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 Derek Menes on Jun 26, 2017 10:07:36 GMT -6
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Well, damn, Jude was blunt with it. Yes, he liked other men. The only problem was if the other guys liked him back. He stood there awkwardly as beads of sweet started to form on his forehead and temples. Derek gulped and smiled some at Jude's teasing.
"Well, food is the way to a man's heart." He coyly shrugged his shoulders. He hadn't thought about the dropping something tactic. Derek might have to try that.
"And no, don't currently. You?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. Derek assumed that he Jude was straight like most people were.
Sig made by KIMMIE Derek talks in a light southern accent.
Food was a way to a man's heart. Or at least his stomach, and Jude knew his stomach held a lot of sway with his heart.
He had to chuckle at the returned question. Why had he not seen that one coming? Was Jude dating? "Oh man. My life is sooo not together enough to date anyone right now. I only just moved in a while ago and this is a big change for me." A big step up from homelessness, but a big step down from pretending to be a billionaire.
Jude sighed. He would miss that penthouse suite.
"I used to live with a girl when I was old, but that all exploded." He made the obligatory kaboom sound and hand motions. Yeah. It'd been that bad and still to this day continued to be bad.
"I tried to impress a chick once and we accidentally fired off a missile." That, too deserved an explosion sound. "Set the Mansion on fire."
Hmm. He couldn't think of anything else immediately. Survival had been at the top of his list for a little too long, he supposed. "Yeah. I'm a disaster."
Posted by Derek Menes on Jun 26, 2017 15:37:21 GMT -6
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"Yeah, I understand ya on that," Derek hadn't really thought about dating anyone since he got here. Of course there guys he found absolutely attractive, but none he wanted to date. "After things calm down I'm sure you'll reconsider." Derek smiled and went over to steal a green bean from the pan. He popped it into his mouth and moaned at the flavor. "This is really good, Jude. Awesome job!"
Derek's eyes knitted inward a bit at Jude's very explosive dating scene. "...Wait, you blew up the Mansion?!" Was that his power? Turning himself into a missile and firing at various buildings and girls? Derek had no idea, but was set on asking Jude about it.
"Start over, how did you 'accidently set off a missile?" Derek needed every single detail.
Sig made by KIMMIE Derek talks in a light southern accent.
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"No!" Jude hushed Derek who was turning out to be rather an excitable person. That was fun on some levels and waaaay not what Jude wanted when he was bragging out the dumb stuff he'd done. "I did not blow up the Mansion."
He waved his hands in front of him to sort of calm the situation and brush that idea out of Derek's head.
"I only blew up the flight hangar that's hidden underground. A little. Only a little! There's fire suppression and--" And Jude was doing a reeeeal bad job of selling it. It was actually laughable which was good 'cause Jude's other option was to get frustrated and there was no point to it. The whole ordeal was already over.
"No. Okay. Look." Where to begin? Jude put his hands on Derek's shoulders and steered him so that the other guy was leaning with his backside against the countertops. "Okay. Pretend you're in a jet. It's a fancy-schmancy multi-bajillion dollar jet and you have just successfully snuck past some security measures because you uh- borrowed something you weren't supposed to."
Right. Yep That was the way to go.
"Behind you is a panel of switches and buttons and there's someone you kinda like right in front of you who just figured out how to turn on the music by reaching?"
Had it been like this? Jude moved into Derek's personal space in order to reach the green beans. At this rate they might finish off the side before the main course. Jude was okay with that if it meant he got to keep snacking.
With the proximity Jude noticed he was only a little shorter than Derek.
"You're leaning back on the countertop, right? Bam. The butt that launched a thousand ships. Or, in this case, a missile."
Posted by Derek Menes on Jun 30, 2017 13:29:06 GMT -6
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Derek couldn't help himself, but to smirk at Jude's reaction. It was cute to say the least. Derek listened closely to Jude's explanation about not blowing up the Mansion.
The more he explained it, the more he realized that it was a, in fact, an accident. Derek didn't mind his personal space being "invaded". It wasn't like he had problems where he liked people at a certain length.
"...I can see why the missile was sent off," Derek smirked and ate another string bean after Jude did. "I'm guessin' you got in a lot of trouble for that, huh?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. "Like do dishes for the next year or do somethin' crazy like that."
Sig made by KIMMIE Derek talks in a light southern accent.
Eugh. Jude's face sobered somewhat when Derek talked about punishments.
"So. Not really? Maybe not directly." He rolled back to lean against his own bit of counter.
"But it was one of the... concerns the team leader brought up when we last went out to train." Or whatever that'd been. Jude couldn't help but roll his eyes. As much as he wanted to move past that moments, it was a total life pivot.
"Technically I chose to walk away from the team." Literally. He walked from Canada back to New York rather than work another minute along side his team leader. "But my hand was kind of forced by a sh*tty all around situation, one of the contributing factors being my setting the important stuff on fire. Yeah. I've been in the vigilante business for more than a minute so there's plenty of screw ups to go around."
Posted by Derek Menes on Jul 7, 2017 17:47:00 GMT -6
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"Ah," So that was why he left the Mansion? Because of what happened with the missile? It seemed to be, though he was sure that there was more to that story that Jude wasn't telling him. Derek was okay with that especially since it was none of his damn business to begin with.
Instead, he enjoyed the smells that were wafting around in the kitchen.
"Well, you live and you learn, right? I'm sure everythin' is forgiven," or so he hoped, "...So what are we gonna do about dessert? I'm not sure we have anythin' other than the candies," Derek decided to change the subject to make it more light like before.
Sig made by KIMMIE Derek talks in a light southern accent.
"Hmm. How much time on the lamb?" He checked the oven, but that was just the clock. Was the timer on the microwave? "And do you have heavy whipping cream? We might pull something together." Jude whipped out his phone to look through for a recipe he'd been meaning to try. Did they have marscapone? Eh. probably not. He went looking for a different recipe.
"So, is there a reason for this feast or is it just for funzies?"
Posted by Derek Menes on Jul 12, 2017 18:38:32 GMT -6
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"Uh," Derek looked in the oven when Jude did, then check the clock on the oven, "just five more minutes, I believe," he answered. The smell that came from the oven made Derek very, very happy and very, very hungry. The twenty year old checked the fridge for heavy whipping cream.
"Yep! We have that. Oh, if you want, we can make chocolate chip cookies." Derek loved making cookies back home. He loved cooking period.
At Jude's question, he turned around to look at him, "I just like cookin' and I was cravin' some lamb."
Sig made by KIMMIE Derek talks in a light southern accent.
"You... know how to make cookies?" Not that cookies were the holy grail of culinary experience, but cookies were home and comfort and a big fat hug when he wanted to cry have a hug. There wasn't much that would ever beat out cookies, as far as Jude was concerned.
"What do your chocolate chips look like?" If Derek detected a hint of skepticism in Jude's voice, it was because the teen had been burned before. "I don't play about my chocolate."
Posted by Derek Menes on Jul 21, 2017 16:43:16 GMT -6
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What did he what look like? Derek gave Jude a weird look before looking down at his torso, then back up at Jude's face. With a shrug, he lifted his shift to see if his nipples were chocolate chips. Apparently, they were.
"See?" He looked at Jude before dropping his shirt. With a wide smile on his face, the taller mutant walked over to the cabinet where the chocolate chips were being kept and showed Jude. It was a good quality brand of chocolate chips. Maybe Jude would like it.
Sig made by KIMMIE Derek talks in a light southern accent.
He was... what was he doing!? Jude's eyes bugged a bit until it finally clicked. Chocolate. Derek was brown. Like chocolate.
He snorted out a laugh and then laughed at how dumb he sounded snorting and, well from there it just kept getting funnier.
"I'm sorry." Though he didn't look sorry. He wiped at his eyes because it was that good of a chuckle. "English is not my first language. I had no idea where you were going withs zat for a minute." Not that Jude had been worried, but the context was a little strange.
"Do people really call them that?" Derek supplied some real, edible, made from 100% pure cocoa nibs... yeah... it didn't exactly get better the more Jude read. He tried to keep his snickers to a minimum. "Yeah. That'll work."
And somehow, just like that, he'd made a foodie friend.
Posted by Derek Menes on Aug 8, 2017 9:32:30 GMT -6
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All Derek could do was laugh. It was quite a stupid thing to do, but af least it made Jude burst out with joy. Mission accomplished!
>>> "Do people really call them that?"
He shrugged but his shoulders in answers, "eh, yeah . But only if you're dark-skinned." Derek smiled some and placed the bag of chocolate chip morsels on the counter top. Just then the timer went off, declaring that the food in the oven was finished.
"Finally!" Derek was so happy that they were just about ready to eat! He grabbed the cute dark red and blue spotted mittens and slipped them on. He then reached into the oven and pulled out the lamb. "This looks so good!" Derek placed it on the stove and took a step back.
Sig made by KIMMIE Derek talks in a light southern accent.
"Yeah, I guess there's not a great equivalent otherwise?" Jude turned the package around to look at the suggested cookie recipe on the back. Plenty of butter, so it was probably good. He went to grab the ingredients to make things easier for chef.
And speaking of good, the timer went off and the oven door descended, and out did waft a most glorious smell.
"Holy cow..." No. That wasn't right. "Holy Sheep."
Jude grinned unapologetically for that terrible, terrible joke. "Seriously, it smells amaaaazing." And, while it didn't exactly look like a magazine cover, it did look like it could have been in a magazine.
"Are you sure you're not wasting your time with college? Maybe you should do the chef thing?" Jude had picked out most of the stuff needed except the flour and sugar which were staples that were hiding in a different spot than his kitchen one floor up.
Posted by Derek Menes on Aug 12, 2017 22:11:55 GMT -6
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Derek smirked, "I don't think so. Maybe...uh," he had to think about this. "Uh...I honestly don't know. I'll do some research later." And by research he meant, well, never mind.
>> "Holy cow...Holy Sheep."
The twenty-year-old frowned a bit and looked over at Jude. "...Don't be the black sheep of this co-op." Derek smirked and gave Jude a couple of poles to his side. With a wide smile, he turned his attention to the fantastic meal that they both created. "We have to take a picture of this and send it to a magazine. Maybe we'll get it on a page or somethin'."
>> "Are you sure you're not wasting your time with college? Maybe you should do the chef thing?"
"I hope not." Derek was fluttered by Jude's comment about him being in school and the possibility of being a chef. "...Aren't you a chef?"
Sig made by KIMMIE Derek talks in a light southern accent.