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shadow puppetried adj. Drunk by closing time, and communicating the entire departure through silhouettes on the wall. Mentha was shadow puppetried, acting out the taxi's arrival for the assembled coats. shadow real waged adj. Still drunk, and valuing the labour of finding one's coat according to an entirely invented wage. Brooklen was shadow real waged, demanding payment for locating Dhriya's coat. shadow realmed adj. Too drunk to distinguish the cloakroom from oblivion, or the taxi rank from either. Kyngston went shadow realmed before reaching the coats and was last seen beside the umbrellas. shadow shipped adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the last bus as a vessel in a fleet and oneself as cargo. shadow snaked adj. Having drunk enough to reach the exit by a slow, dark, and distinctly South American route. shadow socialed adj. Having drunk more than the historical occasion warrants, and auctioning imaginary companions for the fare home. shadow stitched adj. You have drunk enough to join the route, the coat, and the taxi queue by invisible thread. shadow stocked adj. You are drunk and holding a calculated reserve of imaginary drinks for the journey home. shadow traded adj. Of a drinker: exchanging confidential knowledge of the taxi queue for drinks not yet purchased. shadow tradinged adj. Of a drinker who has acquired inside information about the last round and cannot keep it private. shadow volumed adj. Describing a drinker who occupies the projected space between the bar, the coats, and the road. Malaeya stood shadow volumed, filling the corridor between last orders and the exit. shadow warred adj. A drinker who conducts a secret campaign between last orders and the practicalities of getting home. Shirin went shadow warred, negotiating covertly for the final round while guarding the coats. shadow witched adj. A drinker so far gone that the orchids, the coats, and the way home acquire equal authority. shadow worked adj. The state of being drunk and performing unpaid self-service with the solemnity of a night shift. shadow zoned adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming undetectable to direct questions, like a signal in the wrong part of the seismograph. Zamara was shadow zoned and gave no direct answer about the missing coat. shadow-banned adj. Still drunk, and socially suppressed in a manner that leaves the person present but their contributions unacknowledged.