It was a nice day outside as the arena was filled to the brim with an outstanding amount of spectators in the stands. Much like previous matches, a familiar voice brought the arena back to life as the spectators start to cheer again! ”Wow, it’s almost like an inexplicable amount of time had passed between this match and the previous one!” Hunter’s energetic voice brought forth even more cheering from the audience. ”Anyhow, lets get to the blood and guts!” Shuffling of papers echo out through the arena as Hunter tries to find which match is up. ”There we go! Alright, we’re seeing the return of Ayaka Miyamoto!” A small recap of the highlights of her match pops up on the screen. ”By the power vested in me as an announcer, I deem this contestant a weeb.. Or is that NEET? I don’t remember correctly.” Next paper. ”As for her opponent, we have Catalina Glenn who literally had an easy win given to them!” Due to the nature of the fight, there was no highlight to play. ”Alright losers, time to see if the RNG behind this fight deem whether or not it’ll end up like Glenn’s last match!”

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 Urban and River.

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose one large platform. With a new round comes new possibilities for stages! A combination of the two environments, a sizeable river hamlet would rise up. Comprised of very structurally weak wooden homes to be used for cover, this stage would prove useful for those who use firearms or are adept at ambush attacks. A slim river would run through the hamlet slightly below ground level, so make sure not to trip and fall into it!

As the spinner finished its job and faded away, the doors on each side of the arena opened to signify the start of the match.

(A coin flip has decided that Catalina will get the first post. The arena size is identical to that of the 1v1 arena in the show, however, it features scaled down biomes to fit the size. Good luck, and may the best combatant win.)

The Vytal Festival tournament, as many know, is an event notable for celebrating diversity, individuality, and self-expression. However, the modern iteration is also home to corporate greed and plentiful advertisements and sponsorships. After what would seem like an eternity, the final advertisement would finally come to a close. ”-And you too can be the epitome of power, elegance, or whatever else you desire...with Schnee dust. The Schnee Dust Company is not liable for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company Product. Supplementary safety brochure is included with every product. As the final ad concluded, the familiar crackling of the speaker returned as it always did before a match.

”Good afternoon and welcome back to the second round of the forty-first bi-annual Vytal Festival tournament! As you know I’m Primrose Palatine. It would seem Hunter is missing in action, but I’m sure you can all pardon his absence. Anyways, excuse all of the ads, but they help pay for this wonderful event so please bear with us. Speaking of wonderful though, we have another exquisite matchup today! Our first combatant, Mr. Juno Vert was able to single handedly take down the ‘up-and-coming legend’ Coconut Cream. But will his hardlight be enough to take down his opponent, Billy Bone; the quickdraw sniper who won through...opponent concession. While an unmerited victory, we’ll see if they can prove their worth in this second round match!” Motioning to the spinner to begin, the program would be able to begin rather flawlessly due to the unexcused absence of a certain announcer.

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 Ice and Swamp.

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. On Juno’s side, a frozen lake would constitute the entire field. Almost completely frozen through, one wouldn’t need to worry about falling through, but only slipping and sliding around. Arising from this lake would be 5 cylindrical pillars of ice hollowed out in the center. Filled with ice cold water, these would spray anyone within proximity to them when shot, pierced, etc. What a shame that such beautiful ice creations had to be used for this. On Billy’s side, a shallow, muddy marsh would rise, featuring no platforms of note this time. A couple of downed trees can be found within the area, both large enough to crouch behind for cover. Be warned though, crouching in the marsh water is gross.

As the spinner finished its job and faded away, the doors on each side of the arena opened to signify the start of the match.
 
(A coin flip has decided that Billy will get the first post. The arena size is identical to that of the 1v1 arena in the show, however, it features scaled down biomes to fit the size. Good luck, and may the best combatant win.)

As the rising of the sun signals a new day, so did the familiar crackling of the sound system signal a new round of fights. Clearly excited by the return of the beloved announcers and not more action packed fights, the crowd would roar with cheers from every single section. As the cheering slightly faded, a familiar female voice would begin by excitedly saying ”Good morning, and welcome back to the Vytal Festival tournament! As you know, my name is Primrose Palatine and my partner here is Hunter d’Azur. We’re here again to deliver all the important match informati-” Cutting off Prim so that they can get right into the action, Hunter quickly gets the hype train going.

”Alright nerds, we’re gonna show you the two losers competing today. Both from Beacon Academy, we have Prism Skylark, the little birdy that’s competing their heart out! Their opponent is Smokey Emberstone, and despite their only shtick being a big gun - which is boring if you ask me - he’s certainly very effective at taking down his opponents. I think Aca left a dent on that poor rock!” Hunter’s voice droned on until it was filled with excitement once more as he remembered what he had to add to their introduction! ”Oh yeah, we have a very special guest supporting Prism from our very own announcer booth, we have team CASA’s very own Nut! Welcome aboard kid! Wished you could’ve went on to the next round!” Sounds of loud applause rises from the arena as Hunter waits for it quiet down.

Coconut peered into the booth momentarily before stepping in proper, looking over the pair already there. The boy only briefly looked towards the guy that reminded him of a panda before his gaze fell on the woman - a cutie to be sure.  A lopsided grin appeared on his face and remained there for a moment too long before he finally spoke up. "H-hey. I'm... I'm, uh, Nut. C-coconut." He'd also extend a sweaty hand for a handshake, and upon shaking Prim's hand would comment that she smells nice.

Having her cold heart warmed by Coco’s greeting, Prim would gladly take his hand in hers, also placing her other hand over the already interlocked ones. Moving away from the mic, she would whisper ”A pleasure to finally meet you, Coco. You have a pleasant scent to you as well.”. Despite feeling good about finally meeting The Nut, both of her hands were drenched in sweat from the seemingly nervous boy. As a way to get back at Hunter for cutting her off previously, she would swiftly wipe both hands off on his pant leg trying not to be too obvious about it. Motioning to start the environmental spinner, Prim would give Hunter a passive aggressive grin that just screamed ”Cut me off again and I’ll cut you in a duel”.

Hunter frowned as his pants were used to dry the sweat Prim had gathered from Coconut’s hands. Initially pouting from her actions, his pout quickly turned mischievous as Hunter quickly shook Coconut’s hand regardless of it being warranted. At first feeling uncomfortable from the rather excessive amount of sweat, Hunter quickly took Prim’s hand into his own. Now they both have sweaty hands that didn’t originate from either of the two. For Hunter, it was a win-win situation because he got to hold Prim’s hand AND bully her!

Sighing in disbelief at Hunter’s childish prank, Prim would simply let it be for the sake of the ‘show’ and allow the spinner to do its job.

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 Urban and Lightning Dust Arena.

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. On Prism’s side, what resembled a Mistrali marketplace would take form. Filled to the brim with various empty wooden stalls, the walkways would be tight with plentiful cover and places for ambushes. Strung between the stalls, many strings of lights would also present flying combatants with the issue of becoming tangled. On Smokey’s side, an open courtyard would reveal itself. Set up around the perimeter of the courtyard would be ten crossbows each loaded with one lightning dust bolt, all being pointed towards the center. In the center, there would noticeably be a small wooden pillar with a button on it. Pushing the button would rapidly unleash a hail of arrows reminiscent of lightning bolts on the center of the courtyard (10 bolts total, 4% per bolt, total of 40% aura damage if hit by all).

”What an interesting field.” Hunter’s disinterest can be heard in his voice until he redirected his attention back to Coconut. ”Anyhow Nut, since you’re the guest announcer, we can grant you quite a bit of power that you can exert over the competitors! In fact, they’ll probably listen because it’s the Vytal Festival and we’re usually harmless, so have at it kiddo.” Hunter is starting to feel more uncomfortable as he held Prim’s hand since the sweat started to gather.

"O-oh? Really? Uh. In that case..." There is a short pause as Coconut weighs his options. The entire world is watching. His parents are probably watching this, having been against him becoming a huntsman in the first place. What he would say next would influence the way the world saw him henceforth.

"C-could Prism... chirp?"

As Coconut put in his request, the doors on each side of the arena opened to signify the start of the match.

(A coin flip has decided that Prism will get the first post. The arena size is identical to that of the 1v1 arena in the show, however, it features scaled down biomes to fit the size. Good luck, and may the best combatant win.)

”Good afternoon all, and welcome back to the forty-first bi-annual Vytal Festival tournament! We’re back with more matches containing even more Beacon students!” A large portion of the crowd roared with cheering and clapping, clearly showing which kingdom had the best representation. ”Ahem, anyways, we have a lot of familiar faces in this 2v2 match between the first years. On our first team we have Billy Bone and Smokey Emberstone. You know, I wonder if teams decide their lineups randomly. Because this lineup of snipers is either bad RNG or bad decision making. Either way, on the other side we have a slightly more balanced team! Give a warm welcome to Setsuna Antiqua and Calen Shrike. As our only newcomer in this match, let’s see if Calen can entrance us with his stylish combat dance! Let’s move right on to the spinner, since my co-announcer had to take a very timely and lengthy bathroom break.”

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 Ice and Mountain.

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. On Billy & Smokey’s side, a sizeable frozen lake would appear. Despite being perfectly stable for running and walking, any damage from weapons or semblances could spell trouble for those standing on it! On Setsuna & Calen’s side, flat rocky formations rose from the ground ending in a perilous cliff near the top. It is also worth noting that if someone were knocked from the top of the cliff onto the frozen lake, that could also lead to an unfortunate situation.

As the spinner finished its job and faded away, the doors on each side of the arena opened to signify the start of the match.

(A coin flip has decided that Setsuna will get the first post, followed by their partner. The arena size is identical to that of the team combat arena in the show, however, it features scaled down biomes to fit the size. Good luck, and may the best team win.)

As the growing crowd cheered for the match to start, the unmistakable sound of the sound system clicking on interrupted them. ”Hello. Welcome back to the forty-first bi-annual Vytal Festival tournament.” The quality of the voice was terrible, and clearly just a letter that was put into a text-to-voice tool. ”Us announcers are taking an emergency lunch break, so we have left this message to play for the round we are missing. Today in the final matchup of the Huntsman bracket 1v1 we have Suhlares Star vs. Mehrleeta Yohru.” The message continued despite the tool’s terrible pronunciation of the names. ”Ah yes, Suhlares Star, the specialist who is clearly compensating for something with all that tech. I will never understand why specialists deck themselves out in tech. It is unnecessary and disrupts the flow of combat.” It was clear that Prim was the one who wrote this portion of the message. A distant voice can be heard from within the recording. ”Prim! Hurry up! I don’t wanna watch some fight between some edgy scarecrow and someone obscure specialist!” Lots of stomping can be heard from within the background.

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 Ice Dust Field and Lava.

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. On Solaris’ side, what initially appears to be a snowy field contains ice dust crystals under the thin layer of snow that can freeze you in place if you don’t watch where you step. On Merletta’s side, what seemed to be the complete opposite arose. Large pools of molten lava formed sat in large cracks in the earth. Near the center of the arena, the thin layer of snow would very quickly melt, revealing the locations of the ice dust crystals.

As the spinner finished its job and faded away, the doors on each side of the arena opened to signify the start of the match.

(A coin flip has decided that Solaris will get the first post. The arena size is identical to that of the 1v1 arena in the show, however, it features scaled down biomes to fit the size. Good luck, and may the best combatant win.)

Despite the fact that this was the Vytal festival tournament, one of the most anticipated world events, there was a general feeling of unease in the air. While there was definitely still cheering, conversation, and laughter, there was noticeably less than the previous rounds. There was also a very apparent difference in crowd size, with some sections missing almost entire rows. Maybe it was due to the dark gray clouds overhead, or maybe it was because of who was participating in this round. As it came time for the round to begin the loudspeaker clicked on and the refined, silvery voice of Prim would return once again. Although this time, there was a slight hint of sadness in her voice as if she were reminiscing on something negative from her past. ”Good afternoon to everyone attending this 1v1 match of the Huntsman bracket. Before we properly get started, my employers are requiring me to say a few preliminary words. Many of you may not be aware, but the combatant named Janus Rogo has previously been tried in our courts for the unrightful murder of refugees. Although he may have been charged as not guilty, he has gone under our radar for years now. We find it somewhat concerning for him to emerge again in this way...so we’ll be placing our knights at all entrances and exits as a simple precaution. We aren’t planning anything, but only wish for the overall safety of combatants and spectators. Now that that’s out of the way, how about you introduce us to the combatants in this round, Hunter?”

It was uncomfortable to hear Hunter’s usually lively voice take on a serious tone. ”Janus Rogo. A criminal that suffered from a stroke of bad luck, who really should’ve stayed off the radar.” Hunter’s line sounded more personal than what most would expect. ”As for his opponent, we have Budonoki Sophos, a Beacon Professor-” Clatters of a chair falling over gets picked up by the arena’s sound system as Hunter’s tone went from serious to disbelieving. ”Excuse me. A professor is participating?” Hunter’s voice seem to become a bit more whiny. ”How come he gets to participate and I get stuck behind the desk? It’s fun and all with Prim here, but I want to fight too!”

Although she was somewhat concerned that Hunter was more focused on the professor than the criminal, Prim would have to give into Hunter’s shitty memes so he wouldn’t freak out and break something important. ”Well Hunter, I’m sure that if a criminal and a professor can get a match, I’m sure the two beloved announcers can as well. Speaking of matches, however, let’s see how the environment spinner feels about this match!” Sending the signal to start the spinner, Prim would also send another motion towards the camera.

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 Mountain and Lava. As the spinner did its job, Atlesian Knights would move into place at each entrance/exit with 2 at each. A technician would also take his place in the announcer’s booth with Prim and Hunter.

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. On Budonoki’s side, a large rocky crag rose from the ground with small cliffs to allow for easier climbing. Small trees line the crag and a thin layer of grass covers any ground that isn’t rocky. On Janus’ side a mostly intact floor of cracked cooled off lava, with lava pools littered around would appear. However, the truly unique feature of this map would be the large volcano that formed in the center of the arena. Spewing a constant stream of lava, even the craggy side of the arena won’t be safe with a plethora of burning trees and grass. So this arena will definitely prove hazardous for even the two seasoned Huntsmen in this match!

As the spinner finished its job and faded away, the doors on each side of the arena opened to signify the start of the match.

(A coin flip has decided that Janus will get the first post. The arena size is identical to that of the 1v1 arena in the show, however, it features scaled down biomes to fit the size. Good luck, and may the best combatant win.)

”Welcome back everybody! This is the final match for the fourth year bracket, and right now. We have, ugh, Infrared Ray, a faunus,” Detest dripping from Hunter’s voice can be heard, making some non-Atlas audience members uncomfortable, ”participating in this fine tournament, and as I highly suggested before, should really leave Atlas Academy in search of better pursuits.” Hunter’s voice then became more pleasant as he introduced the other combatant. ”On the other hand, we have… God, I’m gonna butcher this... Kei Tsz Fung as our beacon participant.” Hunter’s chair creaked as he leaned back. ”Normally, this is where I would tell Prim to handle the rest of the introduction, but right now she’s not here!” Hunter gives off a nervous laugh. ”She said she’ll get us lunch, so hopefully she’ll be back soon.” The strength in his voice weakens near the end.

”Regardless of my crippling insecurity, time to spin the wheel!” 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 Wind Dust Field and Mountain.

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. On Kei’s side, the area would be filled with rather smooth and rounded terrain as crystals of Wind Dust emerge from the ground. As for Infrared, small formation of stone starts to grow and grow towards the center of the arena. ”Now this is an interesting combination!” In the center would be a big mountain that is littered with wind dust crystals that can be used to traverse the mountain or even use it to launch opponents off the mountain. Other than the wind dust crystals, the mountain would feature stand offs that can be reached via careful parkour or wind dust crystals launching the combatants.

(A coin flip has decided that Kei will get the first post. The arena size is identical to that of the 1v1 arena in the show, however, it features scaled down biomes to fit the size. The wind dust crystals when used to traverse the arena will provide minimal damage of 2%, while used as a combat method would vary depending on height, impact, etc. Good luck, and may the best combatant win.)

”So…. I’m gonna keep this real simple and quick. To start with, both opponents are unsurprisingly from Beacon Academy.” A yawn rings through the sound system. ”We got this chick called Jima, and I’m 90% sure she has some sort of Grimm fetish. I’m not sure how far that goes, but I really don’t want to know. On the other side, we got Rufus Chocla. If you ask me, more like Doofus Chocla am I right?” It was a low hanging fruit, but even intellectual geniuses would do the same thing. ”Now if you ask me, I’m sure Doofus has some sick tunes in store for us during the fight. I wish you good luck!”

Quickly taking over from Hunter, Prim would clear her throat before saying ”Yes, it would seem that this match is definitely one between...misfits. You don’t even have to mention the race of that boy to know he’s a goon, and I know for a fact that nobody enjoys that...rap stuff, especially my dear Hunter. And then the girl! She looks as if she’d be hanging out in a back alley somewhere, just ready to go berserk on some poor fool! But speaking of going berserk, let’s see how berserk the spinner will go on these two!”
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 Lava and Trenches.

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. On Jima’s side, a large volcanic mountain would take up most of the space. Surrounded by cracked earth, this volcano would spew a constant stream of lava that would eventually leak onto the opposite side of the arena. On Rufus’ side, grassy plains would emerge as a stark contrast to the opposite side. Trenches that zigzagged throughout the area would be lined with heavy sandbags. Those sandbags wouldn’t help against the lava that would inevitably overtake the trenches, however! Be careful how long you stay down there!

As the spinner finished its job and faded away, the doors on each side of the arena opened to signify the start of the match.

(A coin flip has decided that Rufus will get the first post. The arena size is identical to that of the 1v1 arena in the show, however, it features scaled down biomes to fit the size. Good luck, and may the best combatant win.)