event_inherited()
if (interact == 1)
{
    scr_text()
    is_talking = 1
    switch npc_flag
    {
        case 0:
            with (msg)
            {
                message[0] = "* Oh, hello little one!"
                message[1] = "* Are you a friend of my son's?"
                message[2] = "* He's always making new#  friends, I can't keep up."
                message[3] = "* In any case, make yourself at#  home!"
            }
            npc_flag += 1
            break
        case 1:
            with (msg)
            {
                message[0] = "* I do hope Starlo grows out of#  this state eventually."
                message[1] = "* He needs to find himself a#  wife and settle down."
                message[2] = "* If only he won Ceroba's heart#  back then..."
                message[3] = "* I think he was too shy to take#  initiative, poor boy."
                message[4] = "* When she got engaged to#  Chujin, he didn't set foot#  outside for days."
                message[5] = "* I eventually had to tell him#  to move on. It was very#  difficult."
                message[6] = "* Sigh... heartbreak is always#  tragic."
            }
            npc_flag += 1
            break
        case 2:
            with (msg)
            {
                message[0] = "* I better start thinking about#  dinner..."
                message[1] = "* I wonder if Gilbert and Angie#  are busy?"
                message[2] = "* Hmm... I'm sure they're free.#  After all, there's never a bad#  time for a BBQ!"
            }
            break
    }

}