I couldn't get the phone to work, either! Is there a special command to use?
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Yes! This is the problem of learning parser games so quick: I just assumed everyone would type "use the phone" instead of "use phone", so it's causing issues! I definitely abused the "understand X as Y" option of inform7 ahaha
I now tried adding some more options without "the", such as the most normal "use phone", in addition to "use the phone"! I hope that solves it!