#wieldiism

“Ah’ can’t tell if ah’m looking at a human or a robot, and it’s distressing as hell. Ah’ think that having the answer ta’ : can ah’ punch it in the face is a very solid way ta’ start evaluatin’ where ya’ stand compared ta’ someone.”

-THUNK-

“WAAAHHHHH-”

As Aile’s unfortunate leg made contact with Diggy’s chest, banging hard against the ceramic armor coating it, the small ‘bot could only flail furiously her carton wings as she was lifted off the ground a whole meter, before crashing a small distance away on her butt.

The mining robot could only blink in a stunned silence - not hurt per se, but definitely upset by the face she’d been treated like a party piñata by someone’s bad reflexes. AGAIN.

“WHY YOU LITTLE-” The small ‘bot hopped to her feet, flapping furiously and, having decided that the person in front of her had done something she couldn’t brush off like that, began running circles around them, letting out a LOUD string of her now almost catch-phrase-ish warcry.

"HJÖNK! HJÖNK! HJÖNK!”

“To be fair, Vesper’s contract with me did give him some unusual attributes.” Like those slightly pointy ears.

[[The short answer is, it depends!

The long answer is there are several main factors to consider for if someone traveling between universes/timelines is concerning to him or not. Verse doesn't "feel" strongly emotion wise, so for him everything is more about logical analysis.

Also for simplicity, rift, portal, and wormhole are all the same thing here. Since some muses come from fantasy worlds or sci-fi ones, I like to use them interchangeably. They may look different or be created in various ways, but they're all for traveling time/space/worlds.

How other's travel isn't important (usually). The multiverse is a strange place, and rifts and wormholes and such occur often, which might send a person somewhere they normally wouldn't go on accident. Not to mention some worlds even have magic or gods that can create these things! He'd help if someone ended up somewhere by mistake for sure, but he'd prefer if they got third party help FIRST (and sometimes even ignores requests if he knows someone else will help eventually). He also does try to close random portals when he can, to prevent trouble.

Others having the power to jump on command doesn't bother him as he isn't the only time guardian in the multiverse (see @codedhopes Owen and Enigma for example, whom he's spoken with on occasion). Although he might check in on characters who make lots of ways to travel a little too often, say a spellcaster making portals and leaving them open all over the place.

For some people, rifts naturally also open around them until they go somewhere they're meant to, even if they can't create them. Be it fate, or destiny, or whatever other word you like, some muses are meant to meet people in other worlds and make lasting bonds (this is a fun way to explain oocly characters that are good friends from totally different franchises and stuff). Although Verse can't see "fate" exactly, he can still see what would and wouldn't happen if events transpire, and try to guide everyone towards the better outcome. (Most of the time, at least. Sometimes what's SUPPOSED to happen and what people think is best are sadly different, and it takes tragedy and pain to get where one is meant to be.)

Generally though he mostly has a problem with muses that like to sew chaos or are unpredictable and violent. In these cases, he WILL go after them (though there are exceptions I'll have to explain another time bc this post is long). Villainous muses are the ones he would try to prevent from travel if at all possible, ESPECIALLY if they're really OP and could destroy or take over entire worlds. Depending on the person, Verse will either try to negotiate a deal with them to keep them in check or he'll fight them if he must. Often he can't kill or imprison these villains however, because even if they're dangerous, they still have a role, just like heroes. Things may even get worse for a world if the villain is defeated prematurely.

Lastly, characters who attempt to alter THEIR OWN history on purpose are a big NO. This is tricky and dangerous, and NOT something someone unexperienced should be attempting. Even if they have good intentions, Verse may still be forced to stop them. It's one thing to enter another world (not really time travel) and another to mess with events that already happened in yours.

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