As for that blog...

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"Greetings people of Earth!" the video begins, from a smiling blonde woman sitting on a bed. Her surroundings look like a student dorm, with posters on the walls and a small pile of cardboard boxes. However, the strange devices visible on a desk and the red vines outside the window are the first clues that this isn't your typical room.

"It has been one month since Earth's first contact with aliens - at least, officially. I still have my doubts about Roswell." She winks playfully, before continuing "My name is Angela Greene, I'm from San Fran, and I've been selected to join the Intergalactic Peace Troopers, along with two other lucky humans. After our year of training, we're going to be heading out into that big wide universe to protect and serve, and boldly go!"

"I bet you're all really curious about everything out there, beyond the stars... well, me too! That's why I'm going to share what I see with all of you. And my first piece is going to be on my next-door neighbour."

The camera changes hands, still recording, and is pointed towards what resembles an enormous snake with two arms, and quills down it's back. The snake waves awkwardly.

"This is Valan. He's a Quillespian, but was born in interplanetary space. At first, I thought he was giving me the silent treatment, but it turns out his species communicated like this!"

The camera changes to infra-red, and shifting patterns of heat are visible all over Valan's serpentine body. Subtitles appear on the video -Greetings people of Earth! I hope I'm not scaring you. Angela looks pretty strange to me as well, but it turns out we both enjoy cinema.-

The camera switches back to regular colours, and is passed back to Valan, to picture Angela once more. "Well, that's it for my first entry - I've still got things to unpack, but I hope you liked it. Goodbye for now!"