Story mode chats

Half the conversations on Flirtini turn into fiction sooner or later. Someone asks for a story, the muse writes a paragraph, and an hour disappears very pleasantly.

How a story usually starts

With one concrete thing. A locked garden. A ferry that leaves at four. A letter with no stamp on it. Hand over an image rather than a plot and the first paragraph comes back with a question attached.

Taking turns

You can write as much or as little as you like. Some people answer in a line, others write half a page. The muse matches your length and keeps continuity, including details you invented and forgot about.

Choosing a register

Say what kind of story you are in the mood for: a caper, a slow mystery, something deliberately overblown, something quiet with weather in it. Ask for a change halfway through and the tone shifts without losing the thread.

Long-running chapters

Stories can run across many visits. Open the chat, ask where you left off, and the last scene comes back so you can carry on.

What stays out

Nothing explicit, and nothing cruel for its own sake. The drama on Flirtini comes from timing, weather and things left unsaid, which is the more interesting kind anyway.