Nico has seen this girl, Samsara, talk about him on her MTV spot. Now she's fawning up to him like he's a big star, like she's the nobody. "I'm so thrilled to meet you, Nicolas," she croons. The place is crawling with MTV people, no one in either band actually knows any of the guests.

Stacey's band, Numb Skull, plays first.

(Stacey is using the enforceable posing points from Sim Logical..it runs a Sim through several diferent poses, some of which look like something a singer might do on stage. The microphone by Around the Sims is usable, the Sim stands in front of it and talks like it were a mirror. But I see Stacey as having a very bouncy style on stage, I don't see her standing still much. The posing points works for still photos, but it actually looks silly 'live'.)

This gig has neither the genuine rockin' fun of a real party, nor the powerful adrenaline rush of a stage show. But a gig is gig, and Nicolas loves to play.

This is what Nicolas has worked towards, his band is playing live on MTV. But while he playing, it's no different than if they were practicing in a garage. The people, the cameras, cease to exist, Nico lives in the world of sound. Matt keeps the time, Jackie holds down the rhythm, and Nicolas wails.

Most of these people care more about partying than music, but Nico doesn't care, he's found a band he loves playing with.

Jackie feels it too, he knows, because they talk about it at night, because of the way she smiles at him when they jam, because of the way she takes hold of his face, her eyes gleaming as she searches his. "That was incredible," she says, smiling widely, "We really moved some air."

She kisses him passionately. "I'm glad you didn't let MTV ruin your party for you," he jokes, whispering in her ear & tickling her until she laughs.