((I am so sorry that this one is so short and choppy! I've been going through a lot lately, hopefully I'll get through it! Next chapter in three day! -thatsthegoalatleast-))

Writers log #2 okay I know I am crazy but I think I should keep the troll. He was nice enough not to kill me, so…yeah, but since I'm the only one who knows he's even in the base well uhm, kind of. Ugh, I have to take care of him. Well, okay I might have told our best friend who was turned into a troll when the blast hit near her place and now she knows about him and agreed to take care of him in secret for me. She is trying to teach him English, and is teaching me a little bit of Alternian so I can talk to him. Dave accidentally walked in on one of her and…Karkat I think she said was his name refuses to talk to me now! Apparently it has something to do with him having red eyes. Who cares? I have blue, Kanaya has green! Looks like i have to look a few more things up.-End log-

I sigh and look over at the troll, shaking my head as he looked as if he was trying to pick at the bandages Kanaya, put on him. His English is horrible, but I guess I could try and communicate with a device that Dave created to translate English into Alternian...but Kanaya explained that his name is Karkat and he was a mutant, which is probably why he was sent away on a suicide mission. The more I hear about him, the better I feel about taking him in but I think Karkat is scared of me more than not.

I actually got Dave to help me now well he pretty much burst into my room and asked about Karkat like he was a casual guest, even after only seeing him once! I told him what happened and he just smirked and teased me about liking something non human. God I hate Dave sometimes. Every time I want to be around someone, he makes a joke out of it and makes it sound like I want to have sex with everyone!

Okay so maybe I'm over my head. I was thinking about showing Karkat around the base so he could be more at ease. Problem is, he'll only listen to Dave! After they spent one night talking together through Kanaya Karkat likes him? I took him in, how hard is it for someone to see that /I'm/ the nice guy? Not Dave!

Getting up from my spot I went over to the chamber I kept Karkat in. He knew a small bit of English by now. "Karkat?" the troll looked up from his spot, looking directly at me. He looked a little scared. I pouted a little. He was scared? Of me? I couldn't hurt him if I tried! I even had the translator in my pocket just in case.

"What." Karkat stated flatly, he wasn't used to the sound coming out of his mouth, I'm sure.

"I…I'm sorry you don't like me." I sit down in front of him, knowing he wouldn't lash out at me. He looked confused for a moment before his ears twitched a little.

"You are Highblood; of course…I don't like you." He growled out, refusing to look at me.

I sigh and move to sit beside Karkat, resting my hand on the troll's shoulder hesitantly. "Let's try this." I hand him a device. I know he knows how to use it, since it was his and Dave hacked it with Dirk. It's a good thing Dave comes up with good lies; or me /and/ Karkat would be dead by now! He snatches it from my hand, unlocking it, his ears folding down. There are only two apps on it. Something called 'trollian' and the other is a program that translated Alternian into English and vice versa. I lean over and click on that program, getting on my own device and doing the same.

"This will help us communicate! I'm John by the way, sorry for never really talking to you! You seemed to really like Dave a lot more so I didn't know if it was okay."

((I would love help if anyone is willing, that would be great, thanks for reading this so far! ~KKV