Slack-style prank text story: Mandatory fun
A ready Slack-style chat for a harmless prank, eight messages long and about 26 seconds as a video. Load it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The script: Mandatory fun
Load Mandatory fun and you get eight messages: Gus starts with "Reminder: mandatory fun starts at 3pm.", Hattie closes with "I am telling HR you are kind.", and the read-through takes roughly 26 seconds.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 6 at 7 words, the shortest is message 7. Three questions give the scene its back-and-forth. You can change any line or name once the sample is open in the editor.
How the Slack look carries the story
The look says "work" immediately, which makes it the right frame for office comedy, a wrong-channel mistake or a surprise announcement. Slack is a Standard plan look, so a Free account cannot open this sample. Switch on typing dots, reactions and an online status when you build the scene; read marks are not offered for Slack. Threaded replies are a signature of the real app; in a short story, one extra named person joining the thread often does the same job. The editor uses its shared layout here, an outline of the style and not a copy of the app.
Writing notes: prank
Use one running detail, such as a ridiculous reference number or a made-up office name, and repeat it three times. Repetition is cheap and reliable. Skip pranks about real money, emergencies, illness, school or work discipline, or anyone's personal safety. A prank story should be safe to forward to the person it is about.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Hattie's "Is this in my contract?" is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining four messages, up to "I am telling HR you are kind.", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "Reference number 55. Clause: smile." (message 5) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Gus's "Reminder: mandatory fun starts at 3pm." alone on screen for a full second at the start.
- A prank story loves a quick payoff, so aim for a video under thirty seconds with the reveal in the last five.
- Swap Gus and Hattie for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
- Shorten "What does mandatory fun involve?" if you read it slower than the others.
Questions
Can I use Mandatory fun on the Free plan?
The Slack look needs the Standard plan or above, so a Free account cannot open it. The Plans page lists what each plan includes, and the Free plan shows the first four messages of a free look.
How long is Mandatory fun as a video?
About 26 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card and a little more if you use a typing indicator before the last line.
What makes a prank story funny rather than mean?
The target should be fictional, the trick harmless and the ending warm. If the story would embarrass a real person, change it.
Is this Slack-style chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented story between Gus and Hattie, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Slack, and the name describes a style only. Label the video as fiction.
This is fiction. The people and events in this story 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.
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