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diff --git a/audio/se/tableware_crash1.mp3 b/audio/se/tableware_crash1.mp3
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diff --git a/script.rpy b/script.rpy
index ff90437..c1df89b 100644
--- a/script.rpy
+++ b/script.rpy
@@ -312,18 +312,15 @@ label act1:
     advnarrator "I start to feel something wet and writhing wrapping itself around my arms."
     advnarrator "No...{w} Not this...{w} Anything but this."
     advnarrator "The can I was holding is unceremoniously dropped onto the floor,"
-    play sound tableware_crash1
+    # impact sound
     extend " making a loud metallic sound upon impact."
     advnarrator "Looking down at my hands, I can see..."
 
     scene cg_takeover_hands with dissolve
     play music evil fadein 4.0
     advnarrator "Entrails coil around both my arms, wrapped tightly into helixes."
-    advnarrator "I know well by now they're just in my mind, but still..."
-    play sound rubber_squeeze
-    extend " I feel them."
+    advnarrator "I know well by now they're just in my mind, but still...{w} I feel them."
     advnarrator "They're disgusting, alive, the feeling is all too convincing, it's so wet, and it won't stop pulsating."
-    play sound rubber_squeeze
     advnarrator "I feel it all shifting up and down, sometimes wrapping tighter, eventually letting go."
     advnarrator "It grosses me out like nothing else in the world..."
     advnarrator "If I focus on it much longer, I'll get dizzy and pass out."
@@ -568,11 +565,8 @@ label act1:
 
 label act2:
     nvl clear
-
-    pause 1.5
-
-    play ambient car_streets1 fadein 1.5 volume 0.4
-    scene street with Fade(0, 0, 1.5)
+    # street ambiance
+    scene street with Fade(0, 1, 1.5)
 
     nvl show Dissolve(0.5)
     nvlnarrator "It's the middle of the day.{w} All kinds of people from different kinds of lives all rush, passing by one another,{w} some chatting, some just hurried..."
@@ -630,19 +624,14 @@ label act2:
     advnarrator "It's always busy, and it's close enough that I can see the building as I'm crossing."
     advnarrator "Knowing I've nearly made it there, I exhale."
     advnarrator "My legs hurt already..."
-    scene black with dissolve
+    scene street with dissolve
     irida "Haahh...{w} Here we are."
-    advnarrator "Standing in front of a sliding glass door, I look up to read the sign just above it."
-    advnarrator "Yeah...{w} This is the place, alright."
-    advnarrator "Most people will never hear about them in their lives, but this unremarkable company's name is forever engraved in my mind."
-    irida "Ahhhh......"
-    advnarrator "Right...{w} Just walking here was easy enough, but now comes the really tough part."
+    advnarrator "Right.{w} Just walking here was easy enough, but now comes the really tough part."
     advnarrator "It's time to talk with some people..."
     advnarrator "My shoulders stiffen, and I step forwards."
     
-    play sound sliding_door_o volume 0.5
-    pause 0.5
-    play ambient base_noise1 volume 0.1
+    # door opening, walking, idk any sfx that serve as decent transition
+    
     scene receptiondesk with dissolve:
         truecenter
         zoom 0.7
@@ -891,7 +880,6 @@ label finale:
     scene ceiling
     nvl clear
 
-    play ambient fanloop fadein 0.6
     nvl show Dissolve(0.6)
 
     nvlnarrator "I jerk up, finding myself back in my bed."
@@ -970,7 +958,6 @@ label finale:
 
     scene cg_pinned_1 with Fade(0.1, 0.2, 0.1)
     play sound knocking_a_wall
-    play ambient going_mad2 fadein 2.5 volume 0.5
     nvl show Dissolve(0.5)
 
     nvlnarrator "Before I know it, I find myself on top of NULL."
@@ -1157,7 +1144,6 @@ label finale:
     play sound heavy_punch1
     extend " Die.{nw}"
 
-    stop ambient
     nvl hide Dissolve(0.5)
     scene cg_pinned_3 with Dissolve(1.5)
     null "Haahh......{w} Haaaaaahh......"
@@ -1206,9 +1192,7 @@ label finale:
     null "Hh..."
     advnarrator "She coughs, then focuses, trying to regain her breath."
     advnarrator "Still, you have something to say?"
-    null "Did...{w} Did that feel..."
-    play music t1 fadein 3.5
-    extend " good?"
+    null "Did...{w} Did that feel...{w} good?"
     irida "...?!"
     null "Make you feel better?"
     irida "What are you saying to me now?"
@@ -1227,7 +1211,6 @@ label finale:
     irida "Just stop already."
     pause 1.0
     show title with Fade(0, 0.2, 4.0)
-    stop music fadeout 2.5
     pause 2.0
     scene black with Fade(4.5, 3.0, 0)
 
@@ -1273,7 +1256,6 @@ label epilogue:
     pause 1.0
     scene cg_meeting_empty with Fade(0.0, 0.3, 1.5)
     advnarrator "And by now you must be aware too."
-    play music angel_bulb fadein 1.5
     show null boast smug with dissolve
     null "Welcome home, Irida..."
     null "How was your day?"
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