> Actually, the way I mapped it out is this:
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> The door to the physics lab is RIGHT by the water cooler, so you're only going a short distance NE to walk right in.
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> When you go north, you're walking all the way along the west wall of the physics lab, much farther north, so that when you go in the main building you're a good deal north and west of the physics lab. When you go east, you're in the office, directly north of the physics lab - but there's no door from the office. That's what I figured, I think the game creator can verify it.
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> I think it's less a bug than confusing spacial relations. I noticed when drawing up a map that not every single move is the same amount of distance - trying to draw it that way caused classrooms and labs to overlap.
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> -Mandi aka Chaos

Mandi's got it exactly right. As the cooler's area description states, the lab is part of the short south wing of the school. The idea that a door could connect the lab to the office is also true.