diff --git a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Dialogue.cs b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Dialogue.cs
index a187088..354e907 100644
--- a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Dialogue.cs	
+++ b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Dialogue.cs	
@@ -6,23 +6,49 @@ using TMPro;
 public class Dialogue : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public TMP_Text textbox;
-    ArrayList<string> pages;
+    List<string> pages;
     int curPage;
+    public bool isOpen = true;
+    //test object
+    public GameObject textTest;
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
         //pages to scroll through
-        pages = new ArrayList<string>();
+        pages = new List<string>();
+        curPage = 0;
     }
 
     //Adds a page of text
-    void AddText(string text) 
+    void AddPage(string text) 
     {
         pages.Add(text);
     }
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
-        
+        //only pauses if opened
+        if(isOpen) 
+        {
+            //pause
+            Movement.pause = true;
+            // if(Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal") != 0 || Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical") != 0 || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Return))
+            // {
+            //     //scroll through textbox using any movement key
+            //     if(curPage >= pages.Count - 1) 
+            //     {
+            //         isOpen = false;
+            //     }
+            //     else
+            //     {
+            //         textbox.text = pages[++curPage];
+            //     }
+            // }
+        }
+        //unpause
+        else 
+        {
+            Movement.pause = false;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Enemy.cs b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Enemy.cs
index b581994..9d160ae 100644
--- a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Enemy.cs	
+++ b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Enemy.cs	
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//WIP
+
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
diff --git a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Friend.cs b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Friend.cs
index 9c7a072..376ec9f 100644
--- a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Friend.cs	
+++ b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Friend.cs	
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//WIP
+
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
diff --git a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/NPC.cs b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/NPC.cs
index e99c11d..2699ecf 100644
--- a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/NPC.cs	
+++ b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/NPC.cs	
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
+//WIP
+
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class NPC : MonoBehaviour
 {
-    // Start is called before the first frame update
+    
+    public Movement controller;
+    float horizontalMove = 0f;
+    public float runSpeed = 40f;
+    public string title = "";
+
+    //constructs an NPC using parameters
+    public NPC(string name, float run, float hor) 
+    {
+        title = name;
+        runSpeed = run;
+        horizontalMove = hor;
+    }
+
     void Start()
     {
         
@@ -15,4 +30,10 @@ public class NPC : MonoBehaviour
     {
         
     }
+
+    //NPC movement determined by script in subclasses
+    void FixedUpdate()
+    {
+        controller.Move(horizontalMove *Time.fixedDeltaTime, false, false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Textbox.prefab b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Textbox.prefab
index ee78c9b..5c093ae 100644
--- a/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Textbox.prefab	
+++ b/Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Textbox.prefab	
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_Name: 
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
   textbox: {fileID: 7059772333148747626}
+  isOpen: 0
+  textTest: {fileID: 7059772332581294260}
 --- !u!1 &7059772333148747624
 GameObject:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
@@ -561,7 +563,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_OnCullStateChanged:
     m_PersistentCalls:
       m_Calls: []
-  m_text: a quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
+  m_text: a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
   m_isRightToLeft: 0
   m_fontAsset: {fileID: 11400000, guid: 8bd1780577b8eaf43ad60554189eb11e, type: 2}
   m_sharedMaterial: {fileID: 1974643164809013703, guid: 8bd1780577b8eaf43ad60554189eb11e, type: 2}
diff --git a/Assets/Scenes/Scene1.unity b/Assets/Scenes/Scene1.unity
index 8dd5650..39c4069 100644
--- a/Assets/Scenes/Scene1.unity
+++ b/Assets/Scenes/Scene1.unity
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
   controller: {fileID: 187176290}
   runSpeed: 40
+  textTest: {fileID: 7059772332933783825}
 --- !u!1 &519420028
 GameObject:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
@@ -839,3 +840,8 @@ PrefabInstance:
       objectReference: {fileID: 0}
     m_RemovedComponents: []
   m_SourcePrefab: {fileID: 100100000, guid: 6ea336e93a8128346aad568255a7e6af, type: 3}
+--- !u!1 &7059772332933783825 stripped
+GameObject:
+  m_CorrespondingSourceObject: {fileID: 7059772333487008123, guid: 6ea336e93a8128346aad568255a7e6af, type: 3}
+  m_PrefabInstance: {fileID: 7059772332933783824}
+  m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}