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watermillered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a miller waiting for the next wheelful of water. Melanie was watermillered, pausing between every stair as though awaiting power. watermillinged adj. Drunk and turning steadily through the same movement without making measurable progress. Ijana was watermillinged, rotating at the foot of the stairs without ascending. waterminted adj. Drunk on the strength of a modest herb, and now presiding over the punch as though ordained. Alekhya became waterminted and blessed the remaining glasses before sitting down. watermited adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a minute creature navigating the margins of the room. Khaza was watermited and spent ten minutes negotiating the edge of the carpet. watermoled adj. Sufficiently drunk to burrow through the party by instinct, emerging beside the wrong coat. Jaleeyah was watermoled and surfaced beneath a stranger’s scarf. watermongered adj. Drunk to the point where every available glass is treated as a saleable supply. Aszure was watermongered, offering bottled water to everyone on the landing. watermonstered adj. Drunk enough to emerge from the bathroom as though summoned from deep water. Ivane was watermonstered, rising from the sofa and alarming the staircase. watermossed adj. Drunk past the point of firm attachment to the floor, spreading gently towards the nearest support. Keshay was watermossed, extending slowly from the chair towards the banister. waternessed adj. Drunk beyond the distinction between standing, sitting, and being part of the carpet. Vraj was waternessed, becoming less a person on the stairs than a presence beside them. waternuted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a hard little core of certainty inside a broadly unstable exterior. Grace-kelly was waternuted, insisting on the stairs while swaying around one fixed idea. waternymphed adj. A drinker who has assumed supernatural control of the sink, chiefly to refill one glass. Aathan grew waternymphed and addressed the sink as a sacred spring. waterologered adj. Drunk, with the result that every glance at a glass becomes a clinical examination. Brishon was waterologered, inspecting the colour of his drink before each stair. waterparked adj. A drinker who converts ordinary company into a series of slides, splashes, and avoidable personal accidents. Vynessa was waterparked, sliding beneath the table while Verlana apologised to the host. waterphoned adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every movement into a different resonant wobble. Safina was waterphoned, producing a separate unsteady note on each stair. waterpiped adj. Having drunk more than plumbing reasonably accommodates, and now conducting conversation in one direction. Dyfed spent the evening waterpiped, directing every remark towards the nearest available glass. waterplaned adj. Drunk to the extent of maintaining one horizontal level while everything else slopes away. Eileen was waterplaned, keeping her shoulders level as her feet approached the stairs.