Thank you!! Turns out the bug was an "arirSlapper_C" event on my old file (0.8.2). Which is weird bc it had spawned a few days ago and only recently decided to start an event. Not sure what happened on my newer file bc it had saved from long before the "Endless event" happened so I molotov'd myself and avoided going to whiskey at sunset when I reloaded the save which circumvented the "endless event". I might try going back to whiskey at sunset to see if it was the same arir slapper event or if it's somehow caused by William.