Swamped

There's a greatrat on the loose.

The thought strikes you as you walk away. Ben said the rat fell down into the tunnels with Clancy. That means it might surface again.

If it came back to look for food, it would most likely attempt to use an open hole if it found one. One open hole is in the auditorium, but it's under guard and slated for repair.

The other is in your room, and you can open it whenever you like. That means you've got the perfect place to set a trap. You get to work on it at once.

You're now Tom Ninth, and you've just woken up. You can hear lots of loud noises that sound an awful lot like Tom Eighth working on something again. Apparently, being kicked out of his room isn't enough to stop him. Sadly, that doesn't surprise you.

You get out of bed and knock on his door, but, unsurprisingly, there's no response.

Well, you're not getting any sleep now. Are you going to try to barge your way in, or just go somewhere else and wait for him to finish?