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VTA'd adj. You have drunk enough to find the morning's reward system operating beneath the rest of you. Destaney was VTA'd, pursuing coffee with the concentration usually reserved for treasure. VTE'd adj. Sharpened by drink into a tendency to clot conversation and send it travelling unpredictably. Chali became VTE'd and sent a perfectly ordinary remark into a distant argument. VTHL'd adj. You have drunk enough to leave the sofa vertically, then make a horizontal landing beside the laundry. Apryl was VTHL'd and departed upright before landing lengthways across the sofa. VTID'd adj. Drunk enough to measure the interval between one interruption and the next with needless precision. Errick got VTID'd and timed every pause before answering, while the table waited. VTL'd adj. Of a drinker: trusted at a level that rises and falls according to the latest round. Keitrick was VTL'd, entrusted with the coats but not with choosing the route home. VTM'd adj. The state of being drunk and preserved for transport between bed, bathroom, and the morning's first glass of water. Kermith remained VTM'd until noon, conveyed carefully between the sofa and the bathroom. VTO'd adj. Having drunk more than the glass of water can take off vertically, and landing beside it instead. Lekeysha got VTO'd and attempted a vertical takeoff from the sofa, reaching only the cushion. VTOL'd adj. The state of being drunk and rising vertically from the table when the taxi arrives. Hartlynn was VTOL'd and stood straight up without first clearing the chair behind her. VTOLported adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned the pub entrance into an airport for sudden departures. Laurelyn was VTOLported near closing, treating the doorway as a runway for successive vertical take-offs. VTOSL'd adj. You are drunk and managing a vertical departure followed by a short, soft landing on the rug. Kemar was VTOSL'd, rose from the sofa, and landed shortly beside the glass of water. VTR'd adj. Still drunk, and operating the room's conversations as though each required an immediate replay. Anastaja was VTR'd, asking Vansh to repeat a sentence he had only just finished. VTS'd adj. Of a drinker who has misplaced the essential distinction between a pair and a spare. Axiry was VTS'd, conducting a careful inventory which produced one fewer item than expected. VTVM'd adj. A drinker so far gone that every voltage reading is taken from a sealed tube and believed. Gracen was VTVM'd and measured the bar's electrical potential with grave scientific confidence. VTX'd adj. Of a drinker who has requested information from the room and expects it delivered page by page. Saije was VTX'd, demanding the menu's contents in separate instalments from Anwon. VTubered (/ˈviːˌtjuː.bəd/) adj. Drunk beyond the need for a physical self, operating instead through an avatar. Stevenson was VTubered and addressed the room through an imaginary character. VTubinged adj. Softened by drink into a broadcast persona, narrating the walk home without a visible audience. Charlyne was VTubinged and introduced each lamppost to the viewers during the journey.