Home on the range(open)

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((August 15th-Foster parents' ranch, outer parts of Colorado mid-afternoon))

With the day winding down and her choirs done for the day Rin had decided to take a long ride out on one of the trails off close by to the ranch, riding on her horse she had raised from a colt which was a dark chestnut brown foxtrotter stallion. The air was warm, the weather showing no signs of rain, and nothing seemed to be out of place to endanger the horses in the nearby pasture. If it was one thing Rin loved it was the outdoors and the environment, something that was always calming after a long hard day with helping around the ranch and today luckily she got the free time to be out and about for a little while.

As the horse started to come to a hill Rin carefully pulled on the reins, slowing the stallion to a trot before stopping fully at the top. Looking around the landscape Rin gave a slight smile and focused a little ways ahead to cause the ground to rise in places and after a moment stopped, grinning as she saw the makeshift running course though the stallion didn't seemed spooked. "Alright let's see how this goes hub pal?" She said quietly to the stallion who nodded it's head in anticipation before she clicked he tongue and the horse took off down the hill and started running around the pillars at full gallop and weaving in and out of them with silent directions from the teen.

With the past couple months being a bit rough Rin was glad for the freedom to be horse back riding, having had less time due to school and her sudden issue of transforming. She had little control of her transformations and it happened at random since shortly after hitting puberty and though she had an alternate form it was becoming risky. Even in school she was missing a few days already when her transformation to her Cybertronian hd had manifested once more. Though whatever else might happened never crossed Rin's mind, especially not when she was having some fun.

[Chasm]

Chasm had requested leave of sorts from base, though it wasn't exactly vacation time. He wanted to get to the quieter parts of the country so that he could try to listen for significant Cybertronian radio-chatter without having the interference of human radio waves filtering through and polluting the signals. He'd been moving around a bit over the past couple days, stopping to rest, and even paint, though he kept his comms open the entire time, in case something cropped up. For now, it was mostly quiet as he painted, though the sound of hooves made him turn. He hadn't expected anyone to be out this far away from any roads or main points of civilization, and he put his in-progress painting down before transforming and activating his holoform, looking for whoever might be approaching.

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Rin nodded in satisfaction as the stallion came to the final pillar and made a wide arc to turn, Rin using her powers to lower the pillars of rock once more. Though as she did this she felt the odd feeling of her form shifting for a moment, seeing a flash of metal on her hands before they returned to normal and she sighed in relief. Now came another part they had practiced. Raising other shorter parts of earth parts of the ground were made like jumping hurtles and a winding path to practice sharp turns. As the stallion was going off full tilt in a gallop Rin was leaned forward slightly, not realizing Chasm was out nearby and watched as it jumped over the first three yet the rest was left unfinished.

As soon as the stallion made for the fourth hurtle Rin let out a surprised gasp as she pulled back on the reins, forcing the stallion to skid to a halt and rear up that sent Rin off backwards. The reason for her sudden surprise was her body showing signs of partly transforming for a long few moments before finally doing so. “Oh!Of all times!” She said in frustration and stood, brushing of some dust.

[Chasm]

Chad turned in the direction that he heard the hoof beats, spotting the figure running down a nearby hill on the back of a horse. The ground seemed to be raising up to form obstacles for the horse to go around or jump over, and then lower back down. He had just started to wonder if the rider was a Techno-Organic, when his question was answered as she suddenly pulled her horse to a stop, which made the horse rear up and dump her from its back. He saw her transform, and when she stood up, his real form did the same, the holoform dissipating. "Are you alright?" He called, making his way over.

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As Rin was finishing dusting herself off she heard Chasm’s voice and looked up, shock flashing in her expression at seeing the taller cybertronian. They were tall, taller then she had really imagined them to be. “Yea I’m fine, just an unfortunate time for my cybertronian half to start acting up. Always has to be at the worst time.” She mumbled shaking her head as the stallion now stood a little ways away, watching Chasm with slightly frightened eyes. “So uh who are you?” Rin asked as she looked once more at Chasm curiously.

[Chasm]

Chasm slowly kneeled down so that he wasn't standing up at his full height before he spoke again. "I'm Chasm. I work in communications for the Autobots." He replied, holding his hand out. "I'm sorry if I startled you, and your horse. I heard you riding, and then I saw you fall of your horse and transform. I didn't know that people came out here. It seemed very secluded."

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"It's nice to meet you Chasm, name's Rin. And yea it is that's why I ride out here when I have the free time to joy ride or practice for competitions." Rin said with a slight smile though wondered how many Autobots there really were. From rumors and what her adoptive parents said there were quite a few and her father was one of them though she only knew he was a comabt instructor, silver, and good with blades, which Rin herself was discovering she was decent at. "Though Chasm since your an Autobot do you happen to know any Autobot that's silver and a combat instructor? He's suppose to be pretty good with blades or something like that." She asked looking hopeful that he might.

[Chasm]

Chasm gave her a soft smile. "Yeah. I know him. His name's Sideswipe, and there's not just him. You've got an uncle as well. His name's Sunstreaker. He and Sideswipe are twins." He sat down the rest of the way, his door wings relaxing against his back, still idly picking up sounds, and the odd cell phone call, but he was able to ignore that. "And to say that he's good with blades is an understatement. He's pretty well a master with them, and he teaches other Autobots who want to learn how to use them."

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Rin listened and was surprised to hear she had an uncle, and well they were twins so hopefully it wouldn't be confusing with them. She knew her father was silver so maybe this Sunstreaker was a different coloration, least she hoped so. Though she was becoming a bit more curious of the Autobots,"That's pretty cool. Honestly you've peeked my curiosity Chasm about the Autobots, how many are there here? And where do you guys stay if your giant transforming robots?" She asked. Of course this was only just some of the few question Rin had, in fact she had many.

[Chasm]

"There's a lot of us, and more are showing up every so often. I don't have an exact number since I haven't seen all of them." Chasm replied. "And we have a base outside of Washington D.C. where we stay. There are humans that live there too. I can tell you about some of the Autobots, and a couple of the humans. I haven't met most of the humans, though I probably should..."

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As RIn continued to listen she tilted her head a bit,"Chasm you can't meet everyone at once you know, you'd have to have several of you at once. Which I highly doubt that'd be likely unless there are clones." She said and smiled a bit putting a hand on one of his fingers. "Take it little at a time and you'll meet them. As for your base that's pretty cool though trying to visit would be hard unless faking a military ID." She said with a chuckle.

[Chasm]

Chasm gave a bit of a sheepish smile in response. "I've been at the base for over a year now, I really should know more people than I do, at the least by name and face." He replied. "And you actually don't need a military ID to get onto the base. Just a photo ID, from either the state or the federal government." He explained.

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"Hey if your busy, your busy, sometimes you don't exactly meet everyone right away.Heck it could take you a few more months before you learn someone by name and face." Rin said with a smile before tilting her head,"Really? Well that makes things easier I'd say, maybe I'll talk with my adoptive parents about going there sometime soon. Honestly I've been eager to meet my real parents or my father at least since I became well...since I first transformed." Rin explained and shrugged a bit.

[Chasm]

"I can tell you the address for the main gate of the base." Chasm offered. "That'll be your best bet for getting to the base. And I think Sideswipe would be happy to see you. I don't exactly know him super-well myself, but he's nice. And funny. He and Sunstreaker are known for their pranks. Just, don't scratch Sunstreaker's paint...or do anything to it. He's a little protective of it."

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"No problem, won't bother someone who worries about their looks. But I'm sure he isn't that uptight about looks, I hope." Rin said though nodded,"And an address would help to find it, being in Washington DC anyone could get lost." She was a bit excited to actually visit the Autobot and human base though at the same time she was a bit nervous, unsure of what she would say to her father. Not to mention she didn't know if she'd find him right away.