The plant parent: roommate chat template
A ready Instagram DM-look chat for the roommate chronicles gallery, eight messages and about 28 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the Instagram DM look
Your plant has been in my room since Monday.
It likes the light.
It is leaning toward my desk.
It has taste.
It dropped a leaf on my keyboard.
That is a love letter.
I would like to give it back.
It will lean in your direction.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The plant parent
The plant parent is a eight-message template for a roommate chat chat: Eli and Fran trade lines from "Your plant has been in my room since Monday." to "It will lean in your direction.", about 28 seconds as a video.
Look at message 1, "Your plant has been in my room since Monday.", which runs 9 words, then at message 4, "It has taste.". Nobody asks a question, so it reads as a run of statements.
Using it in the Instagram DM look
Pick one object everything revolves around: a plant, a mug, a sofa, a thermostat. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks, reactions and an online status. Instagram DM is one of the looks open to everyone on the Free plan. Make the problem small and the language formal. A polite note about a spoon reads funnier than a fight. Reactions arrive as a small heart or emoji on the corner of a bubble, a cheap way to show a reply without spending a message.
What the Free plan shows
The Free plan opens the first four messages and two people, so The plant parent would stop at "It has taste.". The other four, through "It will lean in your direction.", need a paid plan with a higher message limit and up to four people.
Tips
- Hold message 5, "It dropped a leaf on my keyboard.", a beat longer than the rest.
- Start on "Your plant has been in my room since Monday." and let viewers read it twice before Fran replies.
- A series works well: "Flatmate chronicles, episode 4".
- Change one word of Fran's closing "It will lean in your direction." so the ending is yours, then caption the video as a fictional chat.
- Rename Eli and Fran to keep the story original, and keep every character an invented adult.
Questions
Can I use The plant parent on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The Instagram DM look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the eight messages and two people. The rest needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is The plant parent as a video?
About 28 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card.
Is this roommate chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Eli and Fran, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app, and look names describe a style only. Label what you publish as fiction.
Can I change the names and lines?
Yes. Open the template in the editor, replace any line or name and export your own version. Keep the characters invented, and keep the content free of real people and anything sexual.
This is fiction. The people in this template are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
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