On the surface, The Wrong Crowd are just young punks and hooligans who commit petty crimes, drink and smoke, and hang out in squalid places. Few would suspect that these misbegotten youths are slowly being corrupted to ever darker and more insidious ends. The Wrong Crowd is highly decentralized, with multiple cells in every corner of the world where squalor exists and society works against the interests of it's own people. These cells tend to be quite small and are usually operating within larger more organized criminal groups if not acting independently. The usual modus operandi of this cult is to locate young people who feel stifled by society and encourage them to take their frustration out on authority figures, societal institutions, and laws (who likely have done something to warrant retribution). Once the new initiate has become darkened by their activities (if they weren't already), the cult will then reinforce the idea that the world is against the Initiate and that it needs to pay for making them suffer, and so will push the initiate to ever bolder and audacious crimes such as extreme vandalism, mugging and assault, and grand theft; the targets almost always being individuals and institutions that would actually work towards helping them if they'd let them (such as trustworthy teachers and relatives, competent social workers, etc). Many other dark cults will reach out to local TWC cells to pool for new recruits.
Initiation
* At this stage, The Wrong Crowd is just a bunch of mibehaved kids hanging out with eachother. Additional specialty — Socialize (young people).
** The initiate has impressed his peers and starts making friends who show them how to get in trouble and to get out of reprocussions. Merit — Allies (The Wrong Crowd) 1. The character's speed increases by 5 while fleeing the scene of a crime, authorities, or Nobles.
*** Merit — The initiate's friendgroup expands, as does his tolerance for mind-altering substances. Allies (The Wrong Crowd) 2. Damage to this character from drugs or alcohol is reduced by 2.
**** At this point, the initiate only cares about his allegiance to The Wrong Crowd. Merit — Allies (The Wrong Crowd) 3. The character refunds dots in Allies for any other group or individuals and cannot take dots in Allies for anyone but The Wrong Crowd so long as he has initiation.
***** The character resents anyone not a member of The Wrong Crowd, but especially hates light-touched and seeks to corrupt or kill them whenever possible. Merit — Allies (The Wrong Crowd) 4. The character gains the Darkness Enfolds caligo for free.
Dp x Dc AU: It’s not the usual suspects trying to summon the undead this time, and it’s proving to be a massive headache for John Constantine. They seem...Competent.
When John sniffed out a new plot to summon a ghost, he kind of laughed it off. Ghosts were not more than shades of the people/creatures they used to be, without all the right resources and enough buy in from the greater spirits of the Infinite Realms, most entities that came thought might scare some kids at a slumber party but that was at most. Plus, kids were scary resilient these days thanks to the internet, so really, John’s not worried.
Then he hears about the gathering of artifacts and he has to care a little more. He learns that one Jasmine Fenton is involved and he’s... Surprised. She’s got a public record of dismissing her parent’s inventions and causing stirs at supernatural conventions (not to mention a great reputation as a research focused psychologist). Jasmine’s credit cards report a great deal of cash (refunded to her account by an unknown off-shore account) being taken out and her location is right next to the last place anyone could find a shard of the Crown.
Yeah, that Crown. The Infinite, ancient blessed and deity cursed one. John had meant to get around to investigating if the shard of obsidian (fire forged) was legit, so he begins to set his sights on Jasmine for a ‘chat’.
Then Sam Manson, a scary ass Heiress, pulls up in a limousine and all but kidnaps him and dumps him outside city limits. She tells him that he’s been cursed for the next 48 hours to stay out of their city- If he comes close, any plant will identify him in a heartbeat and come to life to kill him. (Fun fact: there are a goddamn lot of plants surrounding this stupid town, even the dandelions are forging knives to kill him.)
THEN worse, Red Robin gets on his ass about cybersecurity of all things. Turns out another player, identified by the moniker TooFineTooFurious has been tracking John’s phone and has been rummaging around official JLD documents- How was John supposed to know that keeping his passwords on the notes app could be hackable? Red Robin declares him incompetent and John can only sigh, crush his phone and move on.
That all leads him to the summoning portal in front of him in this weird ghost themed high school gymnasium. It’s far too competent. It gives him goosebumps even before he can read out that they’re summoning the King of the Infinite Realms himself. John clicks the panic alarm on his JL communicator before engaging with the Trio before him.
They’re not wearing any capes, no candles are lit, but this is the scariest cult he’s ever seen. Jasmine Fenton, ghost denier, Sam Manson, Heiress and Plant Witch (?), Some other dude with a beret and fucking DRONES (he considers this might be the man who hacked him). John pleads with them, they don’t know what they’re trying to do. Pariah Dark will kill them all, eat their entire planet for breakfast!! Everyone rolls their eyerolls at him, and he’s taken aback by their nonchalance.
Plant guards grab him and a drone has a laser sight on his forehead. He fights but is subdued- They’re almost done chanting when Superman, Green Lantern, Red Robin and Cyborg all appear. Despite their disruption- the chanting ends with the green illumination of the circle. Despair fills the air.
And then- Poof- a groaning young man appears.
“Dudes you have no idea how unhelpful the Infi-map is sometimes. I was lost for like weeks and CW was being such a bitch ab- What. Wait, who are all- Holy shit did you guys summon the Justice League?” The Ghost King in full Regalia stared back at them in questioning concern. The three summoners start bitching at the monarch and John... isn’t sure if this is going to be an interdimensional incident yet.
Best part of Durgetash to me is that according to the "Memoirs by Gortash" chapter 4 outline you can find in his room in Wyrm's Rock, he and Durge were hanging out doing heists even before Bhaal and Bane commanded them to be allies and before Gortash came up with the Absolute plan. Gortash was just a Dead Three cult leader who saw Durge leading their own Dead Three cult and went "same hat?" And offered to help them steal back a bhaalspawn's remains + some torture devices from the House of Wonders purely to make friends.
Femme Fatale Guide: Signatures To Discover For A Stronger Personal Brand
Personal brand colors (for your outfits, makeup, nails, socials, office supplies/decor, etc.)
Signature aesthetic choices (could you be identified as the woman always in a leather jacket, wearing red lipstick, always wearing crystal hair clips or full ear stacks, etc.)
Signature jewelry pieces
Go-to nail color/shape
Signature drink (alcoholic or not)
Personal sayings you're known for in your social group
Specific leisure priorities (she's the woman you'll always find at the Opera, contemporary art museum, dog park, watching Alfred Hitchcock movies, etc. in her free time)
Areas of life where you give the best advice
Causes/organizations you care most strongly about
Your greatest social competency (Telling the best stories, being funny, asking great questions, making everyone feel welcome and included, negotiating, planning the best trips/parties, being a social connector, etc.)