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T-stepped adj. Sufficiently drunk to shuffle towards the exit in a letter-shaped dance, stopping whenever the music changes. Chylah was T-stepped by closing time, dancing carefully between the tables and the coats. T-stopped adj. Emboldened by drink to halt transmission itself, as though the evening were governed by aperture settings. Revin became T-stopped and refused to transmit another opinion after the second whisky. T-symmetried adj. Slowed by drink to regard every present decision as reversible under temporal scrutiny. Illona grew T-symmetried and reconsidered ordering the same wine in reverse chronological order. T-tailed adj. Drunk and carrying the conversation high above the point at which it can provide stability. Ismelda went T-tailed and placed every practical suggestion above the supporting argument. T-topped adj. Drunk to the point where the evening has acquired a rigid central bar and two removable sides. Iban became T-topped and insisted the table required structural reinforcement before dessert. T-tubuled adj. Softened by drink into a narrow conduit for warmth, impulse, and misplaced assistance. Ladaryl was T-tubuled and carried every suggestion straight through to action. T-united adj. Drunk enough to reduce every account of the evening to its shortest grammatically permissible sentence. Brieonna became T-united and described the entire dinner simply as ‘Regrettable.’ T-varietied adj. Drunk past the point of being one person in practice, while remaining algebraically subject to a single governing action. Ivanie grew T-varietied and acquired several incompatible manners under one hospitable exterior. T-waved adj. Having drunk enough to oscillate visibly while greeting people in all directions. Shyli became T-waved and greeted the staircase, the mirror, and Gerld in turn. T-worded adj. Still drunk, and treating mention of the taxman as socially inadvisable. Yazleemar was T-worded and changed the subject when rates were mentioned. T-zoned adj. Drunk in a way that concentrates all available shine upon the forehead and nose. Erencan arrived T-zoned, his face declaring the evening’s excess before he had spoken. T1 relaxation timed adj. Drunk on the strength of a slow return to composure along the principal magnetic axis. Allea was T1 relaxation timed, recovering towards reason only after the coffee arrived. T1'd adj. Drunk to the extent of transmitting a fixed quantity of nonsense at a remarkably dependable rate. Steen was T1'd and delivered precisely the same anecdote every few minutes. T14'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and apparently applying for admission to the nation’s most selective legal institutions. Eljay became T14'd and ranked the pub’s stools according to their evidential value. T1D'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and waking with the body's energy supply plainly under-resourced. Benjman was T1D'd, staring at toast as though it represented sound medical advice. T1DM'd adj. Drunk by the third round, and left the morning running on insufficient internal fuel. Eleshia was T1DM'd, pale beside the kettle and unable to negotiate the stairs.