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- Vicente's Note to Ocheeva
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<font face=5>Ocheeva,<br>
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Damn that young fool Antoinetta and her experimental recipes! As if the stench of her cooking weren't bad enough, last week she made a particularly offensive dish consisting of mandrake, onions... and garlic! Garlic! I have told her repeatedly of the danger this plant poses to me, but she has obviously not heeded my warnings.<br>
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It is strange, this reaction I have to garlic. In all my wanderings, in all my research, I have never encountered another vampire thusly affected. It is true that some popular lore holds that all vampires have an inherent weakness to garlic, but this is simply not the case. My situation, as far as I can tell, is unique. If I were to somehow come into contact with garlic, if it in some way came to be on my person, the results could be catastrophic. I would most certainly suffer from a loss of strength and stamina, and fear my resistance to magic would be nearly completely nullified.<br>
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So please, Ocheeva, as mistress of this Sanctuary, I beg you to keep Antoinetta on a tighter leash. I love her as a Sister, of course, but can not be held accountable for my actions should she continue to disregard my own personal safety. The Tenets clearly state that one family member may not kill another; but I don't need to remind you there is no restriction against draining Antoinetta of a few pints of precious life's blood.<br>
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<font face=5>Ocheevaへ<br>
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若くて馬鹿なAntoinettaとあの実験料理をなんとかしろ!料理の悪臭もひどいが、先週の料理は特にけしからん。マンドレイクに、玉葱に……ニンニクだ!ニンニクだぞ!ニンニクがどんなに自分とって危険なのかあの女に何度も言ったのに、まったく気をつけようともしない。<br>
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自分のニンニクへの反応は変なものだ。いままでの旅でも研究でも、ニンニクにこれほどの影響を受けるヴァンパイアにはお目にかかったことが無い。全てのヴァンパイアはニンニクに弱いなんていってる民話はあるが、それは嘘だ。自分のこの状態は、知る限り、独特なものだ。ニンニクになんらかの形で接触することは自分にとって破滅的だ。力も体力もなくなって、魔法への抵抗力もなくなってしまう。<br>
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Sanctuaryの女主人のOcheevaよ、お願いだからAntoinettaをもっとしっかり繋ぎとめてくれ。もちろん同胞としての彼女は好きなんだが、自分自身の安全を何度も脅かされるとどんな行動をとるか責任を持てないぞ。教義はファミリーの仲間で殺しあうことを禁じてるが、Antoinettaから数パイントほど貴重な命の血液をすすることには制限はないはずだ。<br>
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