Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160109160106/@comment-26206856-20160114045820

There are 3 ways next episode can go down in my mind based on fights: short, tourney focused or long.

1a:Short would have Ruby escaping from the hall to spill her battle out into the stadium and disrupt everything, which throws a wrench into Cinders plans, but will also bring grimm if a bad mood forms when Mercury appears fine.

1b:Or, just short sequences of both fights followed by Pyrrha's decision.

2: Tourney focused would be Ruby running and getting caught/cornered by Cinder at the other end of the hall and captured to watch the fight go down like they planned. Most of the focus would be on Penny vs Pyrrha, with Em somehow tricking Pyrrha at the end (maybe even after a loss to make it seem like bad sportsmanship from a sore loser). This trick may or may not include having her rip a limb off, and showing her blood instead of electricals, but I doubt it will get that dark, and it would be tough holding that illusion for as long as it would need to be implemented. My question is can Penny be fooled, and what would make her continue/beserk after the fight.

3: Long would just be drawn out battles of both Ruby vs Merc and Penny vs Pyrrha, and Pyrrha falling for the trick a la Yang with Fall, and a cliffhanger to span 2 weeks since WOR will come after it.

My guess is probably 2, maybe 3, but I wouldn't put it past RT to do 1 to throw a kink in what we're hyped/drooling to get and theorizing about.