Player Narrate

Something I've wanted for a good while, the ability to make posts that aren't directly emotes, or emotes that don't start with one's name! 

This should allow you to do your "It was a dark and stormy night" kind of posts if you should so desire.

code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm

@@ -306,3 +306,46 @@
 	else	//There wasn't anyone to send the message to, pred or prey, so let's just emote it instead and correct our psay just in case.
 		M.forced_psay = FALSE
 		M.me_verb(message)
+
+/mob/living/verb/player_narrate(message as text|null)
+	set category = "IC"
+	set name = "Narrate (Player)"
+	set desc = "Narrate an action or event! An alternative to emoting, for when your emote shouldn't start with your name!"
+
+	if(src.client)
+		if(client.prefs.muted & MUTE_IC)
+			to_chat(src, "<span class='warning'>You cannot speak in IC (muted).</span>")
+			return
+	if(!message)
+		message = tgui_input_text(usr, "Type a message to narrate.","Narrate")
+	message = sanitize_or_reflect(message,src)
+	if(!message)
+		return
+	if(stat == DEAD)
+		return say_dead(message)
+	message = "<span class='name'>([name])</span> <span class='pnarrate'>[message]</span>"
+
+	//Below here stolen from emotes
+	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
+
+	if(!T) return
+
+	var/ourfreq = null
+	if(voice_freq > 0 )
+		ourfreq = voice_freq
+
+	if(client)
+		playsound(T, pick(emote_sound), 25, TRUE, falloff = 1 , is_global = TRUE, frequency = ourfreq, ignore_walls = FALSE, preference = /datum/client_preference/emote_sounds)
+
+	var/list/in_range = get_mobs_and_objs_in_view_fast(T,world.view,2,remote_ghosts = client ? TRUE : FALSE)
+	var/list/m_viewers = in_range["mobs"]
+
+	for(var/mob/M as anything in m_viewers)
+		spawn(0) // It's possible that it could be deleted in the meantime, or that it runtimes.
+		if(M)
+			if(isobserver(M))
+				message = "[message] ([ghost_follow_link(src, M)])"
+			if(M.stat == UNCONSCIOUS || M.sleeping > 0)
+				continue
+			to_chat(M, message)
+	log_emote(message, src)

code/modules/vchat/css/ss13styles.css

@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ h1.alert, h2.alert		{color: #000000;}
 .inverted .blue				{color: #6666FF;}
 .inverted .green			{color: #44FF44;}
 
+.pnarrate					{color: #009AB2;}
+
 /*BIG IMG.icon 			{width: 32px; height: 32px;}*/
 img.icon				{vertical-align: middle; max-height: 1em;}
 img.icon.bigicon		{max-height: 32px;}