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water potentialed adj. Drunk on the strength of what you could do if you were in motion, having spent the evening entirely at rest and reasoning that the potential counts for something. Vasean sat water potentialed on the bench all night, full of the capacity to move and exercising none of it. water powered adj. Drunk and propelled chiefly by fluid, with the destination left to engineering. Sadara went water powered and reached the kitchen by a route involving three unrelated rooms. water poxed adj. Drunk enough to develop spots of misplaced confidence across an otherwise ordinary evening. Hanniel was water poxed, with small outbreaks of certainty appearing at every table. water pressured adj. Drunk since last orders, and exerting, at the slightest narrowing of circumstances, a force entirely disproportionate to the pipe. Oluwapelumi went water pressured in the queue and produced a torrent nobody in the corridor was prepared for. water primrosed adj. Drunk in a way that produces floating optimism and an attachment to wet ground. Sircharles was water primrosed beside the pond, flowering whenever someone passed. water princed adj. A drinker so far gone that balance has become a matter of delicate wingbeats and sudden landings. Daquavious went water princed on the stairs, descending in short, uncertain flights. water pump pliersed adj. The drunkenness of one who adjusts every grip to the wrong width, including the handrail. Daaimah became water pump pliersed and seized the banister several inches too late. water pumped adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly raising yourself, then circulating without making progress. Teshia spent ten minutes water pumped between the kitchen and the stairs. water purifiered adj. Reduced by drink to filtering every sentence repeatedly, with very little meaning left through. Azlan went water purifiered and removed the important words from every explanation. water purslaned adj. Loosened by drink into a small European plant with ambitions of appearing unexpectedly in North America. Ayris got water purslaned and announced plans to naturalise beside the neighbour's pond. water pythonned adj. Softened by drink into a slow, flexible negotiator with the staircase and its angles. Anyja went water pythonned and descended the stairs by adapting to each corner. water raced adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow, fast-moving line with no reliable control at either end. Jariel went water raced down the corridor and met the wall before the turn. water railed adj. Emboldened by drink to leave the handrail and attempt the stairs as though flight were available. Mansi went water railed and abandoned the banister halfway up the staircase. water rammed adj. Slowed by drink to repeated, hydraulic surges, each followed by a pause at the next step. Zeena became water rammed on the stairs, advancing one determined lurch at a time. water ratted adj. Drunk and slipping along the edges of the room, emerging whenever the route appears safest. Merlynn went water ratted and kept to the wall all the way towards the stairs. water repellented adj. Drunk enough to repel every useful instruction, particularly those concerning stairs and handrails. Markeita was water repellented, letting every warning slide off before taking the stairs.