void main()
{
    object oMaster = (GetLocalObject(OBJECT_SELF, "MyMaster"));
    string sEffectSetting = GetLocalString(oMaster, "EffectSetting");
    float fEffectSetting = GetLocalFloat(oMaster, sEffectSetting);
    SetListenPattern(OBJECT_SELF, "**", 31420); //listen to all text
    SetListening(OBJECT_SELF, TRUE);          //be sure NPC is listening
    DelayCommand(0.5, ActionSpeakString(sEffectSetting + " is currently set at " + FloatToString(fEffectSetting)));
}