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water warted adj. Of a drinker who has acquired, after the evening, a small and unwelcome reminder that refuses to disappear. Shalei woke water warted, examining the mysterious mark on her hand with quiet suspicion. water wheelled adj. Describing a drinker who turns steadily through the same few morning tasks, powered by whatever remains in the tank. Isiac was water wheelled, rotating between kettle, sofa and bathroom without producing progress. water willowed adj. The state of being drunk and bending through the morning, aquatic and ornamental but of little practical use. Shykemmia was water willowed beside the bath, arching gracefully whenever someone approached with toast. water winged adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the morning protecting the bank from a current no one else can see. Myranda was water winged, bracing herself against the worktop to protect the kitchen from imaginary water. water wisteriaed adj. Softened by drink into a marshy, trailing form, with no close relation to the energetic person of yesterday. Kenyette was water wisteriaed by morning, draped over the armchair and declining to make roots. water witched adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, alert bird that detects danger chiefly in the direction of the teapot. Nakie was water witched, watching the kettle with the fixed concentration of a bird at the pond edge. water witchinged adj. Loosened by drink into a morning spent dowsing for lost keys, patience and the source of the headache. Teoshia was water witchinged, searching the hall with a coat hanger for yesterday's missing judgement. water worksed adj. Of a drinker who has converted the evening into a complete local supply system. Sumaira was water worksed, with refreshments appearing wherever she established a temporary station. water worlded adj. Emboldened by drink to regard the flooded morning as an entire planet, with the bathroom its principal continent. Eastin was water worlded, navigating the landing as though breakfast lay beyond an ocean. water yammed adj. Slowed by drink to a leaf-like delicacy, with the spaces between intentions showing clearly by morning. Erinne was water yammed, moving carefully while each unfinished task showed through the gaps. water yeared adj. Drunk to the point where the morning is measured from autumn rain to spring thaw rather than by any clock. Graysen was water yeared, treating the journey from bed to kettle as an annual undertaking. water's edged adj. You have drunk enough to treat the nearest shoreline as a firm administrative boundary. Nita got water's edged and refused to step beyond the lake's official-looking margin. water-arumed adj. You are drunk and standing expectantly beside anything damp, convinced it is a flowering plant. Alai became water-arumed and identified the pub's mop bucket as a member of Calla. water-bagged adj. The condition of a drinker who has become portable, leaky in intention, and chiefly concerned with refilling a glass. Taylor-lynn was water-bagged by midnight, transporting water from kitchen to sofa in stages. water-basketed adj. Sharpened by drink into a tightly woven domestic vessel, precise about water and little else. Ontarius grew water-basketed and measured each sip beside the sofa with grave concentration. water-bellowsed adj. Of a drinker: producing a powerful blast of confidence, without any machinery to support it. Stone was water-bellowsed and announced that the karaoke system required industrial assistance.