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.
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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?"
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"I've been buttered," she announced, sounding as shocked as she felt.
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"I, I've, they say that..." Was he stammering more than usual? "Popcorn. S-sometimes people turn into popcorn and, and sometimes they turn back again. Into people, and when, when they do, they're greasy and salty and sometimes their memories are, they've forgotten things."
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"I must have, Serenity isn't this... roomy. Your cat is licking me." Indeed, the white one was currently going to town on her left foot. It tickled.
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And, cats were not doctors. She crouched, dripping all over the hallway, and offered her hand instead of her foot, which Schrodinger graciously accepted.
"She is not an Austrian physicist. She's much cuter than an Austrian Physicist."
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Einstein was still a bit uncertain, so A knelt to give him his share of attention.
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"They go into your head," she murmured after a moment, her voice flat. "They didn't let me dance."
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"I, I never, there was no dancing, that wasn't a thing to learn."
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"It is the most wonderful thing in the world." Though, cats were quickly becoming second-most wonderful on her list. Schrodinger was purring.
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Albeit a fairly chaotic one.
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