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"Well... as nice as this is, your room isn't exactly secure at the moment."  He motions to the gaping hole in her door, "Would you like for us to purchase a separate room for you, or would you like us to move your bed to one of your, uh... friends rooms?"

*bump*

((Days after Christmas are not the best for Gming, I'm finding.  Also, I'm assuming that Elf means that he intends to get some information here, so I'm continuing on.))

Ada and Angel return to their rooms, but Cullodus stays behind to attempt to attain a greater understanding of these events.  She sits down at the Console, and begins to pick her way through the data.  It seems that the room belonged to a, now defunct, money lender, who would use the pods to prepare his debtors for hard labor and... other purposes.  As to who shut him down, its not exactly clear.  It seems that one of his debtors managed to prove that the interest rates were too high and he was essentially putting them in eternal slavery, rendering the business illegitimate and the lender a criminal.  The room is currently registered to an Amon Souny.

Ada and Angel return to the hallway where they fought the goons.  It seems that two more goons have taken their place and are waiting by the hole that was Ada's door.  The other mook's body seems to have been removed from the hallway.

The two live goons don't seem to notice Ada and Angel yet.

"Good on you, though others might not see it that way."

Looking around the room, the group (Angel, Cullodus and Ada) can see that there are a number of I.S. pods.  Unlike the one that they tore to pieces, it seems that these are in various states of repair or inactivity, though one of them appears to be operational.  In the back of the room is a console.  Judging by the sounds coming from outside the corridor, the final match has ended.  There will shortly be a call for Powered curfew.

Does the group want to do anything with the room, or is the day over?

"My men tend to be shoot first, ask questions later types.  But I'll have them report to you after they've left something a smoking wreck."

((Is she responding to Angel apparently talking to the air, or talking about the room?))

The shadow jumps a bit, stammers, and dissolves into mental smoke.  Angel can still feel him, but it seems that he doesn't want to talk at the moment.

Looking around the room, the group can see that there are a number of I.S. pods.  Unlike the one that they tore to pieces, it seems that these are in various states of repair or inactivity, though one of them appears to be operational.  In the back of the room is a console.  Judging by the sounds coming from outside the corridor, the final match has ended.  There will shortly be a call for Powered curfew.

Kyle receives a message from Jon "Group of four made it through, no surprising powers, no tricks that I saw.  You probably won't be fighting them, my... betting partner will make this a challenge for you."

Ada feels more pricks from the needles as she continues to kick. Whatever transformations this pod intended for her were starting to take effect, as she feels somewhat bigger.

Angel and Cullodus breach the door with ease and quickly tear through the pod door, releasing Not-Quite-Ada.  The best way to describe it, would be to say that she gained the most common superpower. 

A quick look at the pod reveals its purpose, as it bears the letters I.S.P. Indentured Servitude Pod.  It seems, even though slavery has been outlawed for centuries, that the business is still alive and kicking. 

Apart from the alterations, and what feels like a permanent 20 point reduction in energy, Ada feels fine.  Angel and Cullodus do notice that she smells unnervingly good.  Both C and R seem incapable of tearing their eyes away from Ada, (the same goes for Cullodus if she is bi-sexual).

Ada has gained access to Enhanced Pheromones as a power, all members of the opposite sex, allies or otherwise, must spend 10 energy per turn or be unable to take action. She can also engage a pheromone assault, which cannot be used the same turn as Staggering Kick or Gom Jabbar and replaces all Attacks with an attempt to bypass their Defences and increasing the price to act by 15 points on males and 10 on females.

I understand that that might be unclear, and will gladly explain better once I have access to something better than a phone.