chapter i.

When one leaves the bubble that contains their universe, they will be met with… nothing. An endless void, with its only purpose being to keep countless worlds from colliding with each other.

Nothing is meant to exist within this space—yet something does. A core of energy, about half the size of a universe itself. This Core, with sentience and a mind-numbing curiosity, contains itself within a world of its own creation, with only one goal: to gain knowledge.

To accomplish this, the Core creates universe hoppers, made to infiltrate different worlds as the Core watches from behind their eyes. Some universe hoppers are meant to simply live and grow within their universes; others are meant to change certain events, or to replace specific people.

Many universe hoppers, upon completing their goals, are taken back into the Core’s world and re-purposed for another universe. Others will die in their assigned universe, their artificial souls self-destructing as they perish. Some will discover their origins. The Core may decide to meet them personally, explaining their purpose and allowing them to move forward as they wish.

While Spierce did eventually meet her maker, she spent almost four hundred years with no knowledge of her origins—all because of one little soul.

At first, Spierce was going along the same path that most other universe hoppers went down: the creation of her artificial soul and the production of a “holographic” body thereof.

However, Deity, a god of certainty whose power had been drained to give to the universe hoppers, fused their soul with Spierce’s as a last ditch effort to escape the Core’s world once and for all. This succeeded, and Spierce was sent to her assigned universe with Deity in tow.

Deity found that they had a good level of control over Spierce’s artificial soul. They could control what she shapeshifted into, what universes she went to… however, they had no control over the body itself. To prevent Spierce from willingly going back to the Core, Deity stole any and all memories she had of it, save for the name she had been given.

Spierce was thus thrown into the Baccano universe with no idea of who she was, where she had come from, or why she was there. She ended up staying in the Baccano universe for 70 years as a member of the Martillo Family, having not physically aged a day the entire time.

It was assumed that she was some sort of immortal homunculus, given that she did not regenerate after being wounded. However, she could not devour, could not be devoured, nor could she be given knowledge. Likewise, none of the main players in the world of immortals—Szilard (through Firo's memories), Huey, Ronny—had any idea who she was. Not even the Daily Days had any answers for her.

After those 70-some years, Nicholas Wayne—the person who had put the most effort into figuring out who Spierce was—died of old age. Spierce, who had spent all her life surrounded by immortals, was wracked with grief over Nicholas’ death, not given the opportunity to properly learn how to process the death of a loved one. She quickly isolated herself, unable to cope with what seemed to be the final sign that she would never know who she was.

Unsure if she’d ever recover, Deity's boredom with the Baccano universe led them to finally step into the fray: they reactivated Spierce’s ability to universe hop, gave her personality a “soft reset”, (making her memories of the last 70 years foggy and distant,) and promptly threw her into a brand new universe.

Thus, the bulk of her story began.

chapter ii.

Spierce remained completely unaware of the Core, as well as the origins of her soul, until having traveled for roughly 400 years. During this time, she found and lived in countless universes, learning more both of herself and of her abilities.

To attempt to name every world she traveled to would be foolhardy, but some of the most impactful worlds were that of Baccano (her original target), Rhythmia (where Deity sent her immediately after), FE3H (where she learned to fight again), Ace Attorney (which she calls home), Hatoful Boyfriend (where she realized that kindness couldn't solve every problem), Ghost Trick (where she found a treasured friend), Castlevania (where she slept for 300 years), Carmen Sandiego (where she was fused to the soul of another), Danganronpa V3 (where she participated in a killing game that changed her life forever)...

At the beginning of her journey, Spierce was as childish and naive as she let on: filled with a desire to make people smile, to be useful, so that she wouldn't be simply tossed away (or worse), and most of all, willing to put herself in danger to complete these goals.

Now, while she still appears to be...most of these things, her kindness and willingness to face danger are coupled with the strength and skill to back them up. All of the worlds she's visited served to help her grow, allowing her to become someone her loved ones could depend on.

Now, having learned of her origins and made peace with them, she continues to travel to new worlds, most recently finding herself thrown into yet another killing game—one whose focus is largely on her.

extra

Spierce's abilities as a universe hopper allow her to move between worlds at will. There used to be an 8 hour cooldown between hops, but ever since a series of Homestuck Shenanigans™, it's become about 15 seconds.

Upon entering a new world, her soul takes a census of all other souls in that world, before copying the format (species, abilities, etc) of the soul that will best keep her both safe and camouflaged.

She is (largely) immune to anything that will affect or control her actions, memories, or personality. However, this does not affect glamours.

All of these abilities can be manipulated by Deity, which tends to happen whenever they're bored.

Otherwise, she's skilled in both hand-to-hand combat and swordsmanship. She refuses to use guns for. Personal reasons.