diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_misty_turn_test.go b/internal/plugin/combat_misty_turn_test.go
index 3467806..20afe70 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_misty_turn_test.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_misty_turn_test.go
@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@ func mistyBuffed(maxHP, heal int) *Combatant {
 	}
 }
 
-func hasAction(events []CombatEvent, action string) bool {
-	for _, e := range events {
-		if e.Action == action {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // ── the exploit ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 // The debuff must land at round end in a manual fight, exactly as it does when
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_session_build.go b/internal/plugin/combat_session_build.go
index 55afe42..a9ad9c8 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_session_build.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_session_build.go
@@ -225,13 +225,6 @@ func seatCombatResult(sess *CombatSession, seat int) CombatResult {
 	hp, hpMax := sess.seatHP(seat), sess.seatHPMax(seat)
 	won := sess.Status == CombatStatusWon
 	events := eventsForSeat(sess.TurnLog, seat)
-	misty := false
-	for _, ev := range events {
-		if ev.Action == "misty_heal" {
-			misty = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
 	return CombatResult{
 		PlayerWon:   won,
 		Events:      events,
@@ -239,10 +232,22 @@ func seatCombatResult(sess *CombatSession, seat int) CombatResult {
 		EnemyEndHP:  sess.EnemyHP,
 		TotalRounds: sess.Round,
 		NearDeath:   won && hp > 0 && float64(hp) < float64(max(1, hpMax))*0.15,
-		MistyHealed: misty,
+		MistyHealed: hasAction(events, "misty_heal"),
 	}
 }
 
+// hasAction reports whether the event log holds at least one event with the
+// given Action. The one-line "did this happen in the fight?" scan the close-out
+// uses to read a proc's outcome off the log rather than a flag.
+func hasAction(events []CombatEvent, action string) bool {
+	for _, e := range events {
+		if e.Action == action {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // postCombatBookkeepingForSeat is postCombatBookkeeping for one seat of a
 // terminal turn-based session — the bridge between what the turn engine
 // persisted and what the shared close-out expects.
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_turn_engine.go b/internal/plugin/combat_turn_engine.go
index 3e88796..7c0214c 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_turn_engine.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_turn_engine.go
@@ -753,27 +753,12 @@ func (te *turnEngine) stepRoundEnd() {
 		}
 		te.stampSeat(mark, i)
 	}
-	// Misty's crowd, then Misty's heal — per seat, after the round's other
-	// damage has landed so the heal can answer it, which is the order
-	// endOfRoundForSeat uses. Both no-op (and draw no RNG) for a character with
-	// no Misty history, which is every simulated one.
-	for i := range st.actors {
-		st.seat(i)
-		if st.playerHP <= 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		mark := len(st.events)
-		over := seatEndOfRound(st, st.c, CombatPhaseRoundEnd, te.result)
-		te.stampSeat(mark, i)
-		if over {
-			te.finish(CombatStatusLost)
-			return
-		}
-	}
 	// Concentration aura (Spirit Guardians et al.): the lingering spell bites
 	// the enemy each round it stays up. Concentration is per-caster, so every
 	// seat holding one pulses. Ticks before enemy regen so a lethal pulse
-	// settles the fight before the enemy knits its wounds back.
+	// settles the fight before the enemy knits its wounds back — and before
+	// Misty's crowd swings, so a caster whose aura would end the round is not
+	// robbed of the win by an end-of-round debuff.
 	for i := range st.actors {
 		st.seat(i)
 		if st.concentrationDmg <= 0 || st.enemyHP <= 0 || st.playerHP <= 0 {
@@ -789,6 +774,24 @@ func (te *turnEngine) stepRoundEnd() {
 			return
 		}
 	}
+	// Misty's crowd, then Misty's heal — per seat, after the round's other
+	// damage (including the concentration pulse above) has landed so the heal
+	// can answer it, which is the order endOfRoundForSeat uses. Both no-op (and
+	// draw no RNG) for a character with no Misty history, which is every
+	// simulated one.
+	for i := range st.actors {
+		st.seat(i)
+		if st.playerHP <= 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		mark := len(st.events)
+		over := seatEndOfRound(st, st.c, CombatPhaseRoundEnd, te.result)
+		te.stampSeat(mark, i)
+		if over {
+			te.finish(CombatStatusLost)
+			return
+		}
+	}
 	st.seat(0)
 	// Regenerate (monster ability): the enemy knits its wounds at round end.
 	if st.enemyRegen > 0 && st.enemyHP > 0 && st.enemyHP < te.enemy.Stats.MaxHP {
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_cmd.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_cmd.go
index dd0289b..c586795 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_cmd.go
@@ -330,16 +330,27 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) expeditionCmdStart(ctx MessageContext, c *DnDCharacter
 	// Only a row with a roster blocks. A solo extraction strands nobody, so
 	// walking away from it stays a normal thing to do.
 	if pending, _ := getResumableExpedition(ctx.Sender); pending != nil {
-		switch n, err := partySize(pending.ID); {
+		switch {
 		case extractionLapsed(pending, time.Now().UTC()):
 			// Past the window — reap it here rather than make them wait an hour
-			// for the sweeper, and let the new expedition proceed.
-			_ = completeExpedition(pending.ID, ExpeditionStatusFailed)
-		case err == nil && n > 1:
-			zone, _ := getZone(pending.ZoneID)
-			return p.SendDM(ctx.Sender, fmt.Sprintf(
-				"You extracted from **%s** on Day %d and your party is still waiting on you. `!resume` to lead them back in, or `!expedition abandon` to let it go — until you do one or the other, none of them can start a run of their own.",
-				zone.Display, pending.CurrentDay))
+			// for the sweeper, and let the new expedition proceed. Route through
+			// the shared reap so the freed members hear about it, same as the
+			// sweeper and `!expedition abandon` do.
+			if err := p.reapLapsedExtraction(pending); err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("expedition: reap lapsed on start", "expedition", pending.ID, "err", err)
+			}
+		default:
+			// A roster still holds; block. On a roster-read error, assume it is
+			// occupied and refuse — proceeding would orphan a party we could not
+			// confirm was empty, the one outcome this guard exists to prevent. A
+			// solo extraction (n == 1) strands nobody, so walking away is fine.
+			n, err := partySize(pending.ID)
+			if err != nil || n > 1 {
+				zone, _ := getZone(pending.ZoneID)
+				return p.SendDM(ctx.Sender, fmt.Sprintf(
+					"You extracted from **%s** on Day %d and your party is still waiting on you. `!resume` to lead them back in, or `!expedition abandon` to let it go — until you do one or the other, none of them can start a run of their own.",
+					zone.Display, pending.CurrentDay))
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract.go
index 355fd73..8202609 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract.go
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ func loadLapsedExtractions(now time.Time) ([]*Expedition, error) {
 // status) never runs. Every member stays seated, and assertNotAdventuring keeps
 // refusing them a run of their own. `!expedition leave` is their escape, but a
 // player should not have to find it.
-//
-// The audience is read before the close-out: completeExpedition disbands the
-// roster, and expeditionAudience reads that roster.
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) sweepLapsedExtractions(now time.Time) {
 	exps, err := loadLapsedExtractions(now)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -262,21 +259,36 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) sweepLapsedExtractions(now time.Time) {
 		return
 	}
 	for _, e := range exps {
-		audience := expeditionAudience(e)
-		if err := completeExpedition(e.ID, ExpeditionStatusFailed); err != nil {
+		if err := p.reapLapsedExtraction(e); err != nil {
 			slog.Warn("expedition: expire lapsed extraction", "expedition", e.ID, "err", err)
 			continue
 		}
-		zone, _ := getZone(e.ZoneID)
-		body := fmt.Sprintf(
-			"🕯 **The way back has closed — %s**\n\nYour extracted expedition sat past its seven-day resume window, and the dungeon reshaped without you. Day %d is where it ends.\n\nThe loot, XP, and coins you carried out are still yours. `!expedition list` when you're ready for the next one.",
-			zone.Display, e.CurrentDay)
-		for _, uid := range audience {
-			if err := p.SendDM(uid, body); err != nil {
-				slog.Warn("expedition: lapsed-extraction DM failed", "user", uid, "expedition", e.ID, "err", err)
-			}
+	}
+}
+
+// reapLapsedExtraction closes one lapsed extraction and tells its roster the
+// way back has shut. It is the single reap-with-notify path: the hourly
+// sweeper loops it, and expeditionCmdStart calls it when a player starts a new
+// expedition on top of one whose window has already closed — so a member is
+// never silently unseated by whichever path happens to reach the row first.
+//
+// The audience is read before the close-out: completeExpedition disbands the
+// roster, and expeditionAudience reads that roster.
+func (p *AdventurePlugin) reapLapsedExtraction(e *Expedition) error {
+	audience := expeditionAudience(e)
+	if err := completeExpedition(e.ID, ExpeditionStatusFailed); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	zone, _ := getZone(e.ZoneID)
+	body := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"🕯 **The way back has closed — %s**\n\nYour extracted expedition sat past its seven-day resume window, and the dungeon reshaped without you. Day %d is where it ends.\n\nThe loot, XP, and coins you carried out are still yours. `!expedition list` when you're ready for the next one.",
+		zone.Display, e.CurrentDay)
+	for _, uid := range audience {
+		if err := p.SendDM(uid, body); err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("expedition: lapsed-extraction DM failed", "user", uid, "expedition", e.ID, "err", err)
 		}
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // expeditionExtractionSweepTicker reaps lapsed extractions hourly. The window is
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract_sweep_test.go b/internal/plugin/expedition_extract_sweep_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract_sweep_test.go
rename to internal/plugin/expedition_extract_sweep_test.go