text: [Themes: gender choice]
  
  > look around
  You are in a dusty work area. It looks sloppier than your hall closet.
  There is a peephole in the wall to the East.
  
  > Inventory
  You're carrying:
  delicate bottle
  dim bulb (Providing light)
  soggy hacksaw
  long hotdog
  highheeled snowshoes
  insurance policy
  sparkling diamond
  old lamp (Providing light)
  oaken bucket
  scuba suit
  treasure chest
  You're wearing:
  pointed hat
  solitaire ring
  dark secret
  
  > Kick hole
  Don't know how to kick here...
  
  > read secret
  Oh, no you don't! If you read it, it won't be a secret any more.
  
  > go to the north
  The East end of the Lobby opens to the foyer. You see the courtesy area to the North and a doorway to the South.
  
  > go to the north
  You are at the lobby courtesy area. The auditorium is to the North. The well-appointed courtesy desk stands by the wall.
  
  > go south
  You are at the lobby courtesy area. The auditorium is to the North. The well-appointed courtesy desk stands by the wall.
  
  > drop the CHEST
  You drop the chest.
  
  > Go north
  From the front row of the audience you can see the stage apron clearly to the North. You can move along the aisles in other directions.
  
  > Go west
  The curving steps to the apron are to the North, and the audience to the East.
  There is a solid steel fire door built into the West wall.
  
  > Go north
  This is the apron (the extension of the stage in front of the curtain line). The main stage is North. You see the audience to the South and curving steps at either end of the apron starting off East and West before turning Southward.
  
  > Go west
  The curving steps to the apron are to the North, and the audience to the East.
  There is a solid steel fire door built into the West wall.
  
  > Go north
  This is the apron (the extension of the stage in front of the curtain line). The main stage is North. You see the audience to the South and curving steps at either end of the apron starting off East and West before turning Southward.
  
  > Go north
  This is the center of the stage, closest to the audience, where all actors hope to take their big bows some day.
  
  > Go west
  Near the right proscenium arch you see the tracks that guide the counterweight for the main stage curtain and a faint glimmer of light to the West.
  There is the curtain counterweight
  
  > go west
  Looking around, you see a spiral stairway leading up, a door around behind the stairs to the West, and the stage to the East
  
  > Go upwards
  At the South end of a hall, there are doorways to the West and the South and the top of a narrow spiral stairway.
  The door to the dressing room has no knob.
  
  > Go east
  The hall continues to the West and South. There's an open door to the North.
  
  > Go south
  The hall ends with doorways to the South and the West and a ladder built into the East wall leads up through an access hatch into the ceiling.
  
  > go west
  Looking around, you see that this is where props (items small enough to be carried around on stage - guns, books, pencils, etc.) are stored.
  An oddly decorated magicians table sits in the corner
  
  > put DIAMOND on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The DIAMOND vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put the suit on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The SUIT vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put RING on Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The RING vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put Policy on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The POLICY vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put secret on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The SECRET vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put the hat on Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The HAT vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You're carrying:
  delicate bottle
  dim bulb (Providing light)
  soggy hacksaw
  long hotdog
  highheeled snowshoes
  old lamp (Providing light)
  oaken bucket
  
  > put the bottle on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The BOTTLE vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put bulb on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The BULB vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put HACKSAW on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The HACKSAW vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put LAMP on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The LAMP vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > check your inventory
  You're carrying:
  long hotdog
  highheeled snowshoes
  oaken bucket
  
  > put HEELS on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The HEELS vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put the bucket on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The BUCKET vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > put the hotdog on the Table
  What do you know, a REAL magic table! The HOTDOG vanishes before your eyes. You then hear a thump, like something hitting the floor back toward the lobby.
  
  > look under the Table
  This is a perfectly ordinary magicians table, as magicians tables go. Maybe a little TOO perfectly ordinary. It has the required black velvet draping, felt square on top, and golden symbols - like some almost familiar language - decorating the hem.
  
  > go to the east
  The hall ends with doorways to the South and the West and a ladder built into the East wall leads up through an access hatch into the ceiling.
  
  > go north
  The hall continues to the West and South. There's an open door to the North.
  
  > Go west
  At the South end of a hall, there are doorways to the West and the South and the top of a narrow spiral stairway.
  The door to the dressing room has no knob.