[Dusty McGadget]

I'll bet aurora could get random people to understand the intentions of the run simply by saying, "I need to recover a key from The Minglers." "Can you help me?" when next to the elevator. This would work, assuming that (A) the higher-laffs are smart enough to understand what it means, and (B) they're friendly enough to help out. Friends would probably be more willing to help, though. I've never been one much to rely on secret friends, but that's probably because I was around 60 laff or so before getting any that I saw on a regular basis (i.e., I had a lot of practice learning how to work with non-friends).