event_inherited()
if interact
{
    scr_text()
    is_talking = 1
    switch npc_flag
    {
        case 0:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Now Charles, I know you've had#  a long day but..."
                message[1] = "* If the dishes in the sink#  aren't done, we can't eat#  dinner!"
            }
            npc_flag = 1
            break
        case 1:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Don't even think about heating#  up a TV dinner instead."
                message[1] = "* Those do not have the#  nutrition my hubby needs to get#  big and strong!"
            }
            npc_flag = 2
            break
        case 2:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Oh my! We've been quarreling#  so long, it's way past dinner#  time now!"
                message[1] = "* I suppose we'll have to invent#  a fourth meal of the day."
                message[2] = "* Schminner!"
                message[3] = "* Oh I love the sound of that#  already! Schminner time!"
            }
            npc_flag = 3
            break
        case 3:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* I ought to go into#  entrepreneurship, don't you#  think Charles?"
                message[1] = "* I'll invent many useful#  things, like a new attitude for#  you!"
            }
    }

}