diff --git a/game/script/x8-naomi-tribulations.rpy b/game/script/x8-naomi-tribulations.rpy
index d1b9d43..f7ee25b 100644
--- a/game/script/x8-naomi-tribulations.rpy
+++ b/game/script/x8-naomi-tribulations.rpy
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ label chapter_x8:
 
     show naomi:
         ease_cubic 0.5 xalign 0.8
-    "I try to focus on my task but…"
+    "I try to focus on my task but{cps=*0.075}...{/cps}"
 
     show naomi unimpressed with dissolve
     "My thoughts keep going back to how odd Naser has been acting."
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ label chapter_x8:
     pause 0.3
     show naomi:
         ease_cubic 0.5 xalign 0.6
-    "When I had to keep Naser out so his family could set the party up he was…"
+    "When I had to keep Naser out so his family could set the party up he was{cps=*0.075}...{/cps}"
 
-    "Distant…"
+    "Distant{cps=*0.075}...{/cps}"
 
     "A part of me wants to say it’s just nerves."
 
@@ -111,15 +111,22 @@ label chapter_x8:
     N "Is something the matter?"
 
     show naser considering flip with dissolve
-    Nas "W-what? N-nah, nothing really."
+    Nas "W-{w=.15}what? N-{w=.15}nah, nothing really."
 
+    show naser:
+        pause .6
+        "naser neutral flip"
+        pause .4
+        "naser considering flip"
+        repeat
     "He’s looking around the room, but there’s only me, Naser and Lucy here at the moment."
 
     N "Naser, please, you’ve seemed troubled the entire day. What’s wrong?"
 
     show naomi neutral
-    show naser explanatory flip
-    with dissolve
+    hide naser
+    show naser explanatory flip at nright with dissolve:
+        xalign 1.6
     Nas "Nothing! Nothing at all Naomi!"
 
     Nas "Just uh… ah, damn it…"
@@ -206,7 +213,7 @@ label chapter_x8:
     N "{b}*sob*{/b}"
 
     stop music fadeout 2.0
-    "..."
+    "{cps=*0.05}...{/cps}"
     scene black with fade
 
     "{cps=*0.2}--Two Years Prior--{/cps}"
@@ -216,20 +223,24 @@ label chapter_x8:
     show spears neutral flip at sright:
         yalign 0.1
     with fade
-    Sp "... And lastly, here is your own desk to work at."
+    Sp "{cps=*.15}...{/cps} And lastly, here is your own desk to work at."
 
     play sound "audio/effects/anonDeskSlam.ogg"
     "My principal slaps the top of an aged, yet official looking table furnished with a lamp and its own drawers." with vpunch
 
     "Most students in any school would only ever be seated behind the regular ‘board on some sticks’ model, maybe one with a little cubbyhole built in for binders if the school were old enough."
 
-    "But here I am, one of the lucky few…"
+    "But here I am, one of the lucky few{cps=*.15}...{/cps}"
+
+    show naomi: #salute
+        linear 0.12 yalign 0.09
+        easein_cubic 0.4 yalign 0.0
 
     N "Thank you sir!"
 
-    "I should feel a lot more excited about winning the election, but…"
+    "I should feel a lot more excited about winning the election, but{cps=*.20}...{/cps}"
 
-    Sp "... Naomi."
+    Sp "{cps=*.10}...{/cps} Naomi."
 
     show naomi shocked with dissolve
     "Uh oh, did he see me sulking?"
@@ -242,7 +253,7 @@ label chapter_x8:
 
     Sp "If you try, you can be good enough."
 
-    N "..."
+    N "{cps=*.20}...{/cps}"
 
     show naomi neutral with dissolve
     N "Thank you, Principal Spears. I’ll try."
@@ -250,7 +261,7 @@ label chapter_x8:
     show spears happy flip with dissolve
 
     show spears:
-        ease_cubic 0.5 xalign 0.4
+        ease_cubic 1.0 xalign 0.4
     "He gives me a warm smile and a pat on the shoulder and leaves to let me get acquainted with the new space."
 
     hide spears with easeoutleft
@@ -278,9 +289,9 @@ label chapter_x8:
 
     "Not that anyone other than Spears would even care about-"
 
-    "...’Dearest Naomi..’?"
+    "{cps=*.20}...{/cps}‘Dearest Naomi..’?"
 
-    "Is this a joke?{w=0.5} Who would…?"
+    "Is this a joke?{w=0.5} Who would{cps=*.20}...{/cps}?"
 
     "My eyes trace the paragraph multiple times before I realize I haven’t actually been reading it."
 
@@ -296,40 +307,47 @@ label chapter_x8:
 
     "But, but, but…"
     pause 0.5
-    "Naser is…"
+    "Naser is{cps=*.15}...{/cps}"
     pause 0.5
-    "And I’m just…"
+    "And I’m just{cps=*.10}...{/cps}"
 
     "Wouldn’t people look at him funny?"
 
     "Wouldn’t they look at me funny?"
 
-    "After all, I’m just so…{w=0.5} so…"
+    "After all, I’m just so...{w=0.5} so{cps=*.25}...{/cps}"
 
     Sp "{alpha=*0.6}{i}Don’t go underselling yourself.{/i}{/alpha}"
 
     Sp "{alpha=*0.6}{i}If you try, you can be good enough.{/i}{/alpha}"
 
-    N "..."
+    N "{cps=*.15}...{/cps}"
 
     "No, I can do this."
 
     "For our date!"
 
     scene office spears
-    show naomi happy at scenter
+    show naomi happy at scenter:
+        parallel:
+            ease_cubic 0.4 yalign 0.3
+            ease_cubic 0.5 yalign 0.0
+            repeat
+        parallel:
+            ease_cubic 1.6 xalign 0.6
+            ease_cubic 1.6 xalign 0.4
+            repeat
     with fade
 
     "I’ll go check out the library for romantic self-help books after school!"
 
     "I’ll be the perfect girlfriend!"
 
-    "..."
-
+    "{cps=*.05}...{/cps}"
 
     stop ambient fadeout 2.0
     stop music fadeout 3.0
-    pause 3
+    pause 2
     scene black with fade
     pause 1
     return