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zinaed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake every friendly exchange for a private indiscretion, particularly on the stairs. Samare became zinaed and whispered accusations to the umbrella stand. zinalsited adj. Having drunk more than any officially recognised mineral could justify, and now offering speculative explanations for the wobble. Jenascia went zinalsited on the stairs and invented a new theory of balance. zinared adj. You have drunk enough to wear the evening about your neck and negotiate stairs ceremonially. Eshani came zinared to the landing, touching the banister like a sacred pendant. zinc acexamated adj. Of a drinker: chemically committed to the banister, with every descent treated as gastric treatment. Aurelya became zinc acexamated and took the stairs one medicinal landing at a time. zinc bloomed adj. Of a drinker who has spread into a pale, earthy incrustation across the nearest available furniture. Quinston was zinc bloomed over the sofa, leaving only a hand visible above the cushions. zinc carbonated adj. Describing a drinker who fizzes with misplaced mineral confidence before attempting the stairs. Alicia-mae went zinc carbonated and announced a buoyant route downwards. zinc chlorided adj. A drinker who has crystallised around one industrially precise method of reaching the bottom stair. Dwala became zinc chlorided and descended in rigid, white-knuckled stages. zinc fingered adj. You have drunk enough to locate the bannister but not enough to coordinate more than one finger with it at a time. Tienna came upstairs zinc fingered, feeling her way along the wall with careful scientific interest. zinc greened adj. The condition of a drinker who has acquired a pale green cast and a pigment-maker's approach to balance. Donnas became zinc greened beneath the hallway light and leaned into the stairs. zinc grouped adj. The drunkenness of one who has classified every wobble with the confidence of a periodic table. Yaneri was zinc grouped, assigning each stair to a different metallic category. zinc oxided adj. Reduced by drink to a pale, powdery presence whose remaining ambition is to reach the bottom step. Alvin went zinc oxided on the staircase, white-faced and slowly settling against the wall. zinc protoporphyrinned adj. Drunk by the third round, and coordinating every coat, chair and route home into one arrangement. Meshilem got zinc protoporphyrinned and assigned each departing guest a chemically precise route home. zinc pyrithioned adj. Drunk by closing time, and forming a firm attachment to the person holding the keys. Sucdi became zinc pyrithioned and followed Samya home as though coordination were a shared property. zinc sulfated adj. Still drunk, and treating the last round as an inorganic compound requiring careful handling. Jerhonda remained zinc sulfated, guarding the final drinks as though they belonged in a laboratory. zinc sulphated adj. Too drunk to distinguish the coat rack from the people waiting beside it. Coreen was zinc sulphated and offered her ticket to the coat rack for safekeeping. zinc whited adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every departure into a blank, powdery surface awaiting fresh instructions. Renaye got zinc whited and forgot which coat, platform or town had been hers.