[hr][hr][h1][b][i][center][color=#DDA0DD]Antoinette McCarthy[/color][/center][/i][/b][/h1]
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[color=#DDA0DD][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Mall — Food Court
[color=#DDA0DD][b]Skills:[/b][/color] Illusion Casting - Mind Manipulation, Sensory Inducement; Enhanced Intuition; Hand to Hand Combat[/center][hr][hr]

	Mastermind seemed utterly unimpressed with Antoinette, which she felt was fair. As of right now, Antoinette was seriously overpowered by this man. She couldn't play fair with him. Guin always told her to look for a weakness, but it was different in a "real world" combat situation. For instance, there were no safe words. Pain filled Antoinette’s mind. A fire erupted from her leg to invade her mind from the spike now residing there.
	Antoinette dropped to one knee, hands shaking as they hovered over the spike in her leg. She bit her bottom lip to keep from screaming and bring concentration to a different stimulus. Once that was achieved, Antoinette concentrated on reflecting the pain to Mastermind. He deflected her easily enough, and Antoinette cursed her small-mindedness. Of course, he deflected it; his main thing was mental manipulation. [i]Remember what Guin said,[/i] she reminded herself.
	Getting back to her feet was challenging, but she managed it. Antoinette kept reminding herself that whatever he was doing wasn’t real. The spike in her leg and the pain with it was an illusion. She needed to focus. Her blue eye sparkled as Antoinette looked within Mastermind to search for his weaknesses. As she thought, he only had one thing. He could deflect her mentally, but could he deflect her physically? Stealing herself against the pain, Antoinette moved forward. She launched her left hand forward, aiming to punch him in the face but at the last second, she shifted her weight to make a right hook. She felt her hand connect with his rib cage with such force that it set him off balance and tumbling backwards. Antoinette was pleased with herself but didn’t let the momentary victory pull her focus.