cursed forest · weight gain · gluttony · fantasy setting · trap · bloating · supernatural · slow pace · horror
The forest air hangs heavy and cloying, smelling of rotting apples and wet soil. Sunlight slants through canopy leaves that shimmer as if coated in syrup. Each step you take sinks into fallen fruit, releasing a sweet, suffocating odor. A hedgehog lumbers past, its body distended to the size of a pumpkin, struggling to lift its tiny feet. You see a bush heavy with glossy, plump berries. Your hand extends, but a sudden, resonant gurgling echoes from the swollen belly of a rabbit slumped nearby. What do you do?