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    "Ah ha ha!" A wrinkled claw of a hand reached for the dice at the gambling tables of the Cumulus Casino. "And that meanss jI wjin!?"

    A dignified looking, but very elderly, Cizerack male leaned down, whispering into the female's ear. Her face, half hidden behind a black lace veil, transformed into a scowl, wrinkles transformed into deep grooves by the hands of time.

    "Bah! jI don't ljike thjiss game afterr all." Sirraaithi Meorrrei left her chips on the table and activated her repulsor chair, bumping into her long suffering manservant as she backed up and then made her way across the casino.

    Rey'narrr bowed deeply at the dice table, tipped the employee running it, and gathered up his mistress's chips. He was thirty-five years her junior but still pushing eighty-five years old, and he was not as quick as he used to be. Thankfully the repulsor chair was slow enough that he was able to catch up to Sirraaithi.

    "Thjiss jiss herr bussjinesss, jissn't jit?!" She was trying to speak quietly to Rey'narr, but with her hearing loss Sirraaithi couldn't regulate her volume like she used to. "Get Sasseeri jimmedjiateljy!"

    "Of courrsse Rrou'fai," he murmured, putting his hand on her chair and transferring control back to him. Rey'narr directed Sirra toward one of the restaurants, walking slowly and leaning on the repulsor chair as they progressed. "We wjill fjind herr ssoon, but perrhapss... ssomethjing to eat fjirrsst?"

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    Cline had been walking the floor of the casino, for the day. One of the usual security personnel had called in with a family emergency and he'd volunteered since he didn't have anything pressing to finish for Mr. Prent for the day. He was surprised to say it had actually stayed fairly quiet all day. One drunk Duros and a pair of bickering Gungans were the worst of it, and they'd all gone without any real hassle. He rounded a corner and passed what seemed to be an elderly Cizerack couple before catching a name at the tail end of a conversation.

    "Get Sasseeri jimmedjiateljy!"

    Well. That's certainly a demand to make. He fell into step a few paces behind them. He'd listen in to their conversation as much as he could, not that it would be hard the way the female Cizerak announced things, and waited to get more information before he'd take the next step.

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    "jYess, jyess, food jiss good. jI ssupposse therrre'ss no Cizeri cujissjine herre," retorted Sirraaithi. "A raasha'kou half-brreed wouldn't botherr, of courrrsse."

    Rey'narr hmmed something agreeable, and gently directed her hoverchair toward a bustling alcove with a bright sign that read CIRRUS.

    Sirra snorted when they got close enough she could read it. "Alwajyss wjith the cloud namess. Unorrrjigjinal!"

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    Cline watched the elderly Cizerak direct herself toward Cirrus, the local eatery and held himself firm against the snide remark of Ms. Sasseeri's heritage. There was no need to jump the gun - especially still being uncertain of who this woman and her companion were. He let them enter first before heading for the employee entrance in the rear.

    Let them get comfortable and relaxed before his next move, people were always more inclined to speak freely when they had food, drink and no worries. Cline walked through the kitchen, only a stray Sous chef glancing up at him before lowering their head back to their work. The staff may not know the orange haired youth by name, but enough recognized him and knew who he worked for to keep their mouths shut. Cline just kept watch from the kitchen window on the couple, even as he stripped off his suit jacket and pressed one of the waiters who looked like a physical match for him to give him his jacket.

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    Sirra fussed with her veil as Rey'narr got her chair settled in at the table they were shown to. "No vjiew," she groused, finally getting the black lace settled just right on her white curls.

    "We arrre bjy the wjindowss," murmured her manservant.

    "jI want to ssee the cassjino floorr!"

    "Tea pleasse," Rey'narr asked their server, who slipped away before Sirra's eyes could focus on her. Sirraaithi's vision was blurred by cataracts, but she wasn't blind and her sharp tongue had eviscerated many a restaurant worker in her long lifetime.

    "Sshe rran awajy fassst." Sirra narrowed her eyes, turning away from the beautiful picture windows and toward the restaurant. "jYou called ahead, djidn't jyou? Forr Sasseeri. Whjy hasssn't sshe met uss jyet."

    "jI contacted the numberrr jyou gave me, rrou'fai. jI left thrree messsagesss about jyourr trrrjip and that jyou wanted to meet wjith herrr."

    "jYou djidn't ssajy whjy djid jyou?" Sirra looked sharply at him.

    "Of courrrsse not, rrou'fai." Rey'narr didn't mention that she hadn't told him why she wanted to talk to Sasseeri Reeouurra. "That jis jyourr bussjinesss alone."

    "That'ss rrrjight." Gnarled hands touched all of her utensils as she rearranged the place setting in front of her.

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    The jacket was a little tight, but worked well enough as he grabbed a towel to drape over an arm and headed onto the floor with a couple of menus and water pitcher. He stopped at their table, near the windows, catching the very tail end of the conversation just as they had finished talking about leaving messages. So there had been some attempt to contact her, though he still couldn't ascertain why. He turned over their water glasses and filled them before taking a step back, leaving the menus on the table before them.

    "Greetings and welcome to Cirrus. My name is Michael and I'll be serving you today. Can we start you off with some complimentary drinks?"

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    One thing I liked about the hospitality business was that there wasn't a whole lot that got around me. It was hard to cheat in my casino, thanks to cutting edge surveillance, seasoned pit bosses, and of course there was the, uh, reputation of being a Company joint, though I'd deny it to your face.

    So when an old felinoid unsubtly starts asking aloud for your boss on the floor of your establishment, that kind of cream rises to the top pretty fast.

    Mike was on it tout suite. Quick thinking kid. I liked him, though I'd deny it to his face. He took point once the old lady and her manservant hit up Cirrus, and I could catch a bird's eye view of the whole thing from the comfort of my office. Though the way things were looking, I might need to get involved sooner rather than later.

    I buttoned up my top collar, and began to loop my tie.

    "Computer, open a line to Management."

    I liked to keep the voice cues nonspecific. It was professional that way. While I waited for the holo to connect, I focused on my tie. Hmm, blue or red? I paused, undoing my work mid-stride. Better make it a red tie.

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    The commline connected. Sasseeri's hologram shimmered into existence in front of Sanis, sitting down at her desk on Coruscant.

    "What jis jit thjis tjime?" She looked a little more rumpled than normal.

    you make me come... you make me complete...
    you make me completely miserable

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    "Catch you at a bad time?"

    Small wins where I could get them. Sass looked like she was having a worse day than I was. I didn't have plans on lingering on the point.

    "Thought you should know, I just had a guest walk into Cumulus of the Carshoulis variety. Though I guess walk is generous. She's being pushed around in a chair by a manservant, asking rather loudly where you are."

    I finished with my tie, and shouldered a matching cape onto my shoulders.

    "Sound like anyone I should know about?"

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    Sasseeri's holo frowned.

    "How the hell should jI know? Pushed jin a chajirr? Not much of a," she flinched a bit, her eyes drifting away from him before focusing again, leaning back a little more in her chair. "Of a descrrjiptjion. Manserrrvant? Arre you trryjing to jimply they arrre Cizeri?" She seemed to squirm a little in her seat, though he could only see the top half of her.

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    I was starting to get a good idea at what condition Sassy's condition was in, so I probably didn't have a lengthy conversation window. Call it a hunch. Either way, I pretended not to notice.

    "Not that I'm an expert on ears, tails, and stripes, but thats the gist. Mike's on point over at Cirrus, keeping her happy. Just trying to cover my angles here if she's someone we ought to know about."

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    "jIs thjis rrreally somethjing you needed to call me about?" Sasseeri glared at Sanis. "Don't call me wjith anythjing ljike thjis agajin. You don't even," she closed her eyes for a moment before opening them, "have a name forr me?! Or a pjicture!? Fuck!"

    The commlink was severed and Sanis was left staring at nothing.

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    "Yeah, definitely caught her at a bad time."

    Judging by the state of her distraction, I'd give it a few minutes. I pilfered a handful of koja nuts from a dish at my desk, cracking one audibly. Then another. Then another.

    "Computer, save footage from camera 3531C, timestamp 58:5. Send image to last commlink coordinates...now."

    I didn't bother raising Management again. No need to get between her and something pressing. I ate the koja nut, carefully discarding the shell fragments in the bin.

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    After about three minutes the commlink beeped and Sasseeri's form flickered back into view. Her hair was even more messed up than it had been before, and she was leaning in on her desk toward the holocam.

    "What. The. Hell. jIs Sirraaithi Meorrrei dojing jin MY CASjINO?! That old bat should be dead by now! Get rrrjid of herrr!"

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    I was ready to have a little more fun at Sassy's expense, but the name she blurted out put me on a fast detour.

    "Meorrrei? As in that Meorrrei?"

    Maybe, maybe not. I wasn't the expert on common Cizeri last names. But she was apparently a big enough deal to elicit a big deal sort of reaction from Sassy. I frowned.

    "Which flavor of get rid of her are we talking, here?"

    She was in one of those moods, and I probably didn't want to go poking the wampa, but I didn't exactly want to dampen my evening by defenestrating someone's grandma.

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    "Knock herr down the stajirrs or somethjing!" Sasseeri bared her teeth, and then put her hand on her face, shaking her head. "No, no, don't do that. Fjind out what she wants. Put herr up jin one of the monjitorrred sujites. Tell herr jI'm on my way, jif that's what she needs to hearr."

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    Judging by the glisten on Sassy's forehead, this was probably the most productive the conversation was gonna be. I was relieved when the first suggestion was just dark humor. I hated having to get my hands dirty at home. Much less when it might be a Meorrrei involved. Hell, who even knew if she was related to Cirr and Taataani and the rest?

    "Consider her pampered and under wraps."

    There was an itch I was tempted to scratch. Pull up comm frequencies I rarely used, and connect with my old life. I didn't dwell on that thought though.

    "Anyways, I'll let you get back to office work. Make sure to give your intern a pat on the head and tell him he did a good job."

    I winked, and ate another nut.

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    Sasseeri's lips curled in an expression best described as 'half-smile, half-snarl.' "jI'll let herrr know. And Sanjis... you'rrre always welcome to study underr me. You could use some hands on trrrajinjing."

    The hologram winked out.

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    The security AI, Tragoni, buzzed Sanis' commlink.

    "There is a player counting cards at one of the sabacc tables. Security has been dispatched to remove them."

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    Cline's lips tightened a bit harder, biting the inside of his cheek to keep his temperament as the elderly Cizeri had been going on for 10 solid minutes about the poor service. He hadn't even noticed that he'd taken over for someone else. It was good mind you that she had seen her server nearly instantly upon being seated. Poor service his ass.

    After the initial confusion Mike had brought their tea and tried to recommend a few... stronger suggestions to loosen the tongue. He still wanted to be sure of the who and why of the pair. At this point though he had read enough of their intentions to simply be annoyed. As far as he could pick up there was no malice or ill-intent around them. Just a rapidly growing irritation.

    "Yes, ma'am. I'm quite sorry for the inconvenience. Your last server had to step away for an emergency and I hadn't been aware of your initial order. Would you like to hear our specials, or are you ready to order?"

    Cline would have to make sure to tip the waitress he'd taken over for himself. In just 10 minutes he'd come to have a brand new appreciation for the service staff.
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