Jia Ren Qu

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

There was a lot of chatter throughout the galaxy, talks of the different governments working and plotting but one of the biggest things was.... You couldn't move large armies without good intelligence and you couldn't get good intelligence without people willing to get down in the mud and muck. Or in this case as the petite and tightly muscled atrisian dancer moved. The music swaying her while she was in the metal and silk dancers outfit with all of her attention from the ones coming to see her before she allowed some of her attention go to quickly clearing a small area so she could breathe.

The smoke hung heavy in the air letting the jedi knight while she was undercover jingle and jangle the circlet on her wrist, the necklace and earring she wore with the look she had on her face giving a small pout to attract and allure so she could read their minds with the force and try to discern any information the jedi might be able to use. It wasn't the best of jobs but it was something they would have to be able to do while she tapped her foot to the music and went back to dancing for them. The hutt in the corner here was watching her and the other dancers.

The twi'leks and the zeltrons were mixed with the human's on the table and platforms to give a better view before she finished up. Collecting credits chits that were able to be hers once the few cuts were given. Amusement and enjoyment in the final strut and twist for the people there as she knew some of the goings on in the club. ANother hutt owned it and there was the backrooms where some of the dancers were taken to entertain private guests, the private rooms where she had seen deals going down for weapons, equipment and the really dangerous things.

 

[NightSister]

Another night, another job spying on neighboring clans...though not direct enemies of the Jedi Order and their many branches, the Awoken had scant knowledge of the elusive Jedi and when an opportunity to rectify that had arisen on Zeltros, it had seemed fitting for the occasion that they send their newest and most prone-to-clubs spy, Scarlett herself. Just days into her so-called training, Scarlett had been asked to conceal her alignment, fix up her hair and hitch a ride to Zeltros - and as much fun as training as a witch was, Scarlett wouldn't turn down an opportunity to enjoy her other career.

Waiting backstage as a singer took the place of a petite dancer, Scarlett did another scan of the group dressing room; there were about ten different woman dressing up in front of the mirrors, and one of them was a Jedi.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

Nico stood in the dressing room with some of the others while she wrapped a towel around her waist. Small and clipped so it wouldn't fall away before she was moving. The small atrisian spied someone he had never seen before here and remained by the other brushing at the surface of the mind. Those thoughts you didn't protect to try and figure her out but without giving away thing by pulling at her mind. Instead she spoke as one of the girls was working on her face attaching the diamonds to her face around her eye with a small look. Some hair getting all setup in braids when she touched her ring putting it on. "Hey there new girl." The small atrisian looked at her standing with the other and was getting a new tighter top with the metal and silk framing every curve it covered.

 

[NightSister]

Scarlett turned around sharply to see a small atrisian dancer greeting her cheerfully. The petite woman was so un-Jedi-like in her posture, tone, her choice of words, that it made Scarlett instantly suspicious. When you blended in too well, to a trained spy it often made you stand out. Immediately Scarlett concentrated on trying to identify the woman's Force alignment, but - of course- it was concealed. That was even more suspicious, but there were always other explanations and if she focused for too long the woman standing opposite her would get suspicious. Scarlett decided to play along. Besides, if this woman was the Jedi she'd been sent to investigate, she might as well get to know her.

"Hey," she said cheerfully, "And you are?"

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

She was looking at her and the look was well what she could muster for welcoming the new girl who seemed to take a little longer to look at her then the others. "I am Nico, one of the exotic dancers here." She showed the slightly bejeweled top she had like one of the taller zeltrons and a twi'lek with five lekku's as they were working with some of the bodypaint for it. "Some of the others will likely have the things you need for measurements if it hasn't already been done." She offered it while sitting back down with the others as the music changed so some of the zeltrons were heading out towards the stage. She was here to discover information and well possible assets that could be used for intelligence gathering and all of the ones here worked well. She just needed to keep some of them happy while she was offering a seat in front of the mirror.

 

[NightSister]

Scarlett quickly turned back to her mirror to adjust her eyeshadow as she replied. "Scarlett," she said with a smile as she dabbed the smoky purple onto her eyes. "Nice to meet you. I've had measurements taken, thanks." Grateful for the thick layer of makeup masking her expression, Scarlett took a second to figure out how she could determine if this was the Jedi she was looking for. "If you don't mind my asking, you're not Zeltron or Twi'lek; where are you from?"

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

Hmm how to answer that? Nico thought about it maybe a little longer but it was hard. Her family and herself from Atrisia but ah well most knew her by another name there still.. "I am from Atrisia originally but I spend most of my time going from club to club working as needed." She shrugged sitting back a little while raising her feet up for one of the droids. To clean and make sure they looked just as good as everything else for being on the stage. She could feel the droid working on the one quickly as she tapped her fingers to the music playing. "What about you? Pretty girl like you surely doesn't need to work in these clubs. I am mostly here because Atrisia is a conquered world."

 

[NightSister]

Smiling at the compliment, Scarlett silently appreciated Nico's ability to answer questions without revealing something important. Only that was an ability gained either by recovering from awkward social situations...or from being undercover. "Mandalore originally, but I've not been there in a while. I'm here because I like to dance and this place wanted me." I'm here because of you, she thought to herself, increasingly more suspicious that the Atrisian was the Jedi. "Anyway, dancing is fun. Just because the Jedi have something against a bit of fun doesn't mean the rest of the galaxy has to." If she wasn't the Jedi, it was an offhanded joke about the Order. If she was, it was a trigger.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

Nico looked at her and smiled. "Well all the more fun for others then." She had a grin on her face though while saying it and sitting there switching feet to get the other while while the credits chits she had gotten ed clinking in the one pack. "But haven't been to Mandalore in a long time, not since I was a little." She was wondering while going over a few of the different things. Checking the zeltron with her while she tapped her shoulder. "Did you get that refill?" She said it with a look towards the twi'leks cubbyhole with her stuff while she spoke. "Yes thank you." A small look while she was tilting up her neck and Nico touched it. "Very nice work, you are looking very nice." Nico tilted her head up and ran a finger along her neck. "They got it pretty good as well and minimal scarring."

 

[NightSister]

Making a vague noise in response, Scarlett felt bemused. She was completely inconspicuous - too inconspicuous. She'd found her Jedi; now she needed to learn what the Jedi were doing sending one of their Knights to dance on Zeltros - as well as a whole host of other things - but with the dancer's talent for blending in, she didn't see how she could do anything but keep being suspicious.

"Really? I'd have thought there would be plenty of clubs on Mandalore that would want dancers as pretty as you," Scarlett said, racking her brains back to the last time she'd heard anything about Mandalore in relevance to either the Awoken or the Jedi. Nothing came up. "So, how long have you been working here?"

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

"Yeah mandalore likely does but mandalorians are the best when it comes to following the rules and I've seen plenty just shoot bouncers when they want to get rough with the girls. Zeltros is much safer, conflicts here are not really a big thing to have happen." She said it with a smile digging around when the one chrono went off to her pills. She touched some of the things there while sitting back and having a nice drink. She had the water while going over some of the things to get her attention on the girls. "Also well people on zeltros pay a whole lot better then most in the private rooms. mando's just seem to like taking and not paying the proper credits for extra services."

 

[NightSister]

"I suppose." Scarlett dusted bronze along her cheeks, at the same time trying to push into the dancer's mind with a combination of Force power and witchcraft that she'd learned a while ago. If her defences weren't too strong, Scarlett would be able to find what she was looking for without her being aware of the intrusion. "I always find a little conflict to be fun, but to each her own."

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

Nico remained there while she finished getting ready with some of her attention for the rest of the things. A spray can while she turned around adjusting it so the cloth didn't move easily where she didn't want it to move. Her necklace was there with everything else while the sigil protected her mind. She had fought the harvesters their phobis devices were the level of mental prowess most needed to break the sigils mental shield. her eyes flicked towards her while she waited a moment finishing up with the music. "Careful, most people in the galaxy don't like people in their heads newbie. Wouldn't be a good dancer if you can be influenced mentally for free dancers or to lose the ability to consent."

 

[NightSister]

Scarlett hid the irritation as the Jedi - for she had to be a Jedi if she was powerful enough to detect and block her spell - tried to lecture her on being 'careful'. No full Jedi would exude such condescension to anybody, which meant that the woman was a Gray or Silver Jedi.

"Sorry?" She said, feigning total unawareness. She was too smart to believe she could fool her into thinking nothing had happened, but when stealth failed then you had to evade. Only when evasion failed could you turn to fight. First-grade spy stuff.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

Nico looked at her and shrugged raising her arms up while checking out out a few of the other things "Meh it happens." She looked at her with a grin though while walking and adding some sway to her hips so she could go on the stage dancing in the back rooms for the larger clients. She was making mental notes about the girl and she could be a problem.. mostly because if one girl was caught going at peoples minds it would ruin it for the rest of them who were working. That little unspoken rule for exotic dancers who take over a couple of the bigger things.

 

[NightSister]

Scarlett sighed in frustration just as she got her call to go on stage next and just like that she was a dancer again and not an extremely irritated witch spy. She adjusted the jewels around her oriental-style red costume and slipped onto the stage, immediately letting her body pulsate with the rhythm of the exotic soundtrack booming around her. Forgetting her lack of success squeezing information from the Jedi dancer for a few blissful minutes, she twirled and twisted and captivated the audience in the way that she loved to do.

Then the music ended with a booming final note and Scarlett finished by twirling into a dramatic pose and even as applause boomed she was back as the Viper again, stuck with the case of the Jedi spy/dancer who was getting on her nerves. She smiled and bowed and danced off the stage, but the moment she was out of sight her scowl deepened. She had some intelligence to acquire.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"]

Spoiler

OOC: Really sorry for the delay

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

Nico stayed with some fo the things while she was dancing in the backrooms taking some of the bigger things. her hands going as her hips moved to the music for a small moment when she was working on reading the minds of the ones there. She didn't need to do much to get them talking and it was easier here in the private rooms where she could touch them and make the direct contact to mess with their minds. Make them forget that she was plying them for information when she got involved with some of the larger things. "THank you." She stayed there for a moment until the music finished heading out to the dressing room ad working with some of the other dancers cleaning herself up from some of the grease in their hands.

 

[NightSister]

Once she was backstage, Scarlett began to clean the excessive stage makeup off. The moment she could see the Jedi spy, she waited until they were both near each other before saying, "Hey, it's always good to have some friends who are in your profession - d'you wanna hit a bar once we're done for the night?" Perhaps once she had no other distractions, she reasoned as she changed back into her favourite black minidress, coercing some information out of her would stop being such a daunting task and she could go back to thinking of herself as the smooth-talking silvertongue that she had always been up till that night.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Scarlett Orion"]

Nico looked at her as she stretched and gave a nod with a shrug... Hmm why not the thoughts went through her head while she was moving with some of her attention on whens he took her datapad to send it off to the jedi when she spoke. "Sure why not." she finished up sending the message as she was typing fast with the other information she had been gleaming. Priority Jadeite, hutt cartel has eyes set to raid wintrium production facilities on chiloon. Nico after she sent the message was moving with some of her attention on the different things before she was getting dressed and stayed in her dancers outfit getting a small bag and a cloak made of zoosha fabric.