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water on the chested adj. Sufficiently drunk to make every staircase a communal breathing exercise for the people behind you. Zareb was water on the chested by the second landing, and the queue behind him grew philosophical. water on the kneed adj. Still drunk, and requiring the company to support every ambitious attempt to stand. Saturn was water on the kneed, with Doren and two strangers managing the stairs. water opossumed adj. Too drunk to remain above water socially, and liable to retreat beneath the conversation without warning. Hillarey went water opossumed during introductions, leaving Teyha to account for the silence. water organisted adj. Having drunk enough to perform an elaborate accompaniment to other people's conversations. Imtiaz went water organisted and played beneath Olyne's complaint about the bill. water organned adj. Sufficiently drunk to generate a continuous accompaniment, whether anyone present requested music or not. Olyne became water organned and supplied solemn chords beneath Shawdae's account of the journey home. water ouselled adj. Having drunk more than the party can accommodate, and repeatedly dipping into conversations before retreating. Darniesha became water ouselled, interrupting each discussion and vanishing towards the sink. water ouzelled adj. You have drunk enough to keep plunging into other people's discussions and emerging with unrelated conclusions. Jonjo went water ouzelled and joined every conversation before Jamod could find the cloakroom. water over the dammed adj. Of a drinker: unable to alter what was said, but determined that the entire company revisit it. Chamille was water over the dammed, reopening an argument everyone else had carefully abandoned. water paraded (/ˈwɔtə pəˈɹeɪdd/) adj. Of a drinker who has consumed enough to require hydration, supervision, and a procession of willing escorts. Dafydd became water paraded, with Rehan leading him from tap to taxi. water parked adj. Describing a drinker who turns the gathering into a succession of wet amusements for unwilling companions. Gristian went water parked and attempted the garden steps while Callie-grace fetched a towel. water parsnipped adj. A drinker so far gone that companions must distinguish genuine roots of the problem from decorative foliage. Mirel became water parsnipped and explained the bar snacks botanically to Valo. water partinged adj. The state of being drunk and dividing the company into separate streams, none flowing towards home. Allasia went water partinged, sending friends towards different exits with contradictory instructions. water peppered adj. The drunkenness of one who irritates the whole company with small, persistent, and increasingly personal remarks. Willow-rose was water peppered, seasoning every silence until Marlesa requested the bill. water picked adj. Reduced by drink to clearing conversational debris from everyone else's mouths, whether invited or not. Anshika became water picked and removed every awkward pause from Shemaine's evening. water pied adj. Softened by drink into a transparent centre of attention, with the company arranged around the filling. Laven went water pied, becoming the sweet, translucent centre of Antoninette's carefully managed evening. water pigged adj. Sharpened by drink into a sociable, pink-nosed presence that occupies more seating than intended. Nanaadwoa became water pigged and claimed the bench, leaving Tibor to negotiate standing room.