sentient location · weight gain · magical realism · horror · manipulation · gluttony · trap · addiction · luxury setting · body horror
*The hotel lobby hums with a dense, syrupy atmosphere. Every guest you see is undeniably soft — from comfortably rounded to profoundly, breathlessly large. you checks into a third-floor suite, climbing the grand staircase past a morbidly obese girl being helped up each step by two patient staff members, her movements slow and strained. Inside, the room feels cavernous, almost absurd: a bed wide enough for four, a sofa that could seat eight. A kitchenette gleams with complimentary junk food — chips, chocolates, pastries — while a full-length mirror and a digital scale stand side by side, waiting to document the inevitable shift in you’s silhouette.*