A lull in hostilities: try to negotiate with the rats.
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From: A Bad Case of Rattus Faber
Perhaps you can convince some of them to leave.
Game Instructions: The more advanced your conflict with the rats, the harder this will be. This may lower your Troubled by Vermin, but will not harm the rats.
Unlocked with 
Troubled by Vermin 5 - 49, 
The Airs of London 67 - 100
Challenge information
Broad, 
Persuasive 42
- 29 - very chancy (41%)
- 36 - chancy (51%)
- 43 - modest (61%)
- 50 - very modest (71%)
- 57 - low-risk (81%)
- 64 - straightforward (91%)
- 70 - straightforward (100%)
Persuasive, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (44 - (
Troubled by Vermin/2)). The above example is at Troubled by Vermin 5.
Success
Tea with rats
[…]surprisingly civil discussion with the rats. They regard your lodgings as their own and are intent on reclaiming it for ratkind. No solution is reached, although a few rats desert during the negotiations and you do hear some interesting gossip.[…]
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 21-30 x Whispered Hint
Dangerous is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 200 + 
Dangerous Gains)
You've lost 2 x Troubled by Vermin
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Failure
Rats are by nature suspicious
They are having none of it. It seems that things are likely to take a turn for the uncivil.
- Persuasive is increasing…
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
- Dangerous is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 200 + Dangerous Gains)
