diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal_vr.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal_vr.dm
index 146b613060..41c7971533 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal_vr.dm
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 	var/list/living_mobs = list()
 
 
-// Release belly contents beforey being gc'd!
+// Release belly contents before being gc'd!
 /mob/living/simple_animal/Destroy()
-	release_vore_contents(silent = TRUE)
+	release_vore_contents(include_absorbed = TRUE, silent = TRUE)
 	prey_excludes.Cut()
 	. = ..()
 
-
 // Update fullness based on size & quantity of belly contents
 /mob/living/simple_animal/proc/update_fullness(var/atom/movable/M)
 	var/new_fullness = 0
diff --git a/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/belly_obj_vr.dm b/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/belly_obj_vr.dm
index 682505578d..2ae5308835 100644
--- a/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/belly_obj_vr.dm
+++ b/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/belly_obj_vr.dm
@@ -393,13 +393,7 @@
 
 	// If digested prey is also a pred... anyone inside their bellies gets moved up.
 	if(is_vore_predator(M))
-		for(var/belly in M.vore_organs)
-			var/obj/belly/B = belly
-			for(var/thing in B)
-				var/atom/movable/AM = thing
-				AM.forceMove(owner.loc)
-				if(isliving(AM))
-					to_chat(AM,"As [M] melts away around you, you find yourself in [owner]'s [lowertext(name)]")
+		M.release_vore_contents(include_absorbed = TRUE, silent = TRUE)
 
 	//Drop all items into the belly
 	for(var/obj/item/W in M)
diff --git a/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/living_vr.dm b/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/living_vr.dm
index 390ccc1f71..2e6018f112 100644
--- a/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/living_vr.dm
+++ b/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/living_vr.dm
@@ -280,14 +280,6 @@
 	return 0
 */
 
-//
-// Release everything in every vore organ
-//
-/mob/living/proc/release_vore_contents(var/include_absorbed = TRUE)
-	for(var/belly in vore_organs)
-		var/obj/belly/B = belly
-		B.release_all_contents(include_absorbed)
-
 //
 // Custom resist catches for /mob/living
 //
@@ -354,47 +346,29 @@
 //	Verb for saving vore preferences to save file
 //
 /mob/living/proc/save_vore_prefs()
-	to_chat(world, "Save_vore_prefs triggered")
-	if(!client)
-		to_chat(world, "No client detected, failed.")
-		return FALSE
-	if(client && !client.prefs_vr)
-		to_chat(world, "[client] client detected, but no prefs_vr confirmed")
-		return FALSE
+	if(!client || !client.prefs_vr)
+		return 0
 	if(!copy_to_prefs_vr())
-		to_chat(world, "copy_to_prefs_vr failed")
-		return FALSE
-	if(client && !client.prefs_vr.save_vore())
-		to_chat(world, "client detected, but client.prefs_vr.save_vore() failed.")
-		return FALSE
-	to_chat(world, "saving passed checks and returning TRUE")
-	return TRUE
+		return 0
+	if(!client.prefs_vr.save_vore())
+		return 0
+
+	return 1
 
 /mob/living/proc/apply_vore_prefs()
-	to_chat(world, "apply_vore_prefs triggered")
-	if(!client)
-		to_chat(world, "No client detected, failed.")
-		return FALSE
-	if(client && !client.prefs_vr)
-		to_chat(world, "Client detected, but no prefs_vr confirmed")
-		return FALSE
-	if(client && !client.prefs_vr.load_vore())
-		to_chat(world, "client detected, but client.prefs_vr.load_vore() failed.")
-		return FALSE
+	if(!client || !client.prefs_vr)
+		return 0
+	if(!client.prefs_vr.load_vore())
+		return 0
 	if(!copy_from_prefs_vr())
-		to_chat(world, "copy_to_prefs_vr failed")
-		return FALSE
-	to_chat(world, "apply passed checks and returning TRUE")
-	return TRUE
+		return 0
+
+	return 1
 
 /mob/living/proc/copy_to_prefs_vr()
-	to_chat(world, "copy_to_prefs_vr triggered")
-	if(!client)
-		to_chat(world, "No client detected, failed.")
-		return FALSE
-	if(client && !client.prefs_vr)
-		src << "<span class='warning'>You attempted to save your vore prefs but somehow you're in this character without a client.prefs_vr variable. Tell a dev.</span>"
-		return FALSE
+	if(!client || !client.prefs_vr)
+		to_chat(src,"<span class='warning'>You attempted to save your vore prefs but somehow you're in this character without a client.prefs_vr variable. Tell a dev.</span>")
+		return 0
 
 	var/datum/vore_preferences/P = client.prefs_vr
 
@@ -409,19 +383,15 @@
 
 	P.belly_prefs = serialized
 
-	return TRUE
+	return 1
 
 //
 //	Proc for applying vore preferences, given bellies
 //
 /mob/living/proc/copy_from_prefs_vr()
-	to_chat(world, "copy_from_prefs_vr triggered")
-	if(!client)
-		to_chat(world, "No client detected, failed.")
-		return FALSE
-	if(client && !client.prefs_vr)
-		src << "<span class='warning'>You attempted to apply your vore prefs but somehow you're in this character without a client.prefs_vr variable. Tell a dev.</span>"
-		return FALSE
+	if(!client || !client.prefs_vr)
+		to_chat(src,"<span class='warning'>You attempted to apply your vore prefs but somehow you're in this character without a client.prefs_vr variable. Tell a dev.</span>")
+		return 0
 
 	var/datum/vore_preferences/P = client.prefs_vr
 
@@ -429,11 +399,20 @@
 	devourable = P.devourable
 	vore_taste = P.vore_taste
 
+	release_vore_contents(silent = TRUE)
 	vore_organs.Cut()
 	for(var/entry in P.belly_prefs)
 		list_to_object(entry,src)
 
-	return TRUE
+	return 1
+
+//
+// Release everything in every vore organ
+//
+/mob/living/proc/release_vore_contents(var/include_absorbed = TRUE, var/silent = FALSE)
+	for(var/belly in vore_organs)
+		var/obj/belly/B = belly
+		B.release_all_contents(include_absorbed, silent)
 
 //
 // Returns examine messages for bellies
diff --git a/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/vore_vr.dm b/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/vore_vr.dm
index af8df4a96e..9cfceb742d 100644
--- a/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/vore_vr.dm
+++ b/modular_citadel/code/modules/vore/eating/vore_vr.dm
@@ -79,41 +79,30 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(vore_preferences_datums)
 // Save/Load Vore Preferences
 //
 /datum/vore_preferences/proc/load_path(ckey,slot,filename="character",ext="json")
-	if(!ckey || !slot)
-		return
-	to_chat(world, "load_path fired for [ckey], [slot]")
+	if(!ckey || !slot)	return
 	path = "data/player_saves/[copytext(ckey,1,2)]/[ckey]/vore/[filename][slot].[ext]"
 
-
 /datum/vore_preferences/proc/load_vore()
 	if(!client || !client_ckey)
-		return FALSE //No client, how can we save?
-	to_chat(world, "[client], [client_ckey] detected for load_vore.")
+		return 0 //No client, how can we save?
 	if(!client.prefs || !client.prefs.default_slot)
-		to_chat(world, "[client] prefs weren't found.")
-		return FALSE //Need to know what character to load!
+		return 0 //Need to know what character to load!
 
 	slot = client.prefs.default_slot
-	to_chat(world, "[slot] is current slot")
 
 	load_path(client_ckey,slot)
 
-	if(!path)
-		return FALSE //Path couldn't be set?
-	to_chat(world, "[path] is path")
+	if(!path) return 0 //Path couldn't be set?
 	if(!fexists(path)) //Never saved before
-		to_chat(world, "[path] invalid or doesn't exist, attempting a save.")
 		save_vore() //Make the file first
-		return TRUE
+		return 1
 
 	var/list/json_from_file = json_decode(file2text(path))
 	if(!json_from_file)
-		to_chat(world, "[client] failed json_from_file check")
-		return FALSE //My concern grows
+		return 0 //My concern grows
 
 	var/version = json_from_file["version"]
 	json_from_file = patch_version(json_from_file,version)
-	to_chat(world, "[version] detected for load_vore.")
 
 	digestable = json_from_file["digestable"]
 	devourable = json_from_file["devourable"]
@@ -128,62 +117,41 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(vore_preferences_datums)
 	if(isnull(belly_prefs))
 		belly_prefs = list()
 
-	return TRUE
-/*
-	allowmobvore = json_from_file["allowmobvore"]
-	can_be_drop_prey = json_from_file["can_be_drop_prey"]
-	can_be_drop_prey = json_from_file["can_be_drop_pred"]
-
-	if(isnull(allowmobvore))
-		allowmobvore = TRUE
-	if(isnull(can_be_drop_prey))
-		allowmobvore = FALSE
-	if(isnull(can_be_drop_pred))
-		allowmobvore = FALSE */
+	return 1
 
 /datum/vore_preferences/proc/save_vore()
-	to_chat(world, "save_vore triggered")
-	var/json_file = path
 	if(!path)
-		return FALSE
-	to_chat(world, "[json_file] is path")
+		return 0
+
 	var/version = VORE_VERSION	//For "good times" use in the future
-	to_chat(world, "[version] is version")
-	var/list/settings_list = list()
-	settings_list["version"] = version
-	settings_list["digestable"] = digestable
-	settings_list["devourable"] = devourable
-	settings_list["vore_taste"] = vore_taste
-	settings_list["belly_prefs"] = belly_prefs
+	var/list/settings_list = list(
+			"version"				= version,
+			"digestable"			= digestable,
+			"devourable"			= devourable,
+			"vore_taste"			= vore_taste,
+			"belly_prefs"			= belly_prefs,
+		)
 
 	//List to JSON
 	var/json_to_file = json_encode(settings_list)
 	if(!json_to_file)
-		to_chat(world, "Saving: json_to_file failed json_encode")
-		return FALSE
+		testing("Saving: [path] failed jsonencode")
+		return 0
 
 	//Write it out
-//#ifdef RUST_G
-//	fdel(json_file)
-//	WRITE_VORE(json_file, json_to_file)
-//#else
+#ifdef RUST_G
+	call(RUST_G, "file_write")(json_to_file, path)
+#else
 	// Fall back to using old format if we are not using rust-g
-	to_chat(world, "Saving: RUST_G failed or was bypassed.")
-	var/list/json
-	if(fexists(json_file))
-		json = json_decode(file2text(json_file))
-		to_chat(world, "Saving: [json_file] being deleted and remade")
-		fdel(json_file) //Byond only supports APPENDING to files, not replacing.
-	else
-		json = list(json_to_file)
-	json = serialize_json()
-	WRITE_FILE(json_file, json_encode(json))
-//#endif
-	if(!fexists(json_file))
-		to_chat(world, "Saving: [json_file] failed file write")
-		return FALSE
-	to_chat(world, "Saving: returning complete and TRUE")
-	return TRUE
+	if(fexists(path))
+		fdel(path) //Byond only supports APPENDING to files, not replacing.
+	text2file(json_to_file, path)
+#endif
+	if(!fexists(path))
+		testing("Saving: [path] failed file write")
+		return 0
+
+	return 1
 
 /* commented out list things
 	"allowmobvore"			= allowmobvore,
@@ -191,13 +159,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(vore_preferences_datums)
 	"can_be_drop_pred"		= can_be_drop_pred, */
 
 //Can do conversions here
-//datum/vore_preferences/proc/patch_version(var/list/json_from_file,var/version)
-//	return json_from_file
-
-/datum/vore_preferences/proc/patch_version(var/list/json_from_file,var/version)
-	var/savefile_version
-	json_from_file["version"] = savefile_version
-	if(savefile_version < VORE_VERSION)
-		return savefile_version
+datum/vore_preferences/proc/patch_version(var/list/json_from_file,var/version)
 	return json_from_file
+
 #undef VORE_VERSION