I'm going to try something a bit silly

Well actually I've got a few silly things planned. For one in less than two weeks some friends and myself are doing the Wolftrek - a 45 mile walk ending up at the top of Cairngorm, within 24 hours. Another is below.
I don't know if I can write in a way that is readable but this little short has been buzzing around my head for the past couple of days so I thought I'd try to get it down and one I'd written it I figured I'd ask for your comments. Good or bad but please be constructive, if not necessarily nice...

So here it is, a story about first contact.
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Assessing record – first contact:

“…We turn to our special correspondent on the scene of this, humanity’s first contact with another species! Janet, can you hear me?”

“Thank you Tim, yes, here we are less than ten years after the first messages were detected by the LISA observatory, and now we are waiting for the representative of the species known as the ‘Pa’adu’ to leave their craft and be welcomed by the UN delegation.
“There seems to be a small delay while the translation equipment is set up, and I am sure everyone watching will remember how the newly commissioned LISA orbiting gravitational wave interferometer picked up patterns in the background gravitational field, and the scientific furore surrounding the discovery that these patterns corresponded to the prime numbers in binary. It has been called the ‘defining moment of our generation’ by the world’s leaders; and yet even today some religious factions have decried the development of the Gravitational Communication Wave, or GCroW, as an affront to the divine plan for humanity, although of course the major religious leaders have distanced themselves from this view.
“We are still not sure what to expect when the emissary leaves the ship, as no visual transmission was been possible but all contact has led to the belief that the first life discovered outside of our own planet is peaceful. We know that the home-world of the Pa’adu is slightly smaller than Earth with a similar atmosphere, some 30 light years from our sun.
“Communication based on the mathematical system of the GCroW has led to what is now recognised as the decade of fastest development in computing, transport and engineering and there are great hopes for the fu… Hang on Tim, there seems to be something happening!”

“We’re getting a bit of interference here Janet, what can you see?”

“The vessel, transported by the Pa’adu to the prepared site, has changed! The once smooth shell is now folding back on itself and there is light coming from the inside. Two figures are emerging towards the waiting diplomatic party, they look to be wearing some kind of protective covering with what appears to be a life support system attached.
“I…I’m not sure if I can do justice to a description Tim but they look to be slightly smaller than a horse, with six legs and two arm like forelimbs, each ending in two pairs of pincers. They seem to have some kind of sensory centre like a head, at the front of their bodies. Of course as yet we don’t know if they have male and female genders, if they speak as we do or indeed anything except what has been released by the UN Extra-Terrestrial Research Alliance. Speaking at a press conference earlier, Dr Petra Davros of UNETRA told us to expect the delegates to speak through the translation equipment developed from discussion via the GCroW; and it looks like the first Pa’adu is approaching the translator.
“There seems to be something wrong, both Pa’adu are moving around, they’re saying something but the UNETRA feed has been disabled so we can’t hear anything. I’m trying to get closer but the security fence is preventing me moving any further.
“It looks like there is some discussion happening with the UN group. They seem upset and the alien pair are, yes, they are returning to their craft! I don’t know what is occurring but the UN delegates seem confused and rather angry. The Pa’adu craft is, I don’t believe it, it is leaving.
“I can see Dr Davros, she is coming over, Dr Davros, what happened?”

“Janet, hi, I… I am not sure. The visitors looked around, looked at us, said some things that we are not sure we translated correctly then left. The translation should have been accurate but it does not make any sense.”

“What did they say?”

“The parts we are most certain of were that we had not told them of our aggressive nature, of the fact we were hunters and hunters could not be trusted. The last phrase, I’m not sure, but it seems as though they found something wrong with the way we look. They have left now and I am not sure if we can recover from this diplomatic mess.
“We are seeking a better translation of the last phrase, as soon as we have it confirmed we will release a full press pack but if you will excuse me I have to get back.”

“Well Tim, I’m not sure what to say about the events of today….”

Record complete.
As you can see, class, this first meeting between humans and a non-Terran race went badly and it took thirty years before we managed to convince any other race that we were not as violent as they assumed. We worried at first that they had witnessed our history and were judging us by how we acted but eventually we found out that the Pa’adu and other were basing their assessment on our heritage and the final comments would be a sign of how so many other races would see us. These words show, possibly more than any others, that in all of the diversity in the universe, some rules of evolution and natural selection are indeed universal.
“How can we trust you? You are hunters, we will always be prey to such as you. You have eyes in the front of your head.”

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I'll be honest, I would expect most people's first reaction to be "wha?" but hey, I've written drivel on the blog before, why not this? Like I said, please feel free to tell me what you think. ;-D