"Hm?"
(っ?-?)
In the chaotic void between the crystal walls of planes and worlds—a place that was incredibly dangerous to ordinary people, and even to ordinary creator gods—one troublesome little girl, Annie, was sleeping soundly as if nothing were wrong. She was fast asleep in this wondrous place, where concepts like time, space, and dimensions didn't exist. Only after she'd slept to her heart's content did she slowly "sit" up from her curled-up sleeping position and rub her eyes.
"..."
?(?′0`?)? Ah~!
"Huh? That's weird... I slept for sooooo long, so why is it still dark?"
?(⊙o⊙*)?
As soon as she opened her eyes and saw the pitch-black world, Annie murmured to herself.
"So I'm still here..."
(?Д?≡?д?)!?
She looked around, and only after a while did it finally dawn on her why, even though she felt like she'd slept for a very, very long time, she still hadn't gotten that warm feeling of the sun shining on her bottom.
"Now I get it! I accidentally overslept!"
(?￣?￣?) Hehe!
Earlier, after thoroughly bullying a certain nasty skeleton in some-or-other world, then spending some time playing around in the Re-Estize Kingdom and the Azerlisia Mountains, Annie had come here. She'd planned to pick some world she hadn't visited yet and go have fun, but who could've guessed... while she was agonizing over which world to visit, she'd dozed off without even noticing—and only just woken up now?
"..."
(?~?)
"Ah-choo~!!"
?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?
Suddenly, Annie blinked and tried to hold it in for a little while, but she still couldn't stop herself from letting out a huge sneeze. Tears welled up in her eyes.
"!!"
(ー`′ー)
"Honestly, Tibbers, I bet some nasty person is talking behind my back..."
(￢д￢.)
"I only took a little nap between the Realm Barriers, just slacked off for