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El Marrow

A Ride to the Poisoning
You're first goal is to get to that poisoning. Go down to the garage and talk to Glottis. Ask him to be your driver. He'll tell you he can't because he's too big. Tell him something to make him feel better - tell him that he's not too big, but the cars are too small. He'll agree to be your driver and give you a work order he needs signed before he can modify your vehicle.

If you take the work order up to Eva, you'll learn that the boss isn't in any mood to be bothered. You'll need to find another way.

The art of negotiation in process.

Leave the DOD and head down the alley. There you'll find a lengthy rope made of ties. Climb the rope up to the ledge. The first window to your right is Don's. He's not in (so that's what that rope was for… ). Open the window and climb in. Look at his computer. Set the auto response so that it tells Eva to sign the form. Go back to Eva and ask her to get the work order signed. She'll sign it, and you'll be off to the poisoning.

Once in the Land of the Living, take out your scythe and cut open the wriggling sack on the ground to release Bruno.

Getting a Good Lead
It should be clear to you at this point that a good soul isn't going to just drop into Manny's lap. You must steal one. But it won't be easy. Perhaps the mail server on the ground floor could be useful? Unfortunately, it's locked. But you must find a way in.

Head out on the street and talk to the balloon wrangler. When he gives you a choice of balloons, ask for a dead worm. Then ask for another one. Next stop is the packing room, where you secured Bruno for his voyage to the ninth underworld. Fill one of the balloons with the red nozzle and the other with the blue nozzle. Go back up to your office and put the balloons, one at a time, into the interoffice mail receptacle. Now head back down to the mail server.

Do what you've got to do, namely lock an open door.

The handyman will be there working on it, and he won't let Manny in. While the door is open, turn the lock. This will stop it from closing all the way when the handyman is done.

Go back to your office and take the deck of cards from the table. Remove a card from the deck. Take the card to Eva's desk and use her hole punch on it. Go back to the mail server (take the fire extinguisher if you haven't already) and open the door. Use the ventilated card in the mail tube to block the incoming message. Now, Manny will head off to reap Mercedes Colomar.

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