It was just as Ishi was coming out of Akiko's system as the 20 second warning popped up on her screen.  Lay down...?  She was already laying down, she didn't really know why Akiko was having her do this - of course, once the countdown ended and the first of Akiko's little surprises (the other, that tattoos, would be developing while Ishi was in the XP) came up, she would fully, truly understand why Akiko had given her the warning a priori to the act.   The counter hit 0, and then it began...