Please don't wipe your hooves on my tongue.

[zervziel]

There is not much one can do to prepare for an assault on one's tongue and Riptide's sluggish mind took several seconds to realize something was punching her tongue. It tasted of pony so Riptide was at least sure it wasn't her prey. If anything it was probably one of her friends, but who would be daft enough to do the next closest thing to leaping headlong into a kelpie's mouth?

"The Doctor" supplied the more lucid part of the kelpie's brain. The rest couldn't help but agree. It did sound like something he'd do. Followed by what though...

"Running?" Her brain hinted again. From what....oh.

Inside the habitat, the tentacle writhed a bit before surging towards whatever was beating it.