Let A be a C *-subalgebra of the multiplier algebra M(B) of a C *-algebra B. Exploiting the duality between sober spaces and spatial locales, and the adjunction between restriction and induction for ideals in A and B, we identify conditions that allow to define a quasi-orbit space and a quasi-orbit map for A ⊆ M(B). These objects generalise classical notions for group actions. We characterise when the quasi-orbit space is an open quotient of the primitive ideal space of A and when the quasi-orbit map is open and surjective. We apply these results to cross-section C *-algebras of Fell bundles over locally compact groups, regular C *-inclusions, tensor products, relative Cuntz-Pimsner algebras and crossed products for actions of locally compact Hausdorff groupoids and quantum groups.