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<blockquote data-quote="writernextdoor" data-source="post: 5988485" data-attributes="member: 6689303"><p>Billy was a special kid afterall. But it wasn't discovered at first. It took Carter three different batteries of tests [Medic 2 point] to figure out Billy hadn't been drugged, chemically altered or implanted with any devices. He was a healthy kid. </p><p></p><p>His special talent came up after the tests were done and the team was sitting around the safehouse eating lunch. They were amusing Billy with stories about the exotic cities they worked in. That's when it kicked in -- anytime someone mentioned a city, Billy rattled off its population as well as three landmarks [CORE CLUE].</p><p></p><p>"New York City, 8.2 million. Grand Central Station, Penn Station, Central Park"</p><p>"Los Angeles, 12.8 million, LAX airport, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Griffith Park"</p><p>"New Delhi, 17 million, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Secretariat Building, Laximinarayan Temple"</p><p></p><p>He didn't enter a trance to rattle off these facts, they were said casually. When Mace named smaller cities, the details were just as clear.</p><p></p><p>"Pocatello Idaho, 56, 813 people, Pocatello High School, Idaho State University, Heinz Factory"</p><p>"Orleans France, 116490 people, Orleans Tram, George V bridge, Park Floral de la Source"</p><p></p><p>When pressed, Billy explained somewhat emphatically that he didn't know how it happened - he was just a normal kid. He didn't read these facts in any school programs, he didn't read them in a book. He just woke up every morning with these new facts in his head. </p><p></p><p>It took some digging but after a few trips to a few libraries [Research 3, Occult Studies 1 Shrink 1] the team was able to figure out that these facts were seeping into Billy's mind either in dreams or through the television. Billy remembered the one day a boy Charlie got angry and threw the remote through the TV, and how Mr Fillmore and Mr Johnson immediately went out and replaced it, so he guessed it was more a matter of sleep.</p><p></p><p>Nick found [CORE CLUE] an obscure pyschology text book from the 1920s - Dreams and Education: Pairing of Two Sciences which had several passages about using mesmeric abilities on sleeping patients to induce a last recall -- in short, programming their sleep with teaching. </p><p></p><p>Things were starting to come together. </p><p></p><p>And then lunch was served. Billy had a case of giggles when Rossini served hamburgers, as Billy said he only ate hamburgers on the days when someone turned 16...everyone just sort of assumed that when you turned 16, the staff at Ephraim ground you up into food. </p><p></p><p>The team would have to go back to Ephraim to find out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="writernextdoor, post: 5988485, member: 6689303"] Billy was a special kid afterall. But it wasn't discovered at first. It took Carter three different batteries of tests [Medic 2 point] to figure out Billy hadn't been drugged, chemically altered or implanted with any devices. He was a healthy kid. His special talent came up after the tests were done and the team was sitting around the safehouse eating lunch. They were amusing Billy with stories about the exotic cities they worked in. That's when it kicked in -- anytime someone mentioned a city, Billy rattled off its population as well as three landmarks [CORE CLUE]. "New York City, 8.2 million. Grand Central Station, Penn Station, Central Park" "Los Angeles, 12.8 million, LAX airport, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Griffith Park" "New Delhi, 17 million, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Secretariat Building, Laximinarayan Temple" He didn't enter a trance to rattle off these facts, they were said casually. When Mace named smaller cities, the details were just as clear. "Pocatello Idaho, 56, 813 people, Pocatello High School, Idaho State University, Heinz Factory" "Orleans France, 116490 people, Orleans Tram, George V bridge, Park Floral de la Source" When pressed, Billy explained somewhat emphatically that he didn't know how it happened - he was just a normal kid. He didn't read these facts in any school programs, he didn't read them in a book. He just woke up every morning with these new facts in his head. It took some digging but after a few trips to a few libraries [Research 3, Occult Studies 1 Shrink 1] the team was able to figure out that these facts were seeping into Billy's mind either in dreams or through the television. Billy remembered the one day a boy Charlie got angry and threw the remote through the TV, and how Mr Fillmore and Mr Johnson immediately went out and replaced it, so he guessed it was more a matter of sleep. Nick found [CORE CLUE] an obscure pyschology text book from the 1920s - Dreams and Education: Pairing of Two Sciences which had several passages about using mesmeric abilities on sleeping patients to induce a last recall -- in short, programming their sleep with teaching. Things were starting to come together. And then lunch was served. Billy had a case of giggles when Rossini served hamburgers, as Billy said he only ate hamburgers on the days when someone turned 16...everyone just sort of assumed that when you turned 16, the staff at Ephraim ground you up into food. The team would have to go back to Ephraim to find out. [/QUOTE]
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