The song link: retro chat template
A ready ICQ-look chat for the retro chat nostalgia gallery, seven messages and about 19 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the ICQ look
The full script (7 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The song link
A 19-second retro chat template: Rex and Pia, seven messages, opening on "check this song out" and closing on "it is the good cat". Everything here can be edited in the ChatsRat editor before you export.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 5 at 6 words, the shortest is message 2. Two questions give the chat its back-and-forth. You can change any line or name once the sample is open in the editor.
Using it in the ICQ look
Let one person sign off mid-sentence. Logging off was the cliffhanger of the day. ICQ is a Standard plan look, so a Free account cannot open this template. Switch on an online status when you build the scene; typing dots, read marks and reactions are not offered for ICQ. Add "fiction" and the decade you are evoking to the caption. Retro and legacy looks draw the screen with a simple window layout, name labels and a typing line, so the words do the work.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Pia's "which page?" is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining three messages, up to "it is the good cat", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "which page?" (message 4) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Rex's "check this song out" alone on screen for a full second at the start.
- Add "fiction" and the decade you are evoking to the caption.
- Rewrite the last line, "it is the good cat", in your own voice and mark the post as fiction.
- Swap Rex and Pia for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
Questions
Can I use The song link on the Free plan?
The ICQ look needs the Standard plan or above, so a Free account cannot open it. The Plans page lists exactly what each plan includes.
How long is The song link as a video?
About 19 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 retro chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Rex and Pia, 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.
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