Specially for you directly from Challenge (just whilst on waiting for everyone to arrive!) I was reading Hansel and Gretel so this spawned
First officer Spock looked at the floor before him. A faint trail, of what appeared to be bread crumbs, was scattered down the corridor. He looked around but found the area of the ship unoccupied. Raising an eyebrow he crouched down and picked up a fragment, rolling it between his fingers. It appeared to be a very fine bread crumb, wholegrain judging from its colour, but that did not answer why it was littering the corridor. Spock felt his curiosity pique and straightened up still staring at the trail. He began following the mystifying trail winding through the ship. After several minutes the crumbs led to a turbo lift. Spock stood outside the doors and wondered how he was to continue the trail if he didn't know what floor the creator had left at? Twitching his eyebrow he entered the lift and looked around. A small pile of brown crumbs sat innocently by the controls. As he went to use the handle he spotted a small smear of crumb dust next to the sick bay level. That meant that whoever did this may have in fact been lost and searching for sickbay. Yet that did not explain the bread at all. Spock set the turbo lift for sickbay and pondered the situation. Unless it was a trail for an invasion, although highly unlikely, it seemed harmless. The doors swished open and Spock glanced at the floor. Staring back at him was a fresh trail of bread crumbs. Smirking to himself at his deduction Spock stepped forward and continued his quest to find the source of the mess. The trail led him past sickbay and around the surrounding corridors. Eventually the trail stopped and just further up the corridor stood two young crew members. One was holding a paper bag and both were looking around confused.
"I'm sure it was this way!"
"Well it isn't!"
"Well done captain obvious"
"No need to get sarcastic"
"Oh just shut it and turn back."
The two turned and wandered back down the corridor still bickering. They spotted Spock and jumped in surprise. Upon closer examination he recognized them as two new ensigns.
"Ensign Redding ensign Townsend may I enquire as to why you are leaving a trail of bread crumbs across the ship?" He looked down on them sternly.
"We were lost..." Ensign Redding shuffled nervously as her friend tried to explain. As ensign Townsend continued her hesitant explanation she interrupted.
"It was better than dye!" Spock looked at her before pursing his lips.
"Next time simply ask for directions. It would be more logical." The two ensigns nodded hurriedly and Spock turned back down the corridor.
"Excuse me commander" Spock turned to see a grinning ensign Redding.
"Yes ensign?"
"Could you maybe tell us how to get to engineering?"
