What are your thoughts on the Alpha kids? Are they in this AU? What roles do they play? And also, what about the Pre-Scratch Trolls (Ex. Kankri, Porrim, etc.)?
as far as i’m concerned, this is pretty much a humanstuck AU, so the trolls are all there! the beta kids and trolls are classmates, while the alpha kids and trolls are a bit older, to varying degrees. most of the alpha kids/trolls have jobs and/or are studying.Â
dirk is rose and dave’s older brother, and since their parents tend to not be around much for work reasons, dirk is usually the one in charge, whether he likes it or not. he works at a local place where they fix broken phones and computers. roxy is their cousin, and works at the same place, but she doesn’t live with them. (she visits sometimes, though.)Â
jane and jake are john and jade’s cousins, through their twin dads. twins are kind of a genetic thing, which irritates all the kids to no end because of all the bad jokes they have to suffer through. john and jane channel that through masterfully pranking others sometimes, though jane is better at it, even though she’s less devoted. jane works at the bakery alongside their dads. jake wanted to study, but couldn’t concentrate on schoolwork, so he’s jumping from job to job trying to find something that works for him.Â
for the most part, the alpha trolls are only distinctly related to their younger counterparts unless otherwise mentioned!Â
porrim and kankri are both teachers at the school, and they’ve known each other since grade school. they’ve still got the vague “you’re not my mom” “well stop acting like a baby then” dynamic going on, and porrim’s classes are a lot more interesting, but john and dave are stuck with kankri’s. (she’s his substitute when he gets sick, though, to everyone’s relief.)Â
damara, mituna, cronus, and meenah do not have jobs. they do hang out around town a lot and bother everyone else, though. mituna and sollux are brothers, but they don’t hang out much.Â
latula and rufioh work at the local subway, and they’re perfectly happy with it. horuss sometimes drops by to talk with rufioh, though, which bothers absolutely everyone, including dirk who usually has to come drag him back to the fix-it store where he actually works.Â
meulin and kurloz are both students, and they’re pretty chill. if you wanted something not entirely legal, you’d go to them, which is why most people just keep a healthy distance unless they need something in particular.Â
aranea primarily works at the library, but she offers private tutoring to anyone who needs it, and occasionally hosts seminars and free lectures at the library about current topics. no one is sure when, or if, she ever sleeps. rumour has it she just doesn’t sleep or eat at all because it would get in the way of distributing knowledge. she’s a good source of info, though, including gossip!Â
