Midday, Day 3
As the third day wound on, excitement was steadily rising among the crowd. If there was one fight in all the tournament they wanted to see, the upcoming fight, in which the Paladin would be forced to play on the Harlequin's home turf, was clearly it. Among the contestants on the other hand there was apparently less excitement, or at least it was well contained. Only eight bets had been registered by midday, leaving 29 still holding on to their thoughts and ideas. The odds were in favor of those betting on the Paladin, but with so few votes cast even a single large vote on either combatant would upset them. Things were very much up in the air in that regard.
A reason for the few bets could be that the contestants were all busy bickering and voting for each other. Twenty and four contestants had cast votes by midday, with the accused Druid in a slight but clear lead. If things were to stay as they were for until evening (which was probably slightly less likely than that the sun wouldn't go down this evening, as it may want to see the upcoming fight), the Knight would be his opponent, edging out the Assassin by virtue of having had one more team leader voting for him.
Current betting odds: Paladin vs Harlequin: 1.5:1
Current Vote Tally:
Druid : 10 (1st voter: Harlequin ; 2nd voter: Satyr)
Knight : 6.2 (1st voter: Harlequin ; 2nd voter: Shaman)
Assassin : 6.1
Brujah, Lich : 3
Illusionist, Ranger, Runekeeper, Arquebusier : 2
Courtesan, Engineer, Firebow, Frost Speaker, Ghost, Marksman, Mercenary, Prior, Raider, Ritualist, Satyr, Sculptor : 1
Current Vote Breakdown:
24 hours until evening post.
Combatants, send in your battle ideas to LightFang!
All contestants, keep betting and voting!
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