All of my need to maintain atmosphere as a horror GM is fighting my love of puns. Like I just can't call the desolation ritual in my game Fire Fest.
More stuff from that session
one of my players characters gaslit an npc and I fully thought that the player had somehow missed the entirety of the plot for a little before I realized his character was lying
The situation in question involved my players spending 20 minutes hyping themselves up to go down a trap door to a cellar with nothing in it.
at some point my players used basic logic and I was so proud of them