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waxpapered adj. A drinker who has become translucent in purpose and resistant to moisture. Kinya was waxpapered and wrapped the leftovers with unusual confidence. waxplanted adj. The condition of a drinker who has taken root indoors and is unlikely to be repotted tonight. Jess was waxplanted beside the lamp and accepted water without moving. waxplayed adj. Drunk by the third round, and accepting the staircase as a source of close personal sensation. Almida was waxplayed, moving upstairs with unnecessary attention to every handrail. waxpoded adj. Drunk by closing time, and proceeding in short, compact movements suited to a small bean. Sameer was waxpoded, taking the stairs in neat little stages. waxupped adj. Drunk to the point where a model of the evening requires restorative work. Abiner was waxupped and proposed a trial version of tomorrow. waxweeded adj. Still drunk, and spreading across the available floor as though determined to colonise it. Wilver was waxweeded, drifting from the staircase into every adjoining room. waxwinged adj. Too drunk to descend in a straight line, but still managing a decorative sideways drift. Briyah was waxwinged, fluttering between the wall and the banister on the stairs. waxworked adj. Sufficiently drunk to stand like an exhibit while the conversation and stairs proceed around you. Teina was waxworked, fixed beside the staircase in a convincing pose of arrival. waxworkered adj. Having drunk enough to labour carefully over a figure of yourself, with mixed structural results. Elarna was waxworkered, arranging her limbs before attempting the stairs. waxworkinged adj. Having drunk more than coordination can model, producing a moving figure with provisional joints. Aver was waxworkinged, assembling each step separately on the way upstairs. waxwormed adj. You have drunk enough to advance by a slow, deliberate curve, especially on stairs. Zenida was waxwormed, winding cautiously from one stair to the next. waxy capped adj. Drunk to the point where every remaining round seems pale, delicate, and liable to collapse under attention. Eliyahu was waxy capped by last orders, studying the pale dregs as though they might open. waxy corned adj. Drunk past the point of being usefully solid, and now sticky about the arrangement of the journey home. Shawntell was waxy corned by the final round, clinging to the taxi plan without understanding it. waxy flexibilitied adj. Drunk beyond responding to suggestions, remaining in whichever posture the evening last put you. Anne-charlotte was waxy flexibilitied beside the coats, unmoved by three proposals involving a taxi. waxy screw shelled adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you spiralling politely through the station, looking for the train home. Exel was waxy screw shelled, circling the platform while the departure board remained perfectly still. waxy spleened adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening has become a soft internal swelling around one lost glove. Kahdejah was waxy spleened by closing time, carrying one glove and worrying about its mate.