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.
“Okay. No worries, just fun. Got it.” He didn't sound sure about that at all, but Lily smiled at him still, and rested her head on his shoulder as they swayed to the music. "Good." She knew it wasn't going to be easy. Losing powers never was. She had experienced it, or at least, a form of it, and she still felt sick when she remembered it. But she also knew that his silver was there, and he was still the same person, and just like she had only lost her powers because of the collars in the camps, she knew he would regain his too. When it came to hope, Lily was a person who was willing to believe in good forever. She remained silent till the end of the song, content with just dancing with him; she glanced around, once in a while, and saw Sam dancing with Fade. She didn't see Alex and she was pretty sure she was not in the Mansion, after all that happened. She spotted Shin dancing with a blonde girl, probably his girlfriend... How things change. Once the song was over, she stepped back, smiling again. "Thank you for dancing with me" she kissed him on the cheek "Let's go find something to drink." she tugged on his hand. With some luck she would be able to convince him to stay at the party for a little while longer...
The racoon girl apparently OD'd on the gemstones, and Lily let her have her fun, she was done practicing for the day anyway. She smiled at the shy girl who introduced herself as Amber. Amber who could... change into dinosaurs? "Wow." Lily commented, then blushed as she realized it wasn't a very polite thing to do. "That is a fascinating ability." she added "I... well, you already saw." she chuckled and pointed at the racoon and the shinies "I manipulate precious metals and gemstones. And I live here." she added, smiling at the girl "Welcome to the Mansion."
Lily could tell that Shawn was the main reason why Shawn showed up tonight was probably her, but she didn't mind. She remembered how she felt after Romania, and she remembered how good it was to be outside her room and among people, and having someone who cared. So now she was doing the same for Shawn. It was only fair. He told her that she looked great, and Lily blushed, smiling happily. That was always a good thing to hear. She let him lead her to the dance floor, who was she to say no if he told her he wanted to dance. Even if that was not entirely true, he was willing to dance, and that made her happy. Once on the dance floor she turned to smile up at him and put her hands on his shoulders, pulling him closer. "It will get better" she promised him, meaning both the dance night and everything else, he had lots of things to deal with, but Lily was optimistic as ever, and she knew it would get better. "No worries for tonight, okay?"
"Necklace works too." she nodded with a smile, and pulled a longer thread of silver from her bracelet. She shaped it and formed it with her powers for a while before she let it drop into her palm. It was a simple silver necklace, quite thin, the kind guys wear sometimes. Lily smiled and held it out to Carrick. "There you go. It's a special kind of silver, I can easily tell it apart from other jewels. If you don't take it off before you shift, it will snap, but at least it won't choke you." she added; the thought just occurred to her. It was not easy, making jewelry for shifters. Maybe she should work on that one day when she had her own business. "Do you like it? I can shape it into something else if you want."
Carrick didn't seem so talkative at all, and he looked ready to run for it when she asked about his date. That told her he had one. Great. Shopping for clothes was one thing, but if she had to find a date for the kid... well, she could have. Fortunately she didn't have to. "Just take a seat, I'll be ready in five minutes" she smiled at him, then disappeared in the bathroom, just to emerge four and a half minutes later in a summer dress, ready for shopping. She grabbed a few things and ticked them into her purse, slipped on her shoes, and smiled at the gryphon boy. "Ready?" "We'll have to take the subway" she sighed as they walked outside "I will have my own car soon, but right now, we'll have to walk a bit. Unless we steal Shawn's car." she added with a playful smile. She still remembered how pissed her boyfriend was the last time someone borrowed his baby... "You will have to tell me something about your date, you know." she added, after a while "Otherwise I won't know how to dress you up. It's important."
Lily was worried for a moment that Shawn wouldn't show. He had been avoiding people lately, dealing with all that happened to him, and she was not sure even if he said he'd come if he would show up at all. She would have completely understood if he didn't. She remembered her weeks after Romania. Sometimes being alone and having time to think helped. But he did show. He was all dressed up in a fine suit, and was smiling at her, and Lily hugged him back with an equal smile. Even though he said he had problems using his abilities, the silver was stil there. It was warm, and she could feel it. And he was still her boyfriend. "I'm glad you came" she smiled, kissing him on the cheek. She slipped her hand into his and pulled him into the Danger Room. Looking around she could see it slowly filled up with people. "Do you like it?" she asked with a playful smile "I think we made it look quite nice. Sam really took this dance thing seriously..." She looked around as the slow dance started and chuckled. "But I am not going to make you dance if you don't want to.Promise." It sounded funny, given their record with dances so far, but she really meant it.
”Productive day?” Lily grinned at Sam as she formed the silver around her wrists back into its original bracelet form. "Good to be alive." She glanced at the policemen who seemed to handle the invisible criminal just fine. "Let me know if they need the handcuffs taken off. It would be a shame if all those materials went to waste..." she chuckled, turning back to Sam just in time to hear about paperwork. "Suuure, let's do it." she nodded; she didn't really mind paperwork. She had a feeling that after the first few cases she would, but right now, it was part of the process. She would have to learn how to do it sooner or later anyway. So this is how being an X-man feels like.
The effect the jewels had on the racoon girl was truly amazing. Lily laughed as she grabbed the floating gems out of the air and made funny sounds as she played with them, completely ignoring the presence of the other girl. Lily let the rest of the gems drop to the ground - she'd find them again later on without a problem. She turned towards the girl who claimed to also be a dinosaur. "Hi" she smiled at her, extending a hand "And welcome to the Mansion. My name is Lily." she glanced at the racoon girl and made the gems twirl around in the air to amuse her "And I guess you already know her." she chuckled, turning back to her "So..." she tilted her head curiously "What do you mean, you're a dinosaur?..."
"Your life sounds like an adventure." Lily grinned, finishing her ice cream "Run away and join the circus, huh." It sounded like something out of a movie or a novel. Then again, gryphons were also creatures of movies and novels, so in the end it fitted Carrick's story just fine. Ther cheeks turned pink at the next question. "Yes, I guess he is my boyfriend." she smiled "People call him Silver Streak. We work together because our powers compliment each other." she twisted her wrist to show Carrick the silver bracelet she was wearing "He is full of silver. I can sense him from a mile away. That reminds me..." Lily used her powers to pull part of the silver she was wearing on her other hand, and shape it into a simple bracelet. Floating it above her palm, she glanced at Carrick. "How about I offer you one of these? I use jewelry I create to keep track of people. Not everyone, just... some people I like." she winked
Lily chuckled as the racoon tail disappeared just to be replaced by the whole of a racoon-like object, namely a girl, who made weird chirping noises. It was not an animal. It was a Mansion kid. Not the first time someone had made that mistake, and probably not the last. "Hi" Lily smiled at the coon girl "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." The gems were still floating around her; she made it part of her practice session to keep them afloat even during the conversation. She tilted her head. "You like the shinies?" she asked with a friendly smile "Want to play with them?" Playing with gemstones might have been strange for a normal kid, but it was completely natural for Jewel; so natural that she didn't even stop to think about what she was offering. The racoon girl seemed as nice as any of the mansion kids. There would be no harm in playing.
Lily arched an eyebrow at the winged boy, and smiled a sweet smile. "Let me see if I understand it correctly." she started, thoroughly amused by the situation. A few days ago she practically tortured the kid by dragging him along to shop, and now here he was on his own accord, asking her to do the same. All right, so this time they would be buying things for him, not her, but it didn't make much of a difference. "You want me to go shopping with you?" The smile turned into a grin. "The dance, right?" she asked as she started to pick out clothes from her wardrobe "Sure, I'm happy to help you. I have a few ideas where to look for things that would look good on you... So, do you have a date yet?"
Lily liked practicing out in the open, especially on summer evenings when the sun was not burning so hot anymore, but it was still light enough to see the glimpses of the jewelry she kept floating around. She had bigger pieces of silver and gold, and a handful of smaller gemstones. She moved in a steady rythm, shifting her weight from one foot to the other; from the outside it kind of looked like a dance. It was a series of movements she herself put together from her training session with Sam and the dance classes she had. She closed her eyes and focused on her sixth sense. She could feel the gemstones fly around her in circles like the planets around the sun; she kept all of them spinning and circling at their own pace while she also focused on the silver and gold sliding smoothly up and down her bare arm. To keep all those different movements going, she needed all her attention. Once the routine was over, she opened her eyes again; she had moved around while she focused on the gesómstones, so now she stood facing a tree... ... a tree with a raccoon tail hanging from it. Lily kept the gemstonas floating, and the metals pooled around her wrists as she walked closer to take a look. Maybe some poor animal got stuck in the tree. A very big... raccoon... "Hi there little one" she muttered, half to herself as she looked up and clicked her tongue the way people usually do when they trie to communicate with animals.
During the days leading up to the dance one could have cut the tension on the school rounds. People were preparing for the big event the best they could - and Lily did her share of the preparations. She helped kids pick out dresses, and helped the staff design the decor, and all in all, she had a great time. School parties were usually fun, she loved dancing and dressing up, and she even had a date. What could be more perfect than that? Lily was waiting for said date by the entrance of the dance hall. She was wearing a silver and black dress, and even though her hair was still too short for anything special to be done with it, she did spend a lot of time with make-up, and jewelry. She smiled as she waved to people she knew, and watched the students gather. Shawn would soon be there too. She could sense it. Mansion residents were in for a great night.
”What exactly do you have to train for? Fighting super villains?” Lily smirked right back at the boy. "Among other important things, yes. I don't usually fight if I can avoid it..." she paused, remembering Romania, then quickly shook her head "... but sometimes it's necessary." she waved th serious topic away and grinned "They find other uses for my abilities. That's why I'm usually paired up with Streak. I mean, Shawn." That, and that he was her... boyfriend. "The more silver I have, the more I can work with." Lily smiled as she listened to him talking about his family. Sounded like interesting people. Nice people also. "So, did they send you here?..." ”You done shopping? Or are you planning on buying out another few stores?” Lily chuckled, and tried to pull an apoligetic face, with not much success. "I think I'm good for today. And I don't buy out stores. I only buy stuff I like." she grinned, lifting the bags to (un)prove her point.
"Coming!" Lily carefully put the little brush back into the vial of golden nail polish and hopped over to the door, shaking the hand that she was done with to make the polish dry faster. She was wearing shorts and a tank top, and had been re-doing her nails for the third time in two days our of sheer boredom. Opening the door, she had to look around before she spotted the gryphon boy. He looked kind of... in trouble. "Carrick!" she smiled at him all the more cheerful "Hi. Do you want to come in?" she nodded for him, opening the door wider so he could walk in. In the meantime she blew on her nails, and wrinkled her nose at the smell of the nail polish. "Is everything all right? Do you need help with something?"