Think more along the lines of a group of immortal spirits who are "born" into a particular place and time, and live out their entire "lifetime" observing as a native.
In order to prevent contaminating the timeline, these spirits have their memories wiped for the duration. They can take with them certain aspects of their personalities, like hobbies or interests; and they have a slight compulsion to visit a given area, where hopefully, they will meet, but not necessarily recognize their fellow travelers.
Now, imagine that the memory wipe isn't quite complete for one individual. This individual has residual traces of a memory of events that haven't happened; places he has never been; and people he has never met.
Of course, this would all have to be fiction. If any of the spirits could remember anything, the timeline would be at risk for contamination.
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Date: 2008-08-31 06:13 pm (UTC)In order to prevent contaminating the timeline, these spirits have their memories wiped for the duration. They can take with them certain aspects of their personalities, like hobbies or interests; and they have a slight compulsion to visit a given area, where hopefully, they will meet, but not necessarily recognize their fellow travelers.
Now, imagine that the memory wipe isn't quite complete for one individual. This individual has residual traces of a memory of events that haven't happened; places he has never been; and people he has never met.
Of course, this would all have to be fiction. If any of the spirits could remember anything, the timeline would be at risk for contamination.