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 May 28, 2013 22:04:29 GMT -6
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Again, it was lucky that Kealey was an empath, otherwise she probably would have reacted more than simple raised eyebrows. A twelve year old who could explode at will. That was an interesting power. Kealey had assumed it was something like that though, how else would the girl have made her desperate threat?
The picture was close, Kealey decided, as she reached out and plucked it from the Detective's grasp. She'd been unimpressed by the lack of common courtesy from the man in front of her, and frowned over the picture for quite some time.
"In all honesty, children that young are fairly rare in our school." she said. "And unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the one you're looking for." She wasn't technically lying, before today she'd never met Kaitlyn...and had just learned the girl's name.
Lifting blue eyes to meet the Detective's, Kealey regarded him seriously, "I assume you've got a card to leave in case I see someone matching this description?"
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 28, 2013 16:46:17 GMT -6
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And...there he was...
Kealey tilted her head as the man approached her in the morning sun. The benefit of being an empath was that she could tell right off the bat that the detective knew what he was doing. There was a decision to be made here, one that Kealey hardly ever made. She had to decide how she was going to lie. A few more moments of study gave Kealey the basic measure of the man and she rose from the chair, making her way over to him.
It tended to weird people out when she acted like she knew what they were about, so she simply stopped in front of him, curiosity written on her features.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 27, 2013 8:52:24 GMT -6
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Kealey didn't miss the part where the girl's hand hovered over the book on the Registration Act. It had been a tough decision to even include that in the school's library, because the wounds from that awful time were still so fresh for so many. As always, the librarian felt a bit sheepish about the whole thing. She hadn't even been in the country at the time and hadn't been able to do a thing to help. It was beside the point , though, and Kealey turned her mind to the task at hand.
This girl was most definitely a mystery, and again, Kealey marveled that they'd never ran into each other before. It was strange to say the least and the youngster moved towards those study rooms, she once again resolved to find out more.
Now that the first crisis had been averted, Kealey found herself wondering exactly what to do next. The empath would keep her word if the police officer showed up in the library, she'd sworn to protect the children of this school. Whatever the NYPD's motives...pure or otherwise...it was obviously far better for the girl to stay right where she was..at least for the time being.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 25, 2013 9:02:08 GMT -6
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Kealey's sigh of relief was far more mental than it was physical or discernible. The situation really was that desperate, she supposed, and decided not to judge the girl on her snap decision to hold the whole school hostage.
As she watched the girl's retreating back, Kealey resolved to find out more about her after all of this was over. The girl stopped and turned, and Kealey found her head tilted again as the young one asked for a book about history.
Kealey smiled. "Of course I do." she said, and led the girl in that direction.
"It's not as large as I'd hope, but I've been working really hard to update it. When I first started, there wasn't anything in here from this century." she said, staring at the shelves. "I kept all the old ones, of course, but I moved most of them into storage."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 16, 2013 21:07:44 GMT -6
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Kealey could feel the fear and the panic welling up in the girl as she started to tell the story.... Immediately, the librarian's heart went even more out to the little girl standing in front of her who was so very scared about going back to her family.
Whatever had happened with her family, and Kealey had a few ideas about what those things might be, must have been really bad. In fact, she'd just been opening her mouth to tell the little girl that no more information was necessary when the threats started.
The little girl was desperate, and scared, and felt like she was backed into a corner. Kealey was scared now too, because she knew what it was like to be an impulsive child with powers that were bigger than herself.
"I'll bet you could." the blond said, frowning slightly at the girl. "But, you could also not."
Kealey shrugged, "I don't need to know anymore. I just thought you might need someone to talk to, and I'm a good listener." Kealey's voice was calm, and she was looking right at the girl.
"Do you want to wait in one of the study rooms until he's gone? "
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 14, 2013 19:53:51 GMT -6
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The girl was young, and Kealey watched her face closely as she spoke. The desperation and fear had intensified tenfold when the girl had realized who she was standing in front of, and it was all Kealey could do to keep herself from pulling the student into a hug. The feelings were so intense that the blond was nearly shaking herself Something told the empathy that she'd make things worse if she tried, though, and she held back. Listening was a good plan at this point, the empath decided and did so, face betraying nothing but a raised eyebrow when she was asked to lie to a police officer.
This was an interesting, and delicate situation. The girl was obviously terrified, even more so at having been stumbled upon. She nodded her head slowly.
"Deal." she said, hoping to calm the youngster before laying down any stipulations.
"If you tell me why I need to lie. See, I take telling the truth very seriously, so, I need a good reason." The blond thought that was fair.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on May 6, 2013 20:24:51 GMT -6
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This was definitely one of those times when Kealey loved to be on Mansion duty. It was a Saturday, and there was sunlight streaming in the windows as she sat at one of the study tables in the library. The world was emitting calm, and she was soaking it up, along with the sunlight. For whatever reason, the library was empty, and there wasn't a lot of work to be done.
Everything was great.
At least it was great until the doors opened and a ball of emotion so....desperate entered the room that the cloud that was lazily making its way across the sun seemed like anything but a coincidence.
The empath instantly wondered if the visitor had come to find her, and rose from her seat. Students often wandered in when they needed emotional help. Around the shelves Kealey went, and found herself face to face with a student she didn't know.
The blond frowned, looking at the young girl and tilted her head slightly to one side.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Apr 15, 2013 21:51:40 GMT -6
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Kealey could feel the movement in the room before she could see the shadows moving in the little crack of light above the carpet. She was pleased though, she hadn’t woke anyone and the Mansion’s visitor would get to see his friend.
The door opened and Kealey found herself looking into a pair of blue eyes. Being quite petite, this was something of a novelty and the blonde smiled at the other blonde.
”Hi, I hope I’m not bothering you…my name is Kealey, I'm the librarian here, and I'm on supervision duty tonight. I was walking on the grounds a bit ago and I ran into a rather unique young man who says he is a friend of yours.” it all came out in a bit of a rush, Irish accent tinging the words slightly.
Kealey let her words sink in for a moment, then took a step back, so as not to crowd the door.
”I told him I’d see if you were awake and send you to the livingroom to see him if you were. I promised snacks. His name is Sylar, and he requested meat.”
Kealey smiled, pleased with her hospitality. ”Can you think of anything you’d like to snack on? If you’re wanting to see him, I’ll go get the food and meet you two there, if you’d rather not see him, I’ll go and tell him you are asleep.”
The words had come on the fly, and Kealey suddenly realized she might be putting this young girl in a difficult situation. She’d have to gauge the girl's emotions carefully. This had suddenly become a delicate situation.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Apr 4, 2013 19:32:37 GMT -6
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Blind?!
Kealey made a surprised little "Oh!" sound when the revelation was made and tilted her head to get a better look at the person inside the hood. His hair was red, and his face was heavily affected by his mutation.
"I hadn't realized. I'm sorry if I was insensitive."
The boy was still scared, just on the edge of something primal that Kealey couldn't exactly sense. What had life done to him in such a short time? The blonde's heart went out to the young man, but she didn't force her issues. She'd made the offer, he'd heard, and it would stand as long as he wanted it to.
Excusing herself, Kealey made her way out of the living room and down to the admission office. She obtained Serena's room placement from the greeter on duty, and made her way to the students' quarters. As the blond went down the hall, she stretched out with her powers, looking more deeply into what was going on in the rooms as she passed. Many were asleep, their emotions the flat calm that came with the early cycles of sleep. Later, their dreams would change things, but there was always this calm at first.
Stopping at the door, the blond tilted her head, as if she was studying the wood. The emotions didn't necessarily seem asleep, and there was a light coming from under the door. Kealey rose a fist...hesitated...then knocked, the action bringing a smile to her face. How many times had she knocked on Shin's door like this? Ah, The Mansion...hopefully Serena was awake to hear.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Mar 29, 2013 9:02:20 GMT -6
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The further into the building they got, the more intense the boy's feelings got. Kealey frowned a bit as he talked, registering the level of discomfort as they came to the idea of living in the mansion. She'd let her exuberance run away with her and she'd scared him.
"Of course." she said with a kindly smile over her shoulder as they walked. "But I do hope you'll make your visits a more common thing." she stopped in front of the living room and gestured for Sylar to precede her.
"The students say we have excellent TV's...and the Kitchen is open 24 hours a day!"
Looking around at the room, and finding it deserted, Kealey nodded.
"If you want to wait here, I can go and find your friend. Then if you want, I'll stop in the kitchen on my way back and grab you guys a snack. Anything you prefer?"
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Mar 27, 2013 18:45:49 GMT -6
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Things were calming down quite nicely now, and Kealey grinned as the fact that Sylar was impressed came across through his emotions. He was a special kind of guy. Most people were squidgy about her power to say the least.
As to her job, Kealey shrugged. "The library is a part-time gig. I do some other things around the Mansion, but full-time I'm a fashion designer."
They spoke as they approached the building, and Kealey shook her head slightly at Sylar's question. "There is something very familiar about the name, but I can't bring a face to mind at the moment. I know most of the students though, I'm sure once I see her I'll know."
As Kealey re-opened the front door and led her guest inside, she mulled over what he said about living in the sewers. He seemed pleased that he'd managed to scare his friend, but it wasn't malicious pleasure...it was more something that simply felt like a part of him. The blond filed the info away in her curly haired head for later.
"You know we have scholarship programs for people who want to live here, but don't have the means...." she said as she led him towards one of the livingrooms on the ground floor.
"And if you wanted to go to school...we could set up night classes." If there was one thing Kealey was good at...it was pitching the school.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Mar 24, 2013 16:20:32 GMT -6
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So they were more similar than Sylar had first though. The idea made Kealey smile into the darkness as the younger mutant made his observation. It was generally how it went with people who had been mistreated by life and made their way to the Mansion.
Sylar had asked more questions though, and Kealey felt like she owed him answers. She nodded her head to indicate the first.
"I can feel them. They're a little different in places, but I knew you were curious and happy when I mentioned your friend." In situations like these, honesty was the best policy. As to why she was outside...
"I do have a bed, but it's in Manhattan with my husband. I'm in the employ of the school, and tonight is my night to supervise. I needed a break." It was the truth, and much more simple than trying to explain the whole X-Men thing.
Sylar agreed to go inside, so Kealey smiled and turned, making her way slowly back the way she'd come from. One of the benefits of being a Mansion employee was that she had all-hours access to the building.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Mar 24, 2013 14:16:59 GMT -6
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Kealey didn't argue. People did horrible things to each other in this world and the scars from those wounds weren't able to heal in a single conversation. There may have been more to this story, but until the blond knew all the facts, she wasn't going to judge.
What made her different? Kealey peered into the darkness, trying to discern more about the person crouched in front of her. Maybe this was going to be a quid pro quo exchange. Maybe if she gave a little trust, he'd do the same.
"I can sense emotions. In most cases, I can manipulate them." she said, hoping that she wasn't scaring Sylar by sharing the information. "I don't, though."
As for being cold, she shrugged her shoulders, "I'm chilly, but it's a welcome change from the inside of the building. It's quiet this time of night, but there are still a lot of teenagers."
Sylar had said that he avoided places during the day, and Kealey filed the information away, glancing to the side. "Do you want to come in? I could see if your friend is still awake." She had ulterior motives, and wasn't afraid of bringing him inside. He said he was a monster, and he looked formidable, but he wasn't the only one with confidence.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Mar 24, 2013 9:57:34 GMT -6
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The tension in the air abated slightly with her questions, and Kealey let her hands fall to a more natural place at her sides. The voice came again, some of the edge gone, and the words made Kealey breathe out a soft sigh, then smile sadly. He (she simply assumed because there was nothing to imply otherwise) thought he was a monster.
More statements, more questions, and Kealey simply listened, head tilted slightly to one side as she digested what the Mansion's visitor had to say. When he finished, she nodded her head in the dark. She knew vaguely of the girl he spoke of, as she did most of the students at the Mansion. Beyond that, though, she was a bit in the dark.
"First. There are no monsters here." she said, gently but firmly. "We all are who we are, and who the creator made us. We've got more wings, claws, tails and scales than you can shake a stick at in this building." she added with a firm nod.
As to the next, she nodded her head, "I am. But far less impressive than some, and I promise you that some would think me far more monstrous than anyone with visible evidence of their X-Gene." Maybe he'd be curious and ask her more questions. Now that Kealey had seen this young man, how skiddish he was, and she knew how he referred to himself...she wanted to help.
"And of course we welcome you here. We welcome everyone." she paused and smiled, wrapping her arms around her middle in the slight chill of the night. "They usually just don't choose to visit in the middle of the night. That's why I was startled."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Mar 23, 2013 21:04:38 GMT -6
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Fear. Whoever it was, this person was scared, if only for a moment...and that meant they were probably not a student. The other thing that meant was that they hadn't been expecting company on the grounds tonight.
The sudden movement made Kealey squeak slightly in surprise, and she took a few involuntary steps backwards, a hand to her mouth as the moving figure resolved itself in shadow. The voice was tense, as were the strange emotions, but something about it suggested youth.
Taking a deep breath to calm her slightly elevated pulse, Kealey dropped her hands and held them spread in front of herself. "I'll stay right here." she said, Irish accent lightly coloring her words as they flowed.
"And this is that school...Are you looking to enroll?" The fact that the question might seems silly in the middle of the night didn't occur to the blond. If the moonlight glinting off the figure in front of her suggested anything, it was that if he'd come with the intention of doing harm, it would have already been done.