BA+ Volume 3: Treaty of Eden+ Chapter 1: Our Stories, Rekindled

Episode 0: Prologue

[The prologue begins back in the Tea Party stone Terrance at night. Seia appears in front of Sensei and begins a familiar dialogue between them.]

Seia: ...The Eden Treaty. To see it return to its former state makes me feel relieved and uneasy. A treaty meant as a promise to put an end to hatred, to maintain peace between Trinity and Gehenna. Instead, it almost brought about the end of both schools. Beginning with a school raised by deep-seeded animosity, and in its conclusion, a new treaty bore with the aid of SCHALE at its center.

Seia: Although Sensei has persevered and succeeded in every ordeal against Kivotos, including the realization of the seven koans and their answers by you and you alone, it seems there is much left that remains unanswered. Particularly, what this "new world" has in store. Things may seem the same, but there are changes that are unnoticeable to the naked eye. One of the them is happening right now. Me, contacting you by phone instead of the dream world.

[The scene pans out and reveals that Seia is in fact speaking to Sensei via long-range communication from her seat in the Tea Party Terrance. Sensei sits in their SCHALE office hearing Seia's message spoken out loud.]

Seia: (long-range comms) While our saga begins once more, my ability to peer into the future is no longer available. It is difficult to describe... like a missing page in a story being read over again. Or maybe, this is not the same tale we know.

Seia: The story before was a sad, painful, and bitter tale. A means to demonstrate the fifth koan, the koan of paradise, and deter you from continuing the story. Yet, you held firm, even after my warnings, and watched the story unfold to the end.

Seia: Will the story repeat itself, or will a new one take its place? The paradise everyone worked so hard for is nowhere in sight, and all we can assume is what comes next. Now, it's time, Sensei. Will you take responsibility once again and return to us?

[Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location of an abandoned school, a familiar figure appears as a dark silhouette of a two-headed person. They speak with another person in the same room...]

Familiar Two-headed figure: Hmm... Yes, where to begin? Gematria recently had its meeting and it was decided to put our original plans on hold. Black Suit and Golconde have discovered too many anomalies within Kivotos that would interfere our movements. And our "benefactor" continues feeding us nothing but warnings and precautions that hinder us ever more. Ah, it also means our involvement into the "mystic, terror, and sublime" must be postponed as well. What fascinates me is each of the mysteries came into being without Gematria's intervention. In other words, it appears the story is moving on its own as "he" prophesized...

Familiar Two-headed figure: With everything said and done, why have you called me all the way out here? Do you expect to continue with your operation in our state of limbo?

Feminine Voice: Of course... We proceed. Your experiment must be finished after all.

Familiar Two-headed figure: ...The more I hear your insistence on my works of art, the less I am willing to share them.

Feminine Voice: I understand the importance of your work. That is why I have made the necessary arrangements of giving you what you require. Besides, why should someone like yourself be tied down against your passion?

Familiar Two-headed figure: Madame, you do not know a single thing about me.

Feminine Voice: Oh, but I do. (The silhouette appears from the shadows as a being with red skin and a long white dress.)

Beatrice: (smiling face) I know you will do whatever it takes to see your work come to fruition.

To be continued... Episode 1: Return to Trinity General School