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.
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She still didn’t move away. Tarin had absolutely no idea what he was doing or how they’d gotten here, or what any of this meant. It probably just meant that Lee was too nice to crush his feelings. Surely she’d tell him to stop, or she would move to the other side of the couch. Lee always made her feelings clear. Yes, it was just his arm partially invading Lee’s space…but maybe it was just the slightest bit more?
God, she was biting that bottom lip again, Tarin noted with no small amount of consternation. What was she thinking about that was worrying her? Why were his fingers simply itching to reach out and touch her hair?
Too much. This was much too much…he was taking advantage of the generosity and hospitality that Lee had shown him by being an absolute wretch.
Still.
Lee spoke, and looked back at him, thankfully dropping her lip from her teeth so he could actually focus on what she was saying about the movie and missing even more of it.
“If you’re so invested we can just keep watching, I’m sure I can catch myself up.” He said, reluctantly pulling his eyes back to the TV screen.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:46:11 GMT -6
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Lee pointed out that Tarin had missed half of the movie and he shrugged, “I guess we will have to do that movie marathon.” He said, turning to look back at Lee across the slightly larger distance between them.
Was Lee blushing?
Along with the crushing insecurity that was telling Tarin that he had done something wrong, there was something else there.
Lee was clearly…unsettled…and she had moved away from where she had been before, but she was still there.
Slowly and very deliberately, Tarin stretched his arm back across the back of the couch instead of where it had recently been across Lee’s shoulders.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:44:45 GMT -6
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Tarin hadn’t noticed when his arm slipped off the back of the couch, and he didn’t even notice when it came to rest across Lee’s shoulders. He really was out but when Lee jumped and when she turned and looked up at him…then he woke up with a slight jerk, blinking blearily while he tried to figure out where he was and what had happened.
Slowly, reason returned and Tarin took in the TV, the couch he was sitting on, Lee still next to him while he draped his arm over the back of the…cou…
Wait. That was not the couch.
”Oh….I…sorry,” He said, quickly but carefully pulling his arm back and then rubbing his face with his hands while he still tried to find his bearings and he felt a deep flush creeping up his neck. Awkward.
What was even happening in the movie? Did it matter?
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:44:10 GMT -6
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As it turned out, a quick little snooze was not in the books. The last week had taken its toll and for the first time since he’d woken up to a cold nightmare in the park, Tarin was fully relaxed.
There weren’t any nightmares, there weren’t even any dreams, and the longer he slept, the more that a boneless, deep sleep set in.
Time in the movie continued to pass and Tarin slumped a little more fully into the couch. As he did so, his arm slipped from where he’d stretched it across the back of the couch, heedless of where it came to rest across Lee’s shoulders.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:43:35 GMT -6
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“If you like hockey, there’s hope for you yet.” Tarin said with a smug little smile, as if he’d found some kind of weakness he could later use to his advantage.
Lee didn’t seem too concerned about whether or not Tarin would be able to make it through the movie. In fact she suggested that sometime maybe they should watch the entire series. “I think either way I’d really like that…” he said simply. The movie was starting now and since neither of them had seen it, it would have been rude to talk through.
For the first twenty minutes or so, Tarin thought that the food had given him enough of a second wind to get through. The movie was set far in the future with a much older hero coming to grips with his mortality. And surviving a nuclear explosion in a refrigerator.
As the movie continued though, the sleepiness that had plagued Tarin though the last movie returned with a vengeance.
Somewhere between Connecticut and Peru, Tarin decided that maybe if he just let his eyes close for a minute he’d be able to pull it together for the rest of the movie.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:43:02 GMT -6
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“By the time I’m done with you, you’re gonna be the head of a fantasy baseball league, calculating batting averages, RBIs, and ERAs on the fly.”
Truth be told, Tarin wasn’t all that confident that he could actually convince Lee that baseball was worth watching. Some people just couldn’t appreciate the beauty of the sport.
“What about football? Basketball?” The movie was still getting started, so they had time for this. Something occurred to Tarin and he smiled triumphantly, “Hockey.” He said, Lee might have only been legally American to avoid immigration problems, but she’d been born and raised in Canada. Surely things weren’t that different on this side of the rift.
He was looking down at her again, and this time Tarin didn’t move, it was so…nice to see Lee like this. She was relaxed, she was teasing, she didn’t seem like she was waiting for the other shoe to drop on something awful. He was making her smile and laugh instead of frown, and Tarin liked that.
Tarin liked that enough that he knew he should move. Tarin knew that Lee was just being kind, just being friendly. Rachel had said just today that Lee wouldn’t even agree to go on a date, had knocked a man out for touching her arm. Tarin respected Lee too much to infringe on firmly set boundaries. Besides, after everything he’d done, and everything they’d been through…it just wasn’t right. How could he possibly ever be good enough after what she’d seen? After what he’d done.
Tarin didn’t move though, and Lee pointed out that they’d have to find the other ones some other time because an all-nighter wasn’t the best idea. Tarin turned back to the TV and shook his head in agreement, “I’ll honestly be surprised if I make it through this one.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:42:23 GMT -6
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Well. It had been worth a shot. Baseball had seemed somehow…safer?
Kevin was gone now, but Lee hadn’t moved back to the other side of the couch. In fact, she’d curled up like she was content to stay right where she was.
Tarin didn’t have it in him to say anything, but he did chuckle when Lee once again pointed out her thoughts that baseball would put her to sleep. “I’m making it a personal goal to get you to like baseball.” He grumbled good naturedly
Lee pointed out that she also hadn’t seen this movie and Tarin grinned down at her again. So here they sat watching the intro as the movie started. “I hope this one is even half as good as the last, if it is, it'll be great.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:41:42 GMT -6
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Just like that, Kevin was done eating and disappearing off into his room without a single word to his Mom. Teenagers were weird.
Lee had pointed out that there were actually two sequels…as well as the two prequels to the movie they’d just finished.
As it turned out, this was a marathon and as the next movie started Tarin took his seat back on the couch, once again draping his arm across the back, “Looks like we are in luck…unless you’re suddenly and inexplicably interested in learning about baseball...because I think there’s still a game on.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:40:55 GMT -6
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“I read something about that once.” Tarin said, keenly aware even if Lee wasn’t, that his arm was draped across the back of the couch where her head was currently leaning. “Because so many of the effects had to be practical, the special effects folks had to really know their stuff. They couldn’t rely on green screens and digital work to do the heavy lifting. Optical illusions were simple but practical ways to get messages across.”
Lee turned her head, and Tarin found himself looking down at her face for a moment before she spoke. This close he could see just how grey her eyes were. Carefully lifting his arm so he didn’t disturb Lee’s head, Tarin stood, grabbing the empty plates from where they sat on the coffee table and heading towards the kitchen. He’d have cleaned up the food too, but Kevin still appeared to be eating.
“There are sequels?” Tarin said as he rounded the corner, “This seemed like a logical end…I never even thought to look”
The plates got a quick wash before they went into the drying rack, the chopsticks just went into the trash, and Tarin stood in the kitchen for a few moments before heading back out to the living room to stand by the end of the couch for the last few minutes of the movie. “So about these sequels…”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:40:09 GMT -6
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Tarin made a mental note to look into Schrodenger’s Thai place the next time he was over by the shop. It wouldn’t be too difficult to look, and maybe if he could find it he could bring some take-out home sometime.
Kevin emerged from his room and Tarin did his best to not speak up and say that if anyone had been threatening the leftovers it had been Kevin’s Mother and not Tarin. Tarin had been a conscientious roommate and had left plenty of food for the latecomer. He didn’t say that though, because Kevin seemed to have the situation in hand, pointing out that they always had leftovers anyway.
Lee shifted again and Tarin once again noticed the ever shrinking distance between the two of them. He knew it was simply because Lee was trying to give Kevin more space to sit while he ate, but Tarin still couldn’t help but notice the proximity and straightened up a bit to try and give Lee a bit more space if she so desired.
By this point the movie was rapidly approaching its conclusion. They’d found the map, they’d traveled across the desert, and now they were working their way through the booby trapped temple to try and find the cup. The hero was talking about a leap of faith over a huge chasm
“This is such a cool optical illusion…” Tarin said as the man stepped out into seemingly thin air only to find a narrow stone path with a pattern so similar to the rest of the chasm that it had appeared to not exist.
Tarin could empathize with the hero in more ways than one.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:39:42 GMT -6
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Definitely a hole in the wall that wasn’t too far from the shop. Tarin wondered how he had managed to never find it considering he thought he’d probably eaten at every take-out place in the area. It didn’t really matter though because now he knew it was there and he could eat there whenever he wanted.
They also had a buffet. A buffet so good that a teenage boy didn’t want to walk after eating there. “Given what I know about teenage boys, one not being able to walk after a buffet is a ringing endorsement.”
Lee seemed open to the idea of the ramen place and Tarin nodded enthusiastically, “They have these little pork belly buns with lettuce and spicy mayo on them….They’re so good.”
She mentioned a Thai place then and Tarin shook his head, “I don’t know about a Thai place…but to be fair I didn’t know about this place either.”
Tarin’s plate was empty now and his belly was full so he set the plate down on the coffee table and just reassumed his previous lounging position to commence digestion.
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After waiting what had to have been an appropriate amount of time, Tarin reached out and started scooping a little bit of this and a little bit of that from the containers on the table onto a plate. As he did so, Tarin did his best to make sure and leave plenty of each item for Kevin. There was plenty of food, so it wasn’t a problem.
It was quiet for a while as they ate, and Tarin had to hand it to Lee, her choice in take-out shop was excellent. The lo-mein, the fried rice, pretty much everything was just solidly good.
Kevin still hadn’t emerged from his room and Tarin couldn’t help but dish himself up just a little bit more fried rice as Lee called for her kid again and asked Tarin’s opinion of the food.
“It’s fantastic. Is it one of the bigger places or is a hole in the wall kind of place?”
He thought for a moment as he scooped up a few remaining grains of rice with his chopsticks, “I’m going to have to show you this ramen place by the shop…” he said, not stopping to think that Lee had probably already eaten there.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 11, 2024 9:38:43 GMT -6
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The food arrived, thank God, and Tarin stood as Lee went to handle the delivery.
Did he need a fork? Tarin was almost insulted by the suggestion that he couldn’t eat Chinese food like a proper New Yorker. “Nope, I’m good if there’s chopsticks” he said, suddenly much more hungry than he had been before the food had arrived.
Lee was back in just a few moments, laying out the food on the coffee table and calling for Kevin to come out and eat.
As was only polite, Tarin waited for Lee to fill her plate and for Kevin to emerge from his room before taking anything for himself. This had been a great idea though.
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Did he know what she meant?
Tarin just stared at Lee for a moment after she said that. Was Rachel sure that Lee had given up on getting herself back out there? Tarin wasn’t sure about that at all, not after Lee had known exactly what he meant about the difference between living and surviving. Not after she had just pointed out how silly rom-coms made a person believe that anything was possible.
“I do know what you mean,” he said, recovering well if he did say so himself. “That’s the charm in that kind of story. It gives you hope.”
It was something to muse while they watched the movie and waited for the food. Only Tarin kept missing things because no matter what he did, his eyes kept seeming to slip shut of their own accord. He was fighting the good fight, keeping them open because God it would be rude to fall asleep…
Lee asked Tarin a question and he said, “Huh?” Before it registered that she was asking about his plans for tomorrow, “Tomorrow? Uh, nothing I don’t think…” Apparently Lee had been planning to take Kevin to the gym with her….and wanted to know if he wanted to go. He’d been running over the last few days and had done what he could in the apartment, but Tarin hadn’t had a chance to hit a gym in over a week, “That would honestly be great!” He said, brightening up a bit. “I’ve been meaning to get back to the gym. Things just haven’t worked out.”
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It appeared that he was oversimplifying things, Tarin realized as Lee explained to him that not all alien movies were black and white. Apparently the aliens were brightly colored sometimes. “That seems counterproductive to camouflage” he commented as Lee continued to describe her movie preferences.
She’d give any movie a chance, but generally ended up watching chick flicks and horror?
Tarin nodded, he’d never really really been into much horror and the thought of watching one now was not pleasant. “Chick-flicks are good though...” He said. “A lot of times they’re funny and have happy endings…It’s nice to see a happy ending every now and then.”
As they watched the movie and waited for the food, Tarin cast around in his mind for more things he could ask to keep the conversation flowing. It wasn’t that he was uncomfortable or that things felt awkward…it was more that the longer he sat there, the more in danger he was of falling asleep.