diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDirector.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDirector.java
index 7a1c2fdb0..09a1938f0 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDirector.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDirector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChatDirector.java,v 1.25 2002/07/17 20:53:31 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: ChatDirector.java,v 1.26 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.chat;
 
@@ -351,21 +351,24 @@ public class ChatDirector
         }
 
         String bundle = null;
-        String message = null;
+        String message, mode;
 
         // determine whether this speak message originated from another
         // client or from a server entity
-        if (args.length == 2) {
+        if (args.length == 3) {
             message = (String)args[1];
+            mode = (String) args[2];
+
         } else {
             bundle = (String)args[1];
             message = (String)args[2];
+            mode = (String) args[3];
         }
 
         // pass this on to our chat displays
         for (int i = 0; i < _displays.size(); i++) {
             ChatDisplay display = (ChatDisplay)_displays.get(i);
-            display.displaySpeakMessage(type, speaker, bundle, message);
+            display.displaySpeakMessage(type, speaker, bundle, message, mode);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDisplay.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDisplay.java
index e2faf40c0..79c984dbd 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDisplay.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDisplay.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChatDisplay.java,v 1.10 2002/07/17 20:53:31 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: ChatDisplay.java,v 1.11 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.chat;
 
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ public interface ChatDisplay
      * contain a bundle identifier that should be used to translate the
      * message text.
      * @param message the text of the message.
+     * @param mode the mode of the speak (@see ChatCodes.DEFAULT_MODE
+     *                                    @see ChatCodes.THINK_MODE,
+     *                                    @see ChatCodes.EMOTE_MODE ).
      */
     public void displaySpeakMessage (
-        String type, String speaker, String bundle, String message);
+        String type, String speaker, String bundle, String message,
+        String mode);
 
     /**
      * Called to display a tell message. A tell message is one that is
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/data/ChatCodes.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/data/ChatCodes.java
index 83328bf2c..94489c73a 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/data/ChatCodes.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/data/ChatCodes.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChatCodes.java,v 1.7 2002/04/15 16:28:01 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: ChatCodes.java,v 1.8 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.chat;
 
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ public interface ChatCodes extends InvocationCodes
     /** The message identifier for a tell notification. */
     public static final String TELL_NOTIFICATION = "Tell";
 
+    /** The default mode used by speak requests. */
+    public static final String DEFAULT_MODE = "default";
+
+    /** The think mode to indicate that the user is thinking
+     * what they're saying, or is it that they're saying what they're
+     * thinking? */
+    public static final String THINK_MODE = "think";
+
+    /** The mode to indicate that a speak is actually an emote. */
+    public static final String EMOTE_MODE = "emote";
+
     /** An error code delivered when the user targeted for a tell
      * notification is not online. */
     public static final String USER_NOT_ONLINE = "m.user_not_online";
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/server/ChatProvider.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/server/ChatProvider.java
index 62cd8e976..47c7c1fa6 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/server/ChatProvider.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/server/ChatProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChatProvider.java,v 1.10 2002/04/30 17:27:30 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ChatProvider.java,v 1.11 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.chat;
 
@@ -83,12 +83,36 @@ public class ChatProvider
      */
     public static void sendChatMessage (
         int placeOid, String speaker, String bundle, String message)
+    {
+        sendChatMessage(
+            placeOid, speaker, bundle, message, ChatCodes.DEFAULT_MODE);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a chat notification to the specified place object originating
+     * with the specified speaker (the speaker optionally being a server
+     * entity that wishes to fake a "speak" message) and with the supplied
+     * message content.
+     *
+     * @param placeOid the place to which to deliver the chat message.
+     * @param speaker the username of the user that generated the message
+     * (or some special speaker name for server messages).
+     * @param bundle null when the message originates from a real human,
+     * the bundle identifier that will be used by the client to translate
+     * the message text when the message originates from a server entity
+     * "faking" a chat message.
+     * @param message the text of the chat message.
+     * @param mode the mode of the message, @see ChatCodes.DEFAULT_MODE
+     */
+    public static void sendChatMessage (
+        int placeOid, String speaker, String bundle, String message,
+        String mode)
     {
         Object[] outargs = null;
         if (bundle == null) {
-            outargs = new Object[] { speaker, message };
+            outargs = new Object[] { speaker, message, mode };
         } else {
-            outargs = new Object[] { speaker, bundle, message };
+            outargs = new Object[] { speaker, bundle, message, mode };
         }
         MessageEvent nevt = new MessageEvent(
             placeOid, ChatService.SPEAK_NOTIFICATION, outargs);
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/micasa/client/ChatPanel.java b/src/java/com/threerings/micasa/client/ChatPanel.java
index a3d368358..88291ffc5 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/micasa/client/ChatPanel.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/micasa/client/ChatPanel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChatPanel.java,v 1.15 2002/07/17 20:53:31 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: ChatPanel.java,v 1.16 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.micasa.client;
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public class ChatPanel
 
     // documentation inherited
     public void displaySpeakMessage (
-        String type, String speaker, String bundle, String message)
+        String type, String speaker, String bundle, String message, String mode)
     {
         // wrap the speaker in brackets
         speaker = "<" + speaker + "> ";
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/client/SpotSceneDirector.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/client/SpotSceneDirector.java
index b891c2e83..b15bc673d 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/client/SpotSceneDirector.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/client/SpotSceneDirector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SpotSceneDirector.java,v 1.14 2002/06/14 01:40:16 ray Exp $
+// $Id: SpotSceneDirector.java,v 1.15 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.spot.client;
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObjectManager;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.ObjectAccessException;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.Subscriber;
 
+import com.threerings.crowd.chat.ChatCodes;
 import com.threerings.crowd.chat.ChatDirector;
 import com.threerings.crowd.client.LocationAdapter;
 import com.threerings.crowd.client.LocationDirector;
@@ -205,6 +206,18 @@ public class SpotSceneDirector
      * are not in a valid cluster and refused to deliver the request.
      */
     public boolean requestClusterSpeak (String message)
+    {
+        return requestClusterSpeak(message, ChatCodes.DEFAULT_MODE);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a chat message to the other users in the cluster to which the
+     * location that we currently occupy belongs.
+     *
+     * @return true if a cluster speak message was delivered, false if we
+     * are not in a valid cluster and refused to deliver the request.
+     */
+    public boolean requestClusterSpeak (String message, String mode)
     {
         // make sure we're currently in a scene
         DisplaySpotScene scene = (DisplaySpotScene)_scdir.getScene();
@@ -231,7 +244,7 @@ public class SpotSceneDirector
 
         // we're all clear to go
         SpotService.clusterSpeak(
-            _ctx.getClient(), scene.getId(), _locationId, message, this);
+            _ctx.getClient(), scene.getId(), _locationId, message, mode, this);
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/client/SpotService.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/client/SpotService.java
index 3dbddd6d8..38849e04f 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/client/SpotService.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/client/SpotService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SpotService.java,v 1.8 2002/05/15 23:54:34 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SpotService.java,v 1.9 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.spot.client;
 
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ public class SpotService implements SpotCodes
      */
     public static void clusterSpeak (
         Client client, int sceneId, int locationId, String message,
-        SpotSceneDirector rsptarget)
+        String mode, SpotSceneDirector rsptarget)
     {
         InvocationDirector invdir = client.getInvocationDirector();
         Object[] args = new Object[] {
-            new Integer(sceneId), new Integer(locationId), message };
+            new Integer(sceneId), new Integer(locationId), message, mode };
         invdir.invoke(MODULE_NAME, CLUSTER_SPEAK_REQUEST, args, rsptarget);
         Log.debug("Sent clusterSpeak request [sceneId=" + sceneId +
                   ", locId=" + locationId + ", message=" + message + "].");
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/SpotProvider.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/SpotProvider.java
index 47af74495..383d46c1c 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/SpotProvider.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/SpotProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SpotProvider.java,v 1.10 2002/06/20 22:38:58 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SpotProvider.java,v 1.11 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.spot.server;
 
@@ -194,10 +194,11 @@ public class SpotProvider extends InvocationProvider
      * Handles {@link SpotCodes#CLUSTER_SPEAK_REQUEST} messages.
      */
     public void handleClusterSpeakRequest (
-        BodyObject source, int invid, int sceneId, int locId, String message)
+        BodyObject source, int invid, int sceneId, int locId, String message,
+        String mode)
     {
         sendClusterChatMessage(sceneId, locId, source.getOid(),
-                               source.username, null, message);
+                               source.username, null, message, mode);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ public class SpotProvider extends InvocationProvider
      */
     public static void sendClusterChatMessage (
         int sceneId, int locId, int speakerOid, String speaker,
-        String bundle, String message)
+        String bundle, String message, String mode)
     {
         // look up the scene manager for the specified scene
         SpotSceneManager smgr = (SpotSceneManager)
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ public class SpotProvider extends InvocationProvider
             // need to check that the location exists and that the speaker
             // occupies it and so on
             smgr.handleClusterSpeakRequest(
-                speakerOid, speaker, locId, bundle, message);
+                speakerOid, speaker, locId, bundle, message, mode);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/SpotSceneManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/SpotSceneManager.java
index 2cc5e1efc..7bdf987ac 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/SpotSceneManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/SpotSceneManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SpotSceneManager.java,v 1.13 2002/06/20 23:06:40 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SpotSceneManager.java,v 1.14 2002/07/22 22:26:26 ray Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.spot.server;
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class SpotSceneManager extends SceneManager
      */
     protected void handleClusterSpeakRequest (
         int sourceOid, String source, int locationId,
-        String bundle, String message)
+        String bundle, String message, String mode)
     {
         // make sure this user occupies the specified location
         int locidx = _sscene.getLocationIndex(locationId);
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ public class SpotSceneManager extends SceneManager
         // all is well, generate a chat notification
         int clusterOid = _clusterOids[clusterIndex];
         if (clusterOid > 0) {
-            ChatProvider.sendChatMessage(clusterOid, source, bundle, message);
+            ChatProvider.sendChatMessage(
+                clusterOid, source, bundle, message, mode);
 
         } else {
             Log.warning("Have no cluster object for CCREQ " +