We see Amity Colosseum's mountain biome being bombarded by several explosions all around the area. Russel, daggers in hand, is running from the mayhem before spinning around, ready to face his opponents, who turns out to be the familiar face of Penny and her beret-wearing teammate. With an ever-present smile and simple arm movements, she summons six floating swords from behind her and rears them back before launching them in a ring at Russel, who barely manages to duck behind a rock to protect himself. Wasting no time, Penny does the same thing with another group of blades, homing in on the other CRDL teammate Sky until he uses his own halberd to vault over another stone for defense. The two exchange a worried look at the sight of their rocks still pierced with multiple blades, and Penny grins in combat-ready fierceness as she looks to her partner, who simply taps her watch as if hurrying Penny up. Wasting no time, Penny raises her hands like a puppetmaster and uses the near-invisible strings attached to each hilt to lift the giant rocks up in the air, with the screaming Russel and Sky still hanging on. Bringing her arms down to her sides, the stones come crashing to the ground as well, leaving Penny's opponents in the grass. Her swords come back to her pack as the buzzer rings.

Oobleck: And the victory goes to Penny and Ciel of Atlas!

Penny places one of her fists in her palm and bowing in respect to her fallen foes, still smiling.

Penny: Thank you for a wonderful time.

The two victors turn to leave the stadium as Russel feebly reaches out, only to get hit in the head by an errant stone. Watching from the stands, Ruby sees them start to walk away and excitedly gets up form her seat with the rest of her team to meet them at one of the exits. Ruby catches up and spreads her arms as she calls out.

Ruby: Penny!

Penny: Ruby!

Penny lifts up her own arms, she tackles her friend into a hug that leaves them both of them on the ground. Ruby groans in pain.

Ruby: Why...

Penny gets up energetically and gestures to the other girl.

Penny: Ruby, this is my teammate.

Ciel: Ciel Soleil.

Ciel bows formally.

Ruby raises her hand in greeting.

Ruby: Hi! I'm Ru-

Ciel: Ruby Rose. 15. Hails from Patch. Leader of Team RWBY. Status: Questionable.

Ruby stays silent for a second.

Ruby: Sooo... Penny!

She turns back to her friend.

Ruby: You two were incredible out there. How do you keep control of all those swords? It's so cool!

Ciel: Penny?

Ciel looks at her watch and gestures at it.

Ciel: I believe it is best if we move on to our next location.

Penny exchanges a look with Ruby before asking Ciel.

Penny: Could we have just a minute to talk?

In response, Ciel checks the time, then takes a step back and nods, starting the countdown.

Ruby: So is she... your friend or...

Penny: Well, in a way. She's like Blake, but if Blake was ordered to spend time with you.

Ruby: Oh. So, Weiss.

Penny: Precisely.

Ruby: Does she know about... y'know... beep boop bop, does not compute?

She moves her body abruptly as if imitating a robot, leaving her arm to hang with a noticeable squeaking sound. Penny shakes her head.

Penny: Oh no. General Ironwood doesn't really want anyone to know. There was an incident with a magnet, but I was able to play it off.

Flashback to the Vytal Festival grounds with Ciel and Penny, who's wearing a large sun hat. Penny feels herself getting forcefully pushed to somewhere, Penny tries to resist but then gets pulled away from Ciel and then clings to Pyrhha.

Pyrhha: Uh, hello.

Penny: Salutations!

Penny: Ruby, there's something I've been wanting to talk to you about.

She glances over at Ciel before leaning in and whispering to Ruby.

Penny: I want to stay at Beacon.

Ruby: Penny, they'll never let you do that.

Penny: I know, but I have a plan.

Ciel steps back up to Penny's side and pointing to her watch.

Ciel: It's been precisely one minute, ma'am.

Penny: I'll talk to you more soon, Ruby.

The two Atlesians leave, but Penny turns to give a wave of farewell to Ruby, who does the same.

Port: Our next match will begin in 15 minutes!

Ruby: Oh my gosh, that's right! It's time for-

We then see Yang in the center of the field with Weiss at her side, stretching out her arms.

Yang: Well, now it's our turn!

Weiss: Just remember to keep proper form.

Yang: Alright. You're from Atlas. What could we expect?

Weiss: Well, seeing as their Kingdom, academy and armed forces are all merged as one, I think we can expect strict, militant fighters with advanced technology and carefully rehearsed strategies.

At that very moment, a rainbow zooms past the two surprised Huntresses-in-training, coming to a stop opposite them, revealing a pigtailed Faunus girl with roller blades and a cat tail swishing around her weapon next to a young man wearing a fedora and sunglasses, holding a trumpet in one hand.

Weiss: ...Or whatever they are.

Flynt: Hey!

Weiss looks over to him as he gestures at her, smiling.

Flynt: You Weiss Schnee, right? The heiress.

Weiss bows her head, smiling at the recognition.

Weiss: I am.

Flynt: I take it you're pretty good with Dust, then?

Weiss: I do my best.

Flynt: Yeah, my dad was good too. Owned a little Dust shop of his own.

He nods his head, eyes hidden behind his shades, until his smile turns into a scowl, tone turning hostile.

Flynt: Till your father's company ran him out of business.

Weiss: Oh. I'm sorry to hear that.

Flynt: Sure you are.

Yang: Hey! Why don't you-

Neon: Hey! Why don't you?

She drops her unflattering imitation as she points at Yang, smiling.

Neon: That's what you sound like!

Yang: Uh...

Neon: Hey! Where'd you get your hair extensions?

Yang: This is just my normal hair.

Neon: Ooh, really?

Yang: Yeah! Is that a prob-

Neon: You should try rollerblading sometime! It's super fun!

She starts spinning in place as she continues rapidly.

Neon: It'd probably take you a while, though, since you're so... you know, top-heavy.

Yang looks down at herself as the holographic roulette begins.

Yang: Excuse me!?

Ruby rolls her eyes from the stands.

Ruby: Oh, here we go.

The field opens around the four combatants, and up rises the volcanic area, sandy desert, steaming geysers, and ruined buildings.

Port: Three! Two! One! Begin!

Right as it starts, Flynt raises the instrument to his lips and blows, issuing forth a sound wave that blows both Weiss and Yang back from the force. Weiss is able to create a glyph under her to stop sliding back, but doesn't see Neon spinning into the attack and useing it to push herself forward so she can charge at Yang in a rainbow burst of speed and push her into the city portion. Flynt stops blowing as Weiss readies her Myrtenaster, a second passing until the musician starts playing again. This time, Weiss uses darker glyphs to move her forward through the cone of waves, making another one to get closer and closer so she can land a blow. Suddenly, however, Flynt stops playing, and Weiss is forced to move forward, earning a kick to the back as she slides past. She crashes through a red Dust crystal, and Flynt grins when he sees her lying in the area now spouting pillars of fire. Back in the ruined city, Neon manages to roll ahead of every blast from Ember Celica, skating on the railings and making faces at an irritated Yang. She continues to flip and slide over any terrain in her way, all the while repeating a mantra to herself.

Neon: Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat!

She eventually comes down to the ground and charges at Yang, becoming a rainbow blue while hitting the blonde multiple times. Yang grits her teeth, unloading the spent shells in her gauntlets, as Neon smirks and cracks her glow sticks, turning them blue. She comes forward again, dashing past Yang before she even realizes that her right leg is now encased in ice. Neon giggles.

Neon: Hm-hmm! Look!

She smacks her butt for emphasis.

Neon: Now you're bottom-heavy, too!

Getting quite irate now, Yang slams her foot down and frees her entire leg, but is unable to stop Neon from freezing her left arm now. She sees Neon rollerblading on rails and through archways, gaining distance until she speeds forth and kicks Yang back into a wall, cracking it behind her.

Neon: You should cool off! Get it? Because you're angry.

Not appreciating the pun one bit, Yang smashes her arm against the wall, once again shattering the ice and the structure itself. Meanwhile, Weiss and Flynt are facing each other in the burning section, Weiss gesturing all around her with the blade and spinning wildly to summon four glyphs that shoot out an equal number of large ice chunks headed straight for her enemy. Flynt looks down and smiles, leaping forward onto his knees and blowing his horn just as a column of flame erupts right in front of him, diverting the fire to melt each of Weiss' frozen projectiles.

Flynt: Too bad all that money can't buy you skill.

Weiss grimaces at him before revolving her hilt to use a white type of Dust. She aims a stream of wind at Flynt, who matches her power with his own blowing, creating a standstill until Weiss uses a mere gesture to form several more glyphs around the field. She quickly bounces off each one, striking Flynt with each attack, until she puts his foot down and starts playing once more. Weiss is still propelling herself around, but nothing prepares her for a second Flynt appearing next to the first, and then another, and another after that, each color-coordinated musician joining their waves of noise together to send Weiss flying back.

Jaune: Whoa!

Port: What's this?

Oobleck: It appears young Flynt has just activated his Semblance! And quite a remarkable one at that. Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes on Flynt Coal's Killer Quartet!

The Flynts flip their hats around to the audience, then look up at the scoreboard to see Weiss and Yang down to half their Aura levels, but still in the game. He steps forward, absorbing each of his duplicates as he prepares to finish this. His teammate is still giving trouble to Yang, using a ramp to outrun her now red-eyed opponent.

Neon: Ooh! Flashy eyes! Y'know, you're actually kinda pretty when you're angry.

Yang shakes her head, eyes going back down to purple. She propels herself forward using her shotgun blasts.

Yang: Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!

Weiss is getting back up and sees her sword, reaching out to it only for Flynt to step on the blade. She looks up at him before their attention is drawn to their partners.

Yang: Get back here!

Neon rolls around Yang in a lazy circle.

Neon: I wasn't trying to say that you should go on a diet, I was saying you really need to go on a diet!

Yang: THAT'S IT!

Neon: You're fat.

Flynt looks back at Weiss. He blows on his instrument point blank at Weiss, shattering her aura. He then focuses his attention on Yang, once more becoming four fighters and ready to blow her away. Yang was completely distracted. The Flynts blow their instrumenta, they increased the frequency, making Yang cover her ears.

Flynt: Yo, Neon!

Neon: On it! Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat! Never miss a BEAT!!!

Neon hits Yang with a series of attacks from her fists, feet and weapon, eventually shattering the top-heavy blonde's aura.

Port: And that's the match!

Oobleck: A great fight ladies and gentlemen! Tomorrow will be the solo rounds! The first match being FNKI versus _IAR!