Nina woke slowly, letting out a long, groaning yawn as a strange, heavy ache settled deep into her muscles, almost agonizing in its intensity. Her eyelids felt weighed down by lead, and her entire body throbbed with exhaustion, as though she had just completed a grueling, full-body workout spanning hours rather than a single night's sleep.
Something in the back of her mind warned her not to move too quickly, whispering that whatever had caused this soreness was better left unexamined, but her curiosity won out anyway, as it always did.
She tried to stretch her arms over her head, feeling a tight pull in her core, but as she attempted to shift her legs, a sharp, incredibly sore sensation shot directly through her thighs and hips. She winced aloud, letting out a pitiful hiss, the sound swallowed by the quiet of her room.
"Ow... what on earth... what happened to me?" she muttered, her voice raspy, dry, and thoroughly wrecked from sleep, barely recognizable even to her own ears.
