# Make NPC read and stay in place
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-npc-read-and-stay-in-place/26016
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [March 2, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-npc-read-and-stay-in-place/26016 "2021-03-02T04:05:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@hydroplatypus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hydroplatypus)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-npc-read-and-stay-in-place/26016/1 "2021-03-02T04:05:28Z")
In my latest game, I recently got my first NPC companion, and have been having him read skill books while I do things around the base. However whenever he finishes reading he comes over to my workspace. I could have him stay in place by telling him to guard, but that prevents me from setting his activity. So is there a way for me to get him to read books, while still staying in an arbitrary square?
I vaguely recall I could do something like this with a faction camp, but I don’t have one set up, so that’s out for a while yet. Any way to do it in an arbitrary location?
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### Author:  [@PALU](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PALU)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-npc-read-and-stay-in-place/26016/2 "2021-03-02T09:34:03Z")
As far as I know you have to manually reassign the reading task each morning and after each chapter read.
If there’s a way to use a faction camp to get the buggers to keep reading I haven’t found it.
And yes, the morons come running in the path of the vehicle when returning to the camp.
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-npc-read-and-stay-in-place/26016/3 "2021-03-02T10:26:27Z")
> [@PALU](#):
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> And yes, the morons come running in the path of the vehicle when returning to the camp.
did you try “don’t investigate sounds” option? it’s somewhere in behavior rules dialogue.
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### Author:  [@PALU](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PALU)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-npc-read-and-stay-in-place/26016/4 "2021-03-02T10:40:21Z")
They’re not investigating the sound, but trying to enter the vehicle while it’s moving in their direction at a comparatively high speed, so it’s a “join up” behavior.