The X-men run missions and work together with the NYPD, striving to maintain a peaceful balance between humans and mutants. When it comes to a fight, they won't back down from protecting those who need their help.
Haven presents itself as a humanitarian organization for activists, leaders, and high society, yet mutants are the secret leaders working to protect and serve their kind. Behind the scenes they bring their goals into reality.
From the time when mutants became known to the world, SUPER was founded as a black-ops division of the CIA in an attempt to classify, observe, and learn more about this new and rising threat.
The Syndicate works to help bring mutantkind to the forefront of the world. They work from the shadows, a beacon of hope for mutants, but a bane to mankind. With their guiding hand, humanity will finally find extinction.
Since the existence of mutants was first revealed in the nineties, the world has become a changed place. Whether they're genetic misfits or the next stage in humanity's evolution, there's no denying their growing numbers, especially in hubs like New York City. The NYPD has a division devoted to mutant related crimes. Super-powered vigilantes help to maintain the peace. Those who style themselves as Homo Superior work to tear society apart for rebuilding in their own image.
MRO is an intermediate to advanced writing level original character, original plot X-Men RPG. We've been open and active since October of 2005. You can play as a mutant, human, or Adapted— one of the rare humans who nullify mutant powers by their very existence. Goodies, baddies, and neutrals are all welcome.
Short Term Plots:Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
The Fountain of Youth
A chemical serum has been released that's shaving a few years off of the population. In some cases, found to be temporary, and in others...?
MRO MOVES WITH CURRENT TIME: What month and year it is now in real life, it's the same for MRO, too.
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Neopolitan: "Aly" player of Rebecca Grey, Stephanie Graves, Marisol Cervantes, Vanessa Bookman, Chrysanthemum Van Hart, Sabine Sang, Eupraxia
Ongoing Plots
Magic and Mystics
After the events of the 2020 Harvest Moon and the following Winter Solstice, magic has started manifesting in the MROvere! With the efforts of the Welldrinker Cult, people are being converted into Mystics, a species of people genetically disposed to be great conduits for magical energy.
The Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
Adapteds
What if the human race began to adapt to the mutant threat? What if the human race changed ever so subtly... without the x-gene.
Atlanteans
The lost city of Atlantis has been found! Refugees from this undersea mutant dystopia have started to filter in to New York as citizens and businessfolk. You may make one as a player character of run into one on the street.
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Posted by faustomartense on Mar 6, 2009 13:33:40 GMT -6
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the boy's face showed fear, a unimaginable terror .he had gone out to the streets of NY to do what he used to do when he needed a bit of that magical substance that help him to runaway from reality. the harsh reality that he have to lived because he had not chosen to live on the street. but the circumstances made it a common and vulgar thief. sometimes the need exceded the will , the doses each time lasted less and he had to continued stealing. sometimes he meet with some colleagues who had done at the nearest police or in the alleys. and they tell him these stories of failed robberies ,about of how they had been left unconscious by a girl of 12 years old who had just glared at they.the mutants were a hard nut to crack, but not everyone could do somethings about a bad guys jumping in his way. but there was no way to know .when someone tried to rob was always the possibility that he/she was a mutant and let the unlucky thief unconscious or half dead on the floor. the mutants were dangerous, and more those who didnt know how to control their abilities ... the anguish and despair generated in the robbery attempt to exploit the powers of those damned creatures,the mutants. There was no other way to call them. but the need called , he knew that the only way was to satisfied it or he would start trembling and felt cold. in his head was only room for one thing, Valium. Valium helped him to sleep at night. sometimes the effect was the opposite and ended a little hyperactive and aggressive. the sun didnt had fallen, but he needed it. he wanted it.
He left his refuge,he could not call it differently. it was not his home, neither was a house .it was only four walls with a roof. almost all the windows were covered by wood. the neighborhood in general was not very different. it was a ¨small paradise for addicts¨ like he used to call it , there was a place for a few sellers and many more addicts who had nothing more than the ruined houses that were there. Most of the houses were occupied illegally, but no one bothered them because they were there. locked into their little world away from normal people. ending this little paradise, the houses were already starting to look fairly normal. But there is still many blocks ahead to a neighborhood to get a decent thing to rob. As he walked he discovered the pigeon that he was needed. a young girl about 20 years or so, he went out alone. walking casual , listening to music . the bag should have a little money, a cell and she was listening to a mp3.he would not get much from that but it was enough for a couple of doses. Johnny had his hands in the pockets of his jacket, it was worn out but still worked well . his left hand was playing with a knife. he knew what he was doing,he had done it so many times. not many people dared to resist when a knife caresses her/his neck. the mutants were the exception, they oppose much resistance. sometimes wanting , sometimes unintentionally but these were really terrifying creatures. he hated them but he feared them too. The procedure was almost routininary, he approached for her back pulling back his knife. with the right hand he covered his mouth and with the knife in his left hand making a little pressure on his neck. His voice sounds almost sweet and reassuring. in other circumstances this would have been incredibly seductive but what resulted was something else. she knew he had full control over the situation , also that he had done this thousands of times. he could open a wound in her neck with a single move. As he expected, the girl cooperate and gave everything he asked. tears crossed her face but she didnt screamed , her voice was certainly gone by the shock.
Fausto saw it at all, hidden in the doorway of a house. he was waiting the moment when she started to run forward without looking back as he surely would have said to her. The girl walked away, the thief had not done anything bad to her. Fausto smiled and started walking towards the thief, his eyes brighted of pleasure and rage. that guy was not much larger than him perhaps he was reaching the 18. chance, fate, karma or any of those things made Fausto change his usual way and he took another street and guess what he found . a thief . he walked straight toward the boy who was there waiting, watching as his victim walked away, he thought that nobody had seen the scene but he was mistaken. Fausto approached still with a smile showing his teeth when the distance was short enought he just hit him in the mouth of the stomach with his right hand and shaked his head with the left. John stagger the way to the floor, his eyes could not focus well. he did not understand what was happening. a child of 15 years was hitting him without reason . unintentionally he recalled all the stories that he had been heared, that child was probably a mutant. his eyes and his face reflected the fear he felt knowing that. ¨whats you name? ¨ his voice sounds cold, but full of contempt. he trembled at the voice and reply quick reply . it was better that way because that crazy man thar hit him looked very impatient ¨ John¨ he babble almost whispering. "Put out your dominant hand scumbag!" Fausto ordered, but he did not react, Fausto had to request it again. and he did it so eagerly. he was no hurry but he wanted to impose the punishment as soon as possible, john^s face just made him to wish it more .john was afraid but he had hatred in his eyes. hatred for mutants. ¨are you sure that this is your dominant hand? if you lie I'm going to have to cut off the two hands ¨ John^s face turned into mask of indescriptable horror .that mutant was going to cut his hands ,both hands if he couldnt make him believe his left hand was his dominant . he moved his head desperately trying to seems sincere, the tears began to fall from his eyes. Fausto grabbed the hand that john extended to him , it was the left. Fausto grabbed his hand by the wrist strongly and put his mouth closer to those trembling fingers. his hand, his arm, the boy was shaking with fear. he was paralyzed, he knew that it was absolutely inevitable. Fausto's teeth closed around the Ring Finger and Pinkie Finger, the teeth impregnated in saliva burned his skin with the touch and made his way through his skin . the wound was closed in an ugly scar of melted flesh, there was no blood anywhere. Fausto spat the remaining of those sinners fingers , he did not want to eat them but the acid acted a bit, his fingers had been worn out . the best doctors couldnt put them together anymore , John simply dropped to the floor on his back . ¨I hope you think twice before stealing again Johnny Three Fingers. or we will see each other again and maybe you will become Johnny One Handed ¨ The children made a radiant smile to the one laying in the ground and continued walking giving his back to john, he was not a threat at the moment. not in a state of shock that he was. He turned to watch his victim once again. ¨ Iron Mouth is my name, you will remember that if you are smart¨
The starlight in New York was, in a word... nonexistent. The night sky above was covered over in light gray clouds that caught the yellow streetlight below. The Italian teenager sat on the alley's fire escape, his brown hair leaned back against the old metal railing. Baby blue eyes stared unblinkingly above.
Why was he there? It was a good question. He was not quite sure, himself. He only knew that as he passed the alleyway, something about it had seemed familiar. Perhaps it was the odd little throwing star lying half-abandoned in a pile of rubbish; perhaps it was the sun-and-rain stained poster--"Assassin for Hire"--taped against the alleyway wall. Whatever the reason, the place was familiar to him.
He suspected that he and Calley had been here before. With the division of their memories, however, he really could not say. He could not say why he had entered the alleyway, or perched himself on the fire escape above it. And it did not matter. Whatever the reason, he was here now, and he was stargazing. The clouds moved above, in a wind that did not touch him. Just because one cannot see the stars does not mean they are not there.
It was not a scream that attracted his attention, but a mere scuffle and a whimper. He looked down, watching the theft unfold. Yes, he would like to stop it: however, he did not think it was wise to do so, given that teenagers suddenly appearing probably would not be good for keeping knife hands steady. If he showed himself, the girl might be killed on accident. A few dollars and an iPod were not worth her life. She would survive.
The thief, perhaps, would not. Slate watched as another onlooker showed himself: a boy a little younger than himself, but just as tall. Black hair. Interesting philosophy. One of Slate's eyebrows rose as he watched the teen's justice unfold. If he was either an X-Men or an Order member, then it was clearly for lack of better options, and not for lack of taste. Slate was quite impressed by what he saw.
>> ¨Iron Mouth is my name, you will remember that if you are smart.¨
A hand on the railing. A two story drop. It did not break his legs, but it jarred quite achingly through his bones. None the less, the eighteen year old Kabal leader landed on his feet. An unnoticeable healing shift later, he did not even stumble as he took a step towards the black-haired teen.
"You fixed the symptom," Slate stated calmly, baby blue eyes staring out from the alleyway's darkness, "but not the disease. Why was he stealing in the first place? If you can fix that," he finished, "you can fix the world."
The teenager cast a glance down at the kid in shock on the alleyway floor; a shock that was more mental than physical. The bloodless manner in which he had been injured, the precision with which it had been done, the way the injury would be ever-present, but not affect his quality of life: it was all beautifully done.
He raised his gaze to the black-haired teenager again. "Your name is Iron Mouth? I will remember it. Mine is Slate. I am going to change this world into something we can all be proud to live in. Would you be interested in joining me?"
Posted by faustomartense on Mar 7, 2009 12:02:04 GMT -6
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The first thing that crossed his mind was ¨ Sure! ¨ he thought to jump over him and hug him with tears in his eyes but that would seem a little weird and Slate did not seem the kind of person who let himself carried by the emotions easily ... a subtle smile filled with proud would be better , a smile that showed how proud he would be participating in a movement to change the world for better. he hope it was a organization that actually works, not like these stupid organizations that want to save the environment. Fausto analyzed the young man who was standing in front of him, Johnny was shocked or even unable to move the legs still lying on the floor. he did not appear to be lying, he really wanted to change the world. his words sounded truly, there was no reason to distrust him .
¨I am interested, and so much more than that. I'm looking for true justice ... maybe I'm a little crazy maybe not, but as you said I only stop the symptoms, not the disease and if I keep fighting robbers and rapists as much as I do is a waste of time, I have to go against the great evil , we must eliminate the root of evil but no one wanted to help me, everyone says that I am too young to fight. ¨
He took air and looked at the surroundings. the night had already fallen. but there wasnt any starts in the sky . at least not in heaven but all the electric starts in the street were burning already and he had two more of them in front of him Slate^s eyes looked like stars. his eyes contrasted with the darkness .a soft blue, they were the eyes of someone calm. someone who knows what he do, but he was sincere. Fausto^s heart beat faster, that was what he had wished for so long .it was like a dream. too good to be true, for a moment he considered the possibility that John have given a blunt blow to his head and everything that happened after it was a product of his imagination. Fausto shook her head , it was denied as absurd idea.
¨ Sam the one that taugh me to fight ... I suspect he is an agent of the CIA or FBI or he was one before. he known a lot of combat tactic and moves .but he only taught me a couple of things like self-defense, some locks and how to disarm someone, but nothing really important. he considered me a child, he believes that i can hurt innocent people , he also is afraid that the bad guys ended injured. ¨
he had been carried away by the words . he felt angry. he would become very strong but no one count with him to fight against the injustices that plague the world. he changed the tone of his voice, this time was almost a plegary. he was afraid of not being able to participate in the battle that Slate proposed and he had been searching for so long. Again scared, he hated the feeling that it caused. he hated being control with fear, he hated distrust the people by fear, he hated to think about the future and fear the uncertainty.
¨I want to change the world, I want a better world for all. for the innocent and the bad guys who can change their lifestyle, after all is not their fault. they play as they can with the cards they had. do you gonna take me seriously? ¨ Fausto look into his eyes, he dindt looked at them a second that he had realize that his question was stupid. he blushed and looked to john. ¨ what do you say Johnny? you are in or not? i don't know what we would find with Slate but I guess it's better than living like this¨
Johnny didnt respond,he could be an addict and a thief but he knew he was not going to reach a good place continuing with that life. he was calculating the possibilities, the child who had pulled two fingers off his left hand was asking if he wanted to enter.he had always been good hearing but he had not heard enough to have an idea of what really happened. Perhaps mutants had a empathic link and they knew how was going to finish everything, and knew where they would go and they knew that they could not leave him like that , because as Fausto said ¨after all is not their fault. they play as they can with the cards they had¨. Yes, he rememberes his name ,he was not a fool. the drug he choice to take didnt destroy neurons, he was smart to choose a drug which used as base the diazepan. that drug only was a sedant but it also generate addiction. and addiction wasnt good, but it was the only thing that made him sleep with his empty stomach barking at nights. it really was a horrible life and everything could be better with them , perhaps they would give him a room with a comfortable bed and he wouldnt have to worry again about someone killing him only because he has nice shoes. Johnny stood up as he could, he was shaking, he was afraid .the mutants made him being afraid. he felt a tingling at the site where her fingers had been, it was a strange sensation as if his finger where there but there were no fingers, two fingers less wasnt a problem.he would have to learn to use his right hand . the knife was too heavy to handle with only three fingers but he was alive and that was something to be glad. damned mutants this time they convinced him .that proposal was the best he had heard in years. he did not know for sure what would happen , the only one who knew what would happen was Slate . looking at Slate^s eyes he find peace and understanding, he conveyed a quiet confidence. Fausto could had killed him if he wanted, but he did not. these two didnt seemed to hate humans, they wanted a better world for all. His voice sounds scared but he wasn't wetting his pants . ¨ Yes, count me in ¨
Perhaps the great Iron Mouth was impressed with Slate; Slate, however, was quite impressed himself. For the first time since he had taken over the Kabal, he was talking to someone whose ideals were aligned with his own. There was no need to put words in this young man's mouth: he was already spilling forth a flood.
It was like a spring rain, washing away the road grime of winter.
Slate stood in the presence of a person who would not just work for him--he stood in the presence of someone who he could talk to about his plans; someone who had not had to hear about the large salary or freedoms the Kabal offered in order to join it. Iron Mouth was not a mercenary. He was an idealist. The strength of his opinions shown through clearly in all of his words.
>> ¨I want to change the world, I want a better world for all. for the innocent and the bad guys who can change their lifestyle, after all is not their fault. they play as they can with the cards they had. do you gonna take me seriously? ¨
Slate noted his fellow teenager's blush, but did not comment on it. He tended to blush at inconvenient times, himself. It did not matter. What mattered is that the black-haired teenager had asked him a serious question, and it deserved a serious answer. Would Slate take him seriously?
"Anyone who does not take you serious," Slate answered simply, "is either blind, or a fool. I hope to be neither."
More importantly, the strength of his opinions shown forth in all of his actions, in a way Slate had never seen before. Not in anyone besides himself.
>> ¨ what do you say Johnny? you in or not? i dont know what we would find with Slate but I guess it's better than living like this¨
It was an action Slate would have done himself, once he was done with Iron Mouth. The fact that the younger teenager did it before he could...
>> ¨ Yes, count me in ¨
For the first time, Slate did not just smile: he grinned. There was real hope for this world. It was not just him who thought like this; maybe people like them were rare, but if they could find each other... they could truly change this world. And if they couldn't find each other? Then he and Iron Mouth would still change the world. You do not need a blaze. If you have two strong flames, you can still make things burn.
Slate offered out his hand, first to Iron Mouth, then to Johnny.
"Welcome to the Kabal."
Welcome, to the start of the revolution. A warm breeze blew past the alleyway, as if the world itself could already feel their fire.
Posted by faustomartense on Mar 10, 2009 17:20:02 GMT -6
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Johnny did not want to be the first to break the silence, it was not one of his qualities. he preferred to keep the silent and more in the presence of someone who seems to be the above the rest. that kid who had more or less his age seemed a bit more than him .he was not an ordinary person, not a common human nor a common mutant. he was a step above the rest. it was reflected in his eyes and he followed a superior goal. Many people even mutants are happy with getting a good job, getting easy money. yes, the money is one of the most common reason for everything.the world moves with money, or at least the most part of it. but those two men standing in front of him were different, he felt they different ... they were talking about changing the world, about equality . he notice that they voices showed the pride they felt for those thoughts and ideals. even when none of them exceeded the 18 , these two seemed to be men. they knew what they wanted to achieve and how to achieve it. Johnny could not avoid feeling embarrassed for all the times he put the money before everything else but it was that or die slowly . in any case he had never killed anyone. He looked to the place where his fingers had been a few minutes before. the mutant had cut two fingers that were not very useful, two ... why two? one finger could be the punishment for his theft and the other one a punishment for being an addict. the child had no way of realizing that he was an addict.
Johnny broke his silence after Slate shaked their hands,he would have to remember that name. the child seemed to be someone important. ¨ sorry to interrupt but ... are we going to be standing here for much longer ? I am starving and I have a wound on my left hand ... isnt that bad but a sedant or something like that would be great ... I feel the finger i dont have anymore and isnt a comfortable feeling . ¨
Fausto looked at him reproachfully .he couldnt understand why John wanted to hurry the future helpers of the world but he was right ,he was wounded but despite the fact he was not capable of causing bleeding the wounds cause were very painful. the guy was holding it very well despite the fact the pain he was feeling. Johnny seemed a good boy ,he was not like everyone else. he though and he realized that what they were offering to him was the best he could choose. johnny reminded him of a soldier standing there. he was afraid, trembling a little, but he was standing there , he wasnt begging for his life and he hadnt cried like a little baby. he just had accepted the punishment that perhaps he knew he deserved it.