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.
Fuegogrande: "Fuegogrande" player of The Ranger, Ion, Rhia, and Null
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.
Got a plot in mind?
MRO plots are player-created the Mods facilitate and organize the big ones, but we get the ideas from you. Do you have a plot in mind, and want to know whether it needs Mod approval? Check out our plot guidelines.
It was almost noon, and it was a warm day as Aura got dressed in her room. As lori had instructed when showing Aura what to do, they should be dressed somewhat decently and Aura had taken that as a standing order on this kind of mission. It would have been just another morning except this time Aura would have someone going along with her, her legal guardian, the large red mutant, Abyss. Aura was also very excited because today they would be visiting some people who had refused to pay or had stopped answering their doors after non-payment. According to the Rules Aura knew this meant they were fair game to eliminate and to make examples of. Aura smiled as she raised her new Katana before her, level with her eyes, this would be her first real chance to break it in and Aura intended to put her best friends work to the test. Taking a few practice swings with the blade she sheathed it and walked out of her room.
Arriving in the front yard, Aura looked around, recalling the first time she came here, running from cold steel who in her eyes tried to send her back to the police's cages into the protection of Dragon King. Which made her wonder where he had gone as well as many others she recalled including the dolphin lady and geo. Bringing herself back to reality she recalled why she had requested assistance in this endeavor, the animals were trying to band together and resist, the very same drug gang which had stabbed her and weakened her when she had tried to exact payment from the house. This had lead to the embarrassment of having to run from the police and that cannon fodder woman she had been most persistent. The gang had started to meet in numbers, as they had discoverd from their members who survived, that Aura could only take so much punishment before their blows started to penitrate her defences and surprise worked quite well to.
Today would be a day of revenge, having agreed to meet Abyss a short distance from their target,a larger house in their area of control. Aura took to the alleyways right away briefcase in hand, Aura made good time cutting through the alleyways, checking her time on her cellphone, smiling at the device she could not help but to think of how useful the device would have been back in the woods. Her first experience with one was upon joining the order and now she enjoyed the device quite a bit. Putting it away she realized she was at least fifteen minutes early. Realizeing this Aura decided to turn to a new hobby oif hers, ironically picked up from the very gang members she normally hunted, a joint. FIghting lately had been losing it's ability to keep her mind focused and the false memories at bay. Lighting the joint, she took a few puffs and felt her mind start to focus as she waited for her guardian to arrive.
Abyss threw on a short sleeve black button up and some dark jeans, a pair of black combat boots and he was ready to go, he debated shortly whether he would bring something to swing and settled on using his hands as his weapons.
He couldn't help it, He was getting pumped for this little escapade, across their town and he picked a vehicle that some of the kids hotwired when they need a ride home and weren't settling for a bus. it wasn't flashy just a normal suv it was a something or other black big wheels, but it had an amazing sound system. He didn’t care what the radio was playing and couldn’t but laugh as he caught himself bobbing his had to some female talking about how she liked kissing girls. It didn’t fit the mood or the scene, but to heck with it, it was a good sound system. Abyss took another long pull from a oversized water bottle and was refreshed.
He saw his partner in crime and ward doing something he’d rather she didn’t but he’d be damned if he told her what to do. “Hey Aura, you ready? Hop on in.” the aroma of the smoke was odd, he didn’t see the appeal but again, he wasn’t going to try to control her, just make sure she survived. Abyss leaned his head out of the vehicle and spoke as he turned the radio down, at least for the moment. Before we get started, I know these punks messed with you, is there any of them that you want dibs on? I’m in a mood to show them what we think about their actions.
Aura hopped in mostly finished with her new found form of controlling her mind since adrenaline had started to ebb. Sh then considered Abyss's question if she wanted to take out anyone personally, in truth their were not many of them that really stood out to her mind. After a few moments she nodded, recalling the man who had stabbed her in the stomach. "I'm not terribly concerned, but their was a rather large long haired mail, who lead the ambush. Either way, im just happy i get to try her out" Aura said stroking the handle of her blade with a smile.
"Since the insurance plan got in full swing, the drug gangs seem to be organizing the best resistance against us, punks really, but numbers, decent guns sometimes, almost reminds me of the old days" she said. It was true she wanted vengeance on these particular, non payers, but mostly she was just happy about the idea of a brawl where she could cut lose and not worry about protecting anything, as she witnessed before Abyss and his clones were more then capable of protecting them selfs. So she knew AByss could handle things quite well, and best of all he could be counted on.
Aura finished her smoke, flicking the roach out the window. "You know at first i did not care for the stuff, but it helps keep my mind clear of the false memories and i have so much of it" she said which was true, she had over time accumulated crates of the green goodness, she had began smoking. "An old friend before i found the order smoked a lot of it, probably the only other mutant who survived the attack" she said as they drove. She could only wonder as they went, how miracle might have fit in with the order.
Aura smiled as they came to a large brick building, whose windows were already boarded up, and the building was so heavily tagged one could not tell the bricks were suppose to be red. A dozen punks clung all over the rotted front porch, which had several missing portions of railing. They seemed to look at the suv oddly but took no action against it. Aura figured they likely just thought they were more. Aura stepped out the suv, and their was an instant reaction to her, even before her Aura flared up. "Ready big red?" she asked as she stalked closer to the building.
"you know it. He said stepping out of the vehicle with a grin. He called in a loud voice to the gaggle of goons perched on the porch.Normally you'd get a last chance to fork over the doe, but it seems you boys need a lesson instead.and with that it was game on. AByss charged to the drive way where a pair of thugs set in a car with the windows up, smoke fogged the vehicle from the inside and the scent was obviously that of Aura's preference. He grabbed the vehicle and smashed the trunk of the only other car in the driveway. from there he luanched the car that was by now full of screaming passengers into the second story of the brick building. he then laid eyes on the porch dwellers.
Aura watched as Abyss threw the car into the second story, as he did Aura drew her newly made sword and ran at the porch, by the time she made the steps, most of the porch dwellers had drawn some kind of weapon, mostly knifes. Aura swung with the sword, but the weight was unfamiliar but still but deeply into the man's arm reinforced by her aura. Her free hand had already formed a drill, the man to distracted by the wound he already had, looked to late, as the drill plunged deep into his shoulder, sending drops of blood all over the porch.
Aura felt an impact against her aura from the side, and after recovering with a step to brace herself, turned and forgetting she even had the sword in her hand swung cutting open the man' stomach, the sword following the trail behind it, opening the wound even wider. Looking around, Aura watched as a few of the porch dwellers decided to run jumping over the sides of the porch. With no direct opposition Aura sheathed the sword and formed a hammer on her right hand and brought it against the weak and poorly maintained door, sending it into the house several feet, though Aura did not enter, she felt a number a bullets strike her Aura and stepped back a number of steps. They knew they were here now.
Reaching into her bag Aura pulled out a few pipe bombs and tossed them in, a few moments later they blew, and screaming could be heard inside, though the explosives were low yield and primitive. Aggressive non-payment was an issue and these humans had given up their warning in their attack upon her. Aura began to adjust her Aura to angels in order to deflect the bullets as best she could, it was always best to take as little of the impact as she could manage so she could last longer. Aura smiled as she got an idea, and moved to the far end of the porch ebfore leaping through the window right into the midst of many surprised humans, most of them armed a few do ripped out of their minds to do anything more then drool.
Damn. She went inside. just before she went in, he had the thought of simply pushing the building over. but now that option was out. moving quickly he knelt down and grabbed a handful of gravel from the drive way and charged the door. it was amazing what one could do with a handlful of rocks when you applied enough strength.
They must have been intent on what was coming through the broken room, because all four of the guns in the room were trained on the opening from the bedroom. Abyss smiled and threw the handful of rocks at the group of three huddled together. dropping like flies the trio went down in a harmony of painful moans. Abyss ducked back out the door as three shots fired off where he was standing a second before just seconds too late.
Aura landed in a roll in the room and right away began slashing almost aimlessly, until she she got her feet under her, looking around she took stock of the room, she had wounded two int he legs, the one was no longer standing and holding his leg. getting to her feet she felt somthing hard hit her shoulder and force her back down to her knee, turning and swinging one her Aura baldes she slashed her attackers stomach spilling him onto the floor as he screamed.
Even as she did she watched as abyss came in and used rocks to take out three people at once the room was getting empty quickly. Many were starting to run and others were to terrified to bother resisting. Some were still brave and aiming guns at the door Abyss had come through and at her. Turning aside a metal pipe aimed at her Aura knocked the pipe from the man's hand but never saw the wounded man behind her grab his shot gun, Aura felt the impact against her Aura and staggerd forward, the blast had hurt at close range and knocked her off of her feet. SHe turned to see the man aim again, this time at her head.
Abyss ran around to the side of the house and grinned as he got to about where the corner that all the cowards huddled into and punched his arms threw the wall. grabbing at the legs of the now kicking and screaming men. Abyss twisted the limbs as he forced there bodies to break as he attempted to bring the through the wall. Abyss cackled, but then heard the burst of a shot gun. oh, hell no!
turning his palms upward and tore the meat of the wall out, sending break and sheet rock alike every where. A well placed palm on the floor brought him back into the house that he was demolishing. The man with the shot gun took a couple steps back into the kitchen and before Abyss even had a chance to do much the ceiling of the kitchen came crashing down with bedroom furniture and the car he threw into the house earlier.
Aura got up and watched as the house began to cave in at the kitchen, the man had retreated in the wrong direction. That seemed to ut in end to most of the resistance Aura could see, although she heard something else that was less pleasant even then this, wailing sirens that seemed to be getting closer. Moving over to Abyss's side the girl looked up more then once having had to building literally fall on her before, the kitchen made her a bit unsettled.
"I think this place might be good although..." she said looking out the door abyss had made. "it sounds like we might have other less desirable company soon" she said shaking her head as she rubbed her shoulder, her Aura ahd grown much thinner then when she started. "One day, i hope to have your strength" she said though she did not mean it literally, more his capability in combat, he seemed like a one man army. "Because then i can ensure no more of those i care about will fall" she said going on even as she exited the newly remodeled house. Including abyss's nice new aprking job.
Abyss laughed. all this muscle would do me little good if you decided to chop me in half. you want to drive? he said holding up the keys. we could teach them that they are out of luck as well, if you like though I think we might be better off letting the mayor know that this precinct needs to leave well enough alone. they walked to the car abyss couldn't resist as he saw the cinder block next to the mailbox. he plucked the piece and threw it at the remaining stable beam. as the cinder block smashed into the beam the building started to lean. somehow though, I think after they see our work. theywon't want to follow.
As abyss got into the car, he smiled Aura, duaghter of mine. I have something to discuss with you
"I have never driven before, but i guess it can't be harder then the x-jet" Aura said for the first time actually considering driving. Aura decided not to bother with the police taking Abyss's word as orders more then suggestions. SHe looked back As Abyss made sure the building likely would not stand long after this. It made her happy, this building could serve as a reminder for the Humans to never oppose them. Grabbing the keys'a Aura slipped into the driver seat and tried to copy what she had seen many times before.
Aura got the car started "We can talk of whatever you like" she said honestly, even as Aura hit the brake, when nothing happened Aura hit the gas peddile and after loud screeching of the tires Aura was sucessfully driving on the sidewalk. Keeping the peddile on the floor Aura barely saw the sad faced old man that bounced off the hood though she was well aware of the white picket fence they destroyed as the car went through it and dug a pair of trenches into the backyard of someone, the man was even more pissed when Aura simply ignored him and exited out the other side of the yard.
“That is the spirit!” Abyss said getting into the vehicle, it couldn’t be any worse then the building they knocked over, right? Right.
Abyss winced as he knocked the walker of off the hood with his hand, as they rammed their way through a lawn and a little white fence. Abyss waved at an angry man that was flipping them off with all the enthusiasm he could muster.
See you are doing fine. He looked over to the girl who was concentrating on the task at hand. Not minding that they weren’t wuite all the way on the road just yet. your uncles and I have been keeping an eye on orphanages, mental institutions and group homes, we are trying to get potential or obvious mutants out before there is too much damage done to their minds or lives. I have come across a queit girl that I think could benefit from having a familiy particularly an older sister. How would you feel about being that older sister?
The red behemoth knocked a parked car away from the path that they were on with a flick of his wrist. Cuasing the machine to slide further into the street and out of their way.
Aura managed to find the rode sort of, though she blew through a red light with little to no understanding of what it meant. Most of the people she drove with ignored traffic signs and lights and so Aura barely avoided an accident, as a blue sports car veered out of the way only to be hit by an 18 wheeler, which made short work of the car. Aura then hit a garbage can as she turned, wheel's squealing the entire time, as she never hit the brake, having no idea it was even their.
"That sounds wonderful, i would personally protect her from any harm" she said proudly, looking at Abyss. "Im not sure i have ever had a sister before" she then said as an after thought but quickly dropped it, when she heard a rather loud thump and realized they were no longer on the black part that cars normally drove on, getting back onto it, Aura found another issue, as cars veered but of the way as she barreled down the road at 90MPH on the wrong side of the median. "Two questions though, would she know about the order and whare are we gong?" she said a sshe picked another random road much to the dismay of a crossing guard who dissopeared under the car.
“ I hoped you would say that, I think it would be good for both of you. As far as her knowing about.” Abyss paused as he swung at car in an intersection that they sped threw that would have hit them except for the fact that Abyss batted at it like a baseball to a bat. I think we will let her settle into the sanctuary and see if she would be interested in the order, if she is then we can of course let her in, but if she seems like she might like to stay oblivious of the darker side of things, then we shall grant her that as well. As far as where we are going, I don’t mind where ever, we are making good time away from the scene but we might be creating a few as we go, whenever you are ready we can ditch this car, pick up another and head home? Or you can just drive all the way back in this one if you like. Abyss shrugged un commitedly.
do prefer to drive like this? or would you like me to teach you how to blend in with the rest of trafic?
"Your the only family i recall, can't recall what my parents looked like" Aura said with a shrug, which made the car jerk. "So we have that much in common" she went on as to her abyss and now this new sister, was her family. To Aura a family had nothing to do with blood, family were those who would protect your back, even at the cost of their lifes. "That makes sense, our life style is not for everyone" she said thinking of herself and abyss as solders in a war.
"I have never driven before, what i know comes from watching Meld a few times, as for destination, i am rather lost" she said having left the area she knew awhile back. She ran througha chain link fence and almost ran over a small fluffy looking dog as the car suddenly left entirely solid ground and splashed down in a in ground backyard pool. It seemed no one was home at the time. "Maybe learning to drive might be a good idea, at the vesy least to atract less atenntion" she said scartching the back of her head.
