diff --git a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Mod/Everest/Everest.Events.cs b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Mod/Everest/Everest.Events.cs
index 55d5dfacd..eac6933d1 100644
--- a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Mod/Everest/Everest.Events.cs
+++ b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Mod/Everest/Everest.Events.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Celeste.Mod.UI;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using System;
+using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using _Decal = Celeste.Decal;
 using _EventTrigger = Celeste.EventTrigger;
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@
 using _Seeker = Celeste.Seeker;
 using _AngryOshiro = Celeste.AngryOshiro;
 using _SubHudRenderer = Celeste.Mod.UI.SubHudRenderer;
+using _FancyText = Celeste.FancyText;
+using _Textbox = Celeste.Textbox;
 using Monocle;
 
 namespace Celeste.Mod {
@@ -133,6 +136,13 @@ internal static void Pause(_Level level, int startIndex, bool minimal, bool quic
                 public static event UnpauseHandler OnUnpause;
                 internal static void Unpause(_Level level) => OnUnpause?.Invoke(level);
 
+                public delegate void SkipCutsceneHandler(_Level level);
+                /// <summary>
+                /// Called before skipping a cutscene.
+                /// </summary>
+                public static SkipCutsceneHandler OnSkipCutscene;
+                internal static void SkipCutscene(_Level level) => OnSkipCutscene?.Invoke(level);
+
                 public delegate void CreatePauseMenuButtonsHandler(_Level level, patch_TextMenu menu, bool minimal);
                 /// <summary>
                 /// Called when the Level's pause menu is created.
@@ -382,6 +392,57 @@ public static class SubHudRenderer {
                 internal static void BeforeRender(_SubHudRenderer renderer, Scene scene)
                     => OnBeforeRender?.Invoke(renderer, scene);
             }
+
+            public static class FancyText {
+                public delegate bool ParseCustomCommandHandler(_FancyText fancyText, string command, List<string> args, Stack<Color> colorStack, _FancyText.Portrait[] lastPortrait);
+                public static event ParseCustomCommandHandler OnParseCustomCommand;
+                internal static bool ParseCustomCommand(_FancyText fancyText, string command, List<string> args, Stack<Color> colorStack, _FancyText.Portrait[] lastPortrait)
+                    => OnParseCustomCommand?.InvokeWhileFalse(fancyText, command, args, colorStack, lastPortrait) ?? false;
+
+                public delegate void BeforeParseHandler(_FancyText fancyText);
+                public static event BeforeParseHandler OnBeforeParse;
+                internal static void BeforeParse(_FancyText fancyText)
+                    => OnBeforeParse?.Invoke(fancyText);
+
+                public delegate void AfterParseHandler(_FancyText fancyText);
+                public static event AfterParseHandler OnAfterParse;
+                internal static void AfterParse(_FancyText fancyText)
+                    => OnAfterParse?.Invoke(fancyText);
+
+                public delegate void WordAddedHandler(_FancyText fancyText, string word, int[] codepoints, List<_FancyText.Char> chars);
+                public static event WordAddedHandler OnWordAdded;
+                internal static void WordAdded(_FancyText fancyText, string word, int[] codepoints, List<_FancyText.Char> chars)
+                    => OnWordAdded?.Invoke(fancyText, word, codepoints, chars);
+
+                public delegate void BeforeDrawHandler(_FancyText fancyText, Vector2 position, Vector2 justify, Vector2 scale, float alpha, int start, int end);
+                public static event BeforeDrawHandler OnBeforeDraw;
+                internal static void BeforeDraw(_FancyText fancyText, Vector2 position, Vector2 justify, Vector2 scale, float alpha, int start, int end)
+                    => OnBeforeDraw?.Invoke(fancyText, position, justify, scale, alpha, start, end);
+
+                public delegate void AfterDrawHandler(_FancyText fancyText, Vector2 position, Vector2 justify, Vector2 scale, float alpha, int start, int end);
+                public static event AfterDrawHandler OnAfterDraw;
+                internal static void AfterDraw(_FancyText fancyText, Vector2 position, Vector2 justify, Vector2 scale, float alpha, int start, int end)
+                    => OnAfterDraw?.Invoke(fancyText, position, justify, scale, alpha, start, end);
+            }
+
+            public static class Textbox {
+                public delegate IEnumerable<Func<IEnumerator>> AddCustomEventsHandler(_Textbox textbox, string dialog, Language language);
+                public static event AddCustomEventsHandler OnAddCustomEvents;
+                internal static List<Func<IEnumerator>> AddCustomEvents(_Textbox textbox, string dialog, Language language) {
+                    List<Func<IEnumerator>> extraEvents = new();
+
+                    if (OnAddCustomEvents is null)
+                        return extraEvents;
+
+                    foreach (Delegate del in OnAddCustomEvents.GetInvocationList()) {
+                        var res = del.DynamicInvoke(new object[] {textbox, dialog, language});
+                        if (res is IEnumerable<Func<IEnumerator>> events)
+                            extraEvents.AddRange(events);
+                    }
+
+                    return extraEvents;
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/FancyText.cs b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/FancyText.cs
index d317fcbe3..7d1eefcdb 100644
--- a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/FancyText.cs
+++ b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/FancyText.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,32 @@
 #pragma warning disable CS0626 // Method, operator, or accessor is marked external and has no attributes on it
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
 using Celeste.Mod;
+using Celeste.Mod.Helpers;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+using Mono.Cecil;
+using Mono.Cecil.Cil;
 using Monocle;
 using MonoMod;
+using MonoMod.Cil;
+using MonoMod.InlineRT;
+using MonoMod.Utils;
 
 namespace Celeste {
-    // The FancyText ctor is private.
+    // The FancyText ctor is private, so this cannot inherit from it.
     class patch_FancyText {
 
+        // helper class because manipulating generic types in IL is annoying
+        internal class ListChar {
+            public List<FancyText.Char> elements = new();
+            public static void Add(FancyText.Char c, ListChar self) => self.elements.Add(c);
+        }
+
         [PatchTextIteration]
+        [PatchFancyTextAddWord]
         private extern void orig_AddWord(string word);
         private void AddWord(string word) {
             word = Emoji.Apply(word);
@@ -33,5 +50,198 @@ public class patch_Char : FancyText.Char {
             }
         }
 
+        [MonoModIgnore]  // We don't want to change anything about the method...
+        [PatchFancyTextParse]  // ... except for manually manipulating the method via MonoModRules
+        private extern FancyText.Text Parse();
+
+        private static Color ApplyOpacityArgument(Color col, List<string> args) {
+            if (args.Count > 0 && float.TryParse(args[0], NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out float opacity))
+                return col * opacity;
+            return col;
+        }
+
+        private void ParseCustomCommand(string command, List<string> args, Stack<Color> colorStack, FancyText.Portrait[] lastPortrait) {
+            if (Everest.Events.FancyText.ParseCustomCommand((FancyText)(object)this, command, args, colorStack, lastPortrait))
+                return;
+
+            Logger.Warn("EventTrigger", $"FancyText command '{command}' does not exist!");
+        }
+
+        private void BeforeParse() => Everest.Events.FancyText.BeforeParse((FancyText)(object)this);
+        private void AfterParse() => Everest.Events.FancyText.AfterParse((FancyText)(object)this);
+
+        private void WordAdded(string word, UnicodeStringHelper.ListInt codepoints, ListChar chars)
+            => Everest.Events.FancyText.WordAdded((FancyText)(object)this, word, codepoints.Elements, chars.elements);
+
+        public extern void orig_Draw(Vector2 position, Vector2 justify, Vector2 scale, float alpha, int start, int end);
+        public void Draw(Vector2 position, Vector2 justify, Vector2 scale, float alpha, int start = 0, int end = int.MaxValue) {
+            Everest.Events.FancyText.BeforeDraw((FancyText)(object)this, position, justify, scale, alpha, start, end);
+            orig_Draw(position, justify, scale, alpha, start, end);
+            Everest.Events.FancyText.AfterDraw((FancyText)(object)this, position, justify, scale, alpha, start, end);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+namespace MonoMod {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A patch for FancyText parsing, allowing mods to register custom commands.
+    /// </summary>
+    [MonoModCustomMethodAttribute(nameof(MonoModRules.PatchFancyTextParse))]
+    class PatchFancyTextParse : Attribute { }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A patch for FancyText word-adding, allowing mods to manipulate each word.
+    /// </summary>
+    [MonoModCustomMethodAttribute(nameof(MonoModRules.PatchFancyTextAddWord))]
+    class PatchFancyTextAddWord : Attribute { }
+
+    static partial class MonoModRules {
+
+        public static void PatchFancyTextParse(ILContext context, CustomAttribute attrib) {
+            TypeDefinition t_FancyText = MonoModRule.Modder.FindType("Celeste.FancyText").Resolve();
+            TypeDefinition t_Calc = MonoModRule.Modder.FindType("Monocle.Calc").Resolve();
+
+            MethodDefinition m_BeforeParse = t_FancyText.FindMethod("BeforeParse");
+            MethodDefinition m_FancyText_ParseCustomCommand = t_FancyText.FindMethod("ParseCustomCommand");
+            MethodDefinition m_FancyText_ApplyOpacityArgument= t_FancyText.FindMethod("ApplyOpacityArgument");
+            MethodDefinition m_AfterParse = t_FancyText.FindMethod("AfterParse");
+            MethodDefinition m_Calc_HexToColorWithAlpha = t_Calc.FindMethod("HexToColorWithAlpha");
+
+            VariableDefinition v_command = context.Body.Variables.First(v => v.VariableType.FullName == "System.String");
+            VariableDefinition v_args = context.Body.Variables.First(v => v.VariableType.FullName == "System.Collections.Generic.List`1<System.String>");
+            VariableDefinition v_colorStack = context.Body.Variables.First(v => v.VariableType.FullName.StartsWith("System.Collections.Generic.Stack`1<Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Color>"));
+            VariableDefinition v_lastPortrait = context.Body.Variables.First(v => v.VariableType.FullName == "Celeste.FancyText/Portrait[]");
+
+            ILCursor cursor = new ILCursor(context);
+
+            // + ldarg.0
+            // + call Events.FancyText.BeforeParse
+
+            cursor.EmitLdarg0();
+            cursor.EmitCall(m_BeforeParse);
+
+            // ... (getting color from {#hex})
+            // - call Calc::HexToColor
+            // + call Calc::HexToColorWithAlpha
+            // + ldloc.8 (args)
+            // + call FancyText::ApplyOpacityArgument
+            //   stfld valuetype Color FancyText::currentColor
+
+            cursor.GotoNext(MoveType.After,
+                            instr => instr.MatchCallOrCallvirt("Monocle.Calc", "HexToColor"));
+
+            cursor.Previous.Operand = m_Calc_HexToColorWithAlpha;
+            cursor.EmitLdloc(v_args);
+            cursor.EmitCall(m_FancyText_ApplyOpacityArgument);
+
+            //   ldstr "savedata"
+            //   callvirt System.Boolean System.String::Equals(System.String)
+            // - brfalse continue
+            //
+            // + brtrue savedata
+            // + ldarg.0
+            // + ldloc.7 (command)
+            // + ldloc.8 (args)
+            // + ldloc.3 (stack)
+            // + ldloc.4 (lastPortrait)
+            // + call FancyText.ParseCustomCommand(this, command, args, colorStack, lastPortrait)
+            // + br continue
+            //
+            // + savedata:
+            //   (code for handling {savedata})
+            //   continue:
+
+            ILLabel label_continue = null;
+            ILLabel label_savedata = cursor.DefineLabel();
+
+            cursor.GotoNext(MoveType.After,
+                            instr => instr.MatchLdstr("savedata"),
+                            instr => instr.MatchCallOrCallvirt(out var _),
+                            instr => instr.MatchBrfalse(out label_continue));
+
+            cursor.Index--;
+            cursor.Remove();
+
+            cursor.EmitBrtrue(label_savedata);
+            cursor.EmitLdarg0();
+            cursor.EmitLdloc(v_command);
+            cursor.EmitLdloc(v_args);
+            cursor.EmitLdloc(v_colorStack);
+            cursor.EmitLdloc(v_lastPortrait);
+            cursor.EmitCall(m_FancyText_ParseCustomCommand);
+            cursor.EmitBr(label_continue);
+
+            cursor.MarkLabel(label_savedata);
+
+            // + ldarg.0
+            // + call Events.FancyText.AfterParse
+            //   ldarg.0
+            //   ldfld FancyText::group
+            //   ret
+
+            cursor.GotoNext(MoveType.Before,
+                            instr => instr.MatchLdarg0(),
+                            instr => instr.MatchLdfld(out var _),
+                            instr => instr.MatchRet());
+
+            cursor.EmitLdarg0();
+            cursor.EmitCall(m_AfterParse);
+        }
+
+        public static void PatchFancyTextAddWord(ILContext context, CustomAttribute attrib) {
+            TypeDefinition t_FancyText = MonoModRule.Modder.FindType("Celeste.FancyText").Resolve();
+            TypeDefinition t_ListChar = t_FancyText.NestedTypes.First(t => t.Name == "ListChar");
+
+            MethodDefinition m_FancyText_WordAdded = t_FancyText.FindMethod("WordAdded");
+            MethodDefinition m_ListChar_ctor = t_ListChar.FindMethod(".ctor", true);
+            MethodDefinition m_ListChar_add = t_ListChar.FindMethod("Add");
+
+            VariableDefinition v_listOfCodePoints = context.Body.Variables.First(v => v.VariableType.FullName == "Celeste.Mod.Helpers.UnicodeStringHelper/ListInt");
+            VariableDefinition v_chars = new VariableDefinition(t_ListChar);
+            context.Body.Variables.Add(v_chars);
+
+            ILCursor cursor = new ILCursor(context);
+
+            // ... (creating the codepoint list)
+            // + newobj FancyText/ListChar
+            // + stloc.7 (chars)
+
+            cursor.GotoNext(MoveType.After,
+                            instr => instr.MatchStloc(out int loc) && loc == v_listOfCodePoints.Index);
+
+            cursor.EmitNewobj(m_ListChar_ctor);
+            cursor.EmitStloc(v_chars);
+
+            // ... (creating this Char)
+            // + dup
+            // + ldloc.7 (chars)
+            // + call FancyText/ListChar::Add
+            //   callvirt List<FancyText/Node>::Add
+
+            cursor.GotoNext(MoveType.Before,
+                            instr => instr.MatchCallOrCallvirt(out var method)
+                                  && method.DeclaringType.FullName == "System.Collections.Generic.List`1<Celeste.FancyText/Node>"
+                                  && method.Name == "Add");
+
+            cursor.EmitDup();
+            cursor.EmitLdloc(v_chars);
+            cursor.EmitCall(m_ListChar_add);
+
+            // + ldarg.0
+            // + ldarg.1 (word)
+            // + ldloc.6 (listOfCodePoints)
+            // + ldloc.7 (chars)
+            // + call FancyText/WordAdded
+            //   ret
+
+            cursor.GotoNext(MoveType.Before,
+                            instr => instr.MatchRet());
+
+            cursor.EmitLdarg0();
+            cursor.EmitLdarg1();
+            cursor.EmitLdloc(v_listOfCodePoints);
+            cursor.EmitLdloc(v_chars);
+            cursor.EmitCall(m_FancyText_WordAdded);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Level.cs b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Level.cs
index b32cfaf6e..bde3446bd 100644
--- a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Level.cs
+++ b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Level.cs
@@ -217,6 +217,12 @@ public void Unpause() {
             }
         }
 
+        public extern void orig_SkipCutscene();
+        public new void SkipCutscene() {
+            Everest.Events.Level.SkipCutscene(this);
+            orig_SkipCutscene();
+        }
+
         public extern void orig_TransitionTo(LevelData next, Vector2 direction);
         public new void TransitionTo(LevelData next, Vector2 direction) {
             orig_TransitionTo(next, direction);
diff --git a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Textbox.cs b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Textbox.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ffcbdf7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Textbox.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma warning disable CS0626 // Method, operator, or accessor is marked external and has no attributes on it
+#pragma warning disable CS0649 // Field is never assigned to, and will always have its default value
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using Celeste.Mod;
+using MonoMod;
+
+namespace Celeste {
+    class patch_Textbox : Textbox {
+
+        // We're effectively in Textbox, but still need to "expose" private fields to our mod.
+        private Func<IEnumerator>[] events;
+
+        public patch_Textbox(string dialog, Language language, params Func<IEnumerator>[] events)
+            : base(dialog, language, events) {
+            // no-op. MonoMod ignores this - we only need this to make the compiler shut up.
+        }
+
+        public extern void orig_ctor(string dialog, Language language, params Func<IEnumerator>[] events);
+        [MonoModConstructor]
+        public void ctor(string dialog, Language language, params Func<IEnumerator>[] events) {
+            orig_ctor(dialog, language, events);
+
+            var extraEvents = Everest.Events.Textbox.AddCustomEvents(this, dialog, language);
+            if (extraEvents.Count > 0) {
+                int initialCount = events.Length;
+                Array.Resize(ref events, initialCount + extraEvents.Count);
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < extraEvents.Count; i++)
+                    events[initialCount + i] = extraEvents[i];
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+}