The Unpopping of River Tam

[biblerewrite.livejournal.com]

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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[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

A understood the concept of popcorn, and had walked past the popcorn room often on his way to the library. But he had never seen someone emerge, oleaginous and gritty with salt.

He approached her tentatively; it was supposed to be confusing, being revived from popcorn, and he knows how frightening confusion can be.

"Are you lost?"

[edomedpeddler.livejournal.com]

Kusuriyuri was on his way back to his room. He had much to think on and steps to take on plants that were being prepared for medicinal use. And, while he was accustom to the odd styles of dress from the students, he could only recall one other person covered in that particular substance, and he had been rather disoriented and wishing to clean himself.

"Are you well?" he asked softly. Though he was not carrying his case, he knew his geta made enough noise that she should have been aware of his approach.

[noseymaddie.livejournal.com]

Someone showing up covered in butter was completely new on Maddie. Even hanging around a stage magician's creative developer hadn't exposed her to that. Maybe if she spent more time with Adam Klaus himself, she would have seen more oddities. But, then, she was too short and full-figured to be his type. And had too much brains, too.

"And I thought just showing up here was weird. Are you okay?" she asked solicitously.

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Soichiro was checking. Sure, there were no other names he recognized on the plaque, but given how many people he knew that went under aliases, it couldn't hurt to check to see if someone was there.

Okay, someone unfamiliar (River Tam, strange name) was here, but no one he know.

"Would you like some help?"

[jezzthespoon.livejournal.com]

He'd had some idle time, and had gone to visit the popcorn room. The only familiar name on the plaque was Pharaun Mizzrym, but it was satisfying enough for Jezz to imagine the garrulous wizard who'd come to Minauthkeep with the Baenre being transmuted into a food item.

On the way, he spotted a human girl going in the other direction.