RE: Unofficial Pizza Treasure Hunt.
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All of a sudden, a police officer jumped out from behind a car. "Freeze!" He shouted, pointing a pistol straight at you.
You get so scared that you throw your pizza slices and phone into the air. You freeze and throw your hands up into the air "Don't shoot!" You yell. Your hands start to shake. Your heart is racing like crazy. The Police officer is just staring at you with his eyes bulging and his gun pointed straight forward. "Get down on your knees very slowly," He says in a loud voice.
You try to talk to the police officer when you are in the car driving away from the mall. "I set off an alarm on accident ... " You begin to day. "You should just keep your mouth shut right now buddy. You are doing a good job listening to me so far. If you are innocent you will be processed and then let free." Normally you would probably be crying [your character X has never been arrested] but this silent car ride was a great opportunity for you to think about the treasure hunt. Why two pizzas? You think to yourself. You remember a book your mother read to you as a child called "A Tale of 2 Pizzas". If only you could get to the library!
To your surprise they take you into a interrogation room instead of a jail cell when you arrive at the police precinct. "The man from Ned's Pizzeria said you did a dine and dash." The police officer was frowning and looking serious. "I thought you were robbing cash the way you were running," he said with a slight smile. "However, A crime is a crime". The police officer took off his sunglasses and set them on the table. He looks you right in the eyes. "Son, I believe a man should pay for his wrongdoings. You did a horrible thing, but I see you are too young for jail. Today is Friday son ... you would have to go away for the weekend, even if you are found innocent. Maybe you can pay for your wrongdoing in another way.
There was a long pause.
"I heard kids these days have more bitcoin then they know what to do with." Maybe if some of that bitcoin ACCIDENTALLY fell into my wallet ..." The middle aged cop tapped his smart watch. Then he winked at you and smiled an evil grin.
Do you tell the dirty cop about the pizza slices or risk being in jail over the weekend?
This is going to be impossible to explain You think to yourself.
"Get me my backpack and then we can talk." the cop laughs and smiles a big grin. "Alright, he says. "But I'm holding onto your cell phone until you tell me what's going on." The cop walks out of the room and slams the heavy door. "How the fuck am I going to convince this dirty cop of my pizza slices," you say to yourself. "Maybe I can tell him about the Crypto treasure website or something," You sigh to yourself.
The Cop comes back and holds the pizza slices up in the air towards your face. "Well first things first," The cops smiles again. "You need to tell me what these are." "Those are just some toy pizza slices for my little cousin," you say quickly. "We just pulled these out of the electronic holding room, they have electronics inside them." Your face turns white as a sheet. "Excuse me?" The cop leans over your face. You can smell his coffee breath. "I said boy ... It's got electronics in it."
All of a sudden, your phone starts vibrating on the table.
"Pick it up!" You exclaim to the police officer.
The officer had a confused look on his face.
"Pick up the damned text message!" You yell at the cop. "I give you permission to look at my phone!" The police offer seems very confused, but eventually clicks a button on the phone. There is a very long moment of silence as the officer reads a text message. He has a very excited but puzzled look on his face.
"I'll be damned," he says. "So you are in the middle of a treasure hunt right now? That is why you were running isn't it! I could have shot you dead!" The officer laughed to himself. "You know kid, you are lucky you bumped into me. I have major connections in this city, and a fast car."
The officer paused. "Now normally I wouldn't just go joyriding with a high school kid ... He paused again. But we are talking about a LOT of money here. Now I could steal your clues and solve it myself, but you seem very smart. So how about we split the money 50/50 and never tell anyone about this. Our little secret."
The officer put out his hand for you to shake.
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You shake the officer's hand. You are NOT about to experience your first jailhouse experience. "What does the clue say?" You look up at the officer. "The clue was: Look for a blue area in the city." Said the officer confused.
The Police Officer stood up and reached up to a tall drawer in the side of the room. He pulled a large folded up piece of paper and folded it out onto the table. It was a map of the city! "I have solved a lot of mysteries from this desk," said the officer smiling."
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You pour over the map with the officer.
He tells you a few really funny stories about arresting derelicts at different strange locations: But neither of you can think of a single location that could be considered "blue" except the three lakes in the city and the ocean coastline.
"We should check out the Ocean first, then cruise by the three lakes." The officer folded his map up. "Okay listen ... you walk out of here. Then go right on Cherry Street. When you reach the 7-11, turn right and you will see a park. Meet me there."
@ecosaint
Before you know it, you are back inside the police car, cruising down I-98. " Do me a favor, said the police officer. "Sure Mr.," you say. "Call me Jeff."
The police officer looks over quickly and smiles at you. "Want to know a secret? I use probability a lot to solve crimes. Do me a favor. Close your eyes. Okay good. Now do the waterfront first. Visualize the waterfront area. Can you think of any blue objects there? Any large objects?"
"The Ferris Wheel is blue!"
"Of course!" The police officer reaches up and all of a sudden, the emergency red and blue lights go on. The police car alarm wails to life! "I would say this constitutes an emergency, wouldn't you boy!" The officer laughs and speeds ahead of the other cars.
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You pick up the phone and see the next message from the treasure hunt website! Shit this is taking longer than I thought, I'm gonna lose the advantage! You decide to come clean.
"Look officer- I'm taking part in a treasure hunt for a legendary NFT that commemorates the Original Bitcoin Pizza. See- it was a message about the next clue!"
You hold your phone up and the cop reads it under his breath.
"Head to the old town Library- what you seek can no longer be found on chain. What in the HELL does that mean? Everything is on chain!"
You put your phone down on the table again. If I am not out of here in about 10 minutes it might be too late. At least the station is closer to the library than the mall is- I might be able to make it! You lean back in your chair and sigh.
"Officer those Pizza Slices were the first clues. I was wayy ahead of everyone until you grabbed me... Now I am probably behind some stooge that's just in it for the hype. I have some BTC, and you can have it... but. These NFT's are worth A LOT more. I need to get to the Library, fast. If you take me there you could get one of the NFT's for yourself. Just one would set you up for life."
The officer considers this for a second. Looks around him at the shithole of an interrogation room, down at his coffee stained uniform and obvious bulging gut. It takes him about 10 seconds.
"I'll take that BTC now... and if we don't find these NFT's I'll be keeping it. If we do... well maybe I'll transfer it back to you after all. I hope you know what you're doing, kid. I don't like time waster's and Hopium."
He hands back your cellphone and looks expectantly at his Bitcoin watch. You transfer half of your BTC to him with a couple of taps on yours and he smirks at you and gestures for more when he sees the amount. You send half of the balance again before he is satisfied.
"That'll do for now. Pack your shit back into your bag, son. lets go."
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5 minutes later your knuckles are white on the oh shit handle in the passenger seat of a police cruiser. The sirens wail overhead as the officer drifts through a red light leaving skid marks through the intersection. Civilian drivers mount the sidewalk and swerve aside to dodge out of the way. You brace yourself against the dash and floor with your free hand and feet. You can't tear your eyes off the road. Strangely you aren't terrified, just exhilarated by the speed and skilled driving.
"What's your name kid?" He shouts over the noise of the siren and screeching tires.
"Shroom."
"WHAT?"
"Shroom! My friends call me SHROOM!"
"I'm not gonna call you Shroom, well we're almost there, hope you know what we are looking for kid!"
The car screams to a halt outside an old library. It was once white. It is not any longer. It looks like no one has been inside in years but you can see a sign on the door that says:
"Library Hours:
9am-3pm Monday-Friday
10am-4pm Saturday"
You look at your watch and see that it is already 2:45. Time is short.
"What's your name officer?" You ask, though you already know his last name is Hoag from the name plate on his uniform.
"Don't you worry about it, just call me Hoag kid... err... Shroom."
"Well we don't have much time we have to hurry! Look if you stop anyone else coming in we can take as long as we need. I don't know how long it will take to find the book!"
"What book?!?!?!?"
"A Tale of Two Pizza's! The next clue has to be in there!"
As you speak the two of you are hurrying towards the entrance. You practically run inside. Hoag stands blocking the entrance.
"Go find the book Shroom. Don't you dare think about running off either!" The thought hadn't even occurred to you. You hesitate for a moment thinking about the possibility. Probably not worth it! He knows what I'm looking for now and he is pretty smart. Besides if I have to get anywhere else fast a fat cop in a cruiser is the fastest way to get there!
Chuckling at the thought you hurry on into the library.
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