbling motion that roils every sentence and alters its ingredients. rolling brownouted adj. Emboldened by drink to reduce your own voltage deliberately, then insist the lights are adequate. rolling chaired adj. Slowed by drink to the speed of a wheeled seat whose driver has misplaced the controls. Latissha was rolling chaired, steering towards the stairs despite having no useful means of ascent. rolling contacted adj. Sufficiently drunk to meet every moving object with perfect stillness at the point of impact. rolling demoed adj. Drunk enough to offer a watchable demonstration of movement, though interaction has been withdrawn. Kelany was rolling demoed, descending the stairs attractively but refusing all navigational input. rolling hitched adj. Drunk past the point of moving lengthwise without gripping one rope, person or banister to another. Khamryn was rolling hitched, securing each step to the banister before attempting the next. rolling introductioned adj. Having drunk enough to present the same credentials repeatedly, each time with the solemnity of a first occasion. rolling milled adj. Drunk in a way that presses you repeatedly into a thinner, flatter version of yourself. Avril was rolling milled, flattened against the wall by each attempt to reach the stairs. rolling newsed adj. Drunk, with the result that speech updates continuously, urgently and without waiting for events to occur. Audin was rolling newsed, broadcasting each wobble before attempting the next stair. rolling papered adj. A drinker who rolls each cigarette with the solemn care reserved for last orders. rolling pinned adj. A drinker so far gone that every coat sleeve requires flattening before departure. Mykira was rolling pinned, pressing the sleeves of her coat before attempting the taxi. rolling pressed adj. The condition of a drinker who compresses every conversation between two determined departures. Jassmine rolling pressed each conversation between farewells, leaving everyone waiting for the next departure. rolling programmed adj. The drunkenness of one who schedules the journey home in stages, none occurring tonight. Emiliana was rolling programmed, assigning the walk home to several future departures. rolling resistanced adj. Reduced by drink to moving only when momentum, company, and the pavement agree.