We should definitely check in with the walkies first, i think. I still don't get how the guardian seems to be completely inaccessible.
Though when i think about it, it makes sense that the sword didn't work. Think about it. Roth instructed us to use our two groups to independantly seek out the two goals, one in the past, one in the future. I don't think he would have done that if we needed one of said items to access the other 4. We have to be missing something. Probably something incredibly simple.
Does anyone have roth's instructions saved? If so please post it once phase changes.