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What do I do once I'm in the boiler room?
1 of 14: Look around for distraction possibilities.
2 of 14: The boiler man is responsible for keeping the boiler working properly.
3 of 14: Investigate the boiler, and see what you can do to it.
4 of 14: There's a little valve wheel above the boiler door that you can turn to open a vent above the boiler.
5 of 14: This valve blocks smoke from going out the chimney. Perhaps, if there were enough smoke being generated, that would attract the attention of the boilerman.
6 of 14: The boiler just isn't generating enough smoke. You'll have to figure out how to make more.
7 of 14: What if you tossed something into the boiler that would produce lots of thick black smoke in a short time? That might do the trick!
8 of 14: You can't throw anything in through the vent opening, though. You'll have to open the coal-shoveling door in front of the boiler.
9 of 14: Once it's open, you need to find something that you can throw into the boiler to make a lot of smoke.
10 of 14: What you need is in the boiler room.
11 of 14: Check out the locker over to the right.
12 of 14: Opening it up, you'll find some rubber boots in the bottom of it.
13 of 14: They should produce some serious smoke! Take them and throw them into the boiler!
14 of 14: When you click the rubber boots on the open boiler door, Samuel will toss them in and beat a hasty retreat (if you've also blocked the boiler's access to the chimney, that is -- if not, do so and then try the boots again).
