OoC: Well then, I'm gonna try something a little different.
The arena warped and flashed, the light blinding all for a short time. When the glow recceded, the arena had changed. It was a digital-looking void. Everything was covered in low, blue lighting. The floor seemed to be made of flat, slightly shiny glass. Glowing abstract patterns, waves and swirls of light, and thunderbolts flared in the far distance.
"Today's combatants! Gold, Rex, and Sir Daniel!"
"Mpph, ph?!"[footnote]Wait, what?![/footnote] Dan mumbled. "Mmmmphph?!"[footnote]Combatants?![/footnote]