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How can I get this guy to cause a disturbance?

  • 1 of 10: Maybe if you fed him some bad opium, or something else that made him feel sick.
  • 2 of 10: Perhaps you could mix up a nausea-inducing drink that would look appealing to him.
  • 3 of 10: Look around to see what all drink-related items you can pick up and work with.
  • 4 of 10: Neither the tea nor the dirty water are likely to make the guy noisily sick, even if he were willing to drink them.
  • 5 of 10: Try combining them in inventory. You do that by dragging and dropping one of the items onto the other one.
  • 6 of 10: That'll create a "tea made with dirty water" item, but you'll need to add in something else that's bound to cause serious discomfort.
  • 7 of 10: Check the table at the foot of the conscious customer's bed to find an ashtray that you can take.
  • 8 of 10: Some ashes might do the trick. Go to inventory and combine the dirty-water tea with the ashtray to make a "lousy booze" item.
  • 9 of 10: Select it in inventory, then go click on the hand icon that's now on the conscious customer.
  • 10 of 10: He'll drink the lousy booze, which will get him to moan and groan loudly enough to bring the receptionist running.