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.
”Aye, but they call them something else. Demons mainly.” The shifter was about to say something else about his homeland but trailed off when he noticed the ‘person’ he was talking to went blank. His mismatched colored eyes trailed down to the little black form of the cat and raised and eyebrow. When he noticed where her attention was he held his tail high behind his back so it wasn’t an easy target.
Carrick turned his body when she tried to get behind him and kept doing so till he finally opened his wings and flapped once kicking his feet off the ground. His tail flicked in her general direction as if it had won some epic battle between good and evil predator and prey.
”It’s fine love, I get it.” he said heading to the nearest branch where he fell from when she first attacked, this time though his tail tucked behind one of his wings hidden from view. ”I just don’t want the other mes getting involved.” he said with a shrug. ”While I’m model citizen, “ he lied, ”They don’t like getting bit, and I’m doing me best not get put on probation again.”
Reaching over and grabbing some browned leaves he slowly started to release them one by one hoping it would get some of the ‘attack’ out of the little black cat.
It was good because that meant she wasn't actually able to chomp him, but also ARRGH!
Hiyori sat on her haunches, still riled up enough that her fur was standing on end and her pupils refused to go back to normal. "The other 'you's'?" She questioned, watching unblinkingly as he gathered up leaves.
The first released leaves met a switch end as she lept and snatched it out of the air with a paw, landing and chomping her teeth into it with a satisfying crunch.
Maybe his other hims was an explanation to the terrifying roar she had heard earlier, after chomping his tail the first time.
Each leaf released twisted and turned before meeting a violent end in her paws, and between leaves, she batted around the torn pieces like confetti.
”Aye, got two of them.” he said dropping a few more leaves glad that she was satisfied with the leaves and not still going after his tail. His tail dropped down from the cover of the shifters bronzed color wing when it realized it was safe.
”Got me perffered form and the red headed stepchild that nobody likes.” he said smirking at her destroying the leaves. ”The big guy’s the Gryphon.” he said with a hint of pride, ”Can’t speak too well but I got other methiods of communication.“ Carrick said with a few bird like chirps. It was pretty easy to switch from one voice to another now. The purring on the other hand was a little annoying and the growling. Both of which made it difficult to lie. Something he thought he was pretty good at.
”Other one’s the one that ya heard from earlier. Basically everything that makes me not me. He’s… well kinda a ****” he said smirking dropping another leaf. ”Ya want to meet him? Not Beasty me. The big guy. Nicer one. If ya pay him compliments that is.” he said thinking about it.
Hiyori was preoccupied with rolling around in the grass kicking at and batting leaves to her heart's content. It was the simple things in life, right?
"That sounds complicated and not altogether pleasant, to be honest. As someone who is confined to only one true form, I can't imagine what it might feel like to share your skin with two others."
He dropped another and she rolled over, ears back and butt wiggles in manic murder glee before pouncing at it.
Her ears swiveled around to face him while the rest of her remained facing away, crunching on a leaf that really wasn't all that pleasant to munch on because... well because she was just being told to do so, really. She needed her teeth on it.
"Meet your other you? I don't see why not. I like this you enough already, I hardly think another version of you could be any less entertaining." The cat paused for just a moment, tilting her head with a leaf still firmly clamped in her mouth.
"...Except for the cat eating one, I guess."
She dropped her recently murdered leaf, turned around to face him, and plopped her furry butt on the ground to wait and watch.
Carrick smirked, ”We usually use our votes to out vote beasty. He doesn’t really work with anyone. Just wants to fight or mate not really conducive to most situations.” Carrick said with a shrug. ”Gotten pretty good at ignoring him.” he dropping another leaf. ”Only fair, ya get to see a legend other than me.” he smirked.
The shifter dropped the last leaf in his hand then hopped down landing on his feet with a slight opening of his wings. ”Careful love, almost sounds like yer getting sweet on me.” he smirked as he stood up and walked to the tree where his guitar was. ”Gonna take a minute, got to get naked otherwise I’m down another set of clothes and well… tired of buying ‘em.” he said as he started to undress leaving only the pants on till he was out of sight.
”Oh, and ignore the shouting. Hurts like hell sometimes.” he said as he found a spot and started taking off his pants. ”Oh, and if ya don’t see a beak… hide.” he added before dropping to all fours.
Carrick took a few deep breaths and felt the sudden rush of adrenaline the familiar kind the one he welcomed with open arms. Arms that locked into the dirt as he felt his skin tearing from his body. Limbs stretched painfully as he let out yell. His fingers stopped clawing at the dirt then started to pull the skin until there was fur covering his body.
After a moment his shifted form trotted out spotting the form of the black cat. Carrick let out a lout chirp then arched forward into a deep stretch.
Hiyori turned pink under all her fur. He did what now?!
She tried to keep her cool. I am also sweet on hunting rats in the city and Tuna in a can. It isn't very hard." She was so pleased with her return comment (gotta keep up the aloof facade after all) that she almost missed what he had said. It'd take a few minutes and he'd have to get-
...oh.
"NANI!?" It squeaked out of her and she scrambled to turn around as he was actively undressing, slapping her paws over her eyes for good measure. A non-family member was going to get naked in front of her!
"You shouting is the least of my concerns right now!"
She could hear him shifting, she assumed, and it certainly did sound painful. Did the small cat peek? Heavens no! She didn't need the lude form of a cute teenage boy seared into the back of her eyes to further complicate things.
When her ears twitched at the sound of paws on grass, and the yelling had stopped, she did turn slightly and peeked through her clawed little toes to see if the coast was clear.
Oh boy, what a change too!
Hiyori gradually stood, nose going a million sniffs a minute as she edged closer and scoped him out. She leaned in hesitantly as only a cat would, the rest of her body curved away and tails on end. He... did smell a little different. Was it the fur?
"You weren't lying. This is really truly a beautiful form you have." Excited, she pranced around him in a circle, sniffing at everything she could from her height. Once satisfied she plopped her tush back down and lifted a paw to groom bits of leaf out of it.
"Much more pleasant looking than many of the winged beasts that I am familiar with."
It was unfortunate he was already shifted or he would have had a joke for that, which was funny to him. If the Princess disrobed in front of him he became a stammering buffoon who couldn’t even look at her let alone make jokes about it. However if he was the one getting naked for a shift or just because well that didn’t really phase him. Girls were weird like that.
After the deep stretch and his beak opening in a yawn he closed it at sat down puffing out his chest to her compliments. She was in. His shifted form was easy like that. Pay him a single compliment and you were in his good graces. The shifter tilted his head to the little black cat and let out a few quick chirps. ‘I know , I know I’m great!’ he looked off in the distance for a moment and then wondered if she was insulting his human form, which was impossible because he knew while his Gryphon form was perfection his human form wasn’t too bad on the eyes either.
Mismatched colored eyes turned to slits as he looked over the cat’s shoulder. ‘Prey’ he let out a chirp and pointed out a small squirrel across the mansion grounds by the mansion itself. Carrick’s eyes followed it for a second then he looked back to the cat and started to purr. In this form it was more acceptable so he didn’t bother trying to stop. With another yawn and snap of his beak he rolled over on his back. His tail flicking next to him while his eyes watched the cat. Carrick let out another round of small chirps, ‘I’d offer to fly you but you have claws.’ Of course she couldn’t understand bird… or could she?
He... kept chirping at her. Huh. Was he not able to use words in the form?
She sat with her ears swiveling around at each chirp, eyes wide and unblinking. Well, that would be a problem.
He pointed with a claw and she twisted her head around, ears following after, to see what he had seen. What did that chirp mean?
It took her only a moment longer to spot the squirrel.
"Ah, lunch." Her claws flexed in the dirt and she tried to figure out if the chirps meant he wanted her to go get it. She wasn't exactly super peckish at the moment, but she could be-
He started purring and the strength of the vibrations rattled her whiskers. Hiyori swiveled back around to spy him on his back, played out and content. Oooh, nap time!?
She rose and padded over, sniffing again here and there until she found a proper spot to plop her paws on and started kneading his fur.
"Mmhmm. Yes, of course." She had no idea what he was saying, but making something up seemed better than admitting she couldn't understand. Quick, change whatever the subject was!
"Do you ever get the urge to nap in the strangest places? I am particularly fond of sock drawers."
The squirrel bounced off unnoticed, which was probably for the best since she didn't feel like spending an hour cleaning blood from her fur again.
The shifter no longer wanted to fly the second she started to make bread on his form. The claws while they were sharp only hurt for a second till his back leg started to kick. Did she find a sweet spot? He’d have to tell the Princess about this one. He didn’t know about what it was but it felt good. Carrick let out a few soft chirps, ‘What are you... don’t stop. I didn’t know I had an itch there.” he turned into the kneading forming a half circle around the small cat girl.
The next question caused him to shake his head with another few chirps. It was getting to the point where he knew she couldn’t understand him most people couldn’t and for the life of him he couldn’t figure out how to speak human in this form it was aggravating. At least he was still having fun with it though and at least he wasn’t mauling anyone or wanted to in this form. ‘Sometimes, imagine that’s pretty comfortable but I found meself naked in some kind of burrow a few times and don’t get me started on the zoo they cater beds to me then get mad when I decide to take a nap there.’
He chirped a few more times, ‘at least they have enough sense to throw me a free meal when I’m there. Pretty sure I tried eating one of the red panda’s one time. It looked good at least.’ Wings opened up under him and started to absorb more sunlight warming the shifter up. The purring continued followed by a single chirp, ‘You ever thorw up in someone’s shoe before? I don’t think I could pull it off in this form. Always wanted to try though.’ he mused as he tilted his head to the side till he was looking at her.
More chirping. well... it was going to grow increasingly harder to pretend she knew what he was saying, but at least if the leg kicking was anything to go by he was enjoying himself. She decided to just keep rambling on to fill the silence.
"Sunlit windows are also a favorite and on top of electronics."
As she kneaded, her eyes half-lidded, and the purring grew louder. The sun was coming down just right, soaking into her black fur and making the sudden urge to nap top priority.
"... But fluffy and warm really take the cake." The pawing stopped in favor of her laying on him, tucking her legs under her in a full loaf maneuver, and fully closed her eyes.
"In fact... it's starting to feel like naptime right now."
The shifter chirped and purred, ‘I don’t think I can fit on any electronics. Maybe the old tube televisions but I haven’t seen any of those around in a long time. All about the windows though.’ he tried to explain as he watched Hiyori look at him lazily. Did he look that out of it when he was ready for a nap in this form? Carrick doubted it he could only look majestic.
He chirped a question when she curled up and closed her eyes mentioning about naps, ‘Only fluffy because of the wings right? Was that a fat joke?’ he waited a second then looked back up at the sky. ‘Joke’s on you. It’s gonna be a short one. Carrick couldn’t recall if he told her about the time limit but figured for now this was alright so he decided to enjoy it as well feeling the sun warm up his body as his eyes started to get heavy.
It wasn’t long before his eyes snapped open and he let out a loud chirp. ‘Time to change’ as gently as he could in a hurry shook his wing out from under Hyiori before running back into the bushes the change starting before he was fully hidden. Some yelling and screeching later he removed from them buttoning up his shirt like nothing happened. ”Pleasure sleeping with ya. Always forget how great naps are in that form.” he said before he laughed, ”One hell of an alarm.” he yawned and stretched.
He shifted. She refused to open her eyes. The chirp was ignored as well.
And then suddenly he was moving and she was gently removed from him. Hiyori ended up on the group, flopped on her side with her legs stretched out while she blinked and rosed herself from sleep.
How rude! That had been the beginning of a nice nap!
A big yawn and a full-body, tails curling stretch later, and she was sitting and waiting for him to come back out from the bushes. It made sense after she had woken back up fully, even if the interrupted nap still left her a bit grumpy.
"... There is a limit on your fluffy form, then?" She lifted a paw and inspected her sharp little nails, pondering if they needed cleaning again. "The process sounds very painful. I do not envy you."
With one more short stretch, she stood to meet him and looked for the easiest way up.
Up him that is.
"I couldn't understand a single thing you were saying, unfortunately. Gomen." Her hindquarters lowered, butt wiggled a little as her tails straightened out for balance, and she fixated on the shoulder she wanted to be on.
... And then suddenly recalled Xavier's remarks about consent and vocalizing what she wanted. Asking, basically.
A bit crossly, she paused and shifted her focus to his face.
"May I nap climb up to your shoulder?" She had to admit she still much more preferred just doing things without having to explain herself. Life had been so much easier then.
”Bit annoying but yeah,” he started adjusting his shirt to make sure everything fit right along his wings. ”Pretty sure I’d stay in that form if I could. Life’s easier for him. No bills, no cats breaking his stuff.” he smirked.
”Bit painful sure, literally peeling me skin to make way for the change in size hurts but it’s exhilarating. Unless I’m stuck between this one and that one. That one always hurts.” he said shaking his head. His body feeling loose and refreshed after the shift.
Carrick looked down at the cat girl and blinked in response as she studied him. ”Sure, don’t think ya have to ask though darlin’. Yer a cat. We don’t ask.” he said turning his side a little to lower his shoulder for her.
”Just gonna be heading back in if that’s alright. Got ta get me guitar together and see what I can do with it. Shifts always make me hungry as well.” he paused, ”Hungry?”