diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/CustomItem.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/CustomItem.java
index d30118c..f9b344c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/CustomItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/CustomItem.java
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 public class CustomItem extends Item {
     // No Like, Literally Custom Item
 
-    public CustomItem(Properties properties) {
-        super(properties);
+    public CustomItem() {
+        super(new Item.Properties());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ public Component getName(ItemStack stack) {
         return super.getName(stack);
     }
 
-    // Override texture retrieval
     @Override
     public void appendHoverText(ItemStack stack, @Nullable Level level, List<Component> tooltip, TooltipFlag flag) {
-        if (stack.hasTag() && stack.getTag().contains("TextureKey")) {
-            tooltip.add(Component.translatable("Texture: " + stack.getTag().getString("TextureKey")));
+        if (stack.hasTag() && stack.getTag().contains("Description")) {
+            tooltip.add(Component.translatable("Description: " + stack.getTag().getString("Description")));
         }
         super.appendHoverText(stack, level, tooltip, flag);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/CustomItemUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/CustomItemUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce7725d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/CustomItemUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux;
+
+import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+
+public class CustomItemUtils {
+    // Basic version - just give a variant
+    public static void giveCustomItem(Player player, String variantName) {
+        ItemStack itemStack = new ItemStack(MobTalkerRedux.RegistryEvents.CUSTOM_ITEM.get());
+        CompoundTag tag = new CompoundTag();
+        tag.putString("CustomName", "item.mobtalkerredux." + variantName);
+        tag.putString("TextureKey", "custom_item_" + variantName);
+        tag.putInt("CustomModelData", getVariantId(variantName));
+        itemStack.setTag(tag);
+
+        giveItemToPlayer(player, itemStack);
+    }
+
+
+    // Private helper methods
+    private static void giveItemToPlayer(Player player, ItemStack stack) {
+        if (!player.getInventory().add(stack)) {
+            // If inventory is full, spawn item in world
+            player.drop(stack, false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int getVariantId(String variantName) {
+        // You can expand this method to map variant names to custom model data IDs
+        return switch (variantName.toLowerCase()) {
+            case "variant1" -> 1;
+            case "variant2" -> 2;
+            case "variant3" -> 3;
+            default -> 1;
+        };
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/DemoCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/DemoCommand.java
index 289206f..c3e1ba2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/DemoCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/DemoCommand.java
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 import net.minecraft.commands.Commands;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
-import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.controller.vnmodules.PlayerInventoryHandler;
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.controller.VisualNovelEngine;
+import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.controller.vnmodules.PlayerInventoryHandler;
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.model.ScriptLoader;
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.view.DialogueScreen;
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public static void register(CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack> dispatcher) {
         dispatcher.register(Commands.literal("mob_talker")
                 .executes(context -> {
                     if (context.getSource().getEntity() instanceof ServerPlayer player) {
-                        serverSideExecute(player, "demo.json");
+                        serverSideExecute(player, "demo");
                     }
                     return 1;
                 })
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ private static void serverSideExecute(ServerPlayer player, String scriptFileName
         boolean day = player.level().isDay();
 
         try {
-            List<Map<String,Object>> script = ScriptLoader.loadScript(scriptFileName,null,uid);
+            List<Map<String,Object>> script = ScriptLoader.loadScript(scriptFileName,"default",uid);
             List<Map<String,Object>> global = ScriptLoader.loadGlobal(uid);
             VisualNovelEngine vnEngine = new VisualNovelEngine(
                     script,
                     scriptFileName,
-                    null,
+                    "demo",
                     uid,
                     day,
                     inventory,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/MobTalkerItem.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/MobTalkerItem.java
index 0be49f6..3636edc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/MobTalkerItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/MobTalkerItem.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.world.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
+import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.command.TeamHandler;
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.controller.VisualNovelEngine;
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.controller.vnmodules.PlayerInventoryHandler;
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.model.ScriptLoader;
@@ -39,16 +40,21 @@ public MobTalkerItem() {
                     // Safely check and cast to ServerPlayer
                 } else { // Client-side: Open dialogue screen
                     Minecraft minecraft = Minecraft.getInstance();
+                    //CustomItemUtils.giveCustomItem(player,"variant1");
                     minecraft.execute(() -> {
                         sendClientMessage(player,"The Entity's type is: "+entityType);
                         VisualNovelEngine vn = serverSideExecute(player, entityType, entityName,target);
-                        clientSideRenderDialogueScreen(vn,target,player);
+                        if(vn!=null){
+                            clientSideRenderDialogueScreen(vn,target,player);
+
+                        }
+
                     });
                 }
                 return InteractionResult.SUCCESS;
             }
         } catch (Exception ignored) {
-
+            System.out.println(ignored.toString());
         }
 
         return InteractionResult.PASS; // Return PASS if the entity doesn't have a custom name
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ private static VisualNovelEngine serverSideExecute(Player player, String entityT
                         globalSave,
                         localSave
                 );
+                TeamHandler.addToPlayerTeam(player,target);
                 return vnEngine;
                 // sendClientMessage(player, "Trying to load the file mobtalkerredux/" + scriptFileName);
                 //clientSideRenderDialogueScreen(vnEngine,target,player);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/MobTalkerRedux.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/MobTalkerRedux.java
index 359d4cb..9864f84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/MobTalkerRedux.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/MobTalkerRedux.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public static class RegistryEvents {
         public static final DeferredRegister<Item> ITEMS = DeferredRegister.create(ForgeRegistries.ITEMS, MODID);
 
         public static final RegistryObject<Item> MOB_TALKER_ITEM = ITEMS.register("mob_talker_item", MobTalkerItem::new);
+        public static final RegistryObject<Item> CUSTOM_ITEM = ITEMS.register("custom_item", CustomItem::new);
 
         // Command registration stays on Forge event bus
         @SubscribeEvent
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/controller/VisualNovelEngine.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/controller/VisualNovelEngine.java
index 607a2f6..735389f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/controller/VisualNovelEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/controller/VisualNovelEngine.java
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.controller.vnmodules.SaveHandler;
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.data.DialogueState;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
@@ -152,9 +149,9 @@ private void processAction(Map<String, Object> action) {
                 }
                 break;
             case "unlock_dialogues":
-                List<String> events = (List<String>) this.localVariables.getOrDefault("unlocked_events", new ArrayList<>());
+                Set<String> events = new HashSet<>((List<String>) this.localVariables.getOrDefault("unlocked_events", new ArrayList<>()));
                 events.addAll((List<String>) action.get("events"));
-                this.localVariables.put("unlocked_events", events);
+                this.localVariables.put("unlocked_events", new ArrayList<>(events));
                 this.currentState.incrementAndGet();
                 break;
             case "play_sound":
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/DialogueScreen.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/DialogueScreen.java
index 72841c1..c4ddb4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/DialogueScreen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/DialogueScreen.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ public class DialogueScreen extends Screen{
     public Mob mob;
     private Player player;
 
+    private boolean hiddenDialogue = false;
+
 
 
 
@@ -48,8 +50,6 @@ public DialogueScreen(VisualNovelEngine vn, LivingEntity target, Player player)
         super(Component.empty());
         this.vn = vn;
         this.se = new SoundUtils();
-        this.mob = (Mob)target;
-        this.player = player;
 
 
     }
@@ -120,15 +120,34 @@ public void updateSprites(DialogueState state){
     @Override
     public boolean mouseClicked(double mouseX, double mouseY, int button) {
         if (button == 0) {
-            vn.isEngineRunning.set(true);
-            vn.runEngine();
-            //Tell Engine to update the Globals, as in like, get the current state and put it in the global in this class
-            update();
+            if(!hiddenDialogue){
+                vn.isEngineRunning.set(true);
+                vn.runEngine();
+                //Tell Engine to update the Globals, as in like, get the current state and put it in the global in this class
+                update();
+            }
+
         }
 
         return super.mouseClicked(mouseX, mouseY, button);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean keyPressed(int keyCode, int scanCode, int modifiers) {
+        if (keyCode == 32 || keyCode == 257) {  // 32 = Space, 257 = Enter
+            if(!hiddenDialogue){
+                vn.isEngineRunning.set(true);
+                vn.runEngine();
+                update();
+            }
+
+        }
+        else if(keyCode == 72){
+            hiddenDialogue = !hiddenDialogue;
+        }
+        return super.keyPressed(keyCode, scanCode, modifiers);
+    }
+
     private void startScene() {
         vn.isEngineRunning.set(true);
         vn.runEngine();//run the engine, let it do some loops and backflips, engine's globals shouldn't affect this sacred place
@@ -151,14 +170,14 @@ public void render(GuiGraphics poseStack, int mouseX, int mouseY, float partialT
         // Render the Sprites and Everything In Foreground
         if (spritesToRender != null && !spritesToRender.isEmpty()) {
             ForegroundComponent.processForeground(
-                    poseStack, this.width, this.height, spritesToRender
+                    poseStack, this.width, this.height, spritesToRender,vn.localVariables
             );
         }
 
         // Render the Dialogue Box
-        if (content != null && !content.isEmpty()) {
+        if (content != null && !content.isEmpty() && !hiddenDialogue) {
             poseStack = DialogueBoxManager.processGui(
-                    poseStack,this.width,this.height,content,label,this.font
+                    poseStack,this.width,this.height,content,label,this.font,vn.localVariables
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/components/DialogueBoxManager.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/components/DialogueBoxManager.java
index 6140546..cdb597c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/components/DialogueBoxManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/components/DialogueBoxManager.java
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class DialogueBoxManager {
 
-    public static GuiGraphics processGui(GuiGraphics poseStack, int width,int height,String content, String label, Font font){
+    public static GuiGraphics processGui(GuiGraphics poseStack, int width,int height,String content, String label, Font font, Map<String,Object> variables){
         int CHARACTER_NAME_OFFSET = 40;
         int DISPLAYED_SPRITE_HEIGHT = 300;
         int dialogueBoxHeight = 80;
         int DIALOGUE_BOX_PADDING = 15;
         if (content != null && !content.isEmpty()) {
             // Set dialogue box dimensions and position
+            content = replaceTemplateVariables(variables,content);
             int boxWidth = Math.min(600, width - 40); // Max width of 600 or screen width - 40
             int boxX = (width - boxWidth) / 2;
             int boxY = height - dialogueBoxHeight - 5; // 20 pixels from bottom
@@ -178,6 +182,27 @@ private static List<String> wrapText(String text, int maxWidth, Font font) {
         return lines;
     }
 
+    public static String replaceTemplateVariables(Map<String, Object> variables, String template) {
+        if (template == null || variables == null) {
+            return template;
+        }
+
+        String result = template;
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("<(.*?)>");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(template);
+
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            String key = matcher.group(1);
+            Object value = variables.get(key);
+
+            if (value != null) {
+                result = result.replace("<" + key + ">", value.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
 
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/components/ForegroundComponent.java b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/components/ForegroundComponent.java
index cf41517..2abb2ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/components/ForegroundComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/arsparadox/mobtalkerredux/vn/view/components/ForegroundComponent.java
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 import org.arsparadox.mobtalkerredux.vn.data.SpriteState;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class ForegroundComponent {
     // MINECRAFT RENDERING SYSTEM IS A NIGHTMARE!!!
@@ -25,11 +28,13 @@ public class ForegroundComponent {
     // Yeah...
     // So in the FSM, determining position should be like:
     // (Screen Ratio, Image Ratio, Coordinate Position) -> (16x9, 3x5, 8x1)
-    public static GuiGraphics processForeground(GuiGraphics poseStack, int width, int height, List<SpriteState> spritesToRender){
+    public static GuiGraphics processForeground(GuiGraphics poseStack, int width, int height, List<SpriteState> spritesToRender, Map<String, Object> variables){
 
             for (SpriteState sprite : spritesToRender) {
+                String spriteLocationRaw = sprite.getLocation();
+                String spriteLocation = replaceTemplateVariables(variables,spriteLocationRaw);
                 ResourceLocation currentSprite = new ResourceLocation(
-                        "mobtalkerredux", "textures/" + sprite.getLocation()
+                        "mobtalkerredux", "textures/" + spriteLocation
                 );
                 RenderSystem.setShaderTexture(0, currentSprite);
 
@@ -77,4 +82,27 @@ public static GuiGraphics processForeground(GuiGraphics poseStack, int width, in
         return poseStack;
     }
 
+
+
+    public static String replaceTemplateVariables(Map<String, Object> variables, String template) {
+        if (template == null || variables == null) {
+            return template;
+        }
+
+        String result = template;
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("<(.*?)>");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(template);
+
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            String key = matcher.group(1);
+            Object value = variables.getOrDefault(key, "default");
+
+            result = result.replace("<" + key + ">", value.toString());
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/lang/en_us.json b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/lang/en_us.json
index 7a8ba22..c170b4f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/lang/en_us.json
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "item.mobtalkerredux.mob_talker_item": "The Mob Talker"
+  "item.mobtalkerredux.mob_talker_item": "The Mob Talker",
+  "item.mobtalkerredux.custom_item": "Custom Item",
+  "item.mobtalkerredux.variant1": "Variant 1 Item",
+  "item.mobtalkerredux.variant2": "Variant 2 Item"
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item.json b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37d0a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "parent": "item/generated",
+  "textures": {
+    "layer0": "mobtalkerredux:item/custom_item"
+  },
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "predicate": {
+        "custom_model_data": 1
+      },
+      "model": "mobtalkerredux:item/custom_item_variant1"
+    },
+    {
+      "predicate": {
+        "custom_model_data": 2
+      },
+      "model": "mobtalkerredux:item/custom_item_variant2"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item_variant1.json b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item_variant1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5657ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item_variant1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "parent": "item/generated",
+    "textures": {
+        "layer0": "mobtalkerredux:item/custom_item_variant1"
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item_variant2.json b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item_variant2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f81cdb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/models/item/custom_item_variant2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "parent": "item/generated",
+    "textures": {
+        "layer0": "mobtalkerredux:item/custom_item_variant2"
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/textures/item/custom_item_variant1.png b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/textures/item/custom_item_variant1.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a02e7eb
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/textures/item/custom_item_variant1.png differ
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/textures/item/custom_item_variant2.png b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/textures/item/custom_item_variant2.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7ed58d
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/main/resources/assets/mobtalkerredux/textures/item/custom_item_variant2.png differ
diff --git a/src/main/resources/data/mobtalkerredux/recipes/custom_item_variant1.json b/src/main/resources/data/mobtalkerredux/recipes/custom_item_variant1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0ddad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/data/mobtalkerredux/recipes/custom_item_variant1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
+  "pattern": [
+    " G ",
+    " I ",
+    " S "
+  ],
+  "key": {
+    "I": {
+      "item": "minecraft:iron_ingot"
+    },
+    "G": {
+      "item": "minecraft:glowstone"
+    },
+    "S": {
+      "item": "mobtalkerredux:custom_item",
+      "nbt": {
+        "CustomModelData": 1
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "result": {
+    "item": "mobtalkerredux:custom_item",
+    "nbt": {
+      "CustomModelData": 2,
+      "CustomName": "item.mobtalkerredux.variant2",
+      "TextureKey": "custom_item_variant2"
+    },
+    "count": 1
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/data/mobtalkerredux/recipes/custom_item_variant2.json b/src/main/resources/data/mobtalkerredux/recipes/custom_item_variant2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..486e8df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/data/mobtalkerredux/recipes/custom_item_variant2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
+  "pattern": [
+    " G ",
+    " S ",
+    " S "
+  ],
+  "key": {
+    "G": {
+      "item": "minecraft:glowstone"
+    },
+    "S": {
+      "item": "mobtalkerredux:custom_item",
+      "nbt": {
+        "CustomModelData": 2
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "result": {
+    "item": "mobtalkerredux:custom_item",
+    "nbt": {
+      "CustomModelData": 1,
+      "CustomName": "item.mobtalkerredux.variant1",
+      "TextureKey": "custom_item_variant1"
+    },
+    "count": 1
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file