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.
Posted by Quincy Archer on May 31, 2013 20:21:18 GMT -6
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Ashton moved, and Quin bit down a moment of panic. They were walking out into an angry mob that had just flipped their car over on top of them. Ashton was going first... What if there was someone out there waiting for them...
What if that was the plan, to make them think that they could get away....
Quin took a deep breath and tried to calm her heartbeat, she counted down from ten, used every meditation technique she could remember from aikido, then Ashton patted her back. Funny enough, that worked better than everything else.
"You got it." she said, and followed him out.
Dear God...it was chaos. There were people, and glass, and people...some of them looked like people, some of them didn't. Quin's head spun when she stood up, and she swallowed down bile that rose in her throat. This was not right...not at all.
Ashton had started moving while she stood, and Quin spotted his retreating for, and took off, staggering slightly as she ran.
Posted by Ashton Drake on May 31, 2013 21:10:01 GMT -6
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Christ. This was a mess. Noises. People. Mutants. It really didn't seem like their wimpy little investigation into those cops would be able to quell this riot. Didn't seem to him like they could, either. Outnumbered. Outgunned. For the moment, the best they could do was head for cover and take note of all the things they did have.
Turning, Ashton snagged Quin's hand as they moved. The two of them hit an alley, and ducked into it. Nobody noticed. Pig Man had been too busy fighting a T-rex.
"How's your head," Ashton said as he slumped his back against the brick wall.
Posted by Quincy Archer on May 31, 2013 21:25:09 GMT -6
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They made it to the alleyway, and Quin slumped next to Ashton on the wall. They'd made it through the mob, and out of the car. They were both alive...and out of breath, and Ashton wanted to know how her head was.
"It hurts like hell, and I'm dizzy. Concussion." she said, shoulders slumping as she stood. The pig man was still fighting the T-Rex, and the rest of the mob was watching, but how long would that last? Would she and her partner remain forgotten? Quin's head was fuzzy, but there was enough to give her an idea.
"We look like cops." she said suddenly, and started to undo the buttons her shirt. "I've got a tank on underneath...maybe we can blend in."
Posted by Ashton Drake on May 31, 2013 21:40:33 GMT -6
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And suddenly, she was stripping in front of him. Thoughts of concussions and cops became background noise as the baser part of his brain took over. He looked away, rather than stare, and cleared his throat.
"Should we smear barbecue sauce on ourselves to blend in with the swarm, too? I, uh, don't think we're too noticeable at all. If nothing else, we look like lawyers. Except for badges on belts."
The concussion must've hit her pretty hard to get her stripping on a street corner. Sheesh.
Posted by Ashton Drake on May 31, 2013 22:45:48 GMT -6
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Heh... lawyer, worse. Funny thought... he didn't really think they'd chase after a lawyer in the current political climate, but whatever. Ashton unclipped his badge, and stuffed it in his right pant pocket. He kept his clothes on. He wasn't about to dress down to blend into the scenery.
"Don't have my gun on me," He patted himself down. His eyes shifted in the direction of the squad car, where he was sure he'd have had a spare. "Must've left the main one at the office. Oh well." It wasn't like they'd be needing that, was it? They weren't going to rush out there and stop the riot until they had the strength.
"Where do you think we should head after this...?" Ashton looked to Quin.
Posted by Quincy Archer on May 31, 2013 22:56:13 GMT -6
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He wouldn't listen to her advice about the clothing...but now Ashton seemed to think that the one with the head injury would be able to figure out where they needed to go.
"It would help if I could remember where we'd been headed, or where we're at right now." she commented dryly. In all honesty, though, Quin had to admit that her head was starting to clear a bit.
"We can't stay here, that's for sure, but I don't think we want to try to head down main streets." she looked up, and squinted her eyes, trying to orient herself to their current location.
"One of my dojo's is around here." she said suddenly, eyes getting wide. "If we get there, we can probably call for a ride."
Posted by Ashton Drake on May 31, 2013 23:03:29 GMT -6
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"Or maybe we could head to that school that Shinbo kid is always talking about... Xavier's, or something? I hear he has a healer... which would help you." There were multiple options. He was contributing. He wasn't loading it all onto her back.
"Besides," He continued. "I'm not sure how well calling for a ride would go over right now. City seems like hell." As if on cue, a dog man rushed past them, glanced into the alley, showed big puppy dog eyes of 'no comprende', then skittered off as if he hadn't just seen something weird.
"Definitely can't stay here," He agreed with her past statement. "Street level travel is risky, too." His eyes drifted up towards the nearby fire escape, and the rooftop. "Although that might be silly," He muttered, mainly to himself.
Posted by Quincy Archer on Jun 1, 2013 10:51:57 GMT -6
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Quin followed her partner's eyes and shrugged her shoulders, making herself wince in the process. Now that they were out of immediate danger, everything was starting to hurt.
Up she looked...it sure was a long way up there, and her head was still just a little woozy.
"Even if we can just go a block or two, we're probably going to be better off than fighting our way down the middle of the street."
Walking over to the fire escape, Quin looked up again and took a deep breath. "Just don't let me fall off here, though."
Posted by Quincy Archer on Jun 2, 2013 15:12:10 GMT -6
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As it turned out, it wasn't all that hard to get up a ladder with a concussion. There were a few shaky moments, and once her foot slipped, but Quin made it to the top and climbed over the edge and onto the roof, then waited for Ashton to make his way up.
The view from the roof made the redhead shudder a bit. The pig man had lost to the T-Rex, and the latter was now standing on the undercarriage of the car. The roof was completely smashed now, and the car looked like it was well on its way to being a pancake. The street was utter and complete chaos, and it didn't look like it would be getting better any time soon.
"Good thing I didn't wait for you to get help..." Quin commented as Ashton made it to the top of the escape.
Posted by Ashton Drake on Jun 2, 2013 21:29:28 GMT -6
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"Yeah..." Ashton gravely agreed. That car did not look good. And he'd had his favorite coffee mug in there...
Turning, his eyes moved over the area around him, judging distances between rooftops, and taking the scenery in. It was getting darker, but wasn't dark yet, and he could hear sounds of further rioting amid the already noisy sounds of the city.
Without any preamble, he stepped forward and put an arm around Quin's back, eyes snapping to a pigeon on the next roof top over. It felt like his whole whole body cinched as the entire world changed around them. The pigeon fluttered drunkenly in the air for a second on the roof in the same spot where they'd been, and Ashton put a hand to his forehead, staving off a massive headache. They were one roof over, now. That was further than they had been. Just a few more to go...
Posted by Quincy Archer on Jun 2, 2013 21:41:28 GMT -6
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If her head was spinning before, now Quin felt like she'd been on the merry-go-round from hell. One second, Ashton had been standing on the roof, then he'd had an arm around her. Before she could say anything though, they had shifted to the next roof. Luckily, he kept an arm around her, or the redhead thought she might have fallen right off the roof.
She wanted to yell...Heaven help her, she wanted to yell right in Ashton's face. He'd only done that once before...but the result had been pretty much the same. His hand went to his head, and Quin shook hers.
"That's probably not something we should do again..." she said wearily, looking out over the city as the sun sank towards the skyline.
Posted by Ashton Drake on Jun 2, 2013 21:46:19 GMT -6
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>>"That's probably not something we should do again..." Quin said wearily.
One second passed. Two.
Ashton bent down, picked up a brick chunk off the rooftop, lobbed it to the next roof, watched it skip twice, then steady. Blinked. And off, they went.
He kept her steady again this time, too. That was two.
Posted by Quincy Archer on Jun 2, 2013 21:53:41 GMT -6
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Somehow she'd known what was going to happen when he picked up the brick and threw it. She'd even opened her mouth to protest. It was amazing how he did that...how they were in one place...then another. It was also amazing that she was still standing...that head was starting to pound like crazy again, and if she felt like this, she could hardly imagine what Ashton felt like. She knew his powers didn't work like this...she was too heavy.
Sagging slightly against her partner, Quin put her hands on his upper arms to try and help him keep her steady.
"No more." she said, looking up with her eyes, "Please?"