Expedition Help -- Professor Quest Bugged?

[sage]

I've been informed that the Professor has been kidnapped, and to meet chief Briggs in the Keep. When I enter the keep, the elevator shows green; when I click it, I get a dialog that tells me I do not have access to the elevator, and the elevator shows red. I reverted to an early save, and replayed before I was informed, but get the same behavior. I might be missing something obvious, but this otherwise seems bugged since I have no way to find Chief Briggs and progress... The Keep is the Structure on the North East side of the island that you opened previously correct? Am I misunderstanding where to go? Thanks!

[TheAverageGortsby]

You have the hand with you, or did you put it down somewhere?

[sage]

I do not have the hand. I think I stashed it back home. This seems like a bit of a bug then, the hand shouldn't be required again. I'll go try that.

[sage]

That worked. But, I would consider this a bug. There's no reason to expect that you'd need to continue to carry a stinky hand around in order to not be locked out of an already-unlocked area.