Carnivorous Plant Traps（EN） (Pixiv Fanbox)

A strange forest where people who enter vanish one after another.

Having accepted a request to search for someone, she steeled herself and entered the forest.

Assuming it was likely the work of bandits or monsters, she advanced cautiously deeper into the woods, weapons at the ready.

“...But what is this scent?”

A sweet fragrance like flower nectar drifted through the forest.

Distracted by the oddly soothing scent, she suddenly saw something burst out from deep within the grass.

“Ah!”

She instinctively took a defensive stance, but her weapon was knocked away by whatever had emerged.

Then, something wrapped around her defenseless form and dragged her deep into the forest.

“This is... a plant vine?”

What had wrapped around her seemed to be a plant vine.

It coiled tightly around her arms, pinning them to her torso, while a sticky, viscous mucus oozed from its surface, binding her further.

“No... I can't break free at all...”

She struggled, but couldn't move an inch.

As she was being dragged along, the plant vine brought her to a certain place.

“This is a carnivorous plant...!”

What was there was a carnivorous plant that fed on insects.

However, its size was not that of a small insect-eater; it possessed enormous carnivorous pouches taller than a person.

Moreover, it wasn't just one plant; they were clustered together in groups all around.

“The guild's information didn't mention anything like this. Could this be why people vanished...?”

Her realization of the forest's secret was fleeting. The vines wrapped around her, pulling her body closer to the top of the carnivorous pouch.

As she reached the perfect position, the pouch's lid opened. Steam-like vapors rose, and a sweet fragrance tickled her nostrils.

“This scent... it came from this plant?”

The sweet fragrance she'd sensed since entering the forest was this carnivorous plant's trap, designed to lure prey.

Inside the pouch, a green liquid pooled at the bottom, bubbling and steaming as it released the sweet scent.

Looking closer, she noticed something resembling the bones of a living creature sinking within the green liquid.

“This is bad, like...!”

The worst possible outcome flashed through her mind as she tried once more to shake off the vine coiled around her.

But the plant paid no heed to her struggle, slowly lowering her leg into the feeding pouch.

“No... I'm going to be dissolved...!”

The carnivorous plant relentlessly tried to devour her.

But she wasn't going down without a fight. She wedged her only free limb, her tail, into the gap between the lid and the mouth of the trap.

“...Did it stop?”

Her desperate struggle seemed to work. Her descent halted temporarily.

She was already submerged up to her waist in the trap, her lower body coated in sweet-smelling mucus.

The green liquid—digestive fluid—pooling in the sac spread beneath her feet, the difference in height barely noticeable.

Just as she felt relieved, thinking she'd bought a little time, she noticed the steam rising from the sac intensifying.

Peering inside again, she saw the digestive fluid had increased in volume, the green surface rising higher than before.

“No way... it's producing even more digestive fluid!?”

It was the carnivorous plant's countermeasure against her resistance.

If the prey couldn't fit entirely, it would increase the digestive fluid to force the capture.

It was a trait bordering on obsession for the carnivorous plant.

“No! Stop!”

Tears welled in her eyes as she tried to resist, twitching her body in small spasms.

But it was futile. Finally, the green liquid seized her foot.

Sizzle!

“Noooooo!”

The sickening sound emanating from her toes made her scream.

The green digestive fluid in the trap began melting the surface of her boots as soon as it touched them, releasing thick steam.

Fortunately, her boots, made for adventurers, were sturdy, preventing the fluid from reaching her feet immediately.

But it was unclear how long that would last.

The digestive fluid, a powerful acid, was dissolving the boots while increasing in volume.

“Guh...!”

Was this the end?

With tears welling in her eyes, she clenched her teeth tightly...

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So, the first illustration for supporters was a carnivorous plant.

I actually debated making the VORE illustration I'm working on publicly into a carnivorous plant, but in that one, I had the character get eaten by a frog instead.

Now, for a bit of casual chatter: I've always loved scenarios where someone gets eaten by plant monsters like pitcher plants.

Personally, I really like that the opponent is a plant in this situation. The complete lack of emotion conveyed just feels... filled with despair, I guess.

Still, it's not a scenario you see often even in various works, so this time I decided to unleash my desires on my original character.

As for the digestion scene, the boots steaming as they dissolve in acid was actually a personal obsession.

I remember a scene in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind where Nausicaä dips her foot into an acid sea. That scene awakened something in me, so I included that element in the second variation this time.

Anyway, in these supporter-only articles, I want to showcase the art that really resonates with me personally.

Stay tuned for next time.