Showing image in new context

[Mild Curry]

I'm attempting to make a mini-game in which the user has to press buttons in a certain sequence in order to advance. I want to make it so that, when the user presses a button, an image shows up and a sound plays. The sound plays fine, but no matter what I do, I can't get the program to show just an image.

It looks like this:

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label start:    
    $ input_answer = ""
    $ right_answer = "lrl"       

    "Enter the following sequence: <--, -->, <-- and press ENTER."
    $ ui.keymap(K_LEFT=ui.callsinnewcontext("left"))
    $ ui.keymap(K_RIGHT=ui.callsinnewcontext("right"))
    $ ui.keymap(K_UP=ui.callsinnewcontext("up"))
    $ ui.keymap(K_DOWN=ui.callsinnewcontext("down"))
    $ ui.keymap(K_RETURN=ui.jumps("check"))
    $ ui.interact()
     
label check:    
    if input_answer == right_answer:
        jump win
    else:
       "Fail."
       jump start
   
label left:
    show arrow_left #<----this just never shows up, even when using ui.image or renpy.show
    $ input_answer = input_answer + "l"
    play sound "piano-left.wav"
    return
    
label right:
    $ input_answer = input_answer + "r"
    play sound "piano-right.wav"
    return
    
label up:
    $ input_answer = input_answer + "u"
    play sound "piano-up.wav"
    return

label down:
    $ input_answer = input_answer + "d"
    play sound "piano-down.wav"
    return
    
label win:
    "TOTAL VICTORY"

Adding text directly underneath it makes it show up:

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label left:
    show arrow_left 
    "TEEEEEXXXT." #when this is here, both the text and the image come onscreen
    $ input_answer = input_answer + "l"
    play sound "piano-left.wav"
    return

...but there's no way to put text there without it interrupting the flow of the game.
Can someone tell me what's going on? And perhaps give suggestions about how to fix it?

Your help is kindly appreciated.

[Aleema]

From what I see, you're not giving the image time to appear. There is no observable time between going to that label and then returning to the old one. You should do a dissolve or an actual pause. That's why it shows up when there's text -- because the text stops the game at that point. Right now, it's speeding right past it.

[Mild Curry]

Ah! Thank-you!!! It works perfectly!

[roankun]

You should do a dissolve or an actual pause.

Excuse me, but what code do you use for the actual pause?

[Aleema]

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$ renpy.pause(1.0)

This will pause the game for 1 second.

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$ renpy.pause(3.0, hard=True)

This will pause the game for 3 seconds, and will not let the player click past it.

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$ renpy.pause()

This will stop the game until the player clicks.

[roankun]

Thank you very much