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.
>>"He--... Eh...You probably wouldn't know him... Besides, if you killed him, who'd I pawn the kid off on all the time?"
"Me?" Maya grinned. It was surreal, having a friend not much older than her who was actually going to have a real life baby. It was definitely a weird situation and a lot of stress... but.
>>"...A better question would be how am I going to tell him he's a daddy?"
"He doesn't know yet?" Maya sighed "Ya really got into the deep end this time didn't ya. Okay, so... um."
There was really no delicate way of saying this, but Megan was a friend, and friends look out for each other. Especially if there is no daddy in the picture.
"I guess the question is... are you going to keep the baby?..."
Sometimes Maya was glad she did not plan on ever being a mommy.
The idea of Maya playing babysitter earned a laugh from Megan, which was actually very appreciated. It was nice to know that even though she'd really stepped in it big time, her friend was still... well, a friend.
She shook her head, a nervous, sheepish grin on her lips. "Nope, doesn't know a thing..."
"I guess the question is... are you going to keep the baby?..."
She nodded, then faulted. She'd already been to the doctor and had heard his concerns. There were of options of course, but none she really felt comfortable taking. "...yes, I am." Hearing the words coming out of her own mouth, though, was still kind of a shock.
"Just dunno what I'm going to do about all of that other stuff." Another pause, while she resumed petting Angua, then, "What... what would you do if you and Ami were in this position?"
>>"...yes, I am. Just dunno what I'm going to do about all of that other stuff... What... what would you do if you and Ami were in this position?"
"Um..." Maya considered the possibility for a second and turned slightly pale "Freak the **** out I guess." she said, honestly.
Finding out you got a girl preggers? That was the biggest freak out in the big book of freak outs. That was a classic. Whoever the guy was, Maya did not envy him.
"Um... Ami and I kinda broke up after... the dream. It was a mess."
Talking about the... other thing.
"Anyway. Are you two, er... together?" she ventured, looking at Megan again. That was a good starting point for figuring out how to break the news.
Guess they were in the same boat, there. But not on the breaking up part. "You broke up?... Sh*t..." Megan didn't know Ami as well as she knew Maya, but figured she probably wasn't taking it too well. Most girls she knew didn't, when their boyfriend broke up with them. "Together?...ha! That's a riot... he's... uh.. he's not exactly the type I'd get together with." Too freakin' nice, if you asked her. That was his problem. Megan wasn't even sure she could connect with anyone in anything even resembling a romantic relationship, either. Not after her last debacle of love.
"This kinda just came out of a fling, is all." She shrugged and eyed the girl in front of her, "... What did you break up with Ami for? Did something happen in the dream?" One of these days she was going to hunt down the mutant responsible for that nightmare, and shove a heel clad foot up his butt.
>>"You broke up?... Sh*t... Together?...ha! That's a riot... he's... uh.. he's not exactly the type I'd get together with. This kinda just came out of a fling, is all."
Well then. That made things more and less complicated at the same time. Maya nodded, mulling things over, trying to see it both as a boy and a girl. She had a unique knack for being able to do that...
>>"... What did you break up with Ami for? Did something happen in the dream?"
Maya was dragged back from her musings by Megan's question. Looked like it was girls-sharing-secrets time.
"She saw me catching a bullet for Maxine. Shitty way to die in front of your girlfriend." Maya sighed "It was not fair to her either. At least we agreed on that."
She tossed the ball back.
"So... what do you want him to say to the baby?...."
"...So.. what, like... you saved the wrong girl?" She didn't quite get it. Not having been at the mansion at the time, seeing as she'd been caught up with...erm.. other things, she honestly had no idea what kind of chaos had been going down in the school. All she'd seen was the after math.. and the graves.
The memories saddened her all over again, and she reached out to punch the girl in the shoulder with a frown on her lips. "While I can't necessarily blame you for something that happened in a dream; D*ck move, Gwainya, d*ck move."
She made a mental note to track Ami down later and see how she was doing. "...I...what?" Unsure of what to say, she felt suddenly flustered. What did she want?
"...I... I don't really know. I haven't decided if I'm telling him yet."
>>"While I can't necessarily blame you for something that happened in a dream; D*ck move, Gwainya, d*ck move."
"Ow! Enough with the punching, crazy pregnant lady!" Maya whined, sticking her tongue out at Megan. "If it makes ya feel better, both of them hate me now. And Maxine punched my jaw black. You'd think at least she would be grateful. Pffft."
With that said, they returned to the original topic of baby daddy.
>>"...I...what? ...I... I don't really know. I haven't decided if I'm telling him yet."
"Well, talking about d*ck moves" Maya pointed out "It's better if he finds out sooner rather than later. Even if ya don't want anything from him. He kinda has to know, I guess. But that doesn't mean he's gotta have anything to do with the kid. That's your call, and if he doesn't think so, well. I've gotten better at archery."
"If it makes ya feel better, both of them hate me now. And Maxine punched my jaw black. You'd think at least she would be grateful. Pffft."
Not the Maxine she'd heard about. With an eye roll, Megan let the topic drop... for now. She flashes a tongue right back at him for pointing out her hypocrisy. "Guess you're right about that. I'm just not looking forward to ruining his life with the news." After a short pause, she corrected something, "... not with this news, at least, seeing as I'm stuck being involved."
The idea of Maya chasing Nate down with a bow and a few well places arrows brought a wicked grin to her lips, and she bit back a snort of laughter. Guess she knew who to turn to now, if or when things took a nose dive.
"Hey... would you wanna be the god parent? You're kind of the only person I know well enough to trust with a baby." Her gaze landed on the dog laying happily sprawled on her bed. "....My baby..."
...@#$%!
Tears pricked at her eyes again, and her face screwed up as she battled them back. "...mother#%@^in' hormones..."
>> "Guess you're right about that. I'm just not looking forward to ruining his life with the news... not with this news, at least, seeing as I'm stuck being involved."
"He'll live." Maya shrugged "I mean it's gonna suck either way, but he's not really the one with the responsibility here. Last thing ya need is start worryin' about him on top of everythin'."
Fling or no fling, mysterious baby daddy got filed in Maya's mind under 'jerk' permanently and in advance.
>>"Hey... would you wanna be the god parent? You're kind of the only person I know well enough to trust with a baby....My baby...mother#%@^in' hormones..."
"I'd love to." Maya smiled, and put an arm around Megan's shoulders "I mean, can ya imagine a better role model for your baby than me? Seriously. And ya get a godmother and a godfather in one package. We're gonna rock this."