The spare key: roommate chat template
A ready iMessage-look chat for the roommate chronicles gallery, eight messages and about 21 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the iMessage look
Where is the spare key?
In the plant.
Which plant?
The one that looks like a plant.
They all look like plants.
The tall one.
They are all tall.
The tallest.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The spare key
Load The spare key and you get eight messages. Kay opens with "Where is the spare key?", Len closes with "The tallest.", and the read-through runs roughly 21 seconds.
Look at message 4, "The one that looks like a plant.", which runs 7 words, then at message 3, "Which plant?". Two of the lines are questions and each pulls a reply out of the other side.
Using it in the iMessage look
Pick one object everything revolves around: a plant, a mug, a sofa, a thermostat. iMessage is one of the looks open to everyone on the Free plan. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks and reactions; missing: an online status. Use a running count, like "this is the third time", and let it grow. A small "Delivered" or "Read" line sits under the last bubble you sent, so a story can end on a message that was read and never answered.
What the Free plan shows
The Free plan opens the first four messages and two people, so The spare key would stop at "The one that looks like a plant.". The other four, through "The tallest.", need a paid plan with a higher message limit and up to four people.
Tips
- Hold message 5, "They all look like plants.", a beat longer than the rest.
- Start on "Where is the spare key?" and let viewers read it twice before Len replies.
- A series works well: "Flatmate chronicles, episode 4".
- Change one word of Len's closing "The tallest." so the ending is yours, then caption the video as a fictional chat.
- Rename Kay and Len to keep the story original, and keep every character an invented adult.
Questions
Can I use The spare key on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The iMessage 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 spare key as a video?
About 21 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 Kay and Len, 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.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.