The light in the window: mystery chat template
A ready WhatsApp-look chat for the tiny mysteries 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 WhatsApp look
The house across the street always lights one window at nine.
Who lives there?
Nobody. It is for sale.
Is there a timer?
I walked over. There is a candle.
A real one?
It is on a timer, and a note says "Stay a little".
The house is hosting.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The light in the window
The light in the window is a eight-message template for a mystery chat: Bo and Cass trade lines from "The house across the street always lights one window at nine." to "The house is hosting.", about 28 seconds as a video.
Look at message 7, "It is on a timer, and a note says 'Stay a little'.", which runs 12 words, then at message 2, "Who lives there?". Three of the lines are questions and each pulls a reply out of the other side.
Using it in the WhatsApp look
Reveal the answer in the second-to-last message and use the last for the reaction. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks, reactions and an online status. WhatsApp is one of the looks open to everyone on the Free plan. Pin "can you guess?" in the first comment and answer the best guess in Part 2. Group chats show each sender name in a different colour above their bubble, which makes a many-voices scene easy to follow.
What the Free plan shows
The Free plan opens the first four messages and two people, so The light in the window would stop at "Is there a timer?". The other four, through "The house is hosting.", need a paid plan with a higher message limit and up to four people.
Tips
- Hold message 5, "I walked over. There is a candle.", a beat longer than the rest.
- Start on "The house across the street always lights one window at..." and let viewers read it twice before Cass replies.
- State the question in the first line and give one clue per message.
- Change one word of Cass's closing "The house is hosting." so the ending is yours, then caption the video as a fictional chat.
- Rename Bo and Cass to keep the story original, and keep every character an invented adult.
Questions
Can I use The light in the window on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The WhatsApp 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 light in the window 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 mystery chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Bo and Cass, 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.