diff --git a/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/BrambleDimensionBuilder.cs b/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/BrambleDimensionBuilder.cs
index dc32e3f9..85bfa7d4 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/BrambleDimensionBuilder.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/BrambleDimensionBuilder.cs
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Builder.Body
             fog._fogDensity *= scale;
 
             var volumesShape = volumes.FindChild("ZeroG_Fluid_Audio_Volume");
-            volumesShape.GetComponent<SphereShape>().radius *= scale;
+            var sphereShape = volumesShape.GetComponent<SphereShape>();
+            sphereShape.enabled = true; // this starts disabled for some fucking reason
+            sphereShape.radius *= scale;
 
             // Change fog color
             if (body.Config.Bramble.dimension.fogTint != null)
diff --git a/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/NomaiTextBuilder.cs b/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/NomaiTextBuilder.cs
index 8f71830c..94bdb871 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/NomaiTextBuilder.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Builder/Props/NomaiTextBuilder.cs
@@ -45,31 +45,25 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Builder.Props
         private static void InitPrefabs()
         {
             // Just take every scroll and get the first arc
-            var existingArcs = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<ScrollItem>().Select(x => x?._nomaiWallText?.gameObject?.transform?.Find("Arc 1")?.gameObject).Where(x => x != null).ToArray();
+            var arcs = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<ScrollItem>().Select(x => x?._nomaiWallText?.gameObject?.transform?.Find("Arc 1")?.gameObject).Where(x => x != null).ToArray();
             _arcPrefabs = new List<GameObject>();
             _childArcPrefabs = new List<GameObject>();
-            foreach (var existingArc in existingArcs)
+            foreach (var arc in arcs)
             {
-                if (existingArc.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material.name.Contains("Child"))
+                if (arc.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material.name.Contains("Child"))
                 {
-                    var arc = existingArc.InstantiateInactive();
-                    arc.name = "Arc (Child)";
                     _childArcPrefabs.Add(arc);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    var arc = existingArc.InstantiateInactive();
-                    arc.name = "Arc";
                     _arcPrefabs.Add(arc);
                 }
             }
 
-            var existingGhostArcs = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<GhostWallText>().Select(x => x?._textLine?.gameObject).Where(x => x != null).ToArray();
+            var ghostArcs = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<GhostWallText>().Select(x => x?._textLine?.gameObject).Where(x => x != null).ToArray();
             _ghostArcPrefabs = new List<GameObject>();
-            foreach (var existingArc in existingGhostArcs)
+            foreach (var arc in ghostArcs)
             {
-                var arc = existingArc.InstantiateInactive();
-                arc.name = "Arc";
                 _ghostArcPrefabs.Add(arc);
             }
 
diff --git a/NewHorizons/Handlers/SubtitlesHandler.cs b/NewHorizons/Handlers/SubtitlesHandler.cs
index 737c6b0b..d1cc0b00 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Handlers/SubtitlesHandler.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Handlers/SubtitlesHandler.cs
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Handlers
         public Sprite eoteSprite;
         public int subtitleIndex;
 
-        public System.Random randomizer;
-
         public static readonly int PAUSE_TIMER_MAX = 50;
         public int pauseTimer = PAUSE_TIMER_MAX;
 
@@ -45,8 +43,6 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Handlers
 
         public void Start()
         {
-            randomizer = new System.Random();
-
             GetComponent<CanvasGroup>().alpha = 1;
             graphic = GetComponent<Graphic>();
             image =   GetComponent<UnityEngine.UI.Image>();
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Handlers
             possibleSubtitles.Add(sprite);
         }
 
-        public void Update()
+        public void FixedUpdate()
         {
             CheckForEOTE();
 
@@ -132,14 +128,7 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Handlers
 
         public void ChangeSubtitle()
         {
-            // to pick a new random subtitle without requiring retries, we generate a random offset less than the length of the possible subtitles array
-            // we then add that offset to the current index, modulo NUMBER_OF_POSSIBLE_SUBTITLES
-            // since the offset can never be NUMBER_OF_POSSIBLE_SUBTITLES, it will never wrap all the way back around to the initial subtitleIndex
-
-            // note, this makes the code more confusing, but Random.Next(min, max) generates a random number on the range [min, max)
-            // that is, the below code will generate numbers up to and including Count-1, not Count.
-            var newIndexOffset = randomizer.Next(1, possibleSubtitles.Count);
-            subtitleIndex = (subtitleIndex + newIndexOffset) % possibleSubtitles.Count;
+            subtitleIndex = (subtitleIndex + 1) % possibleSubtitles.Count;
             
             image.sprite = possibleSubtitles[subtitleIndex];
         }