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 Pharoah Dynasty
An ancient sorceress is on a quest to bring her long-lost warrior-king to the modern era in a bid for global domination. Can the heroes of the modern world stop her before all is lost?
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 Ty Fisher on Dec 9, 2012 21:16:32 GMT -6
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Ty continued crying, curled up into a tight little ball. He didn't know what to do. He felt like she was trying to push him away...but he couldn't leave her. No matter how bad he'd considered it, even before now, he couldn't force himself to leave her.
Finally, he spoke, his voice shaky but firm. "I'm sorry....I didn't intend for any of this to happen...None of the bloodshed. None of the bullcrap that went down, especially today. All I was looking for a friend...and now that I thought I FINALLY found one in you...you hate my freaking guts. And probably never wanna see me again..." He clenched his eyes shut as more tears ran down, soaking her couch. "I'm sorry I'm such a bother...." his voice cracked.
Tses pressed her face in her knees, and then lifted her eyes, staring at the cabinets across from her. She looked at the tiny trickles of darkened wood mingling with the lighter shades of brown, and their edges were perfect, unopened since she started living here. The tile under her felt cold, but it helped shock her senses into sorting themselves out.
"I don't hate your guts." Tses said. She didn't know if he could hear her, she wasn't yelling, but her voice was firm, if not shaking with her emotions. "I hate that I don't hate you though... I hate that I can't push you away. You drive me crazy, sure... but I never know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. You make me laugh... I haven't felt happy like this in a long time. But I just don't know how to handle it...." She sat stone faced, staring at the wood in front of her. The lines kept bluring with the strange wet driblets of water rolling down her face. She was glad he was in the other room. She didn't want him to see her cry anymore than he wanted her to.
Posted by Ty Fisher on Dec 9, 2012 21:28:00 GMT -6
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"Well...I'm glad you don't hate me...Though part of that's probably my fault," he replied. "I...I don't know why, but I never could bring myself to just leave you. I enjoy being with you. It's fun, and we share good times together, as well as bad but the good ones....well...I enjoy them, okay? Maybe I liked sharing lunch like that before it went sour. Maybe I like running across rooftops and terrorizing cops with you..."
He sat up, wiping tears from his eyes. "You're the first person in a long time I've been able to spend time with like that...and I'm afraid my power may have ruined it..."
"Don't blame your powers, I'm the one with issues, not you." Tses murmured, putting her arms across her knees and burying her face against her arm bands. "You're biggest mistake was trying to be with someone who is not good at being with people..." Sometimes, she thought it could work. When they were stealing together, hanging out together, eating lunch. Sometimes, she didn't know how it could. How could she be friends with someone when she was terrified of having anyone close to her? How could she trust someone when she was used to only looking out for herself? She didn't like to be weak, didn't like to need people. She liked being independent, but also liked having someone to lean on.
"You're the only person I've ever been able to hang out with like this..." Tses admitted, her voice barely audible except for the echoing power of the kitchen.
Posted by Ty Fisher on Dec 9, 2012 21:38:16 GMT -6
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"You call it a mistake," Ty said, getting up to go find her. "Me? I call it a challenge. I'm usually not very trusting, so you must have done something right," he reassured. "Maybe I'm a little soft. Maybe I'm not as tough as most. But maybe I don't need to be. I'm a determined little booger when I need to be."
His eyes scanned the room. "Yeah, I understand. But sometimes it's better to take the gamble than to just throw it out the window. If it doesn't work....at least we tried," he said. "Now...could ya do me a favor and come outta hiding so we can talk face to face? Please?"
Tses fidgeted, and stuck her leg out and used the tip of her shoe to open and close the cupboard. It was a childish action, like a little kid who was hiding from someone but desperately wanted to be found. The little motions were attempts to get up, without actual success in the matter. She still had her arm wrapped around her other knee, and picked at the fabric of her skirt. She heard him asking for her to come out, and she scrunched her legs back up.
"Not hiding... just sitting." Her voice echoed from the kitchen, and she poked the little tears that were seeping into her skin. She heard him moving, and tried to get herself to stand, but nothing seemed to move.
Posted by Ty Fisher on Dec 9, 2012 22:01:21 GMT -6
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Ty heard the cupboard door, then her voice, so he walked to the source of the sound. Kneeling down, he opened the door.
"There you are," he said with a weak smile. He sat next to her, looking at her. He held out his hand to her, gloved, of course. "Need any help?" he asked with a more sincere smile. The awkwardness was sort of dying down now, and the blush no longer tinted his cheeks. Tears were no longer staining his face though it was obvious he'd been crying.
Tses looked up at him, and her face looked lost. There were red edges to the whites of her eyes, little tear stains, and her expression was neither angry, or smiling. She just looked vulnerable... scared, and terribly uncertain. She reached for his hand though, and let him help her, and sat next to him on the kitchen floor tugging at her boot laces and trying not to make eye contact.
"I....I'm sorry." She said. The words were hard to say, but it made her feel better. She finally got herself to look at him, and was surprised to see he had been crying also. "Some tough mutants we are, huh? I bet the cops in town are putting us on their most wanted now." She tried to give a little smile to release the awkwardness of the situation.
Posted by Ty Fisher on Dec 9, 2012 22:17:19 GMT -6
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"Yeah...we're enemies of the cops and society in general, and here we are crying and sharing our feelings." He gave a dry chuckle, not letting go of her hand just yet. For now, he was sort of enjoying it.It was nice, in his mind.
"Don't worry, it's okay. You don't have to apologize," he said with a smile. "But hey, we are tough. We made it this far. But dodging bullets doesn't prepare us for the emotional crap."
Tses sighed and put her head against her knees. All this yelling and crying made her head hurt, and there was a small throbbing in her temples. But she was too exhausted to do anything about it, and just let it throb. She felt awkward when she realized she was still holding Ty's hand, but this time she didn't yank it away so fast. It was comforting, if nothing else. "What do you see in me anyway? Besides me amazing roof jumping skills." She laughed slightly, giving him a sheepish grin. In the back of her head, a voice kept saying this is dumb.... why are we having 'feeling' times? It wasn't super strong though and easy to ignore.
"Is it my charming social skills?" There were several things that she didn't have for her... a lack of basic talents like cooking and art and reading were some marks against her, for sure. She had a long list of things wrong with her, but not so many she could think of towards her.
Posted by Ty Fisher on Dec 9, 2012 22:37:54 GMT -6
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He held onto her hand, gently stroking it with his thumb. "I don't know...the mischief, the roof jumping, the excitement definitely did it, but...." he sighed. "You accepted me, from the beginning. Though you may have wanted to, you haven't told me to leave you alone or go to hell. You told me the exact opposite. On top of that...you're strong. So much stronger than me. That's to be admired."
He looked her in the eyes. "You're not as bad as you may think. Nobody's perfect. Besides...I don't want perfection. Just...someone who's there for me..."
The situation... seemed ridiculous to her in a way. They were sitting on the floor of a kitchen that never got cooked in. They were in an apartment without a t.v., or any real form of entertainment, in an apartment building of meth heads, crazy cat ladies and mutants trying to hide from the world. They were in a city that thought she was freak; in the past weeks she destroyed two grocery stories, been attacked by police and a shadow mutant, chased across the rooftop, shot, fallen through a skylight, fought with a shadow mutant, a human and a shopping cart... and found someone breaking through her barriers and working his way into her heart.
She looked down at his hand in hers. It embarrassed her, but felt nice at the same time. It confused her but she didn't push him away. It didn't make sense. Or maybe it did. She went from having no friends to having a best friend... if you could call him that. It was hard not to wiggle away though. "I feel like you're just going to get disappointed by me. I keep trying to warn you I'm no good for you. I can't promise I can always be there... I can try to be, because I like having you around... I just... I just hope you realize what you're getting yourself into." She murmered finally. She looked up at him, and when he looked into her eyes, she felt exposed again, but it didn't make her angry. It just made her worried she was going to hurt someone other than herself.
Posted by Ty Fisher on Dec 9, 2012 23:04:57 GMT -6
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Ty was....out of his element. He was used to running and excitement, and here they were on a kitchen floor, pouring their hearts out. Though for the most part, he kind of liked it. It was sweet, in a way.
"That's the thing," Ty said. "I never know what I'm getting into. I just do what I feel and face whatever consequences later. Roll with the punches. Enjoy the good times while you can, because they likely won't last forever, anyway. I'm used to disappointment, but I learn to embrace the moment while I can...."
Unexpectedly, without even thinking, he leaned in, his lips meeting hers in a quick, yet gentle kiss. When he pulled away, he realized what'd happened and blushed, expecting to likely die in the next minute or so.
The moment was sweet while it lasted. She felt normal, like a dumb girl wearing a skirt and holding a guys hand. But, if Tses was one thing, she wasn't normal. And the sweet tender moment was destined to go to hell eventually, right? As he talked, she felt herself tense, then things seemed to move in slow motion. He leaned towards her, and she sat frozen as his lips touched hers. It was quick, but sent static up her spine and through her body, jolting her back to normal.
"Wha.... what was that!" Tses snapped, jerking her hand away and smacking him on the back of the head. She skittering to her feet, her hands glowing with green energy as she touched her fingers to her tingling lips. Her cheeks were pink first with embarrassment then with anger, but her eyes were wide with her torn emotions. She didn't hurt him with her swat, but she once more looked like a cornered cat backed against the wall. His moment of courage left her in a moment of befuddlement. "I didn't... you shouldn't... No." She growled at him, expression scolding and hand clenching and unclenching irritably.
In her head, she tried to process her reactions: there was the one side of her that couldn't handle someone trying to be close to her, and the other was confused because she liked how it made her feel. How could she let someone that close to her? How had she let him kiss her? How could she be so stupid... He was dumb, and puppy-like, and terribly awfully charming in his own way. He made her stomach turn upside down, made her dizzy and made her thoughts feel like they were stuck in a maze of mud. He made her feel like a person, feel human... feel alive...
And she didn't like it. She couldn't stand it. Not...one...bit.
Posted by Ty Fisher on Dec 10, 2012 5:16:18 GMT -6
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....Ohhhh crap. While it lasted, the moment was sweet. But when it was over...it wasn't so much.
"I...I don't know," he stammered, scooting backwards as she got back into attack mode. Crap crap crap. Crap. "Maybe I shouldn't have.....but I did...." he murmured, back against the counter. But this time, he didn't apologize. He looked into her eyes, part of him fearing for his life. The other part was happy.
How? Who knew. His face was beet red, and he had his back to a wall. And the girl he'd just kissed, he ended up making mad again. Maybe it was because he managed to step out on a limb. But one thing remained...
Inside, he was still fearing for his life. "Guess I just sorta seized the moment? ....No hard feelings?" he stammered again. Damn....I shoulda kissed her longer...