Decisions Decisions...

This will make more sense if you read the rest of the story by clicking the label at the bottom of this post.

PART THREE.
Recorded conversation between Queen Geranium and Xaviera, her close friend.

Geranium: "It probably wasn't the smartest thing to do."
Xaviera: "You'll never convince anyone by yelling at them in that manner, that's for sure."
Geranium: "How can anyone believe something like that?"
Xaviera: "Lack of observation and constant ingraining from a very young age."
Geranium: "Maybe their planet is really overcrowded."
Xaviera: "Are you still going to carry out your threat?"
Geranium: "Yes. I'm not going to kill anyone though."
Xaviera: "There's only two days left. You can't expect them to leave in that time. All their spacecraft are off exploring."
Geranium: "I'll do something. I'll have to hold a council meeting first to decide what."
Xaviera: "I'm not sure drastic action is necessary."
Geranium: "Well I'm the queen. I can do what I want with the agreement of my Council."
Xaviera: "Then you'll have to deal with the consequences."
(door clicks shut)

(Message from camp manager to headquarters)
Manager: "Admiral, inhabitants have threatened our destruction. Requesting evacuation craft." (no reply) "Admiral, we have a day." (no reply) "Admiral!" (pause)
"I think the signal's gone."
Assistant: "Can I see?" (pause) "It says sent successfully."
Manager: "Admiral! Please reply. We're stuck on this planet. Requesting evacuation craft!" (pause) "Okay. We'll try again later."

15 minutes later
Manager: "Requesting communication with Ms Cavy." (pause) "Hello, this is settlement camp manager on planet Rata C, exploration mission CDM 964. Requesting urgent communication with Ms Cavy." (pause) "Damn! Why won't you answer your phone!" (pause)
Assistant 2: "Sir, six alien vehicles are approaching over the hill."
Manager: "Shut up!"
Assistant 2: "No!"
(a shouting match ensues)
Assistant 3: "Sir! Should I turn the alarms on?!"
(no response, shouting match continues)
(door slams) (shouting match is interrupted by wailing of alarm)
Manager: "Anabeth!"
(Assistant 3 returns)
Assistant 3: "Yes, Sir?"
Manager: "Did you set off the alarm?"
Assistant 3: "Yes Sir. You said if the situation called for it I was responsible for the camp. There are ten alien vehicles and one alien aircraft coming over the hill and you two were not behaving like responsible adults!" (pause) "So I decided to take charge of the camp and make sure nobody panicked."
(Silence)
Assistant 3: "Shall we step outside?"
(All leave. Door shuts)
Alarm continues for 15 minutes until the recording cuts off.

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Larnach's Castle

The only Castle in New Zealand.

It's pretty cool.

So are the Chandeliers.

I have been practicing my photography skills on various things in and around the castle.

I think the coat of arms for the castle is a cat, which is a bit different and interesting.

It's very big. And kind of expensive to see, but they use the money to help restore it so people can come look at it.

The gardens are quite pretty as well.
We spent most of the day wandering around everywhere, and then went home.

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Pictures and the Science Festival

I have been drawing, again. (How shocking)

This is a picture by one of my sisters, Hannah. She has just started a blog, writingdraw.blogspot.com it's a bit like this blog.

One of my other sisters has also started a blog, woodshavingsandbirdnests.blogspot.com this is something she's working on.

(What could it be!)


Well, on to the drawing!

At one of the events we went to they gave us pads of paper. So, naturally, I drew evil fairies, fish and a lizard on mine.

I momentarily forgot what insect wings look like

Once upon a time, I was bored. However, I just so happened to be in a library with free WiFi in it. Instead of reading something to improve my mind, I googled three different invertebrates and drew them.

By the way, if you ever find an octopus like this, be aware they are very poisonous, As is said above.

In the first event we went to, we looked at stuff, like these alum crystals, some of which were grown by my family. 

We went to a few more events, too, including one where we were taken around part of Otago Polytechnic and did various things. We built water wheels.

Looked at robots.

Built towers

And smashed them. (The one I helped with only broke after 25 kg was put on it. The engineer there said that the international student's one only got to 17)

We made paper rockets and shot them at the sky.

And butter is pretty expensive just now.
(Apparently Kiwi butter is cheaper in the UK)

There was an art exhibition as well.

We were making giant coccolithophores (Try saying that quickly) by gluing bits of paper on the giant spheres over there.

We drew some anonymous pictures and left them there. I wonder what happened to them.

This is one of Hannah's.

Daniel drew a Butterfish.
The exhibition was ocean themed, to raise awareness of the rubbish in the sea. (Save the ocean, save the albatross in Hawaii!)

Oh yeah, there was another thing...

I got a pencil sharpener! :)

And fancy chocolate

(PS. If anyone has questions, suggestions or comments, please leave them in the comment section. The end. Until next Monday.)