Re: I think I might be a time traveller...
Hey there, in regards to the first post in this topic, it is possible you were as you say 'sucked through time'. (I will try and answer any questions i leave open from my answers therefore i wont need to reply to any questions about this post)
Im not introducing myself as a 'TT' (i think thats the nom you use for time travellers), for the simple reason that I have seen what happens on this messaging board, and many others. Hundreds of questions and then eventually being called a hoax etc.
Therefore im just going to explain the reason for what you experienced, and hope i attention doesnt come of me.
(Roughly) A few years before I was born (in 2063), an old man who was BIG in the technology business went craum, and tried to over rule everyone. He designed and built a device that used the power of time to help in his cause. No one actually found out what it did because when he used it, it sent a purge through time, distorting time for a few seconds in random places everywhere.
The scientists of my time say they still arent sure how this affected everything, or maybe they are like your high council now and keep everything hidden, but they are completely sure that it did force 'lifelines' to cross.
I dont know the best way to explain it, so you'll have to bare with me.
Each and every person has their 'lifeline'. This starts when new life is created, and ends when that life is deceased. Creating a purge through time and it made what you could call the entity of people to appear in other lifelines. Thus making you have these memories. The 'Purge' happened at different times for different people.. and only affected a small number of people.
Yes, i know you are thinking that maybe this would disrupt the future.. but that is where you are wrong. My memories from a child are very vague, but i remember being told about the interconnections. The best way to explain this is to imagine this:
You are born today 2005
you live for 15 years then go back to 1995
you could then literally see youself be born
Since time travel technology has advanced, so has human understanding of it.
People would look at the craum few sentances above and think.. but if you stopped the mother from having the baby, what would happen to you? The answer is very simple. You and everything you have done would cease to exist, and everything would change to how the world would be without you.
The easiest way to understand this, would be the following:
You walk into your house with your friend who you just met at the clubhouse (?is that the correct word for this?? -- place where you drink alcohol and socialise). He then takes you back to his house, and on the way you smash a visor. Afterwards you and your friend go back in time, and kill your previous self while he is on the way to the clubhouse. (PS. I dont mean to be so dramatic! Sorry if anyone gets offended)
This would suddenly set off a chain reaction in the lifelines because your lifeline has been 'cutoff' halfway through. Therefore, everything you have done after your previous self changes to how it would be if you werent there.
Your friend would probably still be in the clubhouse, the visor would be normal, and your current self would completely vanish without a trace, as if you didnt exist after your previous self died. Apparantly this is supposed to be the most painless death you can experience, but no-one really knows.
Sorry about this long post. Im going to be here for quite a long time.
Hope this helps
-Dom