December 21, 2022 • 32 mins
Summer tries to convince her younger self that Dante isn’t trustworthy, and to return to her proper timeline. Bobbie makes a plea for her best friend to make things right. But will Nicki play the guitar on stage– or create the time portal back to the 2020’s?
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Thalia Romina as Bobbie
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Tyler Keyes as Leonard
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, time travelers. This has Head the Iron Horn, co
creator of Nicki Fixes Time Mix Up. Next, be kind
and rewind to the nineties for a most epic episode
of Nicki Fix. But first, a quick word from our sponsor,
Iron Horn's Epic Productions, and I Heart Radio present Nikki
Fixes Time mix I thought i'd find you here, Nikki mind,
(00:29):
if I sit down, you're you're I guess you could
call me end stage summer rains kind of like this place,
huh on its last legs, then we'll get it back
on track. Will he losing the money from the Save
the Rink show really set him back? And the community
won't rally around him again if they think he squandered
(00:49):
their charity the first time? What else was he supposed
to do? Send Leonard to jail? Maybe maybe not. But
I don't see Leonard of repaying that very very big favor.
And I don't see the only other person who knows
what really happened doing anything about it either. I'm not
doing nothing. I have a plan and it might take
(01:12):
a minute, but I'm on my way to something big here.
I'm making a name for myself. Sure you're making a name,
but not for yourself. I hate to break it to you, kiddo,
but you don't own Summer Reins. She owns you. Hello
(01:58):
Millennium rank, Mrs Bensby King. Hello, this is Manny with
dirt striking Founders. I'm growling to distract you while my
men remove me on game machines from your dabling men.
Famillion to bag. What's no? Wait a second, man, You
have twenty four hours to make your next payment. Won't
(02:19):
be back to reposition? No wait, just listen. I thought
I had till Thursday, but I had till Thursday. Yeah,
Hello skaters, thanks for coming out today to SKA. There's
(02:40):
some updates. The arcade area will be closed until further notice.
Space used to be cool. Rink looks worse than when
(03:06):
you hung out here, emptier, quieter. Look at Ben over there.
He's losing everything. So why are you dodging? Bobby and
liamb you should know, But I'm not the one who
needs to say it. I'm about to be famous. Did
you see that reaction at the mall? They love me,
(03:28):
they love my music, and Bobby and Liam can't see
why that's important. I totally have a handle on everything
here and they don't want to be a part of it,
which is fine. They don't owe me anything. But if
they don't see where I can take this thing, if
they don't have faith in me to fix everything, as
(03:48):
soon as I do my big concert at star Land,
I'll have enough money to give back to the rink
and everything will be okay, right afraid not, because it's
not your money and it's never going to be you,
Nikki want to save this place. But it's Summer's money,
Summer's fame, Summer's music, and Summer is a product of
(04:12):
Dante Diamond Productions Incorporated. Dante is going to use you
like his own personal piggy bank, and when you try
to go off on your own, he'll lock you away
in a conservatorship for the rest of your life. No,
I won't let it happen. It's already happening. Your songs
(04:33):
making a ton of money, right, Well, how come you
haven't seen any of it? How come you only get
a small allowance every week. It's not enough to give
to Ben, It's barely enough to buy a sandwich. So
none of it is going to the Rank. And that
was the point of all this, right to save the
Rank I have I d problems. You should know that. Yep,
(04:54):
that's the excuse. I told myself too. But have you
looked at the books? Who is your money going to? Exactly?
It's not all about the money. It's about the music.
I'm gonna make some amazing albums. You won't. I will,
all right, test Dante out. If you don't believe me,
ask him about your B side. He'll say, you up
(05:16):
too much to do right now to get your brand
in place. You'll promise you'll record it next year when
all this settles down. Well, guess what, Nikki, it never happens.
Just because it never happened for you doesn't mean it'll
be the same for me. I know what's coming, so
that means I can change it. I won't become you.
(05:37):
I am you, Nicky, No you're not, You're you. Things
will be different for me. He'll let me do the song.
Go ahead and ask him. I'll tell you what his
exact words will be next year. Promise you can't ask
me to stop following my dreams. They don't come true,
(05:57):
not in the way you think they will. Yeah, please
don't come looking for me again, Oh Nikki. Welcome back
(06:27):
to All Out Request Live. All right, this thing is
starting off in a big way. She blew us away
last week during New Music Hour. She's playing a sold
out concert at the Starling Marina next Friday, with rumors
that she's signing to a Galaxy Records, but we've got
her live here makes a noise for Summer Red. Nice
(06:53):
to have you on the show, Summer, Thank you for
having me. This is awesome. Wow sent to that crowd.
I don't think anybody is as loved as you are
right now or as busy. Tell me, do you ever
sleepy and sleep when I'm getting all this energy from
(07:15):
my fans see you. I love you all so much,
and no doubt they love you too, no diggity, So
I understand you've got a big surprise for us here today.
That's right, all right, Well, without any further ado, here
she is with the hit song that's climbing the charts
(07:36):
and soon to be number one. It's Summarigne with row
with It. Actually, I've been working on a different song
that I'd like to share with everybody. This one really
means a lot to me. I was told you we're
gonna do your big hit for us. Well, I'm gonna
do something different instead. Oh okay um, we'll be back
(07:59):
with um song from Summer Rains right after the break,
and we're clear. What the hell was that, Nikki? What
it's that B side we talked about. I want to
do something a little different for my fans, and why
miss the chance to debut it on live TV. You
(08:19):
don't do different. No one wants different. We don't get
ahead with different. We want save. All right, Relax, it's fine.
Don't tell me to relax. You don't know what's best
for your career. Who's hustling back here on the phone
three times a day on your behalf Me who has
(08:40):
all his own money tied into your big concert me,
and who's killing himself trying to get this whole Summer
Rains thing off the ground? Me? And you want to
flush it all down the toilet because you thought you'd
do something a little different for the fans. The fans
want what they know. I thought they'd like it. Don't
(09:03):
ever do that again. We stick with the plan, you,
stage manager. We're sticking with the plan. We're doing roll
with it. Got it back in five four three? All right,
we are back and after a commercial break. You had
(09:24):
to be here to believe now the woman you've all
been waiting for with her new hit single, It's summarize,
I'm not a place all out, It's time. Well everyone
thinks I'm just fine? Who am madest? Sing this song?
(09:46):
Where I probably got from every tap feels like the
w as I watched the Wild Go fine. That don't matter,
not one because I'm going to will with you. That
(10:07):
was amazing. You were perfect. Didn't that feel good? Yeah?
I guess see. It's exactly the right move at the
right time. This stuff is all really complicated, and you
need to be thinking about nailing your performances. That makes sense.
That's what I'm here for. Trust me on this stuff.
Everything's going to work out just the way it's supposed to.
(10:31):
You know. I was thinking it might be nice after
the concert to get into the studio soon and record
my other songs. Maybe take a break from touring for
a little while. You can't take a break. Now you're
finally starting to get real traction. We're moving up from
malls to real venues. It's just getting a little exhausting
(10:52):
for me to keep doing the same thing over and
over again. I mean, I keep on giving the same
interviews to everyone and tv v H one ruling Stone.
I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. You sound great.
Just stick to the media training I gave you. Everyone's
going to start to think I'm just this one style.
(11:12):
There are so many other sounds I want to be exploring. Nikki.
This is the best thing for us to do right now.
You have to get your foot in the door first,
we both do. Once we're established forces in this industry,
people to be reckoned with, then we can chart our
own course. Okay, but now is not the time. Now
we stick with what works. I don't want to be
(11:33):
a one hit wonder. You won't be. But we've got
to squeeze everything we can out of this moment while
it's still got the sauce. Then you'll have the whole
rest of your life to explore whatever sounds you want. Okay, yeah,
but trust me. But Dante, I want to do my
B sides next year, Nikki, I promise that that's what
(11:54):
I've got to take this Julian talk to me, babe,
m h, who is it? Room service? I didn't order
(12:20):
any room service, I said, I didn't order room service.
You have the wrong room. Okay, I didn't order it's me.
Let me in, Bobby. Hey, Nikki, Hey, you look surprised
to see me. No, I'm glad to see you. I
just how did you find me here? I'm not listed older.
(12:44):
You told me what hotel you'd be in after the
TV game, and then I figured you might have checked
in as nicky fix. Fans can be insane when they
want an autograph. You know how it is. I don't
actually in our time. It's all about selfie's remember, um,
aren't you gonna invite me in? Yeah? Of course, please
(13:06):
come in. Sorry if it's a little messy the rock
star lifestyle huh yep, And no Dad and Papa to have
have forced me to pick up after myself. Can I
get you anything? This hotel makes a bomb chicken cord
on blue. I'm good. You're probably mad at me that
I did You guys up at the mall, huh, but
(13:27):
that was an honest mistake. I meant to meet you,
but I got swamped with autograph hounds and I signed
all this stuff for them, and my handler swooped me
away to the car, and well, the time just got
away from me. Time. You have no idea how crazy
my schedule is, Nikki you're my best friend. Please do
(13:48):
not lie to my face. But it's true. I know
you talked to your grown up self, okay, and she
made some points about Dante that might be right, But
I still think I can fix this whole thing. You're
being really selfish, Nikki. I'm being ambitious and it's gonna
pay off. I promise I won't make the same mistakes
(14:08):
with my life that other older sad Nicky made. Now
that I know what Dante is like and what he's planning,
I can avoid it. No, I am not here to
talk about how you can stay here. I'm here for
the rest of us. I've always stood behind whatever you
wanted to do, Nikki, but not this time. If you
stay now, things go really bad for all of us.
(14:31):
Don't you realize that all your friends Dante becomes a monster,
Ben goes nuts. Your parents aren't together. I'm not gonna
have a sibling and Liam. Liam doesn't even exist anymore,
and neither do you because there is no Papa and
dad to adopt you. You have to do the right thing.
(14:53):
Let's you and I go back to the rink, play
the guitar, and go home. But what if this is
my only shot at my dreams ever coming true. Everything's
starting to take off for me here everything we've ever
talked about. Then, I guess you have a choice. You
can make your dreams come true in the nineties while
the rest of us suffer, or you can let go
(15:15):
of your dreams and save all our lives. How is
this even a question for you? Because I'm going for
the third option, the one you conveniently left out, that
I become a big enough star here and save the
future for everyone. Nikki, you strand me and Liam back
here for your own sake. No, I'll play and open
(15:38):
the portal again, and you'll both go home, and I'll
stay again. I've been learning a lot from Liam about
time travel tropes, and you know that we have to
fix something for that to happen. And if you stay here,
there's no guarantee that the future we land in won't
be just as messed up. I can do it. You
(16:00):
have no idea how much people love me here. I
can make all our dreams come true. Why can't you
believe in me? All Right? This was a big waste.
I don't even know you anymore. I'll let you get
back to being famous. Hey, can I give you some
backstage passes from my show tomorrow. Come see me play
(16:23):
for real. Come see why it's important to me. Besties, No, thanks,
and I don't think I want to be your bestie anymore. Goodbye, Nikki,
enjoy the endless summer? Hey? Hey, how did it go?
(17:00):
She wouldn't listen to you either. She's like a totally
different person. I don't recognize her. She's you're so fake? Yeah,
I remember that. Sorry, it's hopeless. I just I gotta
get some there. I'll go check on her. Okay, what
(17:40):
happens if we can't convince Nikki to come with us?
I mean, she won't listen to me, She won't even
listen to herself. What chance do we have, Liam? What
if we really can't ever get back? I don't know.
Are you supposed to just waited out for the next
(18:01):
thirty years and try not to bump into ourselves once
we're born? And then what? Well, at least it won't
be a problem for me. I never existed in this timeline,
so I'm free to go wherever I want, maybe Greece.
This is no time to joke. If not, now, when
(18:22):
how are you so calm? I don't know? I guess
it's easier to be calm when you're not really real.
You're real, I'm not so sure about that. I've been
thinking a lot about time paradox is recently, and I'm
pretty sure that I fall into some weird limital ontological category.
You might be talking to me right now, but I
(18:42):
don't think I actually am real any meaningful sense. Who
knows how much longer I'll even be here anyway before
I start to fade again. I don't know how to
puzzle through the metaphysics of time paradox but there is
one thing I know for sure. What's that You can't
kiss someone who isn't real. WHOA guess you're real? Then? Hey,
(19:12):
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what's you up to? Just chipping away at some scrap?
(19:55):
I don't think this one will amount to anything. I'm
too distracted, Listen. I have a lot to apologize for.
I did a lot of stuff I regret, and you
paid the price for a lot of it. From what
I understand, you've already paid for your mistakes many times over.
What am I supposed to call you? By the way,
(20:16):
Nikki is fine? Just Nikki. Is that it over there?
The guitar? Yeah, but I haven't really been inspired to
work on it since I first met younger you. It's
just been gathering dust for the past year. Well, whenever
you get around to finishing it, you're gonna need some strings. Huh.
You know how to make guitar strings. You'd be surprised
(20:38):
the amounts of crafts I've learned. Long travel days, hours
and hotel rooms watching YouTube, no real friends. I've had
to keep myself entertained. Seven gauge. Right, I'll start winding
and you can start working on that guitar. Deal. I
(20:59):
want hard hands on one. And as soon as she
hits her mark, then we cue the laser. You got
that summer, We're ready to light you for the rain effect.
Go to five. Please can we just hold up for
a second. You know, Dante, I was actually thinking of
something a little different here. Can I talk it out
with you? I was thinking, since we're coming off of
(21:23):
three fast paced songs in a row, that now would
be a good time to pull out something a little slower,
like a ballad. I've been working on something that I
like a lot. It's about feeling displaced, a little acoustic melody.
(21:49):
It doesn't work for me. Back to five please, Dante.
We have a lot to do right now, summer, and
there's no time for the histrionics. Okay, so please act
like a professional and not like a kid off the street.
Drop dead Dante s Summer, get back to you right now, Summer.
(22:32):
Hello Millennium Rank Ben speaking, Hi Ben, This isn't NICKI
fix oh Niki Hi. I was worried it was creditors
weird question, but it is grown up me there with you. Yeah,
she is. Can you put her on the phone please,
m hold on Hello Nikki. I I want to go home, Nickie.
(23:07):
It's you come in quickly, all right? All right? That
crowd is getting riled up. Maybe this is a sign
that I'm supposed to stay. Now that I'm hearing them
all out there like this, I'm not sure leaving is
the best idea. I mean, how do I walk away
(23:28):
from this? It's going to be hard. Fame can be addictive.
Maybe I just play the show and then we get
him on the next slip around right, I don't know
how many rounds left there are here. Sorry to change
my mind again, but I don't think I have the courage.
I guess I called you here for nothing. Don't judge? Okay,
(23:50):
who am I to judge? Maybe there's no escaping destiny
and this is it. Maybe I can't make myself earned
the lesson until it's too late, no matter how hard
I try. Hey, what's this in your notebook? Oh that's
(24:10):
just a new song I've been working on. But I'm
stuck on the bridge. Oh yeah, I remember this. I
never did finish it. I'm not sure what it's trying
to say. I want to work on it together. Hold on?
It is that? Yep? The rink guitar. I never played
(24:35):
it again after I sent Bobby and Lee him back
the first time. But I take it everywhere I remember.
Keep it close. It has a tendency to grow legs.
You want to play it? Sure it's in tune? Me?
(25:12):
Who am I supposed to be? Now? I can't find
find the forest through the trees, lost in time? Can
you help me find a way? Days space? Bye? I'm
(25:40):
still trying to figure me lost in time. It's you
nine mm which wishing I could change the past? Now
(26:17):
ending time in a pretty little bone now blinds my heart.
I need a guy to show the way, boll life.
(26:39):
Don't look back if you can help at that's strange
to me. I know what this song is about now.
(27:11):
It's about how I don't belong here. Yeah, it is,
isn't it. It's our wish to go home. You're right,
we need Bobby and Liam. It's time for us to go.
They weren't around when I left to come here. Let's
call then see if he sent them our way. I
(27:33):
had your friends barred from the venue. They are an
unnecessary distraction, Dante. How long have you been standing there?
Long enough? And you a little bit older, a little
nip and tuck, but still too much of a resemblance
to miss. Hello, Dante. You know, I never believed Nikki
(27:56):
when she rattled on about things that were going to happen.
But then they did little predictions here and there, and
then there was the matter of there being no record
of her cost me a pretty penny to establish an identity.
I thought, even though all the pieces added up, that
I was crazy to think something so science fiction could
(28:18):
be the answer. But here I am in a room
with two of you, and strike me down if it
isn't real. Okay, Dante, you found me out, and so
you know that I don't belong in this time. I
have to go. It isn't right for me to be
What about all those people out there cheering your name?
(28:39):
My name is Nikki. What about your dreams? You want
to leave a mark on the world. Who cares if
it's a few years off. That's nothing in the grand
scheme of things. What about our partnership? You'll be fine
without me. You're an amazing producer. Trust me. Your success
in any timeline I've seen it, you need me. The
(29:01):
truth is, no matter how amazing this life seems, it's
not worth what I have to give up to having.
And let me guess this guitar has something to do
with it. I recognize it. I remember Ben working on it,
but this one seems older, like it's from a different time.
(29:24):
Oh did I guess right? That's my guitar. Ben made
it for me from pieces of the rink. It always
goes back to the rink, doesn't it? Be careful with that, Dante.
It's got a beautiful sound. Hi, doan'te? What have you done?
(29:53):
There are ten thousand people out there. Go out there
and do the show you promised them, and be a
star you promised you'd be. Ironhorn's Epic Productions and I
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Leah Romina as Bobby, Joshua Evans as Leah Tyler, Kies
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Late Walsh Leiger and Scott Hoffman as record shop clerk.
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Lyrics by Natalia Yanchick and Murray A Lightburn. Produced by
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Hey, time travelers. This has Head the Iron Horn, co
creator of Nicki Fixes Time Mix Up. Next, be kind
and rewind to the nineties for a most epic episode
of Nicki Fix. But first, a quick word from our sponsor,
Iron Horn's Epic Productions, and I Heart Radio present Nikki
Fixes Time mix I thought i'd find you here, Nikki mind,
(00:29):
if I sit down, you're you're I guess you could
call me end stage summer rains kind of like this place,
huh on its last legs, then we'll get it back
on track. Will he losing the money from the Save
the Rink show really set him back? And the community
won't rally around him again if they think he squandered
(00:49):
their charity the first time? What else was he supposed
to do? Send Leonard to jail? Maybe maybe not. But
I don't see Leonard of repaying that very very big favor.
And I don't see the only other person who knows
what really happened doing anything about it either. I'm not
doing nothing. I have a plan and it might take
(01:12):
a minute, but I'm on my way to something big here.
I'm making a name for myself. Sure you're making a name,
but not for yourself. I hate to break it to you, kiddo,
but you don't own Summer Reins. She owns you. Hello
(01:58):
Millennium rank, Mrs Bensby King. Hello, this is Manny with
dirt striking Founders. I'm growling to distract you while my
men remove me on game machines from your dabling men.
Famillion to bag. What's no? Wait a second, man, You
have twenty four hours to make your next payment. Won't
(02:19):
be back to reposition? No wait, just listen. I thought
I had till Thursday, but I had till Thursday. Yeah,
Hello skaters, thanks for coming out today to SKA. There's
(02:40):
some updates. The arcade area will be closed until further notice.
Space used to be cool. Rink looks worse than when
(03:06):
you hung out here, emptier, quieter. Look at Ben over there.
He's losing everything. So why are you dodging? Bobby and
liamb you should know, But I'm not the one who
needs to say it. I'm about to be famous. Did
you see that reaction at the mall? They love me,
(03:28):
they love my music, and Bobby and Liam can't see
why that's important. I totally have a handle on everything
here and they don't want to be a part of it,
which is fine. They don't owe me anything. But if
they don't see where I can take this thing, if
they don't have faith in me to fix everything, as
(03:48):
soon as I do my big concert at star Land,
I'll have enough money to give back to the rink
and everything will be okay, right afraid not, because it's
not your money and it's never going to be you,
Nikki want to save this place. But it's Summer's money,
Summer's fame, Summer's music, and Summer is a product of
(04:12):
Dante Diamond Productions Incorporated. Dante is going to use you
like his own personal piggy bank, and when you try
to go off on your own, he'll lock you away
in a conservatorship for the rest of your life. No,
I won't let it happen. It's already happening. Your songs
(04:33):
making a ton of money, right, Well, how come you
haven't seen any of it? How come you only get
a small allowance every week. It's not enough to give
to Ben, It's barely enough to buy a sandwich. So
none of it is going to the Rank. And that
was the point of all this, right to save the
Rank I have I d problems. You should know that. Yep,
(04:54):
that's the excuse. I told myself too. But have you
looked at the books? Who is your money going to? Exactly?
It's not all about the money. It's about the music.
I'm gonna make some amazing albums. You won't. I will,
all right, test Dante out. If you don't believe me,
ask him about your B side. He'll say, you up
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too much to do right now to get your brand
in place. You'll promise you'll record it next year when
all this settles down. Well, guess what, Nikki, it never happens.
Just because it never happened for you doesn't mean it'll
be the same for me. I know what's coming, so
that means I can change it. I won't become you.
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I am you, Nicky, No you're not, You're you. Things
will be different for me. He'll let me do the song.
Go ahead and ask him. I'll tell you what his
exact words will be next year. Promise you can't ask
me to stop following my dreams. They don't come true,
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not in the way you think they will. Yeah, please
don't come looking for me again, Oh Nikki. Welcome back
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to All Out Request Live. All right, this thing is
starting off in a big way. She blew us away
last week during New Music Hour. She's playing a sold
out concert at the Starling Marina next Friday, with rumors
that she's signing to a Galaxy Records, but we've got
her live here makes a noise for Summer Red. Nice
(06:53):
to have you on the show, Summer, Thank you for
having me. This is awesome. Wow sent to that crowd.
I don't think anybody is as loved as you are
right now or as busy. Tell me, do you ever
sleepy and sleep when I'm getting all this energy from
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my fans see you. I love you all so much,
and no doubt they love you too, no diggity, So
I understand you've got a big surprise for us here today.
That's right, all right, Well, without any further ado, here
she is with the hit song that's climbing the charts
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and soon to be number one. It's Summarigne with row
with It. Actually, I've been working on a different song
that I'd like to share with everybody. This one really
means a lot to me. I was told you we're
gonna do your big hit for us. Well, I'm gonna
do something different instead. Oh okay um, we'll be back
(07:59):
with um song from Summer Rains right after the break,
and we're clear. What the hell was that, Nikki? What
it's that B side we talked about. I want to
do something a little different for my fans, and why
miss the chance to debut it on live TV. You
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don't do different. No one wants different. We don't get
ahead with different. We want save. All right, Relax, it's fine.
Don't tell me to relax. You don't know what's best
for your career. Who's hustling back here on the phone
three times a day on your behalf Me who has
(08:40):
all his own money tied into your big concert me,
and who's killing himself trying to get this whole Summer
Rains thing off the ground? Me? And you want to
flush it all down the toilet because you thought you'd
do something a little different for the fans. The fans
want what they know. I thought they'd like it. Don't
(09:03):
ever do that again. We stick with the plan, you,
stage manager. We're sticking with the plan. We're doing roll
with it. Got it back in five four three? All right,
we are back and after a commercial break. You had
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to be here to believe now the woman you've all
been waiting for with her new hit single, It's summarize,
I'm not a place all out, It's time. Well everyone
thinks I'm just fine? Who am madest? Sing this song?
(09:46):
Where I probably got from every tap feels like the
w as I watched the Wild Go fine. That don't matter,
not one because I'm going to will with you. That
(10:07):
was amazing. You were perfect. Didn't that feel good? Yeah?
I guess see. It's exactly the right move at the
right time. This stuff is all really complicated, and you
need to be thinking about nailing your performances. That makes sense.
That's what I'm here for. Trust me on this stuff.
Everything's going to work out just the way it's supposed to.
(10:31):
You know. I was thinking it might be nice after
the concert to get into the studio soon and record
my other songs. Maybe take a break from touring for
a little while. You can't take a break. Now you're
finally starting to get real traction. We're moving up from
malls to real venues. It's just getting a little exhausting
(10:52):
for me to keep doing the same thing over and
over again. I mean, I keep on giving the same
interviews to everyone and tv v H one ruling Stone.
I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. You sound great.
Just stick to the media training I gave you. Everyone's
going to start to think I'm just this one style.
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There are so many other sounds I want to be exploring. Nikki.
This is the best thing for us to do right now.
You have to get your foot in the door first,
we both do. Once we're established forces in this industry,
people to be reckoned with, then we can chart our
own course. Okay, but now is not the time. Now
we stick with what works. I don't want to be
(11:33):
a one hit wonder. You won't be. But we've got
to squeeze everything we can out of this moment while
it's still got the sauce. Then you'll have the whole
rest of your life to explore whatever sounds you want. Okay, yeah,
but trust me. But Dante, I want to do my
B sides next year, Nikki, I promise that that's what
(11:54):
I've got to take this Julian talk to me, babe,
m h, who is it? Room service? I didn't order
(12:20):
any room service, I said, I didn't order room service.
You have the wrong room. Okay, I didn't order it's me.
Let me in, Bobby. Hey, Nikki, Hey, you look surprised
to see me. No, I'm glad to see you. I
just how did you find me here? I'm not listed older.
(12:44):
You told me what hotel you'd be in after the
TV game, and then I figured you might have checked
in as nicky fix. Fans can be insane when they
want an autograph. You know how it is. I don't
actually in our time. It's all about selfie's remember, um,
aren't you gonna invite me in? Yeah? Of course, please
(13:06):
come in. Sorry if it's a little messy the rock
star lifestyle huh yep, And no Dad and Papa to have
have forced me to pick up after myself. Can I
get you anything? This hotel makes a bomb chicken cord
on blue. I'm good. You're probably mad at me that
I did You guys up at the mall, huh, but
(13:27):
that was an honest mistake. I meant to meet you,
but I got swamped with autograph hounds and I signed
all this stuff for them, and my handler swooped me
away to the car, and well, the time just got
away from me. Time. You have no idea how crazy
my schedule is, Nikki you're my best friend. Please do
(13:48):
not lie to my face. But it's true. I know
you talked to your grown up self, okay, and she
made some points about Dante that might be right, But
I still think I can fix this whole thing. You're
being really selfish, Nikki. I'm being ambitious and it's gonna
pay off. I promise I won't make the same mistakes
(14:08):
with my life that other older sad Nicky made. Now
that I know what Dante is like and what he's planning,
I can avoid it. No, I am not here to
talk about how you can stay here. I'm here for
the rest of us. I've always stood behind whatever you
wanted to do, Nikki, but not this time. If you
stay now, things go really bad for all of us.
(14:31):
Don't you realize that all your friends Dante becomes a monster,
Ben goes nuts. Your parents aren't together. I'm not gonna
have a sibling and Liam. Liam doesn't even exist anymore,
and neither do you because there is no Papa and
dad to adopt you. You have to do the right thing.
(14:53):
Let's you and I go back to the rink, play
the guitar, and go home. But what if this is
my only shot at my dreams ever coming true. Everything's
starting to take off for me here everything we've ever
talked about. Then, I guess you have a choice. You
can make your dreams come true in the nineties while
the rest of us suffer, or you can let go
(15:15):
of your dreams and save all our lives. How is
this even a question for you? Because I'm going for
the third option, the one you conveniently left out, that
I become a big enough star here and save the
future for everyone. Nikki, you strand me and Liam back
here for your own sake. No, I'll play and open
(15:38):
the portal again, and you'll both go home, and I'll
stay again. I've been learning a lot from Liam about
time travel tropes, and you know that we have to
fix something for that to happen. And if you stay here,
there's no guarantee that the future we land in won't
be just as messed up. I can do it. You
(16:00):
have no idea how much people love me here. I
can make all our dreams come true. Why can't you
believe in me? All Right? This was a big waste.
I don't even know you anymore. I'll let you get
back to being famous. Hey, can I give you some
backstage passes from my show tomorrow. Come see me play
(16:23):
for real. Come see why it's important to me. Besties, No, thanks,
and I don't think I want to be your bestie anymore. Goodbye, Nikki,
enjoy the endless summer? Hey? Hey, how did it go?
(17:00):
She wouldn't listen to you either. She's like a totally
different person. I don't recognize her. She's you're so fake? Yeah,
I remember that. Sorry, it's hopeless. I just I gotta
get some there. I'll go check on her. Okay, what
(17:40):
happens if we can't convince Nikki to come with us?
I mean, she won't listen to me, She won't even
listen to herself. What chance do we have, Liam? What
if we really can't ever get back? I don't know.
Are you supposed to just waited out for the next
(18:01):
thirty years and try not to bump into ourselves once
we're born? And then what? Well, at least it won't
be a problem for me. I never existed in this timeline,
so I'm free to go wherever I want, maybe Greece.
This is no time to joke. If not, now, when
(18:22):
how are you so calm? I don't know? I guess
it's easier to be calm when you're not really real.
You're real, I'm not so sure about that. I've been
thinking a lot about time paradox is recently, and I'm
pretty sure that I fall into some weird limital ontological category.
You might be talking to me right now, but I
(18:42):
don't think I actually am real any meaningful sense. Who
knows how much longer I'll even be here anyway before
I start to fade again. I don't know how to
puzzle through the metaphysics of time paradox but there is
one thing I know for sure. What's that You can't
kiss someone who isn't real. WHOA guess you're real? Then? Hey,
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what's you up to? Just chipping away at some scrap?
(19:55):
I don't think this one will amount to anything. I'm
too distracted, Listen. I have a lot to apologize for.
I did a lot of stuff I regret, and you
paid the price for a lot of it. From what
I understand, you've already paid for your mistakes many times over.
What am I supposed to call you? By the way,
(20:16):
Nikki is fine? Just Nikki. Is that it over there?
The guitar? Yeah, but I haven't really been inspired to
work on it since I first met younger you. It's
just been gathering dust for the past year. Well, whenever
you get around to finishing it, you're gonna need some strings. Huh.
You know how to make guitar strings. You'd be surprised
(20:38):
the amounts of crafts I've learned. Long travel days, hours
and hotel rooms watching YouTube, no real friends. I've had
to keep myself entertained. Seven gauge. Right, I'll start winding
and you can start working on that guitar. Deal. I
(20:59):
want hard hands on one. And as soon as she
hits her mark, then we cue the laser. You got
that summer, We're ready to light you for the rain effect.
Go to five. Please can we just hold up for
a second. You know, Dante, I was actually thinking of
something a little different here. Can I talk it out
with you? I was thinking, since we're coming off of
(21:23):
three fast paced songs in a row, that now would
be a good time to pull out something a little slower,
like a ballad. I've been working on something that I
like a lot. It's about feeling displaced, a little acoustic melody.
(21:49):
It doesn't work for me. Back to five please, Dante.
We have a lot to do right now, summer, and
there's no time for the histrionics. Okay, so please act
like a professional and not like a kid off the street.
Drop dead Dante s Summer, get back to you right now, Summer.
(22:32):
Hello Millennium Rank Ben speaking, Hi Ben, This isn't NICKI
fix oh Niki Hi. I was worried it was creditors
weird question, but it is grown up me there with you. Yeah,
she is. Can you put her on the phone please,
m hold on Hello Nikki. I I want to go home, Nickie.
(23:07):
It's you come in quickly, all right? All right? That
crowd is getting riled up. Maybe this is a sign
that I'm supposed to stay. Now that I'm hearing them
all out there like this, I'm not sure leaving is
the best idea. I mean, how do I walk away
(23:28):
from this? It's going to be hard. Fame can be addictive.
Maybe I just play the show and then we get
him on the next slip around right, I don't know
how many rounds left there are here. Sorry to change
my mind again, but I don't think I have the courage.
I guess I called you here for nothing. Don't judge? Okay,
(23:50):
who am I to judge? Maybe there's no escaping destiny
and this is it. Maybe I can't make myself earned
the lesson until it's too late, no matter how hard
I try. Hey, what's this in your notebook? Oh that's
(24:10):
just a new song I've been working on. But I'm
stuck on the bridge. Oh yeah, I remember this. I
never did finish it. I'm not sure what it's trying
to say. I want to work on it together. Hold on?
It is that? Yep? The rink guitar. I never played
(24:35):
it again after I sent Bobby and Lee him back
the first time. But I take it everywhere I remember.
Keep it close. It has a tendency to grow legs.
You want to play it? Sure it's in tune? Me?
(25:12):
Who am I supposed to be? Now? I can't find
find the forest through the trees, lost in time? Can
you help me find a way? Days space? Bye? I'm
(25:40):
still trying to figure me lost in time. It's you
nine mm which wishing I could change the past? Now
(26:17):
ending time in a pretty little bone now blinds my heart.
I need a guy to show the way, boll life.
(26:39):
Don't look back if you can help at that's strange
to me. I know what this song is about now.
(27:11):
It's about how I don't belong here. Yeah, it is,
isn't it. It's our wish to go home. You're right,
we need Bobby and Liam. It's time for us to go.
They weren't around when I left to come here. Let's
call then see if he sent them our way. I
(27:33):
had your friends barred from the venue. They are an
unnecessary distraction, Dante. How long have you been standing there?
Long enough? And you a little bit older, a little
nip and tuck, but still too much of a resemblance
to miss. Hello, Dante. You know, I never believed Nikki
(27:56):
when she rattled on about things that were going to happen.
But then they did little predictions here and there, and
then there was the matter of there being no record
of her cost me a pretty penny to establish an identity.
I thought, even though all the pieces added up, that
I was crazy to think something so science fiction could
(28:18):
be the answer. But here I am in a room
with two of you, and strike me down if it
isn't real. Okay, Dante, you found me out, and so
you know that I don't belong in this time. I
have to go. It isn't right for me to be
What about all those people out there cheering your name?
(28:39):
My name is Nikki. What about your dreams? You want
to leave a mark on the world. Who cares if
it's a few years off. That's nothing in the grand
scheme of things. What about our partnership? You'll be fine
without me. You're an amazing producer. Trust me. Your success
in any timeline I've seen it, you need me. The
(29:01):
truth is, no matter how amazing this life seems, it's
not worth what I have to give up to having.
And let me guess this guitar has something to do
with it. I recognize it. I remember Ben working on it,
but this one seems older, like it's from a different time.
(29:24):
Oh did I guess right? That's my guitar. Ben made
it for me from pieces of the rink. It always
goes back to the rink, doesn't it? Be careful with that, Dante.
It's got a beautiful sound. Hi, doan'te? What have you done?
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