"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE SEMI-FINALS!!" The crowd erupted into applause as Vulco grinned in his booth. "THE VYTAL TOURNEY IS ALMOST OVER, BUT DON'T FRET, THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET REEEEAAAAL INTERESTING!" The crowd erupted into another ceremonious cheer, whoops and hollers came from all corners of Remnant as people tuned into the match from home. "YOU ALL KNOW HOW IT WORKS BY NOW SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT! IN THIS SEMI FINAL ROUND WE'VE GOT LITERALLY THE ONLY ONE NOT FROM BEACON AND A BEACON KID, SURPRISE SURPRISE! IN THE FIRST CORNER, WE HAVE ZABAR AGA, WHO THREW A F ҉ ҉ KING SUN AT HIS OPPONENT LAST ROUND, AND IN THE OTHER CORNER, WE HAVE JUNO VERT, ASTROBOY! NOW, ONTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPINNER!" The crowd cheered heartily.
A large holographic image of a lottery machine appears on all sides of the arena, with two spinners. The spinners spun so quickly, making it nearly impossible to make out the passing words. It ticked through the options slower and slower until it finally stopped on Desert and Urban.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE SPECIAL THING ABOUT THE SEMI FINALS IS WE GET TO INTRODUCE SOMETHING BRAND NEW TO THIS YEAR'S TOURNEY!"
The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose one new floor. The entire field was swept with sand and throughout it, several buildings with broken windows, collapsed walls, and missing doors stuck out like ancient markers for streets now lost to time. Several croppings of red stone dotted the perimeter of the arena, shielding the faux fallen village from nonexistent threats from outside of their land. All throughout the field, a harsh wind blew, carrying with it the sand that kicked up off the ground, forming a small sandstorm within the field.
"WELCOME TO THE RUINS OF VACUO, NOW WITH WEATHER SYSTEMS!"
Just then, the doors on each side of the arena opened and, from them, out strolled the combatants.
(A coin flip decided Zabar gets the first post. The arena size is that of the 1v1 arena in the show, but still features biomes, though scaled down. Good luck, contestants.)