[Laserworm]

Originally Posted by Oliver

Halfway through Ep4, I'm actually suspecting that Maria never actually met Beatrice. She summoned her in the same fashion Ange 'summons' Maria later, possibly using a document as the source. Since she never actually saw a living Beatrice, one didn't exist prior to, at least, April 1984 when the portrait was made, and possibly didn't even exist before the very start of the game.

That is why she so readily recognises Evatrice at first. Then derecognises her because her behaviour doesn't match the pattern Maria imagined previously.

Different handwriting is the only real hangup, but - Maria gets messages in her diary. She doesn't have to actually see anyone in a dress to get them, and messages magically appearing in there would be much cooler for her.

What about the Maria vs Erika battle in ep6. Where Maria claims This is a true event.