diff --git a/Content.Client/_DEN/Denu/Modules/Chat/FormatterModule.cs b/Content.Client/_DEN/Denu/Modules/Chat/FormatterModule.cs
index a53496d51c..d8640cdd88 100644
--- a/Content.Client/_DEN/Denu/Modules/Chat/FormatterModule.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/_DEN/Denu/Modules/Chat/FormatterModule.cs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ private static MessageFormatter.FormatterConfig CreateFormatterConfig()
             {
                 new("***", "[bolditalic]", "[/bolditalic]", false, false),
                 new("**", "[bold]", "[/bold]", false, false),
-                new("\"", "[color={DialogueColor}]\"", "\"[/color]", false, true),
+                new("\"", "\"[color={DialogueColor}]", "[/color]\"", false, true),
                 new("*", "[italic]", "[/italic]", true, false),
                 new("*", "[italic][color={EmoteColor}]*", "*[/color][/italic]", false, false),
             },
diff --git a/Content.Server/Radio/EntitySystems/RadioSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Radio/EntitySystems/RadioSystem.cs
index 833d2bac6a..b6dddec04a 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Radio/EntitySystems/RadioSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Radio/EntitySystems/RadioSystem.cs
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ public void SendRadioMessage(EntityUid messageSource,
             channel.LocalizedName,
             channel.Color);
         
+        Log.Debug("Radio: " + wrappedMessage);
+        
         if (name != Name(messageSource))
             _adminLogger.Add(LogType.Chat, LogImpact.Low, $"Radio message from {ToPrettyString(messageSource):user} as {name} on {channel.LocalizedName}: {unwrappedMessage}");
         else
diff --git a/Content.Server/_DEN/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Language.cs b/Content.Server/_DEN/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Language.cs
index b1ec651892..0403c22052 100644
--- a/Content.Server/_DEN/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Language.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/_DEN/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Language.cs
@@ -393,19 +393,18 @@ public void SendComplexMessageToEntity(EntityUid source,
             // Combine tags back into emotes and dialog so they can be formatted.
             List<(ChatPart, string)> mergedParts = [];
             var workingSet = message.Parts;
+            Log.Debug("====== BEFORE ======");
+            foreach (var (kind, part) in workingSet)
+            {
+                Log.Debug("Got " + kind + ": [" + part + "]");
+            }
             var lastSeen = workingSet[0];
-            for (int i = 0; i < workingSet.Count; i++)
+            for (int i = 1; i < workingSet.Count; i++)
             {
-                if (i == 0)
-                {
-                    lastSeen = workingSet[0];
-                    continue;
-                }
-
                 var current = workingSet[i];
                 // Matching Dialog or Emote.
                 if ((lastSeen.Item1 is ChatPart.Dialog or ChatPart.DialogTag 
-                    && current.Item1 is ChatPart.Dialog or ChatPart.DialogTag) 
+                    && current.Item1 is ChatPart.Dialog or ChatPart.DialogTag)
                     || (lastSeen.Item1 is ChatPart.Emote or ChatPart.EmoteTag
                         && current.Item1 is ChatPart.Emote or ChatPart.EmoteTag))
                 {
@@ -423,12 +422,12 @@ public void SendComplexMessageToEntity(EntityUid source,
                 }
             }
             mergedParts.Add(lastSeen);
-            
+  
             // Loop over the parts of the complex speech.
             // Dialog gets a lot of special formatting where as emotes just get default action formatting.
             foreach (var (kind, part) in mergedParts)
             {
-                if (kind == ChatPart.Dialog)
+                if (kind == ChatPart.Dialog || kind == ChatPart.DialogTag)
                 {
                     unwrappedBuilder.Append(message.Delimiter + part + message.Delimiter);
                     wrappedBuilder.Append(message.Delimiter);
diff --git a/Content.Shared/_DEN/Chat/SharedChatSystem.Language.cs b/Content.Shared/_DEN/Chat/SharedChatSystem.Language.cs
index 15a72f3cdf..164e6ac9f1 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/_DEN/Chat/SharedChatSystem.Language.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/_DEN/Chat/SharedChatSystem.Language.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using Content.Shared._DEN.CCVar;
 using Content.Shared._DEN.Language;
-using Content.Shared._DEN.Utility;
 using Content.Shared.Speech;
 using Robust.Shared.Configuration;
 using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ public ComplexChatMessage ObfuscateComplexChatMessage(ComplexChatMessage message
     /// <returns>The correct speech verb prototype to use.</returns>
     public SpeechVerbPrototype GetComplexSpeechVerb(EntityUid source, ComplexChatMessage message, LanguagePrototype language, ChatChannel channel)
     {
-        var lastDialog = message.Parts.LastOrDefault(p => p.Item1 == ChatPart.Dialog).Item2;
+        var lastDialog = message.Parts.LastOrDefault(p => p.Item1 == ChatPart.Dialog).Item2 ?? "";
 
         SpeechVerbPrototype? current = null;
         Dictionary<LocId, ProtoId<SpeechVerbPrototype>>? currentSuffixVerbs = null;
@@ -178,12 +177,12 @@ public ComplexChatMessage(string message, string delimiter, bool isDetailed, boo
             return;
         }
 
-        var outside = false;
+        var outside = true;
         foreach (var hunk in parsedMsg.Nodes)
         {
             if (!hunk.IsPlainText)
             {
-                parts.Add((outside ? ChatPart.DialogTag : ChatPart.EmoteTag, hunk.ToString()));
+                parts.Add((outside ? ChatPart.EmoteTag : ChatPart.DialogTag, hunk.ToString()));
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -191,15 +190,17 @@ public ComplexChatMessage(string message, string delimiter, bool isDetailed, boo
             var pieces = hunk.ToString().Split(Delimiter);
             if (pieces.Length == 1 && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(pieces[0]))
             {
-                parts.Add((outside ? ChatPart.Dialog : ChatPart.Emote, pieces[0]));
+                parts.Add((outside ? ChatPart.Emote : ChatPart.Dialog, pieces[0]));
                 continue;
             }
             
             foreach (var msgChunk in pieces)
             {
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(msgChunk))
-                    parts.Add((outside ? ChatPart.Dialog : ChatPart.Emote, msgChunk));
-                outside = !outside;
+                {
+                    parts.Add((outside ? ChatPart.Emote : ChatPart.Dialog, msgChunk));
+                    outside = !outside;
+                }
             }
         }