Junction Sun & Starlight: Evening Gala

[Adelle Bastiel]

Tags: Tessa Monroe | Aselia Verd
Wearing: [X]

“‘You snooze, you lose’ comes to mind,” Adelle said, eyebrows ticking up briefly in curiosity. She and Tess had been flirtatious but nothing had ever come of it. And Adelle had always gotten the impression that Tess wasn’t interested. Adelle watched the interactions between her friend and girlfriend closely, hoping they’d get along. She’d seen coworkers have significant others that hated their friends and vice versa. While Adelle had the great fortune of never having experienced that for herself, it had always seemed incredibly awkward and uncomfortable for everyone involved.

“You too, Aselia.” She smiled. “I’ve heard a lot about you from your brothers… Brother.”

Well that was an interesting slip. Almost immediately, Tess was answering her question about being here with all her usual confident charm. Adelle gave a knowing smile. She’d let the smuggler off the hook for now but she was absolutely going to grill her about it later.

“It certainly doesn’t hurt,” she said. “But in my case, I kept accidentally finding myself rubbing elbows with the well-connected. And then Aether said ‘I’m going to make it your job to do it.’”

“Although this isn’t strictly job-related.” Adelle smirked impishly. “This lets me maintain good relations and play hooky at the same time.”

 

[Aselia Verd]

Tessa Monroe said:
"I've heard a lot about you from your brothers… Brother."

Aselia's eyebrow rose slightly at the correction, though she let Tessa finish rather than interrupting her escape into safer territory. Only once the conversation had moved on did she glance back toward her, the beginnings of a smile already pulling at one corner of her mouth.

"Which brother?" There was little more than curiosity behind the question, though the slip had clearly not gone unnoticed. "You may have to narrow it down a little. There are a lot of Verds in the galaxy." She left it there, turning toward a passing server and collecting three glasses from the tray before offering one to Adelle and another to Tessa.

"Playing hooky?" Her attention shifted to Adelle as she took a sip from her own glass. "And here I thought this was all very serious diplomatic work." The smile that followed made it clear she wasn't buying that for a moment. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." She settled easily beside Adelle, her shoulder brushing against hers as she glanced around the room. "Besides, I heard there was a free bar. That was enough to convince me."

TAG: Adelle Bastiel Tessa Monroe
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[Aoi Tanaka]

THE STARLIGHT TERRACE - GALA EVENT

Outfit: Link
Tags: Colette

“Oh I know, it’s just ya know…meant to be here ‘networking’.” Aoi replied, her eyes shifting out across the crowds of people that filled the hall. Completely missing what Colette was doing. “Got all dressed up, came all the way over to this side of the galaxy, only for it to end up being uneventful.”

Her eyes fell on Colette again as she approached. “Then again…” Aoi muttered, a small smirk on her face. One that shifted into surprise as she took a hold of the offered piece of paper.

The Atrisian chuckled, shaking her head lightly. “Funnily enough, I was thinking of doing something similar.” Slipping the folded note into her purse, Aoi rifled through it for several moments until she pulled out a card, handing it to Colette.

One side bore the name and emblem of ‘Tanaka Industries’, while a quick flip of the other side would reveal the name ‘Tanaka Repairs’, with an address beneath it that pointed to a location on Naboo, Theed.

“We just recently opened up a workshop in the city. Feel free to pop over and pay a visit sometime, I’ll be happy to give you a personal tour.” She said, a small grin on her face.

“Until next time Colette, hopefully it’ll be much more exciting.”

With that, Aoi turned and headed towards the nearest exit..

 

[Tessa Monroe]

Adelle Bastiel Aselia Verd​

Tessa caught Adelle’s smile and shot her a look that said, in no uncertain terms, shut the feth up. Lucky for her, her friend was kind enough to leave it alone, but she’d hear about it later. Her nose wrinkled at the idea that Aether was cruel enough to make this someone's job. "Please don't tell him I'm here then, then last thing I need is him to give me responsibilities."

The fact that she was, technically, diplomatically trained was neither here nor there.

She accepted the glass Aselia offered, sapphire eyes settling on her as she picked her answer carefully. “Aether,” she answered, not untruthfully “He drops by the Relentless from time to time. Apparently I make a good cup of caff.”

Adelle’s impish smirk was infectious. “You? Play hooky?” she placed her free hand against her chest in mock surprise. “I’m in shock, I would never have imagined you capable of such a thing.” She offered a wink, before taking a sip of her drink.

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[Adelle Bastiel]

Tags: Tessa Monroe | Aselia Verd

The look Tess shot at her nearly cracked Adelle’s composure, or at least the composure that wasn’t going to tease Tess in public. And judging by the subtle sly look Aselia had, she hadn’t missed the correction either. Adelle did scoff a laugh at Tess asking her not to tell Aether about her presence here, that she didn’t want any responsibility. The daughter of the Warmaster and a former Mand’alor—but then they’d had a discussion already about parental reputation and comparisons made to those who came before.

She accepted the glass of sparkling wine from Aselia and took a drink, using the moment to tamp down the rather unprofessional urge to poke Tess about the slip up like a school girl.

"Playing hooky?" Her attention shifted to Adelle as she took a sip from her own glass. "And here I thought this was all very serious diplomatic work." The smile that followed made it clear she wasn't buying that for a moment. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

“Yes, because wining and dining my future partner at a wedding reception was very serious work,” Adelle murmured dryly. When Aselia continued, Adelle paused taking a drink, glass held just in front of her lips. She thought she had told Aselia: their entire stay had been covered. It hadn’t just been the bar that was free.

Apparently she hadn’t.

“You? Play hooky?” she placed her free hand against her chest in mock surprise. “I’m in shock, I would never have imagined you capable of such a thing.”

“Oh you haven’t even begun to unravel the tapestry of what I’m capable of,” she said, offering a brief eyebrow wiggle in response to Tess’s wink. Adelle brought her glass up to her lips again.

“But Aselia might find out later,” she muttered beneath her breath then took another sip.