X (Twitter)-style creepy text story: Reply from a deleted account
A ready X (Twitter)-style chat for a creepy message from an unknown number, eight messages long and about 22 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: Reply from a deleted account
Load Reply from a deleted account and you get eight messages: deleted user starts with "Nice reflection in your window.", Pax closes with "I am calling the building.", and the read-through takes roughly 22 seconds.
Look at message 5, "I saw you close the curtain.", which runs 6 words, then at message 2, "What?". Two of the lines are questions, and each one pulls a reply out of the other side.
How the X (Twitter) look carries the story
The header carries the display name and a handle, which makes it easy to introduce a character who is a public-facing, fictional account. X (Twitter) is one of the looks open to everyone on the Free plan. Extras in this look: read marks and reactions; missing: typing dots and an online status. Messages tend to be short and punchy in this style, so a joke or a one-liner lands better than a paragraph. This look has its own drawing in the editor.
Writing notes: creepy unknown number
Make the stranger's lines calm and complete, and the main character's lines short and rattled. The contrast is the scare. Keep it non-graphic: no violence, no real people, no real places and no minors. The story is atmosphere, not gore.
What the Free plan shows
The Free plan opens the first four messages and two people, so Reply from a deleted account would stop at "Who are you?". The other four, through "I am calling the building.", need a paid plan with a higher message limit and up to four people.
Tips
- Hold message 5, "I saw you close the curtain.", a beat longer than the rest.
- Dark mode helps. A creepy story reads better on a dark screen, and a dark look also hides the compression of a small video.
- Change one word of Pax's closing "I am calling the building." so the ending is yours, then caption the video as a fictional chat.
- Rename Pax and deleted user to keep the story original, and keep every character an invented adult.
- Read Pax's answer "What?" out loud; if it takes more than two seconds, trim it.
Questions
Can I use Reply from a deleted account on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The X (Twitter) look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the eight messages and two people. The rest of the script needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is Reply from a deleted account as a video?
About 22 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.
Is it safe to post a scary chat story?
Yes, if it is clearly fiction, non-graphic and free of real people, real numbers or places. Add "fiction" to the caption.
Is this X (Twitter)-style chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented story between Pax and deleted user, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by X (Twitter), 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.
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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