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How do I unlock the door in the communications room?
1 of 15: There's only one ... person ... who is let in that room, no exceptions.
2 of 15: It's the demon in charge of those systems.
3 of 15: And his job includes repairing them.
4 of 15: You should try to break them.
5 of 15: Everything that goes into the message tube in your office must eventually pass through the system in that room.
6 of 15: So try to find something destructive to put in the message tube.
7 of 15: Or find several things that could prove destructive together.
8 of 15: Remember the coffin packing materials?
9 of 15: Those expanded significantly whenever they combined.
10 of 15: All you need is a suitable container for the chemicals.
11 of 15: Try talking to the balloon artist out on the main street of El Marrow.
12 of 15: Ask for a couple of dead worms.
13 of 15: Hmm ... they're nothing but deflated balloons.
14 of 15: So inflate them.
15 of 15: Put both of the chemicals from the supply room in separate balloons. Then, drop the balloons in the message tube in your office, and use the tube to send the chemicals into the central communications chamber. Once you've dumped both chemicals into the system, you'll get the repair-demon to come and unlock the room.
