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 Tetsuya Shinbo on Dec 26, 2011 10:18:10 GMT -6
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It was the week before Christmas, and all through the clinic, not a creature was stirring, not even a cynic. The power had gone out due to lack of care. Shin and Kealey had gone. When it had went out, they hadn't even been there. Their landlords, potential murderer? Potential murder victim, or worse? They hadn't wanted to stay at that place to suffer a potential curse.
So, they were apartment shopping. And it was kind of cold.
"What is this, the third one today? I wish we'd liked one of the first two." Shin slumped. The bus rattled rattled along, on the way to their stop.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Dec 26, 2011 10:37:56 GMT -6
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Shin wished they’d have liked one of the first two apartments. Kealey wished they could go back to their old one. This was the third time she was going to have to move in New York City, and the blond was not thrilled about the prospect. Why did bad things keep happening to the buildings she wanted to live in?
It was a selfish thought, considering the reason that their apartment had been rendered uninhabitable, but Kealey was still a little bitter about the whole thing. Maybe that’s why they’d disliked everything they'd looked at so far.
”I wish we had too.” she said. Price range, location, space, layout. They were all such apparently important things that Kealey hadn’t really considered before.
This was tough, and now they were moving on to apartment number three.
”Maybe this one will be better.” she said, as the bus slowed. ”Third time’s a charm?”
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The third time was a heaping pile of refuse.
"Grr." And now his hand hurt. Maybe slamming his fist against the wall next to him in frustration had been a bad idea.
They were street-side again. Underneath the apartment building, at street-level. Cars and taxi cabs wheeled by. Shin sighed to himself. "Maybe we should just ask Aurum for help," He grumbled. "I think he rents."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 7, 2012 20:26:42 GMT -6
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Blink. Blink again.
Shin had just hit a wall. With his fist, and his hand hurt. Kealey didn’t need her powers to know it, but she reached out and took that hand, gently rubbing the knuckles. This apartment had been worse than the first two. Worse than the dozens they’d looked at before.
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He wasn't mad at Kealey. He was mad at the fact that they just couldn't find a place they both liked, and because of the reasons they'd had to search for a new place in the first place. When she took his hand, he took a calming breath. His tension ebbed. He relaxed his shoulders.
"I guess." He replied quietly.
Not only was he mad about all the aforementioned things. He also hated having to ask for help from friends. The power of friendship was great, yeah. But he wanted to provide for Kealey on his own. Having to rely on someone else just made him feel powerless.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 7, 2012 21:33:05 GMT -6
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Somehow, Kealey didn’t think it would be a good idea for Shin to call Aurum right that moment. Still holding his hand, the blond smiled slightly.
”There are entire television series about trying to find an apartment in New York. We’d be silly if we didn’t get in touch with friends who might know something.” she said with a smile.
And then they made the call, and got in contact with a leasing agent.
Some short time later, Shin and Kealey were making their way towards Aurum’s building. There were apartments available. A couple different ones in fact.
”I think this was a good idea.” Kealey said with a smile.
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It was a wonder they'd gotten in touch with someone so soon. Usually, this sort of thing took time. But here they were, bulldozing through so many houses, all in one day. It had to be a record or something. What time even was it?
Creeping up on 'Dark.' But not there, yet.
The apartment building loomed over them like Ganon over Link. It wasn't quite as imposing.
Here's hoping it doesn't turn into some sort of boar hellbeast... Shin thought.
Their leasing agent clasped her hands behind her back, and beamed at them. She was a smart lady. Looked to be 5'5", or 5'7". With short red hair in a bob and a pin-striped black pantsuit. Her face was welcoming and round, and her nose was cute as a button. The smile sort of made the bridge wrinkle, even.
'Of course it was a good idea,' her eyes seemed to say.
She looked to both of them. "Ready? We've got a couple to breeze through before we're done."
The Asian nodded quietly, eyes scrolling down to the redhead.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 8, 2012 21:21:33 GMT -6
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A couple to breeze through? No problem. Kealey liked this lady, and her upbeat personality had her feeling far more energized than she had a few moments before. Why Shin was so apprehensive about the whole thing, Kealey couldn’t figure out, but the best they could do was keeping going and hope they found something they liked.
”Lead the way!” Kealey said in the absence of Shin’s words, grabbing his hand and pulling him along.
The agent led them to an elevator, and the elevator smoothly climbed the floors. This was interesting. They only went up one flight of stairs to get to the apartment they lived in now, and the same had been true of the Mansion. The elevator dinged and out trotted the redhead, humming softly as she jingled the keys in her left hand. Down the hall they went to the second to last door on the right. The keys jingled again, and Kealey smiled at Shin. For some reason, she had good feeling about this. (Then again...so did the leasing agent...so it was hard to tell.)
The door swung open and the lady gestured. Kealey walked in and smiled.
”Ooooo.” the blond breathed as she entered and glanced around the entry way. It, in and of itself was rather small, a rectangle of tile that then opened up into an area that held the living room, kitchen, and a hallway that presumably led to bedrooms.
There were windows...but not too many, and the kitchen looked like it had been updated. There was a breakfast bar, a gas fireplace, and...carpet. And other things that people tended to like in apartments.
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Shin liked rectangles...
Okay. Maybe this wasn't so bad. Cracking the one eye he'd had closed, he surveyed the scene, following Kealey and Giselle the leasing agent around the room.
The bay window in the living room wasn't too bright. Not like the first, that had opened up into a blinding skyline that he just couldn't avert his eyes from, and made them hurt every time he walked through the room.
There was a gas fireplace. Which was nice. And warmer than the second one. Which had been so big it felt like it would take a while each morning to warm the whole sucker up.
And it wasn't a mansion. That was good. But it was nice. And up-to-date. And Kealey was grinning at him.
Dang. He supposed he had to like it, too.
Shin nodded his head and followed her like a lost puppy some more.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 11, 2012 22:24:08 GMT -6
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Shin wasn’t opposed to the apartment, which was an improvement over the last few, that the two of them had looked at. Kealey took that as a sign that she needed to keep exploring. The leasing agent, (Kealey still couldn’t remember her name) stepped back and out of the way and let the couple look.
Two small hallways extended from either side of the living room, and Kealey turned to the right, quickly finding herself in a roomy if not incredibly large bedroom.
”Ooooo.” she breathed, moving further in and opening doors. ”A walk-in closet and its own bathroom.” she said, before turning and looking at Shin, head tilted as she waited for an opinion.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 13, 2012 21:28:57 GMT -6
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Big enough for....oh!
Kealey’s eyes widened and she spent the next few moments gaping at the shower, much to the amusement of their tour guide. A shower big enough for two. Kealey had to wonder if it had been built like that on purpose, or if the fact that two people could fit inside had simply been a side effect.
Still. The idea was intriguing.
And Shin liked it.
”Me too!” Kealey said. Then turned on heel and made her way back into the hall, across the living room, and into the little corridor on the other side.
To the left was a bathroom. A basic bathroom with a tub and all the essentials. On the other side was a similar room. Simple, but functional.
Kealey turned and smiled. Arms crossed, another unspoken question in her face and bearing.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 14, 2012 20:47:49 GMT -6
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"Are we going to use this for overflow? Like, a knitting room? Barracks of the plushie army?"
The leasing agent smiled through the sweatdrop. She had no idea what he was talking about, but he sure seemed happy about talking about it. Which was good!
He felt, somehow, like the bedrooms would more likely be on the side with that shower, rather than the neat little tub. And, he noted, there was plenty of space on the walls for ducks here, too.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 14, 2012 20:57:37 GMT -6
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Kealey chuckled and nodded her head when Shin asked if they were going to use the extra room as a barracks for the plushie army. ”That was the plan...though I’m sure your mother will be thrilled for an entirely other reason.” She had, after all, sent them baby clothes along with the rest of the presents...just to get a head start apparently.
The blond shook her head, that was too much to think about while trying to decide of a place was going to become their home. Kealey liked the sound of that. Their home.
”I like it. More than anywhere else.” she said. Looking around again and trying to envision their things in all the nooks and crannies.