p dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"You had been a thief of sorts from the day you were born. The world had not dealt you good cards, so why not take the extra, the fat, the clutter off those who had been given too many good cards? Especially on Canto Bight, where cards and booze oozed from the very pores of every visitor, and everyone who was happy to be there was a visitor. The permanent residents were not the kinds to slum thru the casino halls or bid at the race tracks. Two types of people called Canto Bight home; Those who owned the attractions like the casinos and tracks, and those who cleaned up after them. It wasn't hard to see which caste you fell into. Nails worked almost to the bone and dirt stains on your knees that might never actually come out, coupled with a scowl that never left your face. /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"The race tracks were where you usually worked. The pay you got for actually sweeping the stands was close to pennies, but the people who sat there were careless enough to often leave behind purses, jewelry, and watches that you could trade for at least a couple credits. They were also frivolous enough to never call your manager asking if they had been turned in. If you had the money to travel just outside the system you could probably fetch a pretty hefty fortune for each thing you found, but the pawn shops and brokers on Canto Bight were so saturated with left behind novelties you could barely scrape together enough bread money for yourself the other kids You had taken under your wing. /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"It was a crisp midsummer night on the beachfront as you walked from the small hovel you called home to the race tracks. The streets are packed. It was peak travel and the racetracks were likely to be busier than ever. Just about the only time the planet wasn't busy was during the two massive eclipses during the year, but even then there were tourists who wanted to see the sight themselves. You took the back streets in order to avoid the glaring looks from the travelers. God forbid they have to look away from all their sparkling desires for even a moment to see someone as earthly as you. /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"Walking into the back part of the racing stalls confirmed all of your concerns. Everything from the VIP boxes to the standing room had been sold out. You held onto the idea that there might be more left behind than usual but also gritted your teeth at the idea of how much there would be to clean. It's not like your manager would be very forgiving even with the large influx of the crowd. As you grabbed a broom you stole a look at his office door. It had a small but barred window in the middle. He was a ghastly looking fellow from some Outer Rim planet and found his way here, and his temper had traveled all the way with him. Rumor among the workers was that he had killed the previous owner, but it's not like anyone really got a chance to ask him about it. If you were lucky you would never see his office door open, and if you weren't it would be the last thing you would see. More than a few janitors and stable hands have gone missing after a "convenient meeting" with him. /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"You stood at the edge of the cleaning garage and watched as the races went on. You couldn't begin to fathom the number of credits put on each of those animals. You also couldn't imagine how they were still running giving you had seen how they were treated from day to day. The creatures were too gentle and trusting for their own good, and their trainers took full advantage of that. /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"You stepped out onto the open service track as sunset begin to settle in the east. The last of the three suns was setting and soon it would be dark. Well, not exactly dark. Canto Bight was one of the brightest spots in the universe, what with all the lights reflecting off the gaudy jewelry and excessive cufflinks of the guests. But for a brief moment, you could forget about all of that and watch as the millions of stars peeked out from their heavenly homes for the evening. Ever so faintly you could see the silhouettes of far away planets. What was going on there? In an age of starships and galactic travel, it felt almost pathetic that you would have to still stare at the sky and only wish to be out there. /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"The sudden pain of something hitting the side of your head snapped you away from your daydreams. Your hand shot to your temple as you looked for the offending object. Someone from the stands above had dropped a glass. You stared up words grimacing. It was anyone's guess which chittering buffoon's hand the glass had fallen from, but it didn't matter. What were you going to do, run up there and demand an apology? You would almost certainly be shot on sight. You wandered back into the garage and waited for the races to be over. /span/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"By the time the two moons were high in the sky you are still only about halfway done with the stadium. Glasses and plates, food and drink were spilled everywhere with little regard for who would be there to clean up after them. Did these people really not think about what would happen after they left? Or did they just assume that droids did these kinds of jobs? Either way, your luck hadn't panned out as far as dropped belongings. You had managed to knick a couple of credits that have fallen among the trash but besides that, it seemed everyone was very careful with their coin purses and wallets. You tucked what you could find in a small pouch you had sewn onto the inside of your waistband on your pants. It was a little more secure than your pockets and a little bit more hidden, with a few pieces of cloth thrown in to muffle the sound of the credits clinking around. You pushed on scooping what you found into the small compactor Droid that followed you. /span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"You pressed your broom into the next pile trash when you hit something slightly more solid. You knelt down and knocked off piles of wrappers and betting receipts that hid whatever treasure you had found. Amongst the rubble, a handsomely sized coin purse lay. It was beautifully crafted and you could safely assume even the bag itself would fetch a nice price. You snapped to grab it and hide it on your person before anyone else could see you. Maybe you wouldn't go hungry tonight after all./span/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"Soon enough your job was done and you went to collect your paycheck from the front desk. The small Droid clerk counted up your hours and pounds of trash move and shot out a check for a measly number of credits. You took it without complaint and started heading towards the front doors. The sooner that you could get home and split up the credits from the bag the better . Credits words as easily traced but whoever owned this bag would recognize it on the sight./span/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;""She's a cleaner!" You recognized the voice of your manager. "Ask her, no me!"/span/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13.229999542236328px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"As you turned your hips and pushed the door you could feel the small weight on your left hip drop it with a clink you knew the gig was up. Without even looking you begin sprinting out of the casino but it was too late. You felt too sharp pin Pricks in your back a sudden kick of electricity and even the brightest lights of Canto Bight suddenly faded./span/p