The Dink Network

Someone should rename this thread to toof relearns DinkC. Alright another Q. I wish to put screen transition into a separate function like:

void transition(int &pmap)
{
    fade_down();
    &player_map = &pmap;
    script_attach(1000);
    load_screen();
    draw_screen();
    dink_can_walk_off_screen(1);
    freeze(1);
    fade_up();
}

This works when it's "sequentially" put in the script. But when I invoke it as a function, it doesn't wait for previous

say_stop()

function to finish. I assume it executes this in parallel. Any hint on how to do this?