void main()
{
    object oPC = GetEnteringObject();
    object oSpeaker = GetNearestCreature(CREATURE_TYPE_PLAYER_CHAR, PLAYER_CHAR_IS_PC);
    string sString = "Ahead of you the road stretches endlessly through a desolate, empty landscape.  The next village is days away.  Clearly this direction would take you beyond the scope of your current quest.";
    if (GetIsPC(oPC))
    {
        FloatingTextStringOnCreature(sString, oSpeaker, TRUE);
    }
    DestroyObject(OBJECT_SELF, 1.5);
}