VYTAL FESTIVAL FIRST
Favorite Fight
We've been training for the Vytal Festival Tournament practically since the semester started. Of course, we want to win; but it's also a chance to prove that we're not a joke. I feel a certain amount of responsibility for making sure the other people don't think the rest of the team is a joke because Ozpin decided to make me the leader. Also, the bragging rights would be epic.
As debut fights go...I guess ours wasn't terrible. I mean, we won. Well...technically, Nora won. It was a team match, though; so it counts for everyone.
According to Ruby, we had Team BRNZ on the ropes the entire time; but I think she might have just been trying to make me feel better. I was talking to her about the fight back at the dorms, as much as I trust Pyrrha, as my partner and my friend, I'm supposed to be Team JNPR's leader; and I feel like there are some things that I can't talk to her about. Ruby gets the pressure that comes with being a team leader, even if she doesn't have the same issues I do.
Anyway, her "expert analysis" (her words) pointed to us winning. It does make a certain amount of sense. Between the guy with the super taser and the lightning at the top of the mountain, Nora could have drop kicked the other team all the way back to Vacuo one at a time. Pyrrha was keeping at least two of the other team busy while Nora was climbing the mountain and Ren was trying to get the sniper. I'm not the best fighter on the team - ok, I'm the worst fighter on the team - but I wasn't doing too bad with my guy either. We probably could have taken them.
But why, why, WHY didn't we practice team attacks more? We had Team BRNZ on the run, and me and my big mouth had to try for fancy team attacks. I mean, technically we went over team attacks...once. There's been a lot to do to get ready for the tournament, ok?
So yeah, that part was a little embarrassing. We were apparently the very first team in the entire history of the Vytal Festifal Tournament to have a team meeting in the middle of a match. That little tidbit bade the day's recap show. There were some good highlights that made the recap show too, though. Nora with Magnild getting struck by lightning was pretty impressive. They used a shot of me and Pyrrha protecting Nora from Team BRNZ's sniper. There was a shot of Ren using the guy who electrocuted Nora as a shield against their sniper, which was super awesome according to Nora.
At least the team round's out of the way, and we beat Team BRNZ even if our team attacks didn't go quite like I'd planned. We've definitely decided to send Pyrrha on to the next round. She's a champion and the best fighter on our team; it would be crazy not to pick her. Nora's going to be her partner in the doubles round. She's the strongest person on the team, which everyone in Remnant knows after watching her knock Team BRNZ completely out of the arena. Besides that, she's practically indestructible. Between her and Pyrrha, I think Team JNPR has a pretty good chance at winning the tournament.
AN: I don't think Team JNPR's doubles picks were ever mentioned. Pyrrha had to be one if she made it to the singles rounds, and it's pretty logical to guess they didn't pick Jaune. I picked Nora because she pretty well won the team match all by herself.