diff --git a/game.js b/game.js
index 1f12b96..4aca084 100644
--- a/game.js
+++ b/game.js
@@ -87,11 +87,17 @@ function startTimer(config, state) {
   if (config.loop) {
     const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
       const result = config.func(state);
-      state.timers = state.timers.filter(x => x.timeout != timeout);
       refresh();
 
-      if (result)
-        startTimer(config, state);
+      // the timer may have terminated itself!
+      // we have to make sure it still exists
+
+      if (state.timers.some(x => x.timeout == timeout)){
+        state.timers = state.timers.filter(x => x.timeout != timeout);
+        if (result)
+          startTimer(config, state);
+      }
+
     }, config.delay);
 
     state.timers.push({id: config.id, timeout: timeout, room: config.room, classes: config.classes || []});
@@ -112,7 +118,6 @@ function stopRoomTimers(room, state) {
   matches.forEach(timer => clearTimeout(timer.timeout));
 
   state.timers = state.timers.filter(timer => timer.room != room);
-
 }
 
 function stopClassTimers(timerClass, state, inverse) {
diff --git a/satiate.css b/satiate.css
index 4ec76c6..f534aee 100644
--- a/satiate.css
+++ b/satiate.css
@@ -312,8 +312,6 @@ a:hover {
   }
 }
 
-
-
 #moves {
   padding: 25px;
   position: relative;
diff --git a/stories/fen-snack.js b/stories/fen-snack.js
index 47dadb8..62c6162 100644
--- a/stories/fen-snack.js
+++ b/stories/fen-snack.js
@@ -98,9 +98,28 @@ stories.push({
       },
       enter: (room, state) => {
         playLoop("loop/fen-stomach.ogg");
+
+        startTimer({
+          id: "stomach-churns",
+          func: state => {
+            if (Math.random() > 0.8) {
+              state.player.stats.stamina.value -= 25;
+              state.player.stats.stamina.value = Math.max(0, state.player.stats.stamina.value);
+              print(["The crux's stomach clenches around you, smothering you in the beast's slimy embrace."]);
+            }
+            return true;
+          },
+          delay: 10000,
+          loop: true,
+          room: "stomach",
+          classes: [
+            "alive"
+          ]
+        }, state);
       },
       exit: (room, state) => {
         stopLoop("loop/fen-stomach.ogg");
+        stopRoomTimers("stomach", state);
       },
       hooks: [
 
@@ -171,9 +190,33 @@ stories.push({
       },
       enter: (room, state) => {
         playLoop("loop/fen-intestines.ogg");
+
+        startTimer({
+          id: "intestines-churns",
+          func: state => {
+            if (Math.random() > 0.8) {
+              if (state.player.stats.stamina.value > 50) {
+                state.player.stats.stamina.value -= 25;
+                state.player.stats.stamina.value = Math.max(0, state.player.stats.stamina.value);
+                print(["Your prison's walls ripple and grind, shoving you against the valve leading to the crux's boiling stomach - but you manage to resist the powerful pull."]);
+              } else {
+                print(["Too exhausted to resist, your slimy body is crammed into the crux's churning stomach by a powerful wave of peristalsis."]);
+                goToRoom("stomach", state);
+              }
+            }
+            return true;
+          },
+          delay: 10000,
+          loop: true,
+          room: "intestines",
+          classes: [
+            "alive"
+          ]
+        }, state);
       },
       exit: (room, state) => {
         stopLoop("loop/fen-intestines.ogg");
+        stopRoomTimers("intestines", state);
       },
       exits: {
         "up": {
@@ -233,9 +276,33 @@ stories.push({
       },
       enter: (room, state) => {
         playLoop("loop/fen-bowels.ogg");
+
+        startTimer({
+          id: "bowels-churns",
+          func: state => {
+            if (Math.random() > 0.8) {
+              if (state.player.stats.stamina.value > 50) {
+                state.player.stats.stamina.value -= 25;
+                state.player.stats.stamina.value = Math.max(0, state.player.stats.stamina.value);
+                print(["Fen's bowels clench and churn, grinding you into their musky walls."]);
+              } else {
+                state.player.stats.health.value /= 4;
+                print(["Drained of stamina, you can do little to resist as Fen's bowels grind you away."]);
+              }
+            }
+            return true;
+          },
+          delay: 10000,
+          loop: true,
+          room: "bowels",
+          classes: [
+            "alive"
+          ]
+        }, state);
       },
       exit: (room, state) => {
         stopLoop("loop/fen-bowels.ogg");
+        stopRoomTimers("bowels", state);
       },
       exits: {
         "up": {
diff --git a/world.js b/world.js
index a21c180..396e1ec 100644
--- a/world.js
+++ b/world.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function goToRoom(dest, state) {
   }
 
   if (from && from.exit)
-    from.exit(state.world[dest], state);
+    from.exit(from, state);
 
   if (room.enter)
     room.enter(state.world[dest], state);