[Zinri Tussa - Abregado Rae - Post 30] Readings and Ruminations

As Zinri sat in the lounge of the Algernon she went over her notes, attempting to prepare for her arrival at the Senate. Though relatively accomplished in the halls of her planetary government, she had never expected to receive the senatorial appointment. Her predecessor, Senator Throm Sturmond, had rapidly fallen out of grace along with the previous administration during their corruption scandal. It had been revealed that he was on the dole of the Valteron Syndicate, one of the larger crime organizations hidden in Abregado-Rae’s hinterlands. With Sturmond’s fall a replacement was needed and rapid decisions had to be made during the senatorial campaign cycle. 

The role had fallen to Zinri, and now she was sitting in a star yacht, with reams of proverbial paperwork on her desk. There were notes on the various factions within the senate, as well as notable senators to meet with. There were also dozens of notes and requests from constituents, ranging from simple vague demands to specific cutouts. The merchants guild wanted tariff shifts, the gado wanted protection and recognition on the galactic stage. 

Most notably, there was a note from the Moocher queen. Her only request for the government was to have two Moocher aides stationed on Zinri’s staff, to “better represent the desires of the Moocher people”. The government oddly enough, had acquiesed. The two aides would arrive ahead of her, so she had not even met the strange reptilians. 

There were no notes from the spurned elites in the hinterlands, no threatening letters from any of the syndicates slid into her pack. She was sure the threats and demands would come, but those moments would wait until a different day, when the vultures saw their moment. She sighed and poured over the notes yet again, before there was a dull thud as the Algernon dropped out of hyperspace. Zinri peered out the window to see Coruscant, the jewel of the republic, looming in the distance. She began to collect her things, and her thoughts, and prepare for the task ahead, for her new life on this vast cityscape, so different from the hills and lakes of her home.