Swamped

The guard seems to be holding some sort of marionette and just... staring at it?

Maybe it's like the bear you're lugging around. Someone's using it to pass orders along. For all you know it's the same someone who's been talking to you.

What are you waiting for? Get in here, quickly, before I have to leave without you and the statue!

You'd be happy to, if you could get through the damn door. Wait... unless they mean somewhere else? Hells, what if there's a different "travel room" and you didn't even have to bother with this mess?

You're right outside it! What's the holdup?

The holdup is that there's a big metal door between you and the travel room. Which apparently they either can't see or don't view as a significant obstacle. And you can't reply back...

Well, hold on. If they're in the room already, maybe you can. It's just that you'd probably make a good deal of noise, even if you just knocked on the door. And you're not sure the ruckus going on in here already is loud enough to hide that.

So what can you do to try to alert whoever's inside?