A.N:: So here we have the first technically prompt based snippet. :B It's actually centered around a thought that got me thinking not too long ago and I thought it would work well with where the last chapter left off, heh. So then, enjoy~

Title:: Hair Spectrum?
Word Count:: 1,368
Warning:: Swearing ._.
Smmary:: Jade notices an aspect about trolls that gets her curious and asking one brown-blooded Taurus all about it. Some fluff depending on how you view it... don't kill me

"Do all trolls have black hair?"

"I, uh, w-what?"

"I was just curious; do all trolls have black hair?" Jade placed her elbows on the cool ledge supporting the quietly humming computer monitor to her right and leaned her weight forward as she repeated the question. Her bright emerald eyes were dancing with curiosity and she fixed them on the Taurus as he shifted about awkwardly in his chair, avoiding direct eye-contact per usual.

"Y-yeah I, uh, guess so," Tavros replied choppily as he laced his fingers together on his metallic lap.

"I mean, me and John have black hair but that's kinda just coincidence," Jade went on her voice taking on a somewhat thoughtful tone, as if really beginning to consider the notion more. "But then there's Dave and Rose, obviously, and humans have a whole bunch of other hair colors too."

"Straight up strands of miracles up and growing from their noggins," Came Gamzee's lilting yet deep voice from where he sat a few feet off on his own chair. His legs were drawn up onto the seat and jutted out in a mess of long limbs and sharp joints as he added his piece to the conversation.

Jade giggled lightly at that and her ears twitched and twisted among the thick mass of her dark locks. She'd taken off the hood not long after waking up the other day, which included holes for the furry appendages, and realized this allowed a startling range of movement. It was strange having two pairs of ears and the added sensory reception had nearly blown her away initially but she was steadily becoming accustomed to the new additions that a number of the female trolls had approached to fuss over, the cat-like girl Nepeta seemed especially fascinated. All in all it had been a total of three days since their arrival on the meteor, which was a pretty vague concept given the lack of sun and moon, but the built in computer clocks did help at least the humans maintain semi-regular sleep cycles.

Each of the kids had spent a fair amount of time with their patron trolls over that time and attempted to get to know the other trolls a bit, though many were unbearably prickly in their own ways, and Jade for one was very happy. Though he had been exceedingly awkward during their first meeting because of the last bout of contact over Pesterchum/Trollian Tavros was easy to talk to and his shyness held a certain, dare she say, cuteness factor as well. They traded stories about their time in the game and the Witch commonly wrestled with the urge to ruffle the shaggy mohawk perched between his wide horns as he stuttered or widened his eyes in awe at a particularly interesting point in her reminiscing.

Gamzee was also very pleasant to be around with his lax sort of friendliness and obvious affection for the more timid male. His statements occasionally took some decoding on her part but she enjoyed both their company none-the-less, she also found the Capricorn's personality a very entertaining mix with Karkat as the Cancer ranted constantly towards his morail yet seemed to seek him out every so often.

"What, uh, other colors are there?" Tavros piped in somewhat hesitantly though his curiosity was evident as he shifted forward ever so slightly. Gamzee also seemed to be displaying a rare bout of focus towards the subject and regarded Jade silently as she blinked once or twice before shrugging her shoulders.

"It's not anything too special," She replied at first before pausing briefly to tap at her chin in thought. "Brown and black are the most common but then there's blonde, what Dave and Rose have, and… red."

Both trolls seemed taken aback and shared a glance before the questions began flowing. "Really, red?" Tavros echoed in awe, most likely imagining the vivid shade of Dave's God Tier hood or Terezi's glinting lenses.

Jade nodded and then laughed again with a toothy smile. "That's pretty rare though and there are different kinds," She explained as best she could. "There are people with a sort of light orangey color and then the really bright kind, I've always thought that was so pretty."

"Sounds like nothin' short of a motherfuckin' miracle to me," Gamzee mused twiddling a lock of his wild mane between two long fingers. "Your hair is up and nice too though, like ink and all wavin' about prettily."

Jade felt the heat flood to her face at the passive compliment and she looked away as her hand came up to pat at her hair almost instinctively.

"Y-yeah, I, uh, think so too," That was Tavros this time around and Jade muffled a squeak of surprise as she had momentarily forgotten his presence just a short distance beside her. "But it, uh, makes me feel like we're missing out. There's not even different kinds of black…"

"Heh, well, you know different species and all," Jade replied with an awkward strain to her tone as she fumbled to craft a decent reply. "Though, you guys don't like sunlight, right? The sun has a big affect on hair color for most people."

"Makes motherfuckin sense, sister," Gamzee replied with a lucid nod before his attention seemed to wander again and he lowered one lanky limb to push off the tile floor in a spin.

"Sunlight, huh," It was Tavros' turn to laden his tone with a thoughtful air as he pondered her explanation before frowning slightly, the tip of one fang poking out against his lower lip. "Yeah we, uh, don't really do sunlight."

Jade only nodded silently and there was an awkward lull in the conversation before her mouth was open once more and a stream of idle words coming forth. "I mean, it lightens colors. Dave and Rose both have really light hair but Rose mentioned how hers was nearly white one Summer," She stopped to let out a tiny giggle of amusement. "And she really isn't the outdoorsy type."

Tavros let out a nervous "heh" at that before hips lips tugged into a smile and it turned into a low chuckle. "Does yours change?"

"Umm… well," And there she was fishing for words again as her legs began to kick back and forth idly where they hung over the chair's edge. "Not all too much. I mean I spent a lot of time outside when I lived on the island with gramps but I never really, well, put much thought into it."

Tavros stayed silent, childish curiosity still lighting his eyes as he waited for her to continue and, had she been wearing such clothing, she would have tugged at her collar.

"I suppose there was the, um, occasionally lighter streak near the front?" Her voice lifted as if questioning her own response as one came up to brush at the strands lining her bangs. Gog this was awkward. "And it, uh, got shiny sometimes."

"Heh, you're, uh, starting to sound like me," Tavros replied as if chiding her suddenly staggered speech. It was rather out of character for both parties and they ended up simply grinning broadly at one-another before Jane was giggling in her usual bubbly fashion.

"Well anyway since we have about three full years to spend in this totally dark space rock you'll see my winter look instead," The Witch drawled with a warm smile as a light dusting of brown colored the troll's cheekbones and he mumbled something with his head lowered. "What was thaaat?"

"I, uh, said I…" Tavros began as he squirmed in his seat and his feet knocked together producing a metallic clink. "I'd like to, uh, see that. Humans are pretty interesting."

Jade poked the tip of her tongue out in the direction of the Taurus as she rose to her feet and flicked her hood up over her head, ears twitching about under the thick fabric before managing to maneuver into their slots. "You bet we are, but you're not too bad yourself."

She then reached out to prod one of his horns for emphasis before turning, and bounding across the room to slip into the brightly lit hallway.

A.N:: Herp derp. Ok, so, please don't kill me q.q I will admit that I find Jade x Tavros extremely adorable but that was not the focus of this bit, at least not intentionally ^.^' It just kind of wormed its way in with Tavros being all timid and blushy... ANYWAY, thoughts? I noticed the fact that all of the trolls have dark hair a while ago and started thinking more about it the other day because, well, can you even imagine a blonde or red-haired troll? It just doesn't really compute for me ._. As always feel free to request pairings, toss out a prompt, or add rage flames to my kindling if need be. As pre-established everyone is alive and well so that adversely means that Gamzee is still in as "stable" of a state as usual, it's likely that he'll begin to slip a bit throughout this since he is being sopor deprived though. Hee hee :]

One more thing! I recently decided to jump on the Pesterchum bandwagon and would love to be able to chat with some other Homestuck fanatics, my handle is insaneCollision if you feel like adding me~

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