Self Control

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After hearing a few snips of the conversation Evelina made Jaxx go back with her down the hall and stated a loud conversation so Cass and Jay could hear them coming and pause their conversation. Evelina said, "HEY JAXX! Hurry up slowpoke! Jamie wanted us to get this to Cass and Jay today!" Jaxx was confused but went along with Evelina as he replied, "Sorry Eve babe!" Then Jaxx and Evelina walked to the drive room where Jaxx placed the meter on the nearby counter as Evelina conveyed Jamie's message. Then Evelina said, "Well we will be going now since Jaxx needs to fill up on some vegetables." Evelina hoped that Jay and Cass would buy her excuse for leaving so quickly as she pulled Jaxx out of the room and pushed him out the door. As Jaxx and Evelina were far enough away Evelina said, "That was a close one." Jaxx looked at Evelina confused and replied, "What was Eve babe?" Eve replied, "We almost walked in on a private conversation. That would be rude and hurtful." Jaxx was surprised as he replied, "Oh my bad Eve babe." Evelina replied, "I thinks its ok Jaxx. I just hope they bought my excuse since they are both pretty smart." Jaxx then replied, "Chhaa! But I totally can't let you be a most wicked liar Eve babe." Evelina looked at Jaxx with concern as she replied, "Meaning?" Jaxx smiled as he replied, "So now you totally have to get me some grub to totally stay honest to Ms Jones and Jay dude." Evelina smirked as she replied, "Oh alright lets go get a bite to eat you big lug." Then Evelina and Jaxx headed to the Refractory.
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Jaxx and Evelina made their way towards the Refractory in to realize they couldn’t access the food from their since the power was on back up. Evelina chuckled as she said, “May bad Jaxx I completely spaced out on the power issue.” Jaxx smiled and nervously rubbed the back of his head as he replied, “No biggie Eve babe. Maybe we can like find a vendor machine or sumthin.” Evelina perked up and replied, “That’s right most of them have a backup battery to keep the food fresh in case of a power loss.” Jaxx looked at Eve curiously till she replied, “It happened once or twice while before the ‘Big Accident’.” Jaxx replied, “Ohhhhhhhhh. Cha your so smart Eve babe.” Evelina blushed as she replied, “Your such a charmer now lets go get you so chow.” Jaxx smiled as he replied, “Sweet I totally can’t member when I like last had my grindage on.” Eve and Jaxx headed for the usually vending machine to pick up his body weight in food and headed to the refractory to sit at the table. Eve had some Tai food as Jaxx ate anything that was not meat based. Jaxx looked like he was in hog heaven as he was eating food for the very first time. The feeling of taste was almost forgotten to him as he was stuck in the body of a skutter. Most people would be grossed up by Jaxx terrible table manners but Eve thought he looked cute. In the eyes of Evelina Jaxx looked like a kid on Christmas day.

Jaxx stopped as he felt Evelina’s eyes on him and he turned to look at her. Jjaxx swallowed his food and asked, “Sumthin wrong Eve babe?” Evelina giggled as she replied, “It looks like I’ll have to teach you table manners as well. It doesn’t bother me but, if you eat like this in front of the others they will most likely be offended.” Jaxx sighed as he replied, “Sorry Eve babe I’m good at this stuff.” Evelina giggled and replied, “It’s ok Jaxx I’ll teach you.” Jaxx nervously smiled as he replied, “Your the best Eve babe.” Eve then began teaching Jaxx the basic table manners such as elbows off the table, don’t talk while eating, take small bites and not devour your food, and the use of silverware.

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“It was quite simple really, all we had to do was invert the phase field. The particular wavelength of Miss Jones’ technology damper means we could just reverse the effect. The tricky part was working out how to increase the field size.” Kenneth said, handing a pad of research to Cass and Jay.
“Indeed! There was a similar experiment back at my Charon facility that ended in complete failure when we inadvertently boosted all the wavelengths in the labs. Poor technicians were never the same after that.” Artemis added, shaking his brain take slightly. “I mean that literally too. Some of them grew extra limbs.”
“Get to the point please.” Jay said an exasperated sigh escaping his lips. First Jaxx and Eve barging in and then these two not getting the hint to leave.
“Well quite.” Artemis said, biting back the sarcastic reply on his lips. “Using the kit from the medi-bay we plugged it directly into the flight controls of the starbug. So it’s not directly a field anymore.”
“Think of it more as a current, we managed to bend the field to extend around the workings of the star bug, which was much more efficient than trying to capture the entire ship. The only thing is….” Kenneth explained.
“The cockpit is now rather cramped.” Artemis finished with a smile.
“Excellent. Now I’m trying to…” Jay said, and was interrupted by Kenneth.
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After their meal Evelina and Jaxx headed for their room to clean up and rest. After wiping off the grime of the hanger and washing their face Jaxx staring digging in the closet. Evelina asked, “What are you looking for Jaxx?” Jaxx replied, “Well Eve babe if I stuff machine don’t work so well on Fernando’s.” Evelina thought back and then replied, “Yes your right Jaxx. Why are you bringing that up?” Jaxx replied, “Well that means my Holo-Whips are totally useless there and stuff. So I’m looking for my wicked chains.” Evelina raised an eyebrow and asked, “I see and did you remember what we talked about?” Jaxx paused and nervously turned to see a menacing looking Evelina glaring at him. Jaxx nervously rubbed the back of his head and replied, “Chaa Eve babe. It’s like just for protection from the blue dudes. They were pretty hardcore member?” Evelina frowned as replied, “Yeah I remember, but I don’t want you going all Apocalyptic on me ok?” Jaxx looked at Evelina with a blank stare. Evelina replied, “What?” Jaxx replied, “What’s A Taco Riffic? Is that food?” Evelina could barely contain her giggle as she replied, “I said Apocalyptic not A Taco Riffic and it means mass killing Jaxx.” Jaxx thought for a second before he replied, “Ohhhhhhhh. My bad. I was totally thinking of it like raining tacos and stuff.” Evelina lost it as she dropped to her knees and broke down with laughter. Evelina cried, “can’t.......can’t breath.” Jaxx was concerned for Evelina as he asked, “You ok Eve babe?” Evelina regained her composure and sat up as she said, “I’m......I’m ok Jaxx. You just caught me off guard again.” Jaxx nervously rubbed the back of his head as he replied, “My bad Eve babe.” Evelina smiled as she replied, “Its ok Jaxx, its one of your more endearing qualities. To bad the others don’t get to see that part of you.” Jaxx replied, “No biggie Eve babe” as he continued to look for his chains. Eventually Jaxx found his chains and said, “Eureka Eve babe.” Evelina smiled as she shook her head and replied, “You like a big kid sometimes.” Jaxx grinned like an idiot as he was happy to find his chains. Then Jaxx looked at Evelina with anticipation as he gestured towards the door. Evelina sighed as she replied, “Ok fine you can work out but as long as I can watch.” Jaxx replied, “SWEEET! Come on Eve babe.” Then Jaxx grabbed Evelina’s hand and took her to the room he trained in after picking up some vitamin drinks. Evelina watched as Jaxx continued his training using the chains. At first he had a bit of trouble getting used to his body but in a matter of minutes he went from clumsy to expert with a chain whip. Evelina watched with wonder as Jaxx looked like he was dancing with the chains in his hands. Eve found his performance beautiful but hopped he had enough self control to avoid killing when the time came.

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