Tongue Lashing - Episode 10 Preview (Patreon)

You flinch when you see it: a squatting figure looming over the panopticon from the top of the stairs, a curvaceous body of wet, rubbery flesh the shade of dull jade, marred by the occasional splotch of creamy yellow and deep black. Large eyes shine as a hungry smile curls across a poliwog face. She hops down to the middle ledge, landing with a curiously heavy //plap,// and a pink tongue flies toward you and Vanille.

The knight darts left and you foolishly dash in the opposite direction. The lashing tongue catches you by the leg, sending you sprawling face-first into the side of the staircase. A second later, you’re yanked across the slick floor, then reeled up the side of the wall like a hooked fish.

The world lurches and spins. Vanille slides into view and leaps to grab your flailing hand, her entire weight nearly pulling your shoulder out of its socket. Together you’re hoisted further up the wall, until your waist crests the stones of the mid-level of the maintenance room. You tumble and reach your other arm to help lift your companion up, but a heavy foot suddenly kicks Vanille in the face and sends the knight tumbling back down.

Up close, you can easily identify your assailant: a frog girl. Wide lips envelop your feet, then shins and knees as the frog rapidly swallows. The prehensile tongue emerges once more to slither and curl up and around to your shoulders, then swiftly yanks you to your waist before uncoiling and grabbing for more.

You scramble for a hold, fingers sliding along slippery stones, but the distance between you and the ledge rapidly grows. Your knife is already out of reach, trapped behind the monster’s lips—not that it would do much good.

Instead of foolishly pushing against her face, you opt to grapple with the encroaching tongue, warding off its attempt to prime you for the next imminent slide. Ten seconds of struggle finds you no less embedded in the throat, but at least the pink coil isn’t suffocating you.

Vanille rushes up the stairs, blade streaking in her wake. The frog turns, swinging your flailing torso between herself and the knight. Keen steel barely misses your flailing arms, and Vanille recoils before mercifully sheathing her sword and crouching out of sight.

With her assailant temporarily withdrawn, the frog swallows. You yelp as you’re instantly engulfed up to your chest, hands grasping at encroaching lips in a futile effort to stave off imminent ingestion. Your legs are already poking into the frog girl’s stomach, and you can feel her lower body tense, coiling like a spring.

You might have one last chance to turn the tide of battle. She’s bracing, winding up for //something//… Hopefully something that won’t get Vanille caught in this sticky maw too, as you strongly doubt the frog girl would mind a double portion...

It's preview time, and this month we've got a snippet of a scene a lot of you have been looking forward to—at least if a certain poll from a couple months back is any indication.

What happens next? Find out on September 8th when we release Episode 10: Just Beneath the Surface!