hmm, what's the code look like? does sound perplexing

function sys_RoomContents_Update(event)
    
    --Create the table if it's not already there.
    denizensHere = denizensHere or {}
    --For QL/Entering a room.
    if event == "gmcp.Char.Items.List" and gmcp.Char.Items.List.location ~= "inv" then
        denizensHere = {}
        local ignoreCount = 0
        for i,v in pairs(gmcp.Char.Items.List.items) do
            if v.attrib and v.attrib ~= "t" and v.attrib ~= "mdt" and not v.attrib:find("x") then
                denizensHere[tonumber(v.id)] = v.name                
            end
        end

function stargui_updateRoomBox()
    if not starsys.settings.usegui then return end
    stargui.miDisp:clear()
  stargui.miDisp:cecho("<a_blue>"..string.rep("-", 12).."<gold>#<grey> Denizen Data <gold>#<a_blue>"..string.rep("-", 11).."\n")
local tn = tonumber(target)
if table.is_empty(denizensHere) then
stargui.miDisp:cecho("\n<grey>"..string.rep(" ", 16).."<None>\n")
else
    for num, denizen in pairs(denizensHere) do
        if num == tn then
            stargui.miDisp:cecho("\n<orange>"..string.rep(" ", 6-string.len(num))..num.."<white>| ")
      cechoLink("stargui.miDisp","<grey>" ..truncate(denizen, 30):title(), [[send("consider ]] .. num .. [[")]], [[]]..denizen..[[]], true)
      else
            cechoLink("stargui.miDisp","\n<DeepSkyBlue>" ..string.rep(" ", 6-string.len(num))..num, [[changeTarget("]]..num..[[")]], [[Target ]]..denizen..[[]], true)
      cechoLink("stargui.miDisp","<white>| <grey>" ..truncate(denizen, 30):title(), [[send("consider ]] .. num .. [[")]], [[]]..denizen..[[]], true)
        end
    end
end