The characters can also travel into alternative worlds that they find/create for themselves (and may be wandering hopelessly in many alternative realities).

Searched without his eyes Behind the sun Kept wandering hopelessly From time he could never run.

Ernesto continues to wander hopelessly.

The robots in Prime-Eight One seemed to Allan slightly less uncoordinated, although they still, wandered hopelessly.

Wandering hopelessly on, they came to the ruins of a huge edifice which, it appeared, had been the palace of some forgotten monarch.

I wandered hopelessly about for a while, and at last sat down, completely discouraged, on a stone bench, inwardly cursing the strange caprices of Madame Trepof.

Going in roughly one direction would at least prevent her from wandering hopelessly in circles.

Mort wandered hopelessly along the winding streets.

But if you approach the same place from a slightly different angle, you no longer know your way about and can wander hopelessly, lost and bewildered.

To and fro we wandered hopelessly, till at last dawn found us footsore and weary nearly at the spot whence we had started.