The extra key: mystery chat template
A ready Discord-look chat for the tiny mysteries gallery, eight messages and about 27 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the Discord look
I found a key on my keyring that I do not recognise.
Try your doors.
It does not fit any of them.
Try the neighbours.
It fits my old locker from college.
Which you left ten years ago.
I am going back to check.
Take photos.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The extra key
Fox starts this one with "I found a key on my keyring that I do not recognise.". After eight messages Gil has the last word, "Take photos.", which gives about 27 seconds on screen.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 1 at 12 words, the shortest is message 8. There are no questions, which makes the chat feel final.
Using it in the Discord look
State the question in the first line and give one clue per message. Switch on typing dots, reactions and an online status when you build the scene; read marks are not offered for Discord. Free accounts can use Discord without paying. Alternate a question and a clue to keep a steady rhythm. Discord-style chats have no bubbles. Each message is a row with a round avatar, a bold username and a small timestamp, and the text sits in plain lines underneath.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Gil's "Try the neighbours." is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining four messages, up to "Take photos.", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "It fits my old locker from college." (message 5) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Fox's "I found a key on my keyring that I do not recognise." alone on screen for a full second at the start.
- Pin "can you guess?" in the first comment and answer the best guess in Part 2.
- Rewrite the last line, "Take photos.", in your own voice and mark the post as fiction.
- Swap Fox and Gil for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
Questions
Can I use The extra key on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The Discord 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 extra key as a video?
About 27 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 Fox and Gil, 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.