Ollie was having one of those days, with not much in the way of work the scientist found himself doing the one annoying habit he had, which came in the form of endless pacing, and by pacing walking the entire ship. The arboretum his usual solace was currently in quarantine because of a plant he had attempted to grow had spread its apparently poisonous spores when it blossomed all over the room which when consumed or come into contact with the skin would begin reproducing, fortunately, he managed to get out of there quick but had to lock down the room until the 39th hour when the spores would die and it would be safe to reenter.

Which left the scientist to wandering the halls and going through the periodic table song as he did,

There’s Hydrogen and Helium
Then Lithium, Beryllium
Boron, Carbon everywhere
Nitrogen all through the air

Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon
Phosphorus, then Sulfur, Chlorine and Argon
Potassium, and Calcium so you’ll grow strong
Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium and Chromium and Manganese…

• Ensign Oliver Louhgty