Da Vinci builds a flatpack: history chat template
A ready Instagram DM-look chat for the historical figures group chat gallery, seven messages and about 26 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the Instagram DM look
Nikola, I am assembling a wardrobe.
It is a good wardrobe.
It has a bolt too many.
Keep it for emergencies.
I have designed three flying machines from the spare parts.
Is the wardrobe done?
It is the most beautiful door that does not close.
The full script (7 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: Da Vinci builds a flatpack
Load Da Vinci builds a flatpack and you get seven messages. Leonardo da Vinci opens with "Nikola, I am assembling a wardrobe.", Leonardo da Vinci closes with "It is the most beautiful door that does not close.", and the read-through runs roughly 26 seconds.
Message 5 is the longest at 10 words ("I have designed three flying machines from the spare parts.") and message 4 is the shortest ("Keep it for emergencies."). One line asks a question, so the other person keeps answering.
Using it in the Instagram DM look
Finish on a line only a modern person would say, like "I will send an invite". No upgrade is needed to try Instagram DM. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks, reactions and an online status. Only figures who died long ago, no living people, no sexual jokes and no mockery of hardship. Photos and shared posts normally fill the screen in this style; in ChatsRat the sample keeps to text, so the words carry the scene.
What the Free plan shows
On a Free account you see four messages of Da Vinci builds a flatpack, ending at "Keep it for emergencies.". To get to "It is the most beautiful door that does not close.", three messages later, upgrade to a paid plan.
Tips
- Pause on Nikola Tesla's "Keep it for emergencies." before moving to the next bubble.
- Let the opening "Nikola, I am assembling a wardrobe." breathe so a late scroller still knows who is talking.
- Pick a problem everyone shares, like a slow computer or a group dinner, and let the figures be too grand for it.
- Make the ending your own by editing "It is the most beautiful door that does not close."; add "fictional chat" to the caption.
- Try two new names in place of Leonardo da Vinci and Nikola Tesla, then read the story out loud once.
Questions
Can I use Da Vinci builds a flatpack 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 seven messages and two people. The rest needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is Da Vinci builds a flatpack as a video?
About 26 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting seven messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card.
Is this history chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Leonardo da Vinci and Nikola Tesla, 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 (the historical figures lived long ago and nothing here is a real quotation). 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.