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.
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One of the most desperate needs for a fashion student was fabric. Yes, it was summer. Yes, Kealey had time off, but did that mean she stopped being a designer or making clothes in the summer? Absolutely not. Kealey was still making costumes for the mansion, and she’d had a few ideas for herself. That meant one thing. Mood.
It was thoroughly amusing to the empath that her favorite fabric shop was called Mood, but it really was the quintessential place to go when a person needed fabric. Kealey turned to Shin to make a comment about the fact, then sniffed and turned her attention back to the store.
Men were stubborn creatures, and Shin was no exception. He was bound and determined to make his own costume. The problem was, as far as Kealey could deduce he’d had absolutely no experience in such things. Plus, she’d been commissioned by Sam to make the costumes. It had taken Kealey threatening to go and do everything on her own to get Shin to come along with her. He didn’t necessarily want her to make the costume, but if she was going to do it, he wanted an opinion. Maybe she’d even give him the pointers he’d kind of insisted on wanting.
He should have been excited, no honored to be asked to come along. Nobody else at the mansion had gotten that privilege. Shin had agreed, finally, and here they were, making their way into the shop. Secretly, Kealey kind of wanted to show him where the proverbial magic happened. Mood was amazing.
Bolt after bolt of fabric came into view as they entered the shop, and Kealey stopped for a moment simply inhaling the familiar scent of the store. The fabrics were arranged by type, then color and design and the bolts lined the walls and racks from ceiling to floor. There were buttons, zippers, threads, and other accessories too, arranged in bins by size, shape, color, and texture.
This was one of her serene places. Designers were so at home in fabric shops. It was impossible to stay even the least bit irritated.
”Isn’t it amazing?” she breathed, turning to grin at her slightly-less-than-enthusiastic companion.
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It was the good kind of stubborn, Shin was sure. The urge to create his own costume was unrelenting. He wouldn't give in to reality, and say that it would be a far longer wait on making the costume than he'd expected. Making Porygon was one thing. It was a step in the right direction. He'd practiced controlling tiny shards, and making curved domes (for Porygon's eyes). He was getting better at manipulating the pixelated polygon structures. But creating an entire costume? It was huge. He didn't know where to begin with all the designs.
He'd spoken with Kealey about it. Shin had asked for her help, but she'd insisted on making him a costume herself. She'd said it was her job. He'd asked her to help him out, and make that her job, but she'd said no. She'd gone so far as to threaten to go it without him. Eventually, he'd broken down and agreed to go with her, fabric shopping.
Ugh... fabric shopping.
Actually, fashion was kind of cool. When he'd first agreed, he'd been grumpy about it because of his stubborn streak, but now that they were here... he was glad to be out and about with Kealey. It might be fun... even if he still wanted to make that costume for himself.
Shin followed Kealey into the fabric store, and as she took it in, he was slightly overwhelmed. He'd been in clothes stores before, but this...
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 3, 2010 15:46:31 GMT -6
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Kealey grinned at Shin when he commented that the fabric store was overwhelming. That was true, that was very true. You didn’t go to a fabric store like Mood to simply browse. It wasn’t the way it was done. You went into a store like Mood knowing the basic things you were looking for and working on the more specifics.
”Don’t worry,” she teased, moving a little more into the store and grinning over her shoulder at Shin, ”I’ll be right here the whole time. Besides, I know what I‘m doing.”
This was much better, the teasing and the talking. Stubborn silences and demands weren’t Kealey’s style. Besides, it was fun doing this kind of thing with someone else….and Shin had wanted to learn. Sure, his Shards would behave far differently than any of the fabrics in the shop, but if he wanted to learn, Kealey was going to teach him all the basics.
“Now. Fabrics. I know you want it to look like a Tux…but I don’t think we’re going to be able to make it out of normal Tux material. I’m thinking something a little more synthetic, something a little more stretchy, but that would still flow nice and make a nice outfit. We’ll have to be careful to make sure it’s not to heavy or hot though. What do you think?”
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She knew what she was doing. That was good. Because this place... was HUGE. Massive. Did she know how big this place was?
He nodded seriously to Kealey, taking the teasing at face value. There was truth in her words. She wouldn't steer him wrong. "You'd better teach me something about fabric store navigation," He smiled, serious face evaporating. "I need to learn these valuable life skills, if I'm going to make my own costumes some day."
"About the tux..." He replied to her, slowly. "I'm thinking we can go a different route. I'm making the shard tux. You can make something else. I'm not sure what, yet... but we can figure it out."
Smile, smile, stubborn smile. He wasn't going to give up on that tux.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 3, 2010 22:51:11 GMT -6
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Kealey almost had to laugh when Shin took her teasing mostly at face value. He really was bound and determined to make his own costume at some point. He was so serious about the idea. Truth be told, Kealey was kind of glad, it was something she could teach him, something she could give back to Shin in return for everything he’d done for her. Shin smiled, some of the seriousness evaporated, and Kealey pretty much beamed back, nodding her head enthusiastically.
”I can teach you everything about fabric store navigation.” something occurred to the blond and she giggled before continuing, ”We don’t have to sit cross legged for my lessons though.”
Kealey explained about the Tux, then Shin spoke, and the bright smile Kealey had in place slipped slightly. He wanted something different? No Tux? But all the sketches she’d done had been the tux.
There was that stubbornness again. It made Kealey want to dig in and argue, but she took a deep breath and let it out slowly. She thought for a moment, crossing her arms and tapping a finger against her lips before breaking out into another grin, ”Well. What are you thinking then? Let’s stick to the same basic principals. Nothing too heavy, something with give…and I doubt you want a body suit. “
Kealey stopped there, shot another teasing grin Shin’s way, then spoke one last time before waiting for his opinion, ”Or do you? If anyone could pull it off, it would be you.”
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>>”I can teach you everything about fabric store navigation.”
Kealey stated, then she giggled at a thought.
>> ”We don’t have to sit cross legged for my lessons though.”
"Hmm. I'll have to meditate on that fact," Shin pondered, jokingly. He held his chin, and stooped his head in thought for second. He looked back up at her with a small smile.
Then, came costume explanation time. He still wouldn't compromise on that tux dream. Nope, nope.
Kealey took a calming breath, and considered what they could make. Shin still wasn't sure about it, himself.
>> "Well. What are you thinking then?"
She asked him.
>>"Let’s stick to the same basic principals. Nothing too heavy, something with give…and I doubt you want a body suit."
Pause, grin.
>> ”Or do you? If anyone could pull it off, it would be you.”
Shin smirked. "As much as I want to believe you, I'm going to have to say 'pass' on body suits. I had enough trouble with the shiny pants. Maybe we could do something like the Chinese suit? You know? For battle?"
The Chinese suit made perfect sense. Yes. Perfectly.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 4, 2010 19:39:36 GMT -6
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Shin was amused. That was far better than stubborn. Kealey decided to let the tux thing go. If Shin wanted to make his own tux out of shards, he could make his own tux out of shards. It simply wasn’t worth arguing over. Kealey did however wish he’d have said something to her before they’d ended up at the fabric shop.
Shin started thinking, and Kealey let him. It was his costume after all and she wanted him to like it. Apparently the body suit idea was out, and for some reason, Shin didn’t believe her when she said he’d look good in a body suit. She chuckled….still listening to Shin as he explained what he did want. All chuckling stopped.
Kealey looked at Shin, up and down. That Chinese suit she’d made for the pokemon tournament had been awesome. Would it be practical for battle with a jacket that large? Shin didn’t need a huge amount of movement for his power, and the jacket could always be shed. Kealey nodded her head, realizing she was staring and grinned.
”That Shin, is an excellent idea. Maybe tone down the colors? Don‘t want to be too conspicuous.”
Into the store Kealey moved, reaching out from time to time to touch this fabric or that. They would find the fabric first, then work with the colors. Finally, she found what she was looking for and stood in front of a wall of bolts, arms crossed.
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>> ”That Shin, is an excellent idea. Maybe tone down the colors? Don‘t want to be too conspicuous.”
It was good, wasn't it? "Maybe black?" Shin asked. "Something bold, yet basic. Can you integrate body armor into something like that? I think the pants are good enough that movement wouldn't be impeded... and we definitely want functional." He held his chin. He was pondering all the possibilities, now. He was intrigued by the possibilities. There was a lot to consider. Shin was attacking everything thoughtfully. Kealey would need details, and it'd be rude of him to keep up that stubborn streak when she was helping him work on one possible battle costume. Even if he wanted to make that epic tux on his own, Shin really did appreciate her... for everything. If not for her, they wouldn't even have been here today. "Or maybe something more like a police uniform...." He mused. "I helped a dinosaur the other day, you know? Flashed my badge," He added innocuously.
Together, they moved further into the shop. Kealey led him to a wall of fabric bolts, and Shin stared.
"Um..." He pointed. "Black fabric?" But which shade?
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 5, 2010 19:42:11 GMT -6
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This was much more like it. Kealey thought as Shin started to get into the idea of her making him a costume. He asked about body armor and Kealey’s eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at the bolts of fabric on the wall. She nodded her head, ”We’d have to go with something a little more heavy weight, but I could sew in pockets to slip the body armor in.
Shin suggested a police uniform and Kealey wrinkled her nose slightly. She was going for aesthetics. While police uniforms looked nice and all, and pointed officers out for what they were, they just weren’t all that pleasing to the eye. She gave Shin a sideways glance.
”You can buy a Police Uniform Shin. I’m going to make you look good when you’re fighting.”
She pondered for a second over what Shin had said, then raised an eyebrow, ”And you have a badge a real Police badge? That’s kind of awesome.”
He said black, and Kealey nodded her head, black was less conspicuous than you would think, but it still worked. Now they just have to find the right type of fabric.
Forward Kealey walked, reaching out a hand to touch fabric after fabric. This one was too heavy, that one was too light, this one would be to clingy, and that one wouldn’t give enough. Finally, after reaching out and touching, she stopped in front of one particular bolt. It was a deep, deep black, and Kealey nodded her head.
”I think this for the pants. We can use lighter shades for the other parts, but I think the really dark black for the pants. Feel it. It’s got plenty of give to it, but it won’t stretch out too much as you wear it and it’s heavy duty enough that it won’t look like you’re wearing stretch pants.”
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>>”You can buy a Police Uniform Shin. I’m going to make you look good when you’re fighting.”
Kealey eyed him. As he walked along, he missed the look. He hadn't been boasting. He'd just thought a lot of people liked police costumes, and if the X-men were working with the police... it made sense they'd want a uniform on-par with that of the police. Apparently, Kealey thought police costumes were less than stunning white tuxedos and Chinese suits.
Maybe she was right... heh. The X-men certainly got to dress better than your average officer of the law.
Her next comment threw him. She was surprised.
"Didn't you know? The X-men are working with the police now. It was Sam's idea," He stated. "Personally, I'm still sure how great an idea it really is... but it has its uses..." Sometimes. Maybe. "I was actually more impressed with the dinosaur." He added, with a light smile.
His eyes drifted back to the selection of colors. The fabrics were still overwhelming. He was glad Kealey could figure out which one they'd use. It was a useful skill, whatever power she employed.
She picked one out, and Shin nodded. She asked him what he thought.
Shin reached out, and felt the fabric. "I think you're right," He said, after a moment of inward debate. Shin arched an eyebrow. "Now... how exactly do we figure out how much we'll need?"
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 6, 2010 20:04:28 GMT -6
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Shin was amused by her thoughts on a police uniform and she smiled. It was fun to bring him around to her way of thinking. The revelation about the Police gave the blond a little bit of pause though. The X-Men were actually working with the police now, that indicated a definite switch from vigilantism to ordained law-keepers. Kealey turned to the fabric to hide the teasing smile spreading across her face, ”And do you have your badge right now? Can I see it? Do you keep it with you all the time to impress ladies?” something else Shin had said caught Kealey’s attention.
Dinosaur? Had she missed something?
”Wait a minute, did you say dinosaur?” Kealey said, still running her hand over the fabric, ”Where did you find a dinosaur that needed saving?”
Shin approved of her fabric choice, and Kealey grinned at his question as she reached up and tapped the side of her head.
”We know how much we need, because I know your measurements.” she said, ”There are more than emotions clunking around in here Shin.”
That being said, the blond reached out and pulled down the bolt from the wall of fabric, holding it out towards Shin, “Hold?” she said, eyes still moving over the other bolts.
"Now, do we want to go with an actual black for the jacket, or would gray"
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>>”And do you have your badge right now?"
Kealey asked.
>>Can I see it? Do you keep it with you all the time to impress ladies?”
Shin sensed teasing in that tone. "Oh really?" He laughed. "I had not heard that. Impressing ladies, huh?" Shin swung his head to look at her. "Are you impressed?"
She finally noticed he'd said dinosaur. Where had he found it? "New York," Shin shrugged his shoulders, as if this was perfectly common. "Just an average day." He was playing it natural, but inwardly, he smirked. There was nothing average about dinosaurs in New York. "Deinonychus, I think. It had feathers."
>>”We know how much we need, because I know your measurements.” she said, ”There are more than emotions clunking around in here Shin.”
Oh, she was good. "Could you teach me how you do that 'measuring' thing some time? I'd like to know." He smiled. She put fabric in his hand, and he held it. He answered her question with a question. "Gray, like ash gray, or like slate?"
The thought was interrupted, as a woman with red hair brushed past him, knocking the fabric from his hands. Shin fumbled, to no avail. The fabric hit the ground... and the woman? Kept going, without paying them any attention. Shin bent over to pick up what he'd dropped. "That was rude..." He frowned.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 6, 2010 22:07:47 GMT -6
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Shin asked if she was impressed, and Kealey met him look for look, ”I’ll let you know when I see it.” she said, an eyebrow raising slightly, as if in challenge. The farce only lasted a moment though, and then Kealey was grinning in good humor at Shin. Truth be told, she really did want to see the badge. More truth be told, she’d probably be impressed. Kealey didn’t tell Shin that, but he’d moved on to the dinosaur before her lack of further comment seemed odd.
It seemed that Shin had really found a dinosaur in the city proper. He was taking it in stride…outwardly. Inwardly was a different story, and Kealey reached out to poke Shin lightly in the chest, ”Don’t try to pull the wool over my eyes!” she said, laughing again, ”You know as well as I do that finding a dinosaur, feathered or not, is anything other than an average day. Where did it come from?”
Shin wanted to learn how to measure? For a moment, Kealey considered simply telling him that it was exactly what it sounded like. Then again, there was a very subtle art to knowing exactly where one measured to get the right numbers. If you were looking for a waist measurement and took it too high or low, pants would never fit right. ”Of course I can show you. You’ll pick it up in now time.” she had promised to teach him the basics after all.
The other question Shin asked, made Kealey smile again. He really did take the costume seriously, even if it wasn’t the supposedly epic one he was going to make for himself. The blond shrugged her shoulders, ”Whichever you like. If the pants are black, they’ll look good with either.”
Kealey had just turned back to start seeking out fabric, when she heard the almost hollow thud that suggested the bolt of fabric she’d handed to Shin had hit the floor. She turned in time to see a mane of red hair retreating, and Shin commenting on how rude the action had been. Something in the emotions made her frown slightly, but she ignored them and bent to help Shin gather the fallen bolt of fabric.
”Everything okay?” she said, mind only half-way on Shin.
It was only a few moments later, when Kealey was standing back up that the acrid smell of smoke flitted through the shop. Kealey blinked and took another breath...definitely smoke, "Shin...do you smell smoke?"
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>>”I’ll let you know when I see it.”
He casually flashed her his wallet and badge, passing them through the air in front of him in one quick, smooth windshield wiper motion. Then, they vanished into his pocket, simple as that. Shin moved on to the next topic, answering her question.
And she poked him for it. "Hey," Shin laughed, putting a hand up to block any further poking from the blond. "My joking around's no reason to poke me. And it was a mutant. I don't know from where." Maybe he should have been clearer when he talked about the person like a dinosaur... but it had been a dinosaur. There wasn't much else one could do to describe it better.
>>”Everything okay?”
"Yeah." He met her eye as they picked up the fabric. "Just, rude person..." It hadn't really bothered him, just... rude.
Kealey was distracted. Smoke? He sniffed. "Yeah... weird... Think someone burnt their lunch?"
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 6, 2010 23:12:11 GMT -6
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Shin flashed the badge, and Kealey had to admit that the motion was pretty impressive. No opportunity to get a good look at the badge itself, though. She grinned, however, and made a mental note to ask for a closer look later. ”That is very impressive. You’d better be careful not to do that around too many girls, otherwise you’ll have to call for back up to handle them all.”
Shin seemed to be a little indignant about the poking, even if he laughed as he protected himself from any further assaults. Apparently he’d ran across a shape-shifting mutant who was capable of turning themselves into a dinosaur. Why was she just hearing about this now? Sure the last week had been hectic, but had it been thatbad? Apparently so. ”How did you meet them, and are they staying at the mansion now?” Shin had peaked Kealey’s curiosity with his vague recollection of the dino-person, and now he was going to have to put up with the questions.
Not until later though.
Shin smelled the smoke too, and when he mentioned someone burning their lunch, Kealey’s brain tried to reconcile her alarm with that simple explanation. It didn’t work though, and as time passed, she grew more alarmed. The rude person who had ran into Shin had been moving from the opposite direction. The smell of the smoke grew heavier, and Kealey turned slowly, absolutely unprepared to see flames engulfing one of the other large racks holding bolts of fabric.
”That’s not lunch, Shin…that‘s a fire!” she said, coughing a little as a deep intake of breath drew in more smoke, ”We’ve got to get out of here!”
