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.
"Probably best if I don't think about how I'd want my marriage proposal to go, huh? That'd probably give someone, somewhere, a heart attack. From across the map."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Apr 8, 2012 11:17:06 GMT -6
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Kealey tilted her head for a moment, wondering if she even wanted to know what was going on in Ami's head.
The answer, of course, was yes. Having basically missed out on most of her teenage years, Kealey liked this vicarious living thing...even if it was a bit racy for her tastes. And as...precocious as Ami was in some areas...marriage was another all together.
"That's good....and what kind of plans?" the blond asked.
As to running off and getting married, Kealey chuckled again.
"I never in a million years thought this would be me."
"College. Job. I'm thinking maybe something to do with science... haven't thought much about it yet." She said.
Which was kind of wild, because college was right around the corner. She was already studying like mad, even though it wasn't even her senior year.
"There are plenty of other distractions to keep me from worrying about anything too insane." Amelia added. "I haven't even had my tryout for the X-men."
Gawain had been... wracking his brain. And putting it off for a while.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Apr 8, 2012 11:37:14 GMT -6
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X-Men. Really?
Kealey's eyebrow rose as she thought about the prospect. Ami was so...young, but then again, so were a lot of people. Mirror included.
"That's something else I never thought I'd be in a million years, but it's worked out."
Truth be told, the blond hadn't even known Ami was thinking about trying out. If she wanted to though...Kealey was going to do everything she could to help.
"Good luck though, and let me know if you want any extra practice. If not me, Shin is excellent at doing stuff with the danger room."
"I know. I already spoke with him about it. Gawain's going to run my session, though. He's also... dragging his heels a little. I think he's trying to think of a challenge that isn't unfair to me... by being too easy, or too hard."
She wrinkled her nose at the thought. He should just... make a challenge. And damn the consequences. It wasn't like she wanted special treatment. She'd done tryouts before, and one couldn't always win.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Apr 8, 2012 19:56:07 GMT -6
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Ami's feelings about Gawain running her session were...mixed to say the least. Kealey almost pointed out that maybe it was a bad idea for him to run the thing...but considering the fact that Shin had ran her tryout, there was nothing the blond could say.
"I doubt he'd pull any punches for you Ami. At least not if he knows you at all, and wants what's best for you." she let the younger girl think about that for a moment, then continued.
"That would be dangerous for you. Nobody should be on the team if they're not ready."
"That's the point of the try out, and the training perio and trust me, you'll appreciate it when you're in the thick of things."
"I couldn't agree more," Amelia replied seriously. "Why is why I won't get mad at him if I fail. I just don't like the thought of him babying me. That's just so... chauvinist. I'd hate to have to call him a pig."
This was one nice thing about talking with Kealey. They agreed about a lot of things. And she was a smart lady. She knew exactly what Amelia was talking about. She also had experience.
"I don't think I've ever heard about your tryout session," she led. Curiosity was in her tone.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Apr 8, 2012 20:18:26 GMT -6
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Kealey nodded as Ami spoke, and as it turned out, her question lent itself to an answer that would cover both aspects of the current subject.
"If anything, I think Shin knowing me so well made him be a little harder on me during my tryout." she said, a small grin creeping onto her face. "I accidentally punched him in the nose after it was all over."
The story wasn't long, so Kealey began conversationally.
"I worked with Cafas. His test was working with someone. Mine was dealing with everything that goes on in here." she said, gesturing vaguely at her head. Man, she'd learned a lot about herself, and her abilities since then.
"They were emotional zombies. A whole crowd of them...it turned out that their mood changed with the music that was playing in the little shop Cafas and I were stuck inside. I had to deal with that, while he helped me figure things out andI sewed him an outfit."
Kealey shook her head. "I still don't know how I did it."
"Sewing is cool," she agreed. "I just would not expect that to be a useful skill in battle."
She paused, then added thoughtfully. "Unless you are Rose Lalonde."
"You aren't Rose Lalonde, are you Kealey?" She asked skeptically, tilting her head at the blond. The woman did not seem grimdark. But one never knew. Gawain certainly hadn't known she could shoot guns.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Apr 8, 2012 21:10:40 GMT -6
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"Nope. I'm not good enough with knitting needles." the blond said, shaking her head. "I don't think I know enough about wizards either." The reference was appreciated though, and the comparison that had been drawn.
"And I don't think it was necessarily supposed to be about useful battle skills. A tryout should showcase your weaknesses too, and demonstrate how you work around them. That's what mine was about, seeing if I could concentrate on a task and deal with a lot of emotional turmolt."