diff --git a/code/datums/emotes.dm b/code/datums/emotes.dm
index 0e81db43791..e25baf18ea2 100644
--- a/code/datums/emotes.dm
+++ b/code/datums/emotes.dm
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@
 	var/list/mob_type_blacklist_typecache //Types that are NOT allowed to use that emote
 	var/list/mob_type_ignore_stat_typecache
 	var/stat_allowed = CONSCIOUS
+	var/sound //Sound to play when emote is called
+	var/vary = FALSE	//used for the honk borg emote
+	var/only_forced_audio = FALSE //can only code call this event instead of the player.
+
 	var/static/list/emote_list = list()
 
+
 /datum/emote/New()
 	if(key_third_person)
 		emote_list[key_third_person] = src
@@ -59,6 +64,10 @@
 	user.log_message(msg, LOG_EMOTE)
 	msg = "<b>[user]</b> " + msg
 
+	var/tmp_sound = get_sound(user)
+	if(tmp_sound && (!only_forced_audio || !intentional))
+		playsound(user, tmp_sound, 50, vary)
+
 	for(var/mob/M in GLOB.dead_mob_list)
 		if(!M.client || isnewplayer(M))
 			continue
@@ -71,6 +80,9 @@
 	else
 		user.visible_message(msg)
 
+/datum/emote/proc/get_sound(mob/living/user)
+	return sound //by default just return this var.
+
 /datum/emote/proc/replace_pronoun(mob/user, message)
 	if(findtext(message, "their"))
 		message = replacetext(message, "their", user.p_their())
@@ -138,13 +150,3 @@
 		var/mob/living/L = user
 		if(L.has_trait(TRAIT_EMOTEMUTE))
 			return FALSE
-
-/datum/emote/sound
-	var/sound //Sound to play when emote is called
-	var/vary = FALSE	//used for the honk borg emote
-	mob_type_allowed_typecache = list(/mob/living/brain, /mob/living/silicon)
-
-/datum/emote/sound/run_emote(mob/user, params)
-	. = ..()
-	if(.)
-		playsound(user.loc, sound, 50, vary)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/emote.dm
index 0ab448d2c59..e1b6ab0cc9c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/emote.dm
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 	message_alien = "hisses."
 	message_larva = "hisses softly."
 
-/datum/emote/living/alien/hiss/run_emote(mob/user, params)
-	. = ..()
-	if(. && isalienadult(user))
-		playsound(user.loc, "hiss", 40, 1, 1)
+/datum/emote/living/alien/hiss/get_sound(mob/living/user)
+	if(isalienadult(user))
+		return "hiss"
 
 /datum/emote/living/alien/roar
 	key = "roar"
@@ -23,8 +22,8 @@
 	message_alien = "roars."
 	message_larva = "softly roars."
 	emote_type = EMOTE_AUDIBLE
+	vary = TRUE
 
-/datum/emote/living/alien/roar/run_emote(mob/user, params)
-	. = ..()
-	if(. && isalienadult(user))
-		playsound(user.loc, 'sound/voice/hiss5.ogg', 40, 1, 1)
+/datum/emote/living/alien/roar/get_sound(mob/living/user)
+	if(isalienadult(user))
+		return 'sound/voice/hiss5.ogg'
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/emote.dm
index 71286ef6913..55a42f779d6 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/emote.dm
@@ -22,19 +22,17 @@
 	muzzle_ignore = TRUE
 	restraint_check = TRUE
 	emote_type = EMOTE_AUDIBLE
+	vary = TRUE
 
-/datum/emote/living/carbon/clap/run_emote(mob/living/user, params)
-	. = ..()
-	if (.)
-		if (ishuman(user))
-			// Need hands to clap
-			if (!user.get_bodypart(BODY_ZONE_L_ARM) || !user.get_bodypart(BODY_ZONE_R_ARM))
-				return
-			var/clap = pick('sound/misc/clap1.ogg',
-				            'sound/misc/clap2.ogg',
-				            'sound/misc/clap3.ogg',
-				            'sound/misc/clap4.ogg')
-			playsound(user, clap, 50, 1, -1)
+/datum/emote/living/carbon/clap/get_sound(mob/living/user)
+	if(ishuman(user))
+		if(!user.get_bodypart(BODY_ZONE_L_ARM) || !user.get_bodypart(BODY_ZONE_R_ARM))
+			return
+		else
+			return pick('sound/misc/clap1.ogg',
+							'sound/misc/clap2.ogg',
+							'sound/misc/clap3.ogg',
+							'sound/misc/clap4.ogg')
 
 /datum/emote/living/carbon/gnarl
 	key = "gnarl"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
index 0db3d827770..083591814a8 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
@@ -45,6 +45,31 @@
 	message = "mumbles!"
 	emote_type = EMOTE_AUDIBLE
 
+/datum/emote/living/carbon/human/scream
+	key = "scream"
+	key_third_person = "screams"
+	message = "screams!"
+	emote_type = EMOTE_AUDIBLE
+	only_forced_audio = TRUE
+	vary = TRUE
+
+/datum/emote/living/carbon/human/scream/get_sound(mob/living/user)
+	if(!ishuman(user))
+		return
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
+	if(!H.mind?.miming)
+		return
+	if(ishumanbasic(H) || iscatperson(H))
+		if(user.gender == FEMALE)
+			return pick('sound/voice/human/femalescream_1.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/femalescream_2.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/femalescream_3.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/femalescream_4.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/femalescream_5.ogg')
+		else
+			if(prob(1))
+				return 'sound/voice/human/wilhelm_scream.ogg'
+			return pick('sound/voice/human/malescream_1.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/malescream_2.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/malescream_3.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/malescream_4.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/malescream_5.ogg')
+	else if(ismoth(H))
+		return 'sound/voice/moth/scream_moth.ogg'
+
+
 /datum/emote/living/carbon/human/pale
 	key = "pale"
 	message = "goes pale for a second."
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
index 740997fbf27..1f74eed6639 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
 	message = "laughs."
 	message_mime = "laughs silently!"
 	emote_type = EMOTE_AUDIBLE
+	vary = TRUE
 
 /datum/emote/living/laugh/can_run_emote(mob/living/user, status_check = TRUE)
 	. = ..()
@@ -211,15 +212,14 @@
 		var/mob/living/carbon/C = user
 		return !C.silent
 
-/datum/emote/living/laugh/run_emote(mob/user, params)
-	. = ..()
-	if(. && ishuman(user))
+/datum/emote/living/laugh/get_sound(mob/living/user)
+	if(ishuman(user))
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
 		if(H.dna.species.id == "human" && (!H.mind || !H.mind.miming))
 			if(user.gender == FEMALE)
-				playsound(H, 'sound/voice/human/womanlaugh.ogg', 50, 1)
+				return 'sound/voice/human/womanlaugh.ogg'
 			else
-				playsound(H, pick('sound/voice/human/manlaugh1.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/manlaugh2.ogg'), 50, 1)
+				return pick('sound/voice/human/manlaugh1.ogg', 'sound/voice/human/manlaugh2.ogg')
 
 /datum/emote/living/look
 	key = "look"
@@ -475,12 +475,13 @@
 
 	to_chat(user, message)
 
-/datum/emote/sound/beep
+/datum/emote/beep
 	key = "beep"
 	key_third_person = "beeps"
 	message = "beeps."
 	message_param = "beeps at %t."
 	sound = 'sound/machines/twobeep.ogg'
+	mob_type_allowed_typecache = list(/mob/living/brain, /mob/living/silicon)
 
 /datum/emote/living/circle
 	key = "circle"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/emote.dm
index 7cb92b06bf2..8b5e7823297 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/emote.dm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	mob_type_allowed_typecache = list(/mob/living/silicon)
 	emote_type = EMOTE_AUDIBLE
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon
+/datum/emote/silicon
 	mob_type_allowed_typecache = list(/mob/living/silicon)
 	emote_type = EMOTE_AUDIBLE
 
@@ -11,50 +11,50 @@
 	key_third_person = "boops"
 	message = "boops."
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon/buzz
+/datum/emote/silicon/buzz
 	key = "buzz"
 	key_third_person = "buzzes"
 	message = "buzzes."
 	message_param = "buzzes at %t."
 	sound = 'sound/machines/buzz-sigh.ogg'
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon/buzz2
+/datum/emote/silicon/buzz2
 	key = "buzz2"
 	message = "buzzes twice."
 	sound = 'sound/machines/buzz-two.ogg'
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon/chime
+/datum/emote/silicon/chime
 	key = "chime"
 	key_third_person = "chimes"
 	message = "chimes."
 	sound = 'sound/machines/chime.ogg'
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon/honk
+/datum/emote/silicon/honk
 	key = "honk"
 	key_third_person = "honks"
 	message = "honks."
 	vary = TRUE
 	sound = 'sound/items/bikehorn.ogg'
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon/ping
+/datum/emote/silicon/ping
 	key = "ping"
 	key_third_person = "pings"
 	message = "pings."
 	message_param = "pings at %t."
 	sound = 'sound/machines/ping.ogg'
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon/chime
+/datum/emote/silicon/chime
 	key = "chime"
 	key_third_person = "chimes"
 	message = "chimes."
 	sound = 'sound/machines/chime.ogg'
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon/sad
+/datum/emote/silicon/sad
 	key = "sad"
 	message = "plays a sad trombone..."
 	sound = 'sound/misc/sadtrombone.ogg'
 
-/datum/emote/sound/silicon/warn
+/datum/emote/silicon/warn
 	key = "warn"
 	message = "blares an alarm!"
 	sound = 'sound/machines/warning-buzzer.ogg'
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/gorilla/emotes.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/gorilla/emotes.dm
index 100db06174a..d64406a6149 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/gorilla/emotes.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/gorilla/emotes.dm
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-/datum/emote/sound/gorilla
+/datum/emote/gorilla
 	mob_type_allowed_typecache = /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/gorilla
 	mob_type_blacklist_typecache = list()
 
-/datum/emote/sound/gorilla/ooga
+/datum/emote/gorilla/ooga
 	key = "ooga"
 	key_third_person = "oogas"
 	message = "oogas."
diff --git a/sound/voice/human/femalescream_1.ogg b/sound/voice/human/femalescream_1.ogg
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/femalescream_2.ogg b/sound/voice/human/femalescream_2.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf7ec9a8101
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/femalescream_3.ogg b/sound/voice/human/femalescream_3.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..910532fabe6
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/femalescream_4.ogg b/sound/voice/human/femalescream_4.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5abdcb33b2f
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/femalescream_5.ogg b/sound/voice/human/femalescream_5.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f97929b0a3
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/malescream_1.ogg b/sound/voice/human/malescream_1.ogg
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index 00000000000..2484932423e
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/malescream_2.ogg b/sound/voice/human/malescream_2.ogg
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/malescream_3.ogg b/sound/voice/human/malescream_3.ogg
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index 00000000000..89ddf483598
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/malescream_4.ogg b/sound/voice/human/malescream_4.ogg
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/malescream_5.ogg b/sound/voice/human/malescream_5.ogg
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index 00000000000..68d0d78f971
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diff --git a/sound/voice/human/wilhelm_scream.ogg b/sound/voice/human/wilhelm_scream.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e110c8bda6f
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diff --git a/sound/voice/moth/scream_moth.ogg b/sound/voice/moth/scream_moth.ogg
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index 00000000000..c94644fc17b
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