I've seen a few of these aus and I really love them so I decided that I wanted to make one too!!
A lot of the time people keep them having the same personalities as the original, which I really loved, but I wanted to make one where Zanka gets to be the "I'm a freak >:)" and Jabber is the "I'm a freak :'("
In this version I have Zodyl be the one to find Zanka in the well, which seems to be what people normally do, and Enjin finds Jabber when he's a very young child (like before he finds Riyo) and is a father figure to him.
I don't know Enjin's backstory cuz I've only watched the anime, but I'm just going to say that he finds Jabber after he goes through everything that makes him the way he is. I'll probably adjust the au as I learn more information about the characters (pls no spoilers tho 🙏).
Now why is Zanka Like That you ask? Idk ig Zodyl encourages him to indulge himself as a way to make him hold back less on missions and it spiraled out of control or something 🤷
(I feel I should clarify that Zanka's relationship with Zodyl is pretty much just like the one he has with Enjin, where he just really wants his praise, not like Jabber's relationship with Zodyl. So there's not anything weird going on besides the insane amounts of manipulation)
More about Jabber! (I'm bouncing back and forth a lot, but you're still reading this so it's fine) I gave him a bunch of piercings, and also want to give him some cybersigilism tattoos, because I think that he would use that as a way to indulge in pain in a way that Enjin approves of (Enjin just thinks Jabber is taking after him).
There's more that I'll prob cover later, but for now here's a few doodles :)
I want to add more to the last one but idk if I want to colour it (these designs use so many pencils) so y'all can pick