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"Do you think you can distract the clerk, get her away from the computer?" you ask Nomi.

"I'll fake a heart attack," Nomi says. They hurry away before you can stop them. Then they talk to the front desk clerk for a moment, and she sprints into the grand ballroom.

"Didn't say it was gonna be my heart attack," the journalist says as you get to work.

Unfortunately, you have no idea how to operate this keycard reader. You try a few times, but it just beeps red every time you insert a card. Dammit.

"Hey!" the clerk says, marching back toward you with a big man you don't recognize behind her. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Looking for more Keurig cups?" Nomi tries.

"Wait, I know you!" the big man snaps. "You're that fucking reporter." He grabs Nomi, and that's apparently the cue for the undercover cops to get involved: two of them tackle the man before you can even reach him, and one knocks Nomi over. You catch them.

"Time to run!" Nomi says. You get them upright and hurry down the stairs, back outside, as a savage brawl erupts at the Hotel Northampton's front desk and in the grand ballroom.

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