Astrosecond: .498 seconds
Breem: ~8.2 minutes
Joor: ~1 hour
Deca-cycle: ~3 weeks
Nano-klik: ~1 second
Orn: 13 days
Solar-cycle: 93 hours (Cybertronian day)
Orbital-cycle: 24 solar-cycles/93 days (Cybertronian month)
Stellar-cycle: 20 orbital-cycles/480 days(Cybertronian year)
Chapter 8:
Music
Partly curled up in her gifted red blanket, Resonate sat between Rumble and Frenzy as they pulled things from their subspace that they had retained from their time with LightChaser. It consisted of photos, books, some of LightChaser's belongings like her old gaming datapad.
Resonate found herself cooing as they slowly flicked through the photobook. There was a young LightChaser stood beside an equally as young mech. He looked a bit shy and surprised, like he'd not been expecting the photo. However, it wasn't the image itself that caught her attention, no, it was the red and blue mech. She recognised him! He gave Resonate her cyber-kitty toy!
She quickly pointed at the mech as Frenzy went to turn the page.
"Uh? What's that matter, Bubs?" Rumble asked.
She clicked curiously as they flicked the page back to see who she was referring to and paused.
"He was carrier's… best friend." Frenzy explained after the brothers shared a nervous look—unsure if they really wanted to explain.
Resonate absorbed the information, he really did so looked familiar, striking in fact.
"What's up, Re?" Frenzy questioned.
~Curiosus-who-who-know him?~ she questioned.
It came out more like a question than anything, but it was enough to make the twins realise that LightChaser had been with the Autobots when Resonate had been born, so that meant she'd likely had some sort of contact with the mech.
They shared another look, "His designation is Orion Pax."
…better safe than sorry, right?
She nodded.
They flicked to the next one, then the next, and the next. A few times Resonate would click, curious about a mech or femme in the photo but none she expressed any familiarity towards.
That was until they reached a photo with LightChaser, the twins, Ravage, Orion, Megatron, and Soundwave. She squealed excitedly, tapping at the photo. The twins laughed.
"Yeah, it's us." Rumble grinned.
The next one was of a grumpy Ravage who looked recharged deprived—Frenzy remembered taking that photo. Resonate giggled again because photo Ravage was shooting Frenzy a I'm-going-to-kill-you look.
The next was labelled 'first date' and it was of LightChaser and Soundwave. It showed the height differences between them, LightChaser had only come up to the top of Soundwave's chassis, but they were both smiling happily. Resonate cooed sadly.
The twins gently purred in response, she cheeped in return.
They continued onwards until a photo of a white and orange mech and soft coral pink femme with Influx had Resonate tap the photo. She minicked a sound similar to that of cee.
Resonate could easily recall the bright blue femme, she'd spent a lot of time with the nurse when her carrier had been busy. The white and orange mech looked familiar too but his designation was just out of her grasp.
"Y-Yeah," Rumble stumbled over the word, surprised at the sound Resonate had made, "That's Arcee."
"'R'cee," Resonate tried to mimic, mostly unsuccessful. She pointed to the white and orange mech,
"His designation is… Ratchet."
Primus, they couldn't believe they were doing this but what would the harm actually be? Nothing. It was so unlikely she'd ever actually see them again, and on the off chance they did, the Autobots wouldn't harm her.
Soon enough they finished the photobook. Of course, there were more than one, but they thought it best to… leave those for another time. Instead, they pulled out some of LightChaser's old music tapes, to which Resonate's attention was immediately drawn towards.
"They're music tapes, Bubs," Rumble answered, "Carrier loved music; she had an entire cupboard of them!"
Resonate giggled, tapping the play against her chassis.
The twins shared a grin, "Sure, and since you've seemed to take after Soundwave, you can play them without any music player needed!"
Rumble reached forward as Resonate opened it, allowing him to drop the tape in. She closed it again and stuck out her glossa in concentration, then suddenly it began to play, and she gasped.
It was Blues, and the melody was soothing but slightly, not too much, upbeat—Resonate found herself humming along. It was calming for her to listen too—she could understand why her carrier liked music so much if this was only one type!
The twins smiled at the awed look on their sister's face and once the song ended, if she just so happened to demand another, well they were more than willing to provide.