Starhowler

8/6
I'm in a bar that is actually an online chatroom, yet I have the feeling of being inside it and occupying a physical space. It's wood paneled and there are several tables arranged in the room, each with a host of seats. It reminds me strongly of the Tavern chatroom in those old Sierra games Shadow of Yserbius/Fates of Twinion, even though those were literally just chatrooms with no visuals beyond their title. Anyway, there is a chat log here that I can see, kind of superimposed/off to the side from the room itself. In it I can see that this is a room for canine furries like myself (so the assumption is that there are several other rooms with similar specialization). I can see S, a coyote like me, has posted a message asking where the other coyotes are. I look around and the place is empty except for me, so his message must have been posted a little while ago. Since it's empty, I don't see the point in hanging around, so I go idle.

When my awareness returns, some time has passed, and now the room is bustling. There are several tables full of guests, and there are also a couple of tables with only one person sitting at them--my table is one of those. I assume the others are idling like I had been, or maybe they're just loners? I think they might not want to be bothered, and then realize that's probably what other people have thought when observing my table, so that might explain why no one is here with me. I feel a little lonely. I look through the list of tables/users and I can see S is here now, but his table is filled up with other coyote people. Now I really am kicking myself. I should have at least left a response to his earlier note so he knew I'd be around; I would have liked the chance to talk with him. It's not _technically_ too late; there's probably still space at the table for me to join, but now I feel self-conscious since their conversation is probably in full swing and I worry they'd think I was strange for joining it out of the blue.

No recall for 8/7 (today).