"ALRIGHT, FOLKS, THIS IS IT!" A Booming and energetic voice explodes through the speakers set up around the enormous stadium. A deep and gravely voice, like someone who spent too much time smoking and decided now would be a good time to start screaming for their entire life. "WELCOME TO THE VYTAL FESTIVAL'S FIRST ROUND OF THE HUNTSMEN BRACKET!" The crowd erupted into a ceremonious cheer, whoops and hollers came from all corners of Remnant as people tuned into the match from home. "I AM YOUR ANNOUNCER, VULCO DENTRES, LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS YOU F ҉ ҉ KER!" A loud, annoying BEEEP filled the arena. Of course, this of all events was kid friendly. "THIS IS THE HIGHEST STAKES BRACKET IN THE TOURNAMENT AND IT SHOULD NOT DISAPPOINT! PREPARE YOURSELVES, IN THIS FIRST ROUND, WE'VE GOT A GRADUATE OF ATLAS AND A GRADUATE OF BEACON! OUR FIRST COMBATANT IS MERLETTA YORU! OUR SECOND COMBATANT IS BROND OSILGRIN! BOTH OF THESE COMBATANTS HAVE PREFORMED AMAZINGLY IN THE PAST, LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN KEEP IT UP! ENOUGH ABOUT THEM, LET'S GO TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPINNER! DEREK, YOU'D BETTER HAVE IT LAND ON SOMETHING INTERESTING THIS TIME! .... IT'S RANDOM!?" The crowed cheered, signalling the beginning of the end for the third year 2v2 rounds.
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 Vertical and Mountain.
"THAT'S A LOT OF HEIGHT!"
The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. Merletta's half became an arrangement of floating platforms, some with walls and some without, floating at different heights, meanwhile Brond's side became a large mountain, complete with trees populating its sides and base. (Brond will start atop the mountain)
Just then, the doors on each side of the arena opened and, from them, out strolled the combatants.
(A coin flip decided Brond gets the first post. The arena size is that of the 1v1 arena in the show, and features scaled down biomes. Good luck, contestants.)