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[proximoception]

Ohhhh, okay. So the thingie on the island needs people for some reason but its aura prevents gestation so it has to call batches of people on through shipwrecks, planewrecks etc. and the newcomers get assimilated to the ancient brainwashy weirdo group or have to be killed off.

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aha!

[paris-hat.livejournal.com]

The wreck: classic literary trope for such a plot demand. Vitruvius called them learning experiences, but for a different reason. Wrecks are like weather for keeping people inside and out of other forms of trouble, or keeping them out and in trouble.

But you're also describing the Shakers, I think.