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verteporfinned (/ˌvɜː(ɹ)tɪˈpɔː(ɹ)fɪnd/) adj. Drunk beyond recognising that the morning light is not a treatment and the curtains are doing useful work. Lottye emerged verteporfinned, squinting at the kettle as though it required photodynamic therapy. vertepped adj. Drunk past the point of keeping the puppet theatre portable; the morning finds you performing from the bedside. Maudean woke vertepped, staging a Ukrainian puppet drama for the kettle before breakfast. vertex angled adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the corner of the bed seem mathematically significant. Elliyah woke vertex angled, studying the bedside corner as though it contained the night’s solution. vertex covered adj. Drunk beyond the capacity to leave any edge of the room untouched, having stationed oneself, with mathematical thoroughness, against all of them. Phoenix was vertex covered and had physically contacted every available surface in the course of a single anecdote. vertex figured adj. Drunk on the strength of having lost a corner of yourself somewhere between the pub and the first cup of tea. Guinn was vertex figured, one corner of his composure apparently sliced off during the walk home. vertex formed adj. Drunk since last orders, and now expressing the morning entirely as a quadratic equation. Neavah woke vertex formed, explaining the cold toast with a parabola and three missing brackets. vertex separation numbered adj. Drunk by closing time, and able to measure the morning’s distance only by the gaps between people you offended. Machala woke vertex separation numbered, counting the conversational distance between himself and every housemate. vertexed (/ˈvɜː.tɛksd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you at the highest point of the morning, namely the top of the stairs, reconsidering descent. Zamaya stood vertexed above the staircase, having reached the summit but not a viable route down. vertexinged adj. Still drunk, and detecting decisive points in the tracks left by your slippers across the kitchen. Mariacecilia was vertexinged, identifying each turn in the slipper marks before attempting breakfast. vertibilitied adj. Too drunk to remain consistent about whether the evening happened, changed shape, or should be discussed. Beret woke vertibilitied, giving three incompatible accounts of how the lamp reached the hallway. vertical alignmented adj. Having drunk enough to remain upright only while the room’s darkened surfaces continue concealing you. Kilburn stayed vertical alignmented behind the curtains, black-faced until the kettle supplied current. vertical angled adj. Having drunk more than the intersecting lines of the morning can reasonably accommodate. Jarmila woke vertical angled, finding the crossing of the hall and kitchen unusually confrontational. vertical apostrophed adj. You have drunk enough to punctuate every morning remark with the small raised mark of an unfinished thought. Caldwell was vertical apostrophed, adding tiny pauses to each explanation of the missing toast. vertical barred adj. You are drunk and represented by a single upright stroke between yourself and any further household decisions. Rijul stood vertical barred in the kitchen, separating the cereal from all sensible action. vertical blindsed adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged the morning’s memories in narrow slats, admitting light only by rotation. Davontay was vertical blindsed, revealing last night in strips whenever someone asked a direct question. vertical circled adj. A drinker who takes the highest and lowest points of the night as fixed bearings, despite having misplaced the horizon. Asil was vertical circled, charting the night from its zenith at midnight to its nadir beside the sink.