The Unpopping of River Tam

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River found herself in the not unfamiliar state of being utterly disoriented.

This is not logical; there is not enough butter on Serenity to bathe in.
And yet, to spite the illogical bend of the situation, here she was, covered in butter. Did they even have butter?

And, surrounded by popcorn.
There is not enough popcorn on Serenity to fill a room.
This was a highly illogical situation. A distressing one.

"Simon?" she called out, tentatively. She didn't expect an answer. That... was far more distressing than the popcorn.
Don't be irrational, she thought. It was sound advice.
"Simon?!" She called again, louder. Of course, no answer, but she was allowed to be irrational once in a while. But only for a few seconds. If Simon wasn't here, he was obviously elsewhere, so elsewhere she would go. She stepped out of the popcorn room, and dripped down the unfamiliar hallway.

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[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"That's why it's difficult. If it had just been some stranger, I could hate him so easily...but he's my son."

[biblerewrite.livejournal.com]

She nodded sagely, and grew quiet a moment.

"Do you want to hate him?"

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"I should. He committed mass murder, and from what I heard, felt no remorse about it. And I think I was one of his victims."

[biblerewrite.livejournal.com]

"Should and want are very different things. I don't think he'd kill you on purpose."

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"I've seen an alternate timeline where he did. He had said sacrifices were needed to create a new world. To hear your own child say that..." he drifted off.

[biblerewrite.livejournal.com]

River didn't have an accurate response, so she followed behind him mutely. She'd have liked to have given him some sort of comfort, but, as with so many people, she wasn't sure how.

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Soichiro shook his head. He shouldn't bother with this. And they were almost at Ravenclaw.

[biblerewrite.livejournal.com]

"What do you do here?" she asked after a few moments, then, rather under her breath, "this looks vaguely familiar..."

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"I attend class. Research hexes on my own time. Talk to people." Get drunk.

[biblerewrite.livejournal.com]

"Tell me about the classes."

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"There's Divination, that's taught by Kusuriyuri. I heard that someone just recently got hired for Herbology. There's supposed to be a Defense Against the Dark Arts class soon, which I'm looking forward to. There's one on caring for magical creatures, I kept the pet I acquired there."