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Lucy "The Masseuse" Cole
80+10

Image: a slightly short woman with brown hair and olive skin. She will dress as elaborately as she can, favoring high heels and a time-consuming makeup. She seems to always have a scowl or a snear on her face.

Attributes[50]: ST 9 [-10] DX 10 [0] IQ 12 [40] HT 12 [20]
Secondary [0]: Speed 5.5 [0], move 5 [0], HP 9 [0], FP 12 [0], Perception 11 [-5], Will 13 [5]

Advantages [20]: Telepathy Talent 4 [20]
Powers: Mental Surgery 1 (Psionic Power pg. 61) [10]

Disadvantages[-25]: Selfish [-5], callous [-5], Bad sight (nearsighted, mitigator -40%)[-10], Bully (CR 15) [-5]

Skills [35]:
Mental Surgery -16 [12]
Streetwise - 13 [4]
Intimidation -13 [4]
Brawling - 11 [2]
Guns(pistol) -11 [2]
Carousing -12 [4]
Driving - 10 [2]
Area Knowledge (irrelevant) -13 [2]
Computer Operation -12 [1]
Current Affairs (high society) -13 [2]

Background: Miss Cole grew up in a rough home, and felt powerless and unloved until she discovered her powers by rewriting her then boy friend's personality. Rewriting minds quickly became a habit, particularly for romantic partners (how else do you get an hour of uninterrupted skin contact?). After a while, she would tire of each victim or find something she couldn't change, and she'd find someone new. Her fourth boy was wrapped up in something bigger than him, and a local gangster figured out what she was. He told her what she wanted to hear, made her feel important, and set her to work ensuring the loyalty of his cronies. Everything was fine until they got caught.

Miss Cole usually gives her "subjects" a delusion or a sense of duty (to her and her current boss), and often both. They pretty much need to be restrained or otherwise coerced through this process. Its usually framed as a massage, just her nickname "The Masseuse"

Miss Cole can be used as a powerful recruiting tool, but she's rather "High Maintenance", demanding flattery and deference. She has never really known any other life, and while she might be useful in a fight, she will insist that she is too important to be risked in such a way. It remains to be seen if the kingpin will play along. If he does, and if she doesn't break up the group, she might be able to snowball their little gang into something meaningful.