pickle

code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/pickle.dm

@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/pickle
 	name = "pickle"
-	desc = "funniest shit i've ever seen"
+	desc = "It's a pickle. It might just be the funniest thing you have ever seen."
 	health = 100
 	maxHealth = 100
+	icon = 'icons/mob/32x64.dmi'
+	icon_state = "pickle"
+	del_on_death = TRUE
+	deathmessage = "The pickle implodes into its own existential dread and disappears!"
+	friendly_verb_continous = "tickles"
+	friendly_verb_simple = "tickle"
+	var/mob/living/original_body
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/pickle/UnarmedAttack(atom/A)
+	..() //we want the tickle emote to go before the laugh
+	if(ismob(A))
+		var/mob/laugher = A
+		laugher.emote("laugh")
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/pickle/Destroy(force, kill_body = TRUE)
+	if(original_body)
+		if(kill_body)
+			original_body.adjustOrganLoss(ORGAN_SLOT_BRAIN, 200) //to be fair, you have to have a very high iq to understand-
+		original_body.forceMove(get_turf(src))
+		if(mind)
+			mind.transfer_to(original_body)
+	..()

code/modules/mob/transform_procs.dm

@@ -581,3 +581,20 @@
 
 	. = new_mob
 	qdel(src)
+
+/mob/living/proc/turn_into_pickle()
+	//if they're already a pickle, turn them back instead
+	if(istype(src, /mob/living/simple_animal/pickle))
+		qdel(src, FALSE) //this means the body inside the pickle will be dropped without killing it
+	else
+		//make a new pickle on the tile and move their mind into it if possible
+		var/mob/living/simple_animal/pickle/new_pickle = new /mob/living/simple_animal/pickle(get_turf(src))
+		new_pickle.original_body = src
+		if(mind)
+			mind.transfer_to(new_pickle)
+		//give them their old access if any
+		var/obj/item/card/id/mob_access_card = get_idcard()
+		if(mob_access_card)
+			new_pickle.access_card = mob_access_card
+		//move old body inside the pickle for safekeeping (when they die, we'll return the corpse because we're nice)
+		src.forceMove(new_pickle)