Adelle Bastiel
Character
ZELTROS
The contract was straightforward.
Well, contracts plural.
One was from the Galactic Alliance: they needed someone to ferret out a spice-trafficking ring and disrupt or end its operations. Most of the activity centered around a casino on Zeltros and the Alliance was willing to pay to have someone at least find the damn thing, if not arrest the whole bunch.
The other was from a Hutt crime lord who wanted the ring gone because it was infringing on her own business on Zeltros. Payment would be awarded on receipt of proof the ring was eliminated.
Adelle did like when two contracts lined up for double the pay. Made things so much easier. She pushed a button on her left vambrace, increasing the strength of her helm's filter, then entered the Xtasy Casino. The lighting inside was barely brighter than the twilight outside. Lifeforms of every shape, size, and lifestyle crowded the machines, the tables, the bars, and booths. Zeltrons dominated the staff: bartenders, dealers, waitstaff, dancers, bouncers. Every now and then, Adelle did see a droid waiting on tables or cleaning up a mess. Smoke created a thin haze in the main lobby and nearly every being had a drink in hand. By dint of being on Zeltros, the Xtasy Casino held to the baseline quality of all the other resorts and casinos. But only just. And while Adelle didn't like Hutts or their dealings, the Rose Rhapsody resort and casino deserved to crush this cheap imitation.
Weaving her way through the throng was no easy task and here, no one cared if she was Mandalorian or not. The music vibrated in her armor as she scanned the crowd, even while knowing the deals and the bosses wouldn't be out here in public, but backrooms and private booths. Adelle opened herself up to the Force, seeking out intent.
She was surprised to find another presence here, searching as well.
