event_inherited()
if interact
{
    scr_text()
    is_talking = 1
    switch npc_flag
    {
        case 0:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Say, another explorer in this#  neck of the caves?"
                message[1] = "* Pleased to meet ya!"
                message[2] = "* You wouldn't be in the#  stone-moving business, would#  you?"
                message[3] = "* Ha! Only kidding around!"
                message[4] = "* This morning, I set out on an#  expedition to find new wares#  for my shop."
                message[5] = "* Right as I passed through that#  door there, it caved in!"
                message[6] = "* Close one, huh?"
                message[7] = "* Sorry universe, but you won't#  do me in that easily!"
                message[8] = "* Wa ha ha!"
            }
            npc_flag = 1
            break
        case 1:
            waiter = 1
            break
        case 2:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* If you're ever in Waterfall,#  be sure to stop by my shop!"
                message[1] = "* Got plenty o'wares to sell ya!"
                message[2] = "* No better place your allowance#  could go!"
            }
            npc_flag = 3
            break
        case 3:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Oh, do you want me to say my#  catchphrase as a farewell?"
                message[1] = "* Alright then! Ready?"
                message[2] = "* Let justice prevail!!!"
                message[3] = "* ..."
                message[4] = "* Or was it \"Let justice be#  done\"?"
                message[5] = "* Could've also been \"Here comes#  the hammer.\""
                message[6] = "* ..."
                message[7] = "* What can I say? I never could#  decide on my catchphrase!"
                message[8] = "* Wa ha ha!"
            }
            npc_flag = 4
            break
        case 4:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Be careful out there, kid!"
            }
            break
    }

}
if (waiter == 1)
{
    scr_text()
    with (msg)
    {
        portrait = false
        sndfnt = 99
        message[0] = "* What's a young'n like you#  doing out here anyway?"
        message[1] = "* Surely it wasn't to meet ol'#  Gerson, was it?"
        message[2] = "* To hear one of my famous#  stories?"
        message[3] = "* Surely not!"
        ch_msg = 3
        ch[1] = "Stories?"
        ch[2] = "I should\ngo"
        if (outcome == 1)
        {
            message[4] = "* Yes! I have many great stories#  of the old days."
            message[5] = "* Though, at this point, they're#  more like legends!"
            message[6] = "* You see, I used to be a hero.#  The Hammer of Justice!"
            message[7] = "* I'd go ‘round, day and night,#  walloping any bad guys that#  needed walloping."
            message[8] = "* This one time, I-"
            message[9] = "* I... er..."
            message[10] = "* I just forgot all of my#  stories."
            message[11] = "* Wa ha ha!!"
            other.npc_flag = 2
            other.waiter = 0
        }
        if (outcome == 2)
        {
            message[4] = "* Hey, I would too if I could,#  wa ha ha!"
            message[5] = "* If my memory serves, and it#  usually doesn't, Mining Co. is#  stationed around here."
            message[6] = "* They could clear this cave in#  a jiff!"
            message[7] = "* Eh, well... the geology here#  IS interesting."
            message[8] = "* Maybe I'll stay a while, ya#  know?"
            message[9] = "* Take my situation as a#  blessing in disguise!"
            other.npc_flag = 2
            other.waiter = 0
        }
    }
}