Yes, they're sharing a drink they call "loneliness"

Name: Diana Abel

Age: Late 200s

Race: Vampire -- Malkavian

Diana York – who would later become Diana Abel – was born in the year 1752 in Notting Hill, England, the second daughter of Adam York, a professor of ancient religions, and his wife Lilith York, a Parliament member's daughter. The family was surprisingly well off, Adam being from new money. Diana had a privileged childhood, she and her older sister, Selene, being given the best of everything. At the age of seven, Diana too became an older sister when the third York daughter, Artemis, was born.

Around that time, in 1759, it was decided that Diana would be given an education. Her father himself began to tutor her in ancient religions. He also taught her ancient Gaelic, a language he considered to be quite important to the future of scholarship. Artemis, the apple of Adam's eye, would often sit in on these lessons and she and Diana grew closer. Meanwhile, Selene simply grew up and was married in 1762. A year later, Selene's daughter Eve was born and her husband was killed in the French Indian War.

Unlike her sister, Diana did not have happy prospects for marriage. At the age of fourteen, she was gangly and still boyish. It was decided that she would be made the companion of the Countess of Sussex, a woman named Ruth. Diana was reluctant to leave home, but the family all assured her it was what was best for her. Ruth proved to be a very kind woman and took Diana under her wing beyond the call of duty. She taught her poise, grace, and charm. Diana learned to play the piano and to dance and she utterly blossomed--in a fairly nasty way--under Ruth's care and grew to love her as much as her own mother, and perhaps more so. She served her for ten years, years she considered some of the happiest of her life.

( Unfortunately, that happiness... )