text: [Themes: treasure hunt]
  
  Well, it's time to prove to the whole wide world
  Who's the best and brightest Gamer of 'em all!
  Teams are a-runnin', and a-pushin' and a-shovin'
  Ain't we all just a-havin' such a ball?
  We're a-wearin' every color of the rainbow while a-goin'
  To some places that we've never ever gone!
  It's the world's greatest Game. Never played it? What a
  shame!
  'Cause you know it's gonna last us all night long!
  
  And disastrous and tremendous
  And it's glorious, uproarious and fun!
  Find the treasures!
  Find the clues!
  Run around!
  That's what you do
  At The Annual
  All-Night Diddlebucker Run!
  
  -"The Diddlebucker Run" by Wild Bill Adams
  
  "My, my, that's good popcorn!"
  
  - Desiderio "Diddy" Esposito
  
  Diddlebucker!
  
  Convention Center (Lobby)
  The lobby area of the Convention Center wraps around the entire complex to the east and west. An excited buzzing fills the air as a great crowd of people funnels through the main doors to Exhibit Hall A to the north.
  
  (For instructions on how to play interactive fiction, contact the author, or get a little help, type "hint" at any time.)
  
  [Author's Note: Who's the best and brightest Gamer of 'em all? Find out by joining the 27th Annual All-Night Diddlebucker Run! You'll compete against hundreds of other teams in the world's most popular scavenger hunt! Find the treasures, find the clues, beat your competitors to the finish line and your team will win one million dollars and a lifetime supply of Diddlebucker popcorn! Even more, you will prove that you and your teammates are the true champions of Diddlebucker '87!]
  
  > About yourself
  As good-looking as ever.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  a check book
  
  > listen
  You must state what you would like to listen to.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  > look at the paper
  We have some great news!
  
  about one another! We're in LOVE! Isn't that great? And it gets even better! We decided that there's no reason to put off our love any longer, so we're ELOPING!!!! We're heading out to Las Vegas right after dropping off this note at the Convention Center. We would have called you, but we didn't want anyone to know until we were already on the plane. You're the first person to find out, though. Aren't you just so happy for us? We'll tell you all about it when we come back next week!
  
  PS Sorry about missing the Diddlebucker, but we knew you wouldn't mind. After all, who wants to stand in the way of true love?
  
  > Go west
  Convention Center (Lobby)
  The lobby area of the Convention Center wraps around the entire complex to the east and west. An excited buzzing fills the air as a great crowd of people funnels through the main doors to Exhibit Hall A to the north.
  
  > examine the crowd
  The members of the crowd are an excited, boisterous lot.
  
  > Go west
  Convention Center (Guest Relations)
  Halfway around the loop of the Convention Center lobby is the Guest Relations desk. A young man sits behind the desk. A crowd of people is making its way around you toward the entrance to the exhibit hall.
  
  > Go north
  You follow the crowd into the exhibit hall...
  
  (PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE)## Exhibit Hall A (Registration)
  More than a dozen tables stretch across the hall in front of an equally long series of 6-foot-high cubbyhole shelves filled with T-shirts of every color. Above the shelves, a large hanging banner reads "Team Registration." At each table stands a perky representative of Diddlebucker Popcorn assisting one of the teams.
  
  > ask the rep about the registration
  You wait in line and finally get to talk with one of the representatives. "Hi there!" she says. "Welcome to the 27th Annual All-Night Diddlebucker Run! Are you the captain of your team?"
  
  > Yes
  "Great! Let's get you registered!"
  
  > Maremelade orange
  She turns to search the shirts in the cubbyholes. It takes her quite a while because of the vast number of shirts. After several moments she finds them.
  
  "Here they are!" she says, handing you three maremelade orange shirts. "Your team is registered. You can get changed in the locker room over by the east wall. Don't forget, the only things you'll be allowed to take out of here when the Diddlebucker starts are your clothes (including your team shirt) and a check book. Good luck and have fun!" She turns to the next team in line.
  
  Exhibit Hall A (Registration)
  More than a dozen tables stretch across the hall in front of an equally long series of 6-foot-high cubbyhole shelves filled with T-shirts of every color. Above the shelves, a large hanging banner reads "Team Registration." At each table stands a perky representative of Diddlebucker Popcorn assisting one of the teams.
  
  > go to the east
  As you step away from the tables, you notice a trash can nearby. Before you can change your mind, you stuff David and Lori's team shirts and their stupid note into it. Who needs those two anyway? You're on your own tonight and that's just fine! You head to the locker room and change into your team shirt. Smiling to yourself, you head to the main floor of the exhibit hall and take one of the few empty seats that are left.
  After a while, the main lights dim and the crowd goes wild as Diddy Esposito himself steps onto the stage to a raucous chorus of The Diddlebucker Run. The diminutive old man with the thick mane of
  snowy white hair smiles widely to the crowd as he steps to the microphone and begins to speak...
  
  Twenty minutes later, Diddy Esposito is wrapping up his remarks. The crowd is hanging on his every word.
  
  "...and remember at each location in the scavenger hunt, you must find both the treasure that is specific to your team and the clue that will take you to the next location. And of course, if your team is the FIRST to reach the SECRET finish line with ALL FOUR of your team's treasures, your team will split ONE MILLION DOLLARS and each member of your team will also win a LIFETIME SUPPLY OF Diddlebucker POPCORN! Now go out there and make Diddlebucker '87 the BEST Diddlebucker RUN EVER!"
  
  The crowd goes absolutely bananas and surges to its feet. You have no choice but to be carried along with the churning sea of cheering Gamers out of the exhibit hall, through the lobby and out into the warm summer evening air...
  
  You are standing on the east-west sidewalk outside the entrance to the Convention Center to the north. A constant stream of traffic rumbles up and down Cleveland Avenue just feet away.
  
  > Go east
  You are standing on the east-west sidewalk outside a number of businesses to the north. Installed in the front wall of one of the businesses is a vending machine of some kind. A constant stream of traffic rumbles up and down Cleveland Avenue just feet away.
  
  You can see a man playing a saxophone here.
  
  > examine the machine
  This machine dispenses hot beverages and has been installed in the front wall of one of the businesses here. Affixed to the front of the machine is a list of the free coffees available with a lettered button next to each one. Above the machine is a sign which reads "Free coffee courtesy of Diddlebucker Popcorn!"
  
  > get the coffee
  Nonsense!
  
  A taxicab drives down the street.
  
  Suddenly, a group of teenagers dashes by. Their green and orange shirts read "Dungeon Masters of Southport." The last one to pass points at you and shouts "Praeumbro caliginosus!" before laughing and chasing after her teammates.
  
  > examine man
  The elderly man wearing a black suit and sunglasses sways gently to the tunes coming from his saxophone. At his feet is an overturned black bowler hat. He is currently playing The Way You Look
  Tonight.
  
  Suddenly, a group of teenagers dashes by. Their green and orange shirts read "Dungeon Masters of Southport." The last one to pass points at you and shouts "Adnexus!" before laughing and chasing after his teammates.
  
  The taxicab disappears into the traffic.
  
  > examine the saxophone
  It looks old, but well cared-for.
  
  > examine the bowler
  The black bowler hat is empty.
  
  > put the check in the bowler
  The saxophone player gives his hat a light kick with his foot, knocking the check book onto the concrete sidewalk.
  
  A taxicab drives down the street.
  
  > go east
  Ask you walk past the saxophone player, he suddenly breaks into a rendition of Wrong Way Fay. You turn to look at him, but he
  seems to be paying no attention to you, though it's hard to tell with those sunglasses on.
  
  The taxicab disappears into the traffic.
  
  > take the check book
  Taken.
  
  The taxicab disappears into the traffic.
  
  > Go east
  Ask you walk past the saxophone player, he suddenly breaks into a rendition of Wrong Way Fay. You turn to look at him, but he
  seems to be paying no attention to you, though it's hard to tell with those sunglasses on.
  
  > Go east
  Ask you walk past the saxophone player, he suddenly breaks into a rendition of Don't Go Down That Lonely Road. You turn to look
  at him, but he seems to be paying no attention to you, though it's hard to tell with those sunglasses on.
  
  > go to the west
  You are standing on the east-west sidewalk outside the entrance to the Convention Center to the north. A constant stream of traffic rumbles up and down Cleveland Avenue just feet away.
  
  > keep going
  You are standing on the east-west sidewalk outside the entrance to a Henry's Burgers to the north. A constant stream of traffic rumbles up and down Cleveland Avenue just feet away.
  
  > Go north
  Like every other HB you've ever been in, this one smells of grease, onions and seasoned salt. A large menu board hangs above a counter, behind which stands a teenage girl wearing a paper hat.
  
  A door in the northeast corner leads to the restroom.
  
  > examine girl
  Cindy, for that is what her nametag says, smiles vacantly at you. She is wearing a paper hat and a truly remarkable number of novelty buttons pinned to her shirt, each a different color.
  
  Cindy gives you a cheerful wave.
  
  > ask Cindy about the treasure
  Unfortunately, Cindy seems momentarily distracted by a moth buzzing by one of the ceiling lights.
  
  > go to the northeast
  You push through the swinging door...
  
  This is one of those tiny one-person restrooms.
  
  You can see a mirror, a toilet, a sink and a trash can here.
  
  > look at the can
  The trash can has a lid which can be open or closed. The trash can is closed.
  
  > open it
  You open the trash can, revealing some garbage.
  
  > examine the garbage
  The garbage is pretty disgusting. You don't want to stick your hands in it unless you really have to.
  
  > move can
  Nothing obvious happens.