Commencement Ceremony

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FRIDAY AT 12PM
Commencement Ceremonies
Town Square (Lobby 7)

Join the City Council and your fellow citizens as we usher in Normalville's 100th birthday with a bang! (Bring an umbrella, the forecast calls for showers.)


Transcript of the commencement:
Casting:

Chris - Mayor
Greg - Entertainment Director
Roger - Johnny Plotdevice
Tanis - Treasurer
Dan - Anonymous Criminal
Nori - Random Councilwoman

Ann, Dave S, Kiran, Derek - Meteorite pelters

MAYOR: Hello, everyone! It's great to see everybody here. I know
you've been waiting all year for this weekend, and so without further
adieu, on behalf of myself, Mayor Chris Morse, as well as some of the
members of the Normalville City Council, I'd like to welcome you to
Normalville's Centennial Celebration!  [wild applause seeded by City
Council]

MAYOR: It's hard to believe that for a hundred years, this city has
prospered and thrived with no pollution!

COUNCIL: Yay!

MAYOR: No unemployment!

COUNCIL: Yay!

MAYOR: No crime!

COUNCIL: Yay!

MAYOR: And none of the other awful problems that make other towns far
from normal. The City Council and I have been working for months to
make this the biggest and best celebration in the history of
Normalville, and we hope you will participate in the exciting events
we have planned. For more on that, here's the weekend's Entertainment
Director, Councilman Greg Pliska.

GREG: Thanks, Chris. The City Council should be passing around
schedules describing six exciting events, including this one, to which
we are cordially inviting all of you.  In addition to celebrating our
hundred years of normality, we're also celebrating the spirit of unity
and cooperation this weekend, and at many of these events we hope you
will show that spirit and come together as a city.

MAYOR: Thanks, Greg. So thank you all for coming and well see--

JOHNNY: (running in) STOP EVERYTHING!

MAYOR: Why, it's the city Meteorologist...

COUNCIL: Dr. Johnny Plotdevice!

JOHNNY: A meteor shower has struck Normalville! Brightly glowing
meteorite shards have landed all over the city, and they're having
terrible inexplicable effects! 

MAYOR: What kind of effects?

JOHNNY: Pollution is rising!

COUNCIL: Oh no!

JOHNNY: Unemployment is rising!

COUNCIL: Oh no!

JOHNNY: And diabolical criminals are running amok and victimizing the
city! 

[Diabolical laughter from balcony]

CRIMINAL: Hahahahaha! I'm running amok and victimizing the city. Take
that, Normalville! (he runs off) 

GREG: Dr. Plotdevice, what can we do?

JOHNNY: Well, six meteorites of different colors have broken into
shards. If we had some helpers who could walk around the city picking
up the meteorite shards and safely removing them, things might get
back to normal. 

MAYOR: Is it hard to safely remove a meteorite shard?

JOHNNY: It's about as hard as solving a puzzle.

MAYOR: Well, that's not so bad. What do you say, citizens? Will you
help us? [Hopefully everybody says yes or cheers. If they say no, we
go home.] 

MAYOR: All right! There's safety in numbers, so we'll go out there in
teams.  So we can keep track of you, each team needs to get a username
and password from Ray Jones, our comptroller, before you leave. And if
you don't have a team, come talk to us and we'll try to get you set up
with one for the weekend. 

Once you get started, we'll give you a map of the city with the
meteorite shard locations labeled on it. Now, the shards are large and
extremely dangerous, so you won't be able to pass a location
containing a shard until you've removed it. 

JOHNNY: And according to my legion of science advisors, it might pay
to analyze the shards of each colored meteorite as a group. If you do
so and discover what might be an answer to our problems, make sure you
contact the City Council for further instructions. 

GREG: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What about the Centennial
Celebration events? We've worked hard on them, and I'm not going to
let some silly rocks from space get in the way! 

MAYOR: That's a good point. I suppose we could provide some sort of
safe transportation over the shards for the Centennial
events. Treasurer O' Connor? 

TREASURER: Yo.

MAYOR: Do we have enough money to provide buses made out of lead to
transport hundreds of people five times this weekend? 

TREASURER: Dude, we haven't had to fight any crime, pollution, or
employment for the last one hundred years. We've got tons of money. 

MAYOR: Well, then, it's settled. Remove as many of those meteors as
you can, and we'll see you at the next Centennial event at six o'
clock sharp. (Nori raises her hand) 
Oh yes, question?

NORI: Mr. Mayor, if the meteorites have struck the rest of the city,
why haven't they hit us here in the town square, where we're right out
in the open? 

(Everyone looks confused for a moment)

COUNCIL: Look out!!!!!!

(Meteors)


Unfortunately, the ceremonies were marred by a freak meteor shower, pummelling Normalville! Several meteors fell on the ceremony, labelled as follows:

A1 blue TESTING
B1 yellow FAILURE
C1 yellow FAILURE
D1 yellow WHICH
E1 yellow SMALLER
F1 yellow NUMBER
G1 blue QUOTE
H1 yellow THERE'S
I1 blue OKAY
J1 blue SHAME
K1 blue MOVE
L1 blue LIKE
M1 blue SWAPPED
A2 blue ONE
B2 yellow TO
C2 blue THESE
D2 yellow NAME
E2 blue AROUND
F2 blue INCREASING
G2 blue IS
H2 yellow YET
I2 yellow NOW
J2 yellow SHAME
K2 yellow STILL
L2 yellow ONE
M2 blue LOCATIONS
A3 blue TWO
B3 blue FOLLOW
C3 yellow ROCKS
D3 blue MATRIX
E3 yellow ORGANIZE
F3 yellow AS
G3 blue VISIBLE
H3 yellow ANOTHER
I3 blue STAY
J3 blue SECOND
K3 blue TO
L3 blue DUPLICATED
M3 blue YOU
A4 blue THREE
B4 blue INSTRUCTIONS
C4 blue ARE
D4 blue POSITIONS
E4 blue AN
F4 blue YOU
G4 blue CLEARLY
H4 blue MESSAGE
I4 blue STILL
J4 blue WHILE
K4 blue COME
L4 blue WORD
M4 blue HAVEN'T
A5 blue CONGRATULATIONS
B5 yellow MAY
C5 yellow ATYPICAL
D5 yellow PRECISELY
E5 yellow ARRAY
F5 yellow MOVE
G5 blue THAT
H5 yellow OKAY
I5 yellow THAT'S
J5 yellow UNFAMILIAR
K5 yellow CHECK
L5 yellow THOSE
M5 blue SWAPPED
A6 blue INTREPID
B6 yellow HOWEVER
C6 blue OF
D6 yellow SECOND
E6 blue ORGANIZE
F6 yellow RIGHT
G6 blue MESSAGE
H6 blue PLEASE
I6 blue IMPORTANT
J6 yellow THIS
K6 blue ALL
L6 blue LIKE
M6 blue POSITIONS
A7 blue SOLVERS
B7 yellow SPELL
C7 blue THOSE
D7 blue THERE
E7 blue METEORITES
F7 yellow LOOK
G7 blue ISN'T
H7 yellow FOLLOW
I7 yellow FIRST
J7 yellow HIDDEN
K7 yellow ROCKS
L7 yellow METEORITES
M7 blue AS
A8 blue LISTEN
B8 blue DISASTER
C8 blue PUMMELING
D8 blue ARE
E8 blue ALPHABETICALLY
F8 blue AT
G8 blue IMPORTANT
H8 blue MORE
I8 blue THE
J8 blue SOLUTION
K8 blue MIND
L8 blue TRADE
M8 blue YET
A9 blue EXTREMELY
B9 blue OOPS
C9 yellow PRECIOUS
D9 yellow WORDS
E9 yellow LETTER
F9 yellow THE
G9 blue BECAUSE
H9 yellow WRITTEN
I9 yellow PRECIOUS
J9 yellow SHOULD
K9 yellow WHAT
L9 yellow COORDINATES
M9 blue FROM
A10 blue CAREFULLY
B10 yellow THERE
C10 blue NORMALVILLE
D10 yellow PRINTED
E10 blue A
F10 blue GRID
G10 blue OBVIOUSLY
H10 blue INSTRUCTIONS
I10 blue SOLUTION
J10 blue CLEARLY
K10 blue IS
L10 blue TWO
M10 blue OUR
A11 blue BECAUSE
B11 blue GOES
C11 yellow FIRST
D11 yellow ON
E11 yellow TOPMOST
F11 yellow FROM
G11 blue SOMEONE'S
H11 blue FOCUSED
I11 yellow HIDDEN
J11 blue SPELL
K11 blue PRINTED
L11 yellow OF
M11 blue READING
A12 blue EACH
B12 blue NORMALVILLE
C12 blue OBVIOUSLY
D12 blue EACH
E12 blue SORT
F12 blue ABOVE
G12 blue READING
H12 yellow AROUND
I12 blue CAREFULLY
J12 yellow SOMEONE'S
K12 blue WHENEVER
L12 yellow A
M12 blue PLEASE
A13 blue WORD
B13 yellow STAY
C13 yellow THEY
D13 yellow METEORITE
E13 yellow COLUMNS
F13 yellow QUOTE
G13 blue RIGHT
H13 yellow TESTING
I13 blue MAY
J13 blue NAME
K13 yellow WORDS
L13 blue KIND
M13 blue BEGIN
A14 blue MATTERS
B14 yellow FOCUSED
C14 blue HAVE
D14 blue THIRD
E14 blue NUMBER
F14 yellow READ
G14 blue NOW
H14 blue YOUR
I14 blue LOOK
J14 blue ANOTHER
K14 blue WRITTEN
L14 blue WILL
M14 blue CHOP
A15 blue GREATLY
B15 blue AVOIDING
C15 yellow COORDINATES
D15 yellow THEY'RE
E15 yellow BY
F15 blue THIS
G15 blue HOWEVER
H15 yellow MIND
I15 yellow UNFAMILIAR
J15 yellow MATRIX
K15 blue READ
L15 yellow HAVE
M15 blue CHOP