> > you ROCK Mandi! I am going to try all of those things now. I tried climbing the tree, but couldn't break off a branch, so hopefully I can do something with the leaves and just go forward in time!
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> > > > THANK YOU so much for answering me. I have sort of become obsessed with the completion of this game and have progressed further, but not by much.....
> > > >
> > > > Time Machine
> > > > Chart
> > > > Glasses
> > > > Mrs. Pinto's CD
> > > > Wire
> > > >
> > > > Batteries
> > > > Cheese
> > > > Glue Stick
> > > > Perma-Tie
> > > > Wrench
> > > >
> > > > Bottle
> > > > Coffee Filter
> > > > Grass
> > > > Scalpel
> > > >
> > > > Bottle Cap
> > > > Demerit
> > > > Leaf
> > > > Slip of Paper
> > > >
> > > > Chain
> > > > Disk with Virus
> > > > Mirror
> > > > Soldering Iron
> > > >
> > > > Chalk
> > > > Eraser
> > > > Mop-Head
> > > > Syringe
> > > >
> > > > that's my inventory.
> > > >
> > > > HERE'S WHERE I AM AT:
> > > >
> > > > You go east, into the center of the Girls' Quadrangle. You're in the Girls' Quadrangle, under the large sunshade set up some years back. The Main Building of the school is to the north, with the entrance northwest. South, you can leave the compound and go to the football pitch. The Girls' Gate is northeast, and to the west is the boys' half of the school, with a cooler and the physics lab between you and it.
> > > > It is nighttime. The moon is behind clouds, so it's very dark here.
> > > >
> > > > I am also stuck here because every direction I go I die because of the time machine, and I can't find a way to break into the school. I have the leaves, but somehow that's not the right organic matter, and if I could JUST get into the school...
> > > >
> > >
> > > You CANNOT get into the school when you go back in time. Ever. Fortunately, you don't need to. If you got the wrench and used it to make leaf-bathing possible, you're done for now. The physics teachers will let you go back in time again once you have more items, because there's at least one other thing you can do in the past (aside from getting the organic material).
> > >
> > > > Mrs. Laurente has revealed herself to be some kind of a secret agent. She's asked you to get for her the fingerprints of Mr. Martin, computer lab technician, and the tooth marks of Mr. Crasto, librarian.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Fingerprints: Hand Mr. Martin everything you can. Two items in a certain order will score you what you need.
> > >
> > > Tooth marks: Crasto likes dairy products. He also confiscates any unclaimed food he finds lying about in the library wing.
> > >
> > > > There's a major fight going on between two English teachers on the girls' side, and you've got to find someone to help you stop it before the teachers kill each other!
> > > >
> > >
> > > You've probably already met the best-equipped duo to break it up. You just need to bring them proof. To do that, you need to find an artist. Don't know what I'm talking about? See the end of this post.
> > >
> > > > You've been assigned to take care of a class of younger students. The class is wild, and you're struggling to figure out what to do to keep them quiet.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Finish the artist quest first.
> > >
> > > > You've uncovered a major power struggle in the Chemistry Department, where Mrs. Desai is brewing a potion to give her full control of the lab. She's asked you to get for her gold, methanoic acid, and nitrochalk.
> > >
> > > Hold off on this. I'd advise getting the artist quest done first.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The teachers in the physics lab have built a time machine, and they want you to go back in time to get some "dead organic matter." Here you are back in time, trying your best.
> > > >
> > > > You've met the website team, and they're looking to improve the school site. They've officially adopted a new "End of the Year Party" policy, and they're hoping to attract new members now.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Those girls who escaped the library when Mrs. P showed up are still hanging out on the first floor. They might be receptive to the new recruiting idea. In fact, since you have the disk with the virus, you might just get an idea to do something really evil to the website team after talking to the girls...
> > >
> > > > Hungry Mrs. Awatif is looking for something wriggly to eat and wants you to help her out.
> > > >
> > > > Mr. Anand over at the computer lab is having trouble with a game and is looking for your help.
> > > >
> > > > ANY HELP at all would be so greatly appreciated. I am back in time now, and scared I don't have what I need to get back. I hope I don't have to start over.
> > >
> > > Okay. If the game won't let you go back to the present, then your leaf is too dirty. Use the wrench to make it possible to wash it. It won't be the right organic material, but you'll be able to go back. Stealing the right organic material requires a series of actions that aren't really that intuitive, are kind of annoying, and you can get simpler tasks out of the way first.
> > >
> > > Once you're back in the present, go to the art room in the main building and chat up a certain person there. She will give you a mission to create an artist. You may have already run into a perfect candidate outside; just use all your items on him. When that quest is done, you'll be able to steal something that will permit you to make... a fashion statement.
> > >
> > > -Mandi aka Chaos
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> I broke the water cooler :( i think i am better off just starting over.

NO! DON'T start over! You can't make the game unwinnable.

Think about it: Before you broke it, the water pressure was so high you disintegrated any leaf you tried to wash.

After you broke it, the water cooler gave you a trickle of water with very little pressure. But it's still water.

The game won't let you go back to the present unless you have a freshly washed and intact leaf.

-Mandi aka Chaos