diff --git a/game/scripts/animations/common.rpy b/game/scripts/animations/common.rpy
index e02d1135..2e5d1cf4 100644
--- a/game/scripts/animations/common.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/animations/common.rpy
@@ -399,36 +399,3 @@ image menu_ani:
     contains:
         alpha 0.8
         "#000"
-
-# Transitions
-init offset = -1
-
-define d1 = Dissolve(0.1)
-define d2 = Dissolve(0.2)
-define d3 = Dissolve(0.3)
-define d4 = Dissolve(0.4)
-define d5 = Dissolve(0.5)
-define d6 = Dissolve(0.6)
-define d7 = Dissolve(0.7)
-define d8 = Dissolve(0.8)
-define d9 = Dissolve(0.9)
-
-define f1 = Fade(0.1, 0.0, 0.1)
-define f2 = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.2)
-define f3 = Fade(0.3, 0.0, 0.3)
-
-define flash = Fade(0.1, 0.0, 0.5, color="#fff")
-define flashbulb = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.8, color='#fff')
-define flashbb = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.8, color='#000')
-define flashblood = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.8, color='#f02424')
-define kissiris = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.8, color='#fb8dc8')
-define black_magic = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.5, color='#7f3590')
-define blackfade = Fade(0.9, 0.5, 1, color='#000000')
-
-define morph = ComposeTransition(Dissolve(0.9), before=Fade(0.1, 0.5, 0.5, color="#fff"), after=Dissolve(0.5))
-define teleport = ImageDissolve("id_teleport.webp", 1.0, 0)
-
-define vpunch_repeat = Move((0, 10), (0, -10), .5, bounce=True, repeat=True, delay=4.5)
-
-define faderight = ImageDissolve("interface/transitions/faderight.webp", 1.0)
-define fadeleft = ImageDissolve("interface/transitions/faderight.webp", 1.0, reverse=True)
diff --git a/game/scripts/characters.rpy b/game/scripts/characters.rpy
index 5713e04b..78847ad9 100644
--- a/game/scripts/characters.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/characters.rpy
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ init -1401 python:
     # Default icon
     adv.show_args["icon"] = "narrator"
 
+    def narrator_fade(ev, interact=True, **kwargs):
+        if ev == "begin":
+            chars = [f"{i}_main" for i in CHARACTERS] + ["snape_main", "genie_main"]
+            renpy.show("fade", zorder=15, behind=chars)
+        elif ev == "end":
+            renpy.hide("fade")
+
 # Characters
 define m = Character(None, show_side_image=Image("characters/genie/mage.webp", xpos=20), show_icon="genie")
 define g2 = Character(None, show_side_image=Image("characters/genie/mage2.webp", xpos=20), show_icon="genie")
@@ -42,8 +49,8 @@ define cra = Character("Crabbe")
 define goy = Character("Goyle")
 define maf = Character("Madam Mafkin", show_side_image=Image("characters/misc/mafkin.webp", xalign=1.0))
 define myr = Character("Moaning Myrtle")
-define faw = Character('Fawkes', show_icon="fawkes")
-define abe = Character('Aberforth')
+define faw = Character("Fawkes", show_icon="fawkes")
+define abe = Character("Aberforth")
 
 # Non-important characters
 define fem = Character("Female Student")
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@ define sly2 = Character("Another Slytherin student")
 define qcr = Character("Quidditch Crowd")
 
 # Special
-define nar = Character("Narrator", show_side_image=Image("characters/misc/narrator.webp"), what_prefix=">", screen="say_narrator")
+define nar = Character("", what_prefix=">", show_icon="narrator", callback=narrator_fade)
 define anon = Character("???")
 
 # Dumbledore
diff --git a/game/scripts/characters/hermione/events/forest.rpy b/game/scripts/characters/hermione/events/forest.rpy
index 5117ce40..bdc5a8e2 100644
--- a/game/scripts/characters/hermione/events/forest.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/characters/hermione/events/forest.rpy
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 label hermione_map_BJ:
-    stop weather
+    stop weather fadeout 1
 
     $ renpy.call('forest_BJ_'+str(forest_BJ_progress))
     $ hermione_busy = True
     call set_her_map_location("gryffindor_room")
 
+    stop background fadeout 1
+
     jump return_office
 
 label forest_BJ_1: #BJ in the forest interrupted by moaning myrtle
     show screen blkfade
     with d3
 
-    play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+    play background "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1
     play sound "sounds/steps_grass.ogg"
 
     nar "Sure enough, the map seems to {b}magically{/b} guide you to the girl, alone in the midnight air..."
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ label forest_BJ_2:
     show screen blkfade
     with d3
 
-    play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+    play background "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1
     play sound "sounds/steps_grass.ogg"
 
     $ hermione.wear("all")
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ label forest_BJ_3: #Complete BJ with Myrtle appearing after the cumshot
     show screen blkfade
     with d3
 
-    play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+    play background "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1
     play sound "sounds/steps_grass.ogg"
 
     $ hermione.wear("all")
@@ -556,7 +558,7 @@ label forest_BJ_4: #Moaning myrtle dirty talk (Repeatable) (Threaten to expose)
     show screen blkfade
     with d3
 
-    play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+    play background "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1
     play sound "sounds/steps_grass.ogg"
 
     $ hermione.wear("top")
diff --git a/game/scripts/events/ending.rpy b/game/scripts/events/ending.rpy
index 14fb0462..666c04a8 100644
--- a/game/scripts/events/ending.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/events/ending.rpy
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ label ball_ending_E1:
     # Outskirts of Hogwarts
     centered "{size=+7}{color=#cbcbcb}Outskirts of Hogwarts{/color}{/size}"
 
-    play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+    play background "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1
 
     $ dynamic_cg("ball", "173")
 
@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ label ball_ending_E1:
         hide screen blkfade
         with d9
 
-        play music "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1 fadeout 1 #NIGHT SOUNDS.
-
     gen "....................." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
     $ dynamic_cg("ball", "171", "172")
     gen "No, I can't just leave like this!" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
@@ -373,7 +371,7 @@ label ball_ending_E1:
 
     hide screen dynamic_cg
     call blkfade
-    stop music fadeout 1.0
+    stop background fadeout 1.0
 
     if not persistent.game_complete:
         # First play-through
@@ -2662,7 +2660,7 @@ label ball_ending_E2:
     pause.3
     call hide_blkfade
 
-    play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+    play background "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1
     call ctc
 
     play sound "sounds/steps_grass.ogg"
@@ -2707,7 +2705,7 @@ label ball_ending_E2:
     with d7
 
     $ achievements.unlock("ending")
-    stop music fadeout 1.0
+    stop background fadeout 1.0
 
     if public_whore_ending:
         centered "{size=+7}{color=#cbcbcb}Congratulations on completing the game!{/color}{/size}\n\n{color=#cbcbcb}This is one of two possible endings (public whore){/color}"
@@ -2732,7 +2730,6 @@ label ball_ending_E2:
 
     hide screen dynamic_cg
     hide screen blktone
-    stop background
     stop weather
     hide screen notes
     hide screen bld1
diff --git a/game/scripts/events/ending_after.rpy b/game/scripts/events/ending_after.rpy
index 0ef2035d..1784f77e 100644
--- a/game/scripts/events/ending_after.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/events/ending_after.rpy
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ label ending_after:
 
             # Genie stands in the forest before he's about to leave
             $ dynamic_cg("ball", "171", "172", "173")
-            play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+            play background "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1
             pause.5
             call hide_blkfade
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ label ending_after:
 
             # Record scratch, music stops
             $ dynamic_cg("ball", "171", "172")
-            stop music fadeout 1.5
+            stop background fadeout 1.5
             play sound "sounds/scratch.ogg"
             with hpunch
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ label ending_after:
             gen "Why leave now when I'm the king of a castle filled with women ready to serve!?" ("angry", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
 
             # Heading back to the castle
-            play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+            play background "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1
             call blkfade
             hide screen dynamic_cg
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ label ending_after:
             pause .5
 
             nar "You hastily make your way back to the castle, wondering what kind of impulse made you want to leave in the first place..."
-            stop music fadeout 3
+            stop background fadeout 3
 
             if public_whore_ending:
                 play music "music/court-of-the-queen-by-kevin-macleod.ogg" fadein 1 fadeout 1
diff --git a/game/scripts/gui/say.rpy b/game/scripts/gui/say.rpy
index d817743d..3bb138df 100644
--- a/game/scripts/gui/say.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/gui/say.rpy
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ screen nvl(dialogue, items=None):
 #
 # https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_special.html#say
 
-screen say_narrator(**kwargs):
-    add "#00000080"
-
-    use say(**kwargs)
-
 screen say(who, what, side_image=None, icon=None):
     zorder 31
 
@@ -39,6 +34,10 @@ screen say(who, what, side_image=None, icon=None):
     else:
         add SideImage()
 
+    # TODO: While this works, there might be a better way to add effects based on contents of the dialogue.
+    if what.startswith("(") and what.endswith(")") and not renpy.showing("cg"):
+        add "fade_gradient"
+
     window id "window":
         style gui.theme("say_window")
 
diff --git a/game/scripts/minigames/mirror/events/suck_and_run.rpy b/game/scripts/minigames/mirror/events/suck_and_run.rpy
index b3cdf798..ab03da44 100644
--- a/game/scripts/minigames/mirror/events/suck_and_run.rpy
+++ b/game/scripts/minigames/mirror/events/suck_and_run.rpy
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ label suck_and_run:
         hide screen bld1
 
         call gen_chibi("sit_behind_desk")
-        play music "music/night.ogg" fadein 1
+        play music "sounds/night.ogg" fadein 1 # Intentional, because background channel is already preoccupied
 
         show screen add_overlay
         hide screen blkfade
diff --git a/game/scripts/utility/transitions.rpy b/game/scripts/utility/transitions.rpy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2eb0b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game/scripts/utility/transitions.rpy
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+image fade = "#00000080"
+image fade_gradient = "interface/bld.webp"
+
+# Transitions
+init offset = -1
+define d1 = Dissolve(0.1)
+define d2 = Dissolve(0.2)
+define d3 = Dissolve(0.3)
+define d4 = Dissolve(0.4)
+define d5 = Dissolve(0.5)
+define d6 = Dissolve(0.6)
+define d7 = Dissolve(0.7)
+define d8 = Dissolve(0.8)
+define d9 = Dissolve(0.9)
+
+define f1 = Fade(0.1, 0.0, 0.1)
+define f2 = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.2)
+define f3 = Fade(0.3, 0.0, 0.3)
+
+define flash = Fade(0.1, 0.0, 0.5, color="#fff")
+define flashbulb = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.8, color='#fff')
+define flashbb = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.8, color='#000')
+define flashblood = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.8, color='#f02424')
+define kissiris = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.8, color='#fb8dc8')
+define black_magic = Fade(0.2, 0.0, 0.5, color='#7f3590')
+define blackfade = Fade(0.9, 0.5, 1, color='#000000')
+
+define morph = ComposeTransition(Dissolve(0.9), before=Fade(0.1, 0.5, 0.5, color="#fff"), after=Dissolve(0.5))
+define teleport = ImageDissolve("id_teleport.webp", 1.0, 0)
+
+define vpunch_repeat = Move((0, 10), (0, -10), .5, bounce=True, repeat=True, delay=4.5)
+
+define faderight = ImageDissolve("interface/transitions/faderight.webp", 1.0)
+define fadeleft = ImageDissolve("interface/transitions/faderight.webp", 1.0, reverse=True)