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Pick a geographic location, then name the cartel after it then. Make up a location if you have to.

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lemmy.world

It all comes down to their specialty, right?

If they're moving product, you've got The Black Orchard (the growers) or The Phantom Crucible (the mad scientists). If it's a white-collar price cartel just chasing dollar signs, you want something like The Thorned Veil for that elegant, deceptive front, or The Broken Halo Network for a gritty, fallen-from-grace feel.

But if they're a territorial cartel? The kind where crossing a border gets you killed? Go with The Crimson Ledger—where every debt is settled in blood. Or The Ashen Wolves, because they will straight-up burn down your business if you trespass

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feddit.org

You can use em dashes yourself — just find out how, use a few big words, and bedazzle your readers!

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I used em dashes when SMS messages had 160 character limits to —really— put emphasis on words.

I also use them in place of semicolons — I find it easier to read and doesn't remind people of English class.

It helps that I have been writing this way for a while. My MySpace had em dashes back when the smartest AI we had was IBM's Watson.

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I'm thinking something like the cjng , its a call of duty short story. Fan fiction

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lemmy.world

Also Herod's first wife was called Doris, maybe work that in too if you can.

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jcr
jlai.lu

Use the name of (or part of) a building based on religion and go with it (The Chapel, Ziggurath, Transept, Ancestor Shrine, etc)

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Jangofangoreply
lemmy.zip

To be fair both Democrats and Republicans are both shit

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