Nathalie Vintesoir/Rumors

IC Date: June 11, 1206

"Have you been to Cereus House lately?" one young lordling asks another. "I've heard there's something brewing there. I don't like when Night Court politics interupt my...."

The young woman he is talking to, some Baron's daughter, laughs aloud. "You can't blame them for occasionally thinking of other things! Even if you don't. And yes, I've been. I hear they are simply trying to return to the favor of the Court. Mother tells of a time when their House was the most popular of all!"

"Is the Dowayne still that old woman? Madame...Vintesoir I think?" The lordling muses.

"Yes it is. But it is her granddaughter, the Second, who seems to be handling most matters these days. And who is pushing the House to rise again."

"Nathalie, I think her name was." The young noble nods at his lady friend. "I had an assignation once with her, years ago. But she turned down my next request." His voice grows pouty.

The woman laughs at him. "You take everything so personally! But I heard she made her entire marque that way. Never the same patron twice. Fit her image of 'fleeting beauty' I suppose." She shrugs.

"Well. Image or no, that's just bad for business!" The lord exclaims, and his companion agrees.