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 Kealey Shinbo on Sept 25, 2013 21:46:03 GMT -6
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Kealey was in the livingroom, working on sketches for her design job with a reality cooking show on the in the background for noise when the key turned in the lock. Thor lifted his head from his bed in the corner of the room, but settled back down when he realized who it was coming through the door.
The blond had waited for her husband all afternoon, knowing by virtue of her wedding band that he was safe and sound, and simmering over the situation they'd found themselves in that afternoon. The worst part, was that it hadn't even been hard to keep herself from texting him again. That meant she was really mad. A shower hadn't cooled Kealey's temper, and her sour mood hadn't done much for her sketching. Everything was coming out in sharp angles and stark, contrasting colors.
When Shin walked in, he was tired, and exuding all the feelings that go along with it. Kealey couldn't blame him for that, it had been a hard day. They'd talk about what she could blame him for though. Talking was the only way to get the poison out...
"Hi." she said simply, head still buried in the sketch portfolio.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Sept 25, 2013 20:47:20 GMT -6
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As they made a hasty retreat to the rendezvous point, Kealey couldn't help but scowl. That may have been the most ineffective she'd ever been in a crowd situation. The people had gotten angry again, the monster had escaped after hurting all of those people...and Shin had doubted her in front of all of those other police officers.
Something in the back of Kealey's head suggested that maybe there'd been an ulterior motive...something that had triggered the action beyond doubt in her capabilities. Unfortunately, the empathy wasn't in the mood to think about that. All that she could focus on was the moment when he'd said that maybe they were right and she should back down.
Once they were safe and sound at the rendezvous and the police were taking stock of the damage, Kealey looked around until her eyes fell on Shin. She focused on him for a moment to make sure he was as fine as someone in his position could be expected to be, then walked away pulling her phone from her pocket as she did.
"We'll talk at home. Be safe." She texted quickly, then made for home.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Aug 26, 2013 22:04:25 GMT -6
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"And heaven forbid Sam do his own paperwork." Kealey said with a fond grin in the general direction of their fearless leader.
As for the wedding, Kealey beamed.
"It was lovely, and nobody can say it was unexpected." she said with a candid grin. "One day we might even go on a honeymoon. Things have been too busy for that. Shin with his police work, and then I signed a contract with a big company uptown. I'm doing all the designs for their ad campaigns. It's grueling...and their board of directors is ruthless."
Looking at her sketchpad as she spread mayo on her bread, Kealey sighed.
"I'm muse dead though. I need to finish the signature look, and soon...but I keep drawing blanks."
The blond shook her head. Drew was cooking and concentrating, and the emotions associated with those two things were honestly comforting, and something to focus on besides the normal bustle of the Mansion. Maybe brownies were just what she needed.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Aug 25, 2013 8:35:54 GMT -6
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How had she been?
Drew's offer was simply too good to resist, and Kealey slipped onto one of the stools that had made its way into the kitchen over the years. It was further evidence that the kitchen was the real heart of the Mansion. Settled, Kealey shrugged her shoulders.
"Anything sweet." she said, changing her mind about the stool and heading for the fridge. "And I'll make a sandwich in the interim."
As to how she'd been, Kealey shrugged her shoulders, "I'm alright. Busy. People always said that things calmed down after the wedding, but it's just gotten more and more crazy for us." she said, pulling condiments and lunch meat out and setting them on the counter.
"What about you? It's hard to believe it's been this long. Please tell me you've been incredibly busy too, otherwise I'm going to feel even worse."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Aug 24, 2013 9:54:43 GMT -6
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Drew moved to throw away the apple core, and Kealey sloughed her way into the kitchen.
For once, the Library simply wasn't cutting it for the blond, and she needed a distraction. Most of the time, being at The Mansion was a welcome distraction from every day work and life in general. It was good to remember that she was part of something bigger than herself that didn't involve fabric and pins.
That was the problem though.
There was something huge involving fabric and pins that the board wanted to see the next week, and the ideas simply weren't flowing like they should have been. The blond had brought her sketch book to work with her in hopes that the library would inspire something for the last piece she needed to make...the signature piece in an upcoming ad. It was hard designing for a business campaign. After staring at a blank page for several hours, Kealey decided that maybe lunch would be inspiring and headed for the kitchen.
There was a surprise there for her.
"Drew!" she exclaimed, mind instantly trying to calculate how long it had been since she'd seen him, and how much longer it had been since they'd had a good talk.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Aug 2, 2013 10:36:34 GMT -6
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Things with the crowd were very quickly amping back up to a level that Kealey wasn't going to be able to control. In fact, she decided, they had probably passed that point. Kealey could feel Shin with the other cops, and his feelings were something they were going to discuss at length...but there'd be time for that later. For now...
The shard bands around the man in front of her disappeared, and Kealey gasped, keeping tight hold on his emotions. The last thing she needed now was for him to freak out again and start knocking heads together in the middle of the crowd that was quickly pushing in their direction.
There were so many more people than there were cops. Standing her ground, Kealey started strategically targeting members of the crowd. People stopped in their tracks, blocking other crowd members and slowing the general progress of the group. At its best, it was hard to move when one lost all motivation to do anything...at its worst, the feeling was momentarily disorienting. It was a quick fix though, and Kealey knew she wouldn't be able to keep up both her tasks much longer.
Then suddenly it was decision time, because the guy was running. Kealey saw him bowl over the cop with the collar control and free himself from his collar. Most of the other cops were distracted, and now he was running.
There wasn't really any choice in the blonde's mind. If the crowd continued like they were, people on both sides were going to get hurt. They'd reigned in that monster once...they could do it again. This might be the only chance they had to stop more violence in the crowd.
"I think it's time to go!" she called to the police. "I can't hold them much longer."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jul 30, 2013 9:05:23 GMT -6
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Keeping a man calm when her irritation was quickly building was something that Kealey found difficult. She managed though, working on compartmentalizing even as she shot a quick, narrow-eyed glance in her husband's general direction.
"I know what I'm doing." she said, just to remind him that she wasn't here as an innocent bystander who had been pulled into the mayhem. She had the X-Man uniform on, she had the boots, she had the com. In fact, she was the one who had brought the situation to the point where it was now. It chaffed her that now that she had gained the upper hand for everyone she was expected to step aside and let the 'professionals' do their job.
"I've got it under control, and I want to talk to him before you do." Kealey knew what had a tendency to happen to "cop killers" and it was funny to her that they so often resisted arrest.
The crowd was getting wound up again, and Kealey could feel it. Time was short, but in all honesty she was afraid of what would happen if she released her hold on the man in front of her. Yes, the collar might hold him, but if what he said was true and he had absolutely no control over his power...then would the collar stop if he changed? The police wouldn't stop it, for fear of him being on the loose again...so the blond stayed where she was.
"We can help you." she said to the man. "I will stay with you while they take you in, keep you calm, and we can go from there." It was the best Kealey could do. The police would never let her take a criminal from their custody, even if the mayhem he'd caused hadn't exactly been his fault. The...injured police had families, and those families deserved the closure of knowing that the person who had hurt them wouldn't do it again.
"It might not seem like it, but I know how you feel."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jul 27, 2013 15:50:09 GMT -6
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Kealey almost felt like she was punishing herself as she forcibly calmed the beast. What she hadn't expected was the part where he started to physically change. Every school child hears the tale of Jekyll and Hyde, but nobody ever really expects to see it in the middle of the street. What nobody really expects is to share Jekyll's emotions after the fact.
The police were angry, furious in fact, and they had reason to be. They were legitimately justified in their frustrations...but suddenly Kealey was worried for the man in the collar. He was still looking at her.
Slowly, she walked forward, completely heedless of the glances in her direction. Nobody tried to stop her, and she couldn't help but wonder if they would intervene if anything happened. When Kealey was close enough that she had to look up to maintain eye contact with the man who had wreaked so much havoc, she really took a look at what he was feeling.
It only took a few moments, and then the blonde's eyes widened.
"You really don't know?" she whispered.
"I'm going to keep you calm." she said, worried that if she didn't they'd relapse. "And we'll talk about it later."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jul 25, 2013 7:03:38 GMT -6
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From her back, the sky looked tranquil and fluffy white clouds lazily made their way across her field of vision. It was beautiful, and it was a life preserver to hold on to while Kealey tried to find herself in the sea of emotions. There was no more of the paralyzing terror, and the blond managed to swallow the bile that had risen in her throat as the other officers had been brutalized. It was a step in the right direction, clinging to physical responses that she knew were her own meant that she actually existed.
Kealey blinked and closed her left fist. None of the officers had been Shin. She couldn't see him from her vantage point, but she could feel him through the ring on her fourth finger. They weren't her emotions, but they were familiar...and they were livid.
Clawing through the other emotions was hard, nearly impossible, but over a matter of moments the emotions at the furthest of her range began to fade into the background. The center of the crowd followed, and as she crept towards the close edge things became manageable and the empath rolled, finding her hands and knees.
Able to focus again, Kealey realized that while the emotions from her husband were familiar, they were almost primal. The blond understood. She was feeling less than tranquil, and as she pushed to her feet, her eyes locked on the monster who had wrought all the chaos.
She was shaky, and wove for a moment as she started to approach her husband, the crowd in the background still slightly stunned from their own version of the emotional backlash that had seen Kealey on her back. It would give her time to help deal with the situation at hand.
The mutant that her husband was restraining was like nothing that Kealey had ever seen. He brought back memories of a grocery store and times long past. His muscles were straining, and he positively emanated rage. The blonde looked for his eyes and saw nothing there but the emotions she could feel...the rage was predominant, but there was something else that made the X-man's blood run cold.
Elation and pure unbridled joy...there was something else, something fleeting, but it was too weak to hold on to.
Kealey tasted metal in her mouth and realized that she'd bit her cheek. Taking a deep breath and not wanting to break Shin's concentration, she held the monster's eyes and went to work, pushing down that rage and joy, looking for a handhold on the glimmer of something else she'd felt.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jul 24, 2013 20:13:47 GMT -6
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Something was going on...something big was going on, but Kealey couldn't stop what she was doing to pay attention to what was happening around her. There were so many emotions, and they were so strong that for the first time in ages she felt like they might carry her away.
Someone had told her a long time ago that other emotions were background noise, but that seemed like another life, and couldn't possibly apply here. The crowd was calming though. The blond X-Man had started at the edges and was working her way in. The plan had seemed to make sense...the people furthest away were the calmest to start, and as they calmed the rest of the crowd had followed suit.
The strain was enormous, and from the sweat beading and rolling down her face, Kealey knew that she couldn't let go yet. The balance sliders she always imagined when manipulating emotions were pushing back...hard.
Then it happened.
Bursts of fear that quickly flared to utter and complete panic, then exploded into nothingness. Kealey had felt that before, and they were like a sucker punch to the back of the head. She knew what they meant and she gasped, concentration and control shattering . The backlash literally knocked her flat, and Kealey suddenly found herself on her back, all the emotions on the New York street pressing in on her from all sides.
Where was she? Who was she? There were so many questions, and so many feelings to sort out. The blond knew she was in there somewhere...it was finding out where and answering all the other questions that was the problem. Somehow she knew that she needed to do it fast, so she got to work.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 9, 2013 21:39:32 GMT -6
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Kealey almost frowned. She'd thought she was helping by giving the girl the information that the Detective had vaguely given away, but Kaitlyn seemed uneasy.
The frown faded with the girl's questions though, and she even chuckled in the end.
"You make a very valid point. A day without some kind of explosion here is rare. Which is probably why he came looking."
There was a pause while Kealey thought over her next words carefully.
"You're safe here though. As long as you want to stay."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 9, 2013 11:59:32 GMT -6
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The girl's emotions were absolutely fascinating, Kealey decided, and far too developed and mature than someone that age should have to deal with. Somehow, the blond decided, she was going to get the full story here, and do something to help.
The girl finally spoke, after looking at the card for an eternity, and Kealey nodded her head. "You'd have definitely given yourself away to the Detective." she said, decided that staying practical was the best course of action here. "Even if he was inside at the time. I know the NYPD, and they don't go anywhere without letting half the department know."
The blond studied the little girl, wondering why she was so willing to work against the force that her husband was a loyal part of.
"He's figured out that you can do that, by the way." Kealey said, "So you'll want to do as little of that as possible if you want to stay under the radar."
It was what the girl needed. That's why. And she hadn't blown up the school.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 2, 2013 15:48:10 GMT -6
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The girl was sitting on the floor, and Kealey shook her head at the way she tensed in recognition. There weren't a lot of feelings there, which generally meant that instincts were firing strongly.
Was the detective gone? "He is." the empath said, coming through the doorway and joining Kaitlyn on the floor.
"I told you I would send him away, and I did." she said matter-of-factly, pulling the card from her pocket.
"He gave me this, but I think you should have it." she said, holding the small square of cardstock out towards the younger woman. Kealey hadn't even looked at the thing, so hopefully giving Kaitlyn a little control over the situation would help her out.
"If you want to keep the book, I can check it out to you. You can also come in here any time you need somewhere to chill out."
Kealey looked at the girl earnestly. "Is there anything else I can help with?"
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 1, 2013 12:26:09 GMT -6
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"I will call you if any relevant information presents itself."
Well. That had been easy enough, Kealey decided as the Detective took the picture back and frowned at it. He was disappointed, and the empath's heart went out to him a bit. Who knew what he really wanted to do with his investigation? Maybe he'd just been trying to help the girl the whole time.
....but maybe not. Kealey watched him as he left, and decided she would talk to Shin and see if he could figure anything out, get some details. Maybe the whole thing was getting blown out of proportion.
Just to be sure that the Detective was really gone, Kealey waited a few moments after the door had closed, then made her way towards the room where the young girl had gone.
It was an interesting approach, and Kealey hesitated to knock on the door. The little girl was still full of distrust and fear, and if what the Detective said was true, then it might be a little dangerous to startle her.
The empath frowned though...it would be cruel to make the girl wait. So, Kealey reached up and knocked, then grinned and waved.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jun 1, 2013 11:50:35 GMT -6
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Boy...there were a lot of people...and boy were they angry.
Kealey had thought she'd be able to handle it. She walked down these streets every day, even at rush hour, and she could barely tell anymore. She'd practiced, and honed her skills; they were precise, they were impressive, and most of the time people didn't even know that she'd used her powers on them...
This...was on a total other level though. The whole crowd was so singular, so angry, so driven. Kealey caught Shin's worried glance and pursed her lips. Someone had to help. The Police were struggling to keep their heads above water here...working against a crowd that some would say was on their side. Everyone here hated mutants. Kealey met the eyes of a man in the crowd and frowned as he took in her uniform, she could feel the hatred.
The blond held his eyes and took all that hate away. The man's face lost its pinched look, just for a second, and Kealey smiled before turning to her husband. "I've got this." she said, reaching up to pull her ponytail tight.
"Just watch my back. I'm going to have to concentrate, and I'm not going to be able to do that if I'm getting hit with eggs."
That said, Kealey took a deep breath and let her carefully constructed walls down...just a little bit. A river of emotions rushed in, and she struggled to fight them...to push them and guide them where she wanted them.