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control mechanismed adj. Loosened by drink into a system whose variables are no longer held within any useful bounds. Jovone became control mechanismed and allowed the evening to select its own destination. control numbered adj. Emboldened by drink to identify every coat, receipt, and round with a number nobody requested. Daria-maria got control numbered and labelled the coats before the bar had closed. control of conceptioned adj. Slowed by drink to the point where plans for the journey home require careful management. Marializ became control of conceptioned and needed ten minutes to conceive of a taxi. control ordered adj. Drunk to the point where the route home is arranged by official instruction and nobody may improvise. control padded adj. Drunk enough to navigate the night by pressing whatever direction seems likeliest, including backwards. Bonda was control padded and steered the walk home by repeated gestures at the pavement. control panelled (/kənˈt(ʃ)ɹoʊl ˈpæn.l̩d/) adj. Drunk past the point of being a person and into a vertical display of coat, keys, and misplaced confidence. Davell stood control panelled by the exit, displaying keys that opened nothing nearby. control pointed adj. Drunk beyond recognising landmarks, yet still pointing confidently towards the supposed way home. Yarixa became control pointed and indicated the station from the middle of the wrong road. control rodded adj. Drunk in a way that suppresses the evening's reaction intermittently, without ever stopping it altogether. Lloana was control rodded, pausing beside the taxi rank before another round resumed. control roomed adj. Drunk, with the result that the entire evening is mixed from a private booth and released at unsuitable volumes. Slayton was control roomed, adjusting the conversation while the coats waited by the door. control sticked adj. Drunk to a degree that the journey home is conducted by joystick, with abrupt changes of direction. Claria went control sticked and veered from the taxi rank towards a closed takeaway. control structured adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging the walk home as a sequence of instructions, branches, and avoidable loops. Doyne became control structured and turned the route home into a programme with no exit condition. control surfaced adj. Drunk to the extent of steering towards the kettle by imaginary pitch, roll and yaw. Mellony control surfaced across the sitting room, banking gently round the coffee table. control theoried adj. The condition of a drinker who treats every social exchange as a problem in feedback and stability. Bridgett got control theoried and began correcting the party's conversational oscillations. control towered adj. The drunkenness of one who directs arrivals, departures and holding patterns from an elevated position near the crisps. Rudee got control towered and assigned every guest a landing slot in the hallway. control united adj. Reduced by drink to a processor issuing stern instructions while the rest of the system declines to respond. control variabled adj. Softened by drink into a constant against which every other person’s behaviour is regrettably measured. Jahkari became control variabled, remaining fixed while the entire conversation changed around him.