diff --git a/roadmap.md b/roadmap.md
index df3f10e..b34a13f 100644
--- a/roadmap.md
+++ b/roadmap.md
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ It's tempting to have the `exits` map because of its simplicity, but it actually
 
 TODO draft something new
 
+Coming back to this after a long break, this new scheme with the exits table seems strictly worse than the tildemush approach. i don't like the amount of book keeping in the new approach--that's complexity that can lead to bugs. i think it's ultimately most elegant to just...let the exit exist in two rooms.
+
+aside: i want to think through why exits shouldn't be on a room but it's a pretty quick answer. i don't want rooms that aren't world editable to be un-connectable to other things. if someone comes along and makes room A and then never comes back, it should be tunnel-able to from other rooms. i like the idea of people finding some cobwebbed room and then building a ladder up to it from somewhere.
+
+so i'm going back to the tildemush approach. the next question is; is the exit maps a useful thing? couldn't the go handler just add a second, mirrored go handler? a handler that checks room directionality?
+
 ## server beta
 
 - [x] grpc server
diff --git a/server/witch/header.go b/server/witch/header.go
index 39eef16..bbd5cc6 100644
--- a/server/witch/header.go
+++ b/server/witch/header.go
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ func witchSees(l *lua.LState) int {
 	return addPatternHandler(l, "emote")
 }
 
-func witchGo(l *lua.LState) int {
-	// TODO get the handler map
-	// - check if handler map has a Go handler already, exit early if so
-	// TODO register this object as an exit in DB
-	return addPatternHandler(l, "go")
+func witchGoes(l *lua.LState) int {
+	// arg 0: direction
+	// arg 1: from room
+	// arg 2: to room
+	// TODO call addPatternHandler with "go" verb and direction pattern; figure out how to call moveSender etc
+	// TODO call addPatternHandler again for the reverse direction
+	return -1
 }
 
 func witchSeen(l *lua.LState) int {
diff --git a/server/witch/witch.go b/server/witch/witch.go
index 2ecd42b..5d5a99f 100644
--- a/server/witch/witch.go
+++ b/server/witch/witch.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func NewScriptContext(db db.DB, getSend func(string) func(*proto.ClientMessage)
 				l.SetGlobal("has", l.NewFunction(witchHas))
 				l.SetGlobal("hears", l.NewFunction(witchHears))
 				l.SetGlobal("sees", l.NewFunction(witchSees))
-				l.SetGlobal("go", l.NewFunction(witchGo))
+				l.SetGlobal("goes", l.NewFunction(witchGoes))
 				l.SetGlobal("seen", l.NewFunction(witchSeen))
 				l.SetGlobal("my", l.NewFunction(witchMy))
 				l.SetGlobal("_handlers", l.NewTable())
diff --git a/witch_spike.lua b/witch_spike.lua
index 6da85e8..203a92d 100644
--- a/witch_spike.lua
+++ b/witch_spike.lua
@@ -159,3 +159,35 @@ provides("give $this $money $unit", function(args)
     say("i need more money")
   end
 end)
+
+-- Example 3: a rusty door
+has({
+  name = "rusty metal door"
+  description = "it's almost fully consumed by rust but still heavy and solid feeling"
+})
+
+allows({
+  read = "world",
+  write = "owner"
+  carry = "owner",
+  execute = "world",
+})
+
+-- option 1: fully manual
+
+provides("go east", function(args)
+  if sender.where = "gallery" then
+    move_sender("ossuary")
+  end
+end)
+
+provides("go west", function(args)
+  if sender.where = "ossuary" then
+    move_sender("gallery")
+  end
+end)
+
+-- option 2: magical helper
+
+-- automatically creates the two `go` handlers above
+goes("east", "gallery", "ossuary")