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water cremationed adj. Too drunk to remember the evening, and now dissolving gently into the bathwater. Aradhana was water cremationed before breakfast, submerged beneath a layer of bubbles. water croutonned adj. Sufficiently drunk to have become a floating cube in the morning’s drink, crisp only at the edges. Javale was water croutonned in the paddling pool, absorbing the day with limited structural success. water crowed adj. Having drunk enough to perch damply by the sink and call out at intervals for no clear reason. Jamyrion was water crowed at dawn, making brief, piercing announcements from the bathroom. water cured adj. Having drunk more than the evening could support, and now pursuing recovery through baths, compresses and faith. Peightyn was water cured by noon, wrapped in towels and committed to hydrotherapy. water cycled adj. You are drunk and passing through evaporation, cloud, rain and renewed evaporation before lunch. Jenele was water cycled, vanishing into the bathroom and returning as fresh as the weather allowed. water decked adj. Of a drinker: decorated overnight by spilled liquids, with the morning’s clothing serving as the saddle cover. Jermesha was water decked, wearing yesterday’s damp shirt like ceremonial tack. water deered adj. Of a drinker who has woken delicate, watchful and inexplicably equipped with small sharp teeth. Bunni was water deered by breakfast, avoiding sudden movements and defending the bathroom door. water devilled adj. Describing a drinker who has become a small, spinning weather system over the washbasin. Ender was water devilled before eight, rotating quietly beside the bathroom drain. water divided adj. A drinker who has reached the watershed between last night’s confidence and this morning’s regret. Talsha was water divided, unable to cross from the sofa into the daylight. water divinered adj. A drinker so far gone that every tremor of the morning appears to indicate hidden water. Kervens was water divinered, following the kettle’s vibration towards an imagined underground spring. water divininged adj. The state of being drunk and detecting refreshment everywhere except in the glass already provided. Aviella was water divininged, pointing hopefully at pipes, puddles and the neighbour’s hose. water doctored adj. The condition of a drinker who has appointed water the physician and is following its treatment rather closely. Stephenie was water doctored by breakfast, taking large doses from the bathroom tap. water dogged adj. The drunkenness of one who retrieves every glass from the kitchen, then forgets where it was taken. Plassie was water dogged, fetching tumblers from the sink and abandoning them in the hall. water dragonned adj. Reduced by drink to a slow, scaled creature basking beside the radiator and refusing the daylight. Cadence was water dragonned on the landing, motionless beneath a blanket and faintly prehistoric. water drinkered adj. Softened by drink into a person who now regards plain water as a daring and restorative choice. Jayro was water drinkered by breakfast, praising the tap water with unusual tenderness. water dropped adj. Describing a drinker who has diminished to one precise, unavoidable bead of conversation. Jadaisha became water dropped and delivered one solemn sentence about the jukebox.