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How can I set off the fire alarm?

  • 1 of 17: You need to wave a fire underneath one of the smoke detectors.
  • 2 of 17: Even a little fire would do.
  • 3 of 17: Like a burning cigarette, for instance.
  • 4 of 17: First, you need to get a Cigarette.
  • 5 of 17: Then you need to figure out a way to light it.
  • 6 of 17: If you thoroughly search the university and grounds, you'll discover that there are no handy fires.
  • 7 of 17: Furthermore, there's only one other item you can take, and it's not a lighter or match.
  • 8 of 17: It's just a Glass Eye.
  • 9 of 17: How could you possibly use it to light a cigarette?
  • 10 of 17: The same way you'd use a magnifying glass to burn ants or holes in baseball cards, that's how!
  • 11 of 17: We're talking solar energy here.
  • 12 of 17: So go back outside and try using the glass eye on the cigarette.
  • 13 of 17: Standing in the shade isn't going to do it.
  • 14 of 17: Walk out onto a sunny patch of ground and try it.
  • 15 of 17: There you go! One lit cigarette!
  • 16 of 17: Go back inside and find a smoke sensor that's out of sight of the secretary.
  • 17 of 17: To set it off, you'll have to stand more or less exactly right under it and click the lit cigarette from inventory on it.