Cannot Get Character Specific Dialouge Box To Appear

[spaceCassette]

I have tried MULTIPLE! tutorials and nothing works, when I try to assign a specific box for a characters dialouge it just doesn't show up. The text appears, but behind it is nothing! I've been trying to figure it out myself for the past few days, but sadly I only have an estimated one(1) brain cell and nothing I've tried has worked. So, I thought it'd be best to ask around before I "accidentally" punt my computer into the sun. What I have currently is below and the error message is attached. I'm very sorry if this is an incredibly dumb question, but help would be SO VERY APPRECIATED! I also don't know how this forum format works (im new) and I can't find my glasses, so I apologize if I posted this in the wrong place.

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define n = Character(_("Newt"), color="#264449")
define narrator = Character(_(" "), color="#264449", background Image("gui/narratorbox.png", xalign=0.5, yalign=1.0))
define mom = Character(_("Mom"), color="#264449")

Error Message:

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File "game/script.rpy", line 4: invalid syntax
    Character(_(" "), color="#264449", background Image("gui/narratorbox.png", xalign=0.5, yalign=1.0))
                                                       ^

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 7.1.3.1092

Sorry again I know this is quite possibly a very dumb question, but I am hella desperate and like I said none of the solutions I've found have helped.

[lacticacid]

Ah, I ran into the same problem a while ago. Instead of background Image(), try using window_background=. Like this:

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define n = Character(window_background="gui/textboxnar.png", what_ypos=41, what_color="#5aa7c4")

(Note: if you do a transition, the default box could flash before the narrator box appears. I personally just use the "window hide" statement before narrator's lines to fix this issue. There might be a better way to fix this, I'll work on finding it. I'll update this if I do.)

[spaceCassette]

Just tried this out, thanks so much for responding, and although I don't get an error message this time The Text Box Still Doesn't Appear Maybe something is wrong with how my default textbox is set up (it's been working, but I wouldn't be surprised if something about it was causing this) does this look correct?:

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style window:
    xalign 0.5
    xfill True
    yalign gui.textbox_yalign
    ysize gui.textbox_height

    background Image("gui/textbox.png", xalign=0.5, yalign=1.0)

[lacticacid]

Just tried this out, thanks so much for responding, and although I don't get an error message this time The Text Box Still Doesn't Appear Maybe something is wrong with how my default textbox is set up (it's been working, but I wouldn't be surprised if something about it was causing this) does this look correct?:

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style window:
    xalign 0.5
    xfill True
    yalign gui.textbox_yalign
    ysize gui.textbox_height

    background Image("gui/textbox.png", xalign=0.5, yalign=1.0)

Is your second textbox the same size as the first one? I would also recomment to check if your second textbox is actually in the gui folder or not.