Calamity Academy

Sandy, The Colosseum, Yvonne - Ch. 6

Ding-Dong Ding-Dong...
"Alright everyone please meet in the school colosseum behind the Academy. Everyone Please meet in the school colosseum behind the Academy. I don't know why I need to tell you that the school colosseum is behind the Academy since you should see it behind the Academy but I just feel like it today okay? *Click*"

"Who was on the speakers?" Mason asks while packing his homework into his bag.

"That was Yvonne from student council. She may sound nice but she's really scary if you get to know her." Says Sandy. "But either way we should get to the colosseum. I wonder who'll get picked for the first round?"

"So this tournament thing, is it randomly matched or is it more on a scaled basis?" Mason asks curiously.

"It's scaled. Why do you ask?"

"It's because I never really learned about this tournament thing when I got here."

"Ooh, okay then let me tell you the basics. So the Academy's social and educational hierarchy is sectioned off into six parts or sub-sets:" Sandy puts up six fingers. "Pre-Beginner Lessons, Post-Beginner Lessons, Pre-Intermediate Lessons, Post-Intermediate Lessons, Pre-Advanced Lessons, and Post-Advanced Lessons. 1B, 2B, 1I, 2I, 1A and 2A for short. What determines if you get to move on into the next sub-set is by being the top student in the first sub-set and defeating the weakest student in the next sub-set. This keeps the weak at the bottom and the stronger at the top."

"I think I understand, but what about being the top of the Post-Advanced?"

"Ha! Even I'm too low to know what happens then." Sandy says as they walk out into the colosseum.

Mason can't believe he hadn't realized how beautiful it was since he was so engaged in his conversation with Sandy. The marble archways were expertly sculpted and the plush cushion seats felt amazing. The arena alone could fit a small village and some farmland if they wanted to but all he could see in the arena was dried up ground as if it was in a desert or a drought. The entire place could easily fit in the entire population of Terraria and there would still be enough room for more.

"Also when someone defeats a higher ranked person the higher ranked person must give up a weapon of the victor's choosing, yeah it's wierd but that's just how it works here. Now shush I want to hear Yvonne say who's going to fight." Sandy says.

Mason wasn't listening to Sandy but to someone else in the colosseum.

"Wow, it's the first tournament for the semester! I wonder who'll get picked?"
Devon pulls out a bucket of freshly popped popcorn.

"Hey! No food in the colosseum!" Scarlett snags Devon's popcorn bucket away. "Seriously you always eat like you can't get enough of it. You devour it. You make a mess of it. It makes sense coming from your lineage." Scarlett says as she engulfs it in crimson flames, but surprisingly the bucket (and the popcorn) doesn't burn. "Wait. What?"

"You see, I knew that you were going to take away my popcorn so I had Bridget enchant it to be immune to brimstone flames." Devon says smugly as he takes the popcorn from Scarlett. "Mmm. Smells like brimroses."

"Darn it." Scarlett mutters angrily as she sits down next to Devon.

Devon looks at her and tips the bucket her way. "Want some?" He says with a mouth full of popcorn.

"You're unbelievable sometimes. I'm going to sit with Yvonne. Scarlett gets up and walks towards a podium on the far side of the colosseum."Have fun with you bucket of unbrimabble popcorn. Stupid Bridget and her brimstone enchantments. *Undescipherable muttering*"

...

As the Sun was about to hit noon Mason heard a voice. He looked at the podium across the colosseum and could see a figure standing there with a mic.

"Welcome all to the first ever Calamity Academy Tournament for this semester!"

*Silence*

" *Ahem* Anyways, I'm Yvonne, Vice President of the Student Council and I will be the one hosting the Tournament over the first semester. Our sponsor today is Kostko, they sell almost everything there and um, only for a membership which you can uh, get here for 20% off your first year with our code: #NotSponsored. Yeah. Anyways off with me rambling, let's start the drawing!"

*Applause*
"We love Kostko!"
"Yeah whoooo!"
"I can't believe they sponsored us!"
"Yeah totally!"
*Applause ends*

"Our first contestant from 2B is..." Yvonne looks down at her chart. "Desert Scourge!"

"Wait what?" Scourge looks up with confusion as he is teleported into the arena.

"And the opposing contestant is... Mason?"