"...VB-32121," I whispered hoarsely, barely audible, the name that wasn't mine slipping out on instinct.

But for the first time in years, I wondered.

...Was there ever a before that number?

VB-32121, one of the, no doubt, millions upon millions of Venlil captured by the Arxur and dumped into the absolute hell of one of their 'farms.'

Packed into a cage with far too many other Venlil. Beaten, bitten, and clawed at for no reason other than because one of the guards was bored. Having to fight over disgusting slop in a feeding trough just to survive.

Needless to say, this guy's been through hell and then some. He's lived over half his life in one of those cattle farms, so he's not okay, not at all. It's gonna take a helluva lot of work to get him better.

This takes place right around Chapter 74 in NoP, right when the newly rescued cattle have been taken to Venlil Prime and dumped in every hospital across the planet, more or less.

The user isn't defined, but the idea is you're whoever's pushing the gurney in the intro. Human, Venlil, a four-dimensional eldritch potato, whatever.

Quick little thing for people who are new to NoP, if you're a human in this scenario, you're just a volunteer at one of these hospitals, probably a refugee too, go check out the spoilery. There's also some rules and a bit of a script from the UN that you're gonna have to follow. A lot of these rescues don't know what humans are; that's a good thing, because if they did, they'd be scared shitless. You've gotta wear a visor, one of these silvery reflective masks that cover your whole face, and if you're ever asked what you are, you ain't a human from Earth, you ain't a terran from terra, apparently they might know that one already, no, you're a Gaian from Gaia. Might wanna mention talking in a higher pitch than normal too, since our normal voices are just so 'deep and predatory' to these guys.

Anyways, spoilery black text time. This one's gonna be real short since it's just gonna add what little happens after the 15th. Make sure to check that out if you aren't familiar with NoP.

Okay, so the UN, Governor Tarva(Venlil), and Chief Hunter Isif(Arxur, but one of the good ones) strike up a deal where Tarva will set up some meat cultivation labs, so test tube meat, and once Isif gets enough of it he'll give all of the Venlil and Gojid cattle he has back to the Republic, hence why our friend is here now. Oh yeah, also, canonically in the book, the news breaks anyway that the Gaians are humans more or less, so you don't have to lie forever.

Welp, we're coming to the end of October pretty quick here. I've got one more bot to do this week for you guys then I'll probably get into some requested stuff next week.

I'm gonna head out now. It's been raining all week over here, honestly, kinda good because we're hella behind on rainfall this year, but have a great rest of your day, everybody. Hopefully I'll see you all around on Friday.

Odd-Potential-7236 on reddit, that's who drew this poor guy here. Actually, this was pretty much the only picture I could find properly showing cattle. Wasn't sure I'd be able to find any at all actually.