Politics was an ugly, dirty, business but it was the one he had chosen for himself.
What he had NOT chosen for himself was the charity that he and his political 'allies' had decided to get involved in. Why was a politician from Naboo working to help disadvantaged teenagers on Coruscant? It was a decent enough cause, he supposed, but why on Coruscant? Why not on the planet he was actually trying to get elected in?
Whatever the logic behind it, he was here now. Standing around a shelter for teenagers that had run away from home and ended up on the streets of Coruscant - here they got free food and a roof over their heads. Wandering around, he could see that some of the kids had already been singled out for his political allies to buddy up to.
Usually the photogenic ones.
Instead of focusing on looks, Carrick decided to focus on the Force. He didn't hide the fact that he was once a Jedi from anyone - he had a very shiny lightsaber attached to the front of his belt after all - but it was time to take advantage of that. Reaching into the Force, he was actually surprised that he got something from one of the teenagers.
Felt like one of the new arrivals was Force Sensitive... a girl. He waved to her as he approached.
"Hi there - you got a minute to talk?"
@GABA