EP flash competition a million years ago? Just me then. Well, it went through several revisions (comments here taken into serious consideration apart from why the aliens conveniently own an oxygen-rich reality TV studio planet - I mean, come on fellahs!) and now it's finally left home to live its on life on
http://www.everydayfiction.com/no-animals-were-harmed-by-suzanne-conboy-hill/ so thank the almighty Nora for that :-D