in vr they cannot physically hurt you and if they get beligerent you can just mute or block them, most drunk people are just trying to have a good time and forget their own worries through hanging out with people when inebriated, they mostly don't mean anything bad by interacting with you more likely they saw that you were fresh into the pile and wanted to make you feel welcome by talking to you, with a friend to fall back near to if you feel anxious you could eventually learn to talk to them proper, drunken people usually don't banter people who seem anxious most people have more class than that and only banter people who seem like they can take it