--- a/pytouhou/game/game.py
+++ b/pytouhou/game/game.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from pytouhou.game.enemy import Enemy
 from pytouhou.game.item import Item
 from pytouhou.game.effect import Effect, Particle
 from pytouhou.game.text import Text
+from pytouhou.game.face import Face
 
 
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ class Game(object):
         self.players_lasers = [None, None]
         self.items = []
         self.labels = []
+        self.faces = [None, None]
         self.interface = interface
 
         self.continues = continues
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class Game(object):
 
 
     def msg_sprites(self):
-        return []
+        return [face for face in self.faces if face] if self.msg_runner and not self.msg_runner.ended else []
 
 
     def lasers_sprites(self):
@@ -214,6 +216,12 @@ class Game(object):
         return label
 
 
+    def new_face(self, side, effect):
+        face = Face(self.msg_anm_wrapper, effect, side)
+        self.faces[side] = face
+        return face
+
+
     def run_iter(self, keystate):
         # 1. VMs.
         for runner in self.ecl_runners:
@@ -249,6 +257,7 @@ class Game(object):
         self.interface.update() # Pri 12
         for label in self.labels: #TODO: what priority is it?
             label.update()
+        self.update_faces() # Pri XXX
 
         # 5. Clean up
         self.cleanup()
@@ -298,6 +307,12 @@ class Game(object):
             effect.update()
 
 
+    def update_faces(self):
+        for face in self.faces:
+            if face:
+                face.update()
+
+
     def update_bullets(self):
         if self.time_stop:
             return None

--- a/pytouhou/vm/msgrunner.py
+++ b/pytouhou/vm/msgrunner.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from pytouhou.utils.helpers import get_logger
 
 from pytouhou.vm.common import MetaRegistry, instruction
-from pytouhou.game.face import Face
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ class NextStage(Exception):
 class MSGRunner(object):
     __metaclass__ = MetaRegistry
     __slots__ = ('_msg', '_game', 'frame', 'sleep_time', 'allow_skip',
-                 'skipping', 'frozen', 'faces', 'ended', 'instruction_pointer',
+                 'skipping', 'frozen', 'ended', 'instruction_pointer',
                  'handlers')
 
     def __init__(self, msg, script, game):
@@ -40,18 +39,11 @@ class MSGRunner(object):
         self.allow_skip = True
         self.skipping = False
         self.frozen = False
-
-        self.faces = [None, None]
-        game.msg_sprites = self.objects
         self.ended = False
 
         self.instruction_pointer = 0
 
 
-    def objects(self):
-        return [face for face in self.faces if face] if not self.ended else []
-
-
     def run_iteration(self):
         while True:
             if self.ended:
@@ -82,10 +74,6 @@ class MSGRunner(object):
             else:
                 self.frame += 1
 
-        for face in self.faces:
-            if face:
-                face.update()
-
         return True
 
 
@@ -108,12 +96,12 @@ class MSGRunner(object):
 
     @instruction(1)
     def enter(self, side, effect):
-        self.faces[side] = Face(self._game.msg_anm_wrapper, effect, side)
+        self._game.new_face(side, effect)
 
 
     @instruction(2)
     def change_face(self, side, index):
-        face = self.faces[side]
+        face = self._game.faces[side]
         if face:
             face.load(index)
 
@@ -126,7 +114,7 @@ class MSGRunner(object):
 
     @instruction(5)
     def animate(self, side, effect):
-        face = self.faces[side]
+        face = self._game.faces[side]
         if face:
             face.animate(effect)