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 Ashton Drake on Sept 5, 2013 20:38:04 GMT -6
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(( OOC: These are just vignettes, snapshots, to skip some time between Chicago and the present, and cover some moments. ))
"Mars," the redhead said, eyes straying out the squad car window. "Is bright tonight." The window caught the glint from the moon overhead... or maybe a street light, obscuring her face from the outside slightly with the glare.
It was a new squad car, the replacement for their old squad car, which had gotten crushed during the New York Riots by an unhappy mutant. It had the new car smell, new cupholders, new computer and radio, and all the brand new gadgets he was glad to have. He'd been so excited when he'd shown it to her, she'd said he'd practically been bouncing. He'd smirked. He'd known what to say then. Not so much now.
Ashton's eyes hopped over the dashboard to his partner in the passenger-side seat. They were on a stake-out, hot coffee in the fresh cup-holders, enjoying new car smell and a brand new mirror pine tree.. and she was talking about Mars. "Er..." They'd kissed. They were in a relationship. So it would have been rude of him to brush this little eccentricity off with silence, a grunt, or a mumble. That would have been zero effort. She made him feel like putting in some effort. So, honest curiosity fleshing out the edges of his voice, he asked her. "I'm not too familiar with the stars and the planets, Quin. What's that mean?"
Posted by Quincy Archer on Sept 5, 2013 20:56:11 GMT -6
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What did it mean?
Quin hadn't even realized she was speaking out loud until Ashton responded to her comment. She'd been staring out the window, musing about how weird new cars smelled, "Hmm?" she asked, blinking a bit while her mind caught up with the conversation.
"Oh." she said, cheeks burning slightly as she cast a sideways look at Ashton. Over the last couple of years, she'd worked so hard to push this side of herself into the background, that it was embarrassing when it showed itself.
"You can see the planet Mars really well tonight. It only happens on really clear nights every once and a while." she nodded towards the car window, "It's perfectly round, not like stars that have blurry edges...and it's just slightly pink."
That wasn't all, and it wasn't what was embarrassing about this situation.
"In some circles...Mars being bright means that there is a fight brewing somewhere."
Posted by Ashton Drake on Sept 5, 2013 21:13:57 GMT -6
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In the dark, he couldn't really see her cheeks... but from the way she reacted, seemingly lost in her own mind until he reminded her he was there, he sensed that 'just slightly pink' applied to more than just Mars.
He recalled she'd mentioned Mars at least once before in their working relationship... then hadn't really talked about it again. Probably because Cervantes hadn't really dug the nonsense-talk... or at least, that was how he remembered it. Certainly, he didn't remember his silence that had practically screamed 'eye roll'. A lot had changed since then, hence the 'honest curiosity.' With hippy parents, she had to have all sorts of interesting quirks she'd been hiding. A small smile had crossed his lips as he'd listened to her explain this one.
"I see," Ashton said in a tone that spoke acceptance, if not complete understanding. "That's interesting. You'll have to explain more about heavenly bodies to me some time, Quin. I never would have guessed you'd know that."
Posted by Quincy Archer on Sept 7, 2013 16:08:11 GMT -6
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Now Ashton was just going out of his way to be nice, and act interested. Quin had to cover her mouth for a moment to hide a small smile. It was sweet, it really was, but she really couldn't stop the comment that flowed from her lips in the following moments.
"Detective Drake, I thought heavenly bodies were one of your specialties. I don't know what I could possibly teach you."
Posted by Ashton Drake on Sept 7, 2013 16:18:23 GMT -6
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Just like her comment flowed, so too did his smirk, spreading across his mouth like a wave. "I dunno, Buttercup." He chuckled. "I still haven't seen yours."
Coffee, he sipped, without taking his eyes off hers. It was good and dark.
The police radio crackled, interrupting their 'moment' with a routine announcement of location and activity. Ashton took another sip and let Quin 'Roger that'.
Posted by Quincy Archer on Sept 7, 2013 16:27:10 GMT -6
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"Nor are you likely to any time soon if you continue to call me that." the redhead retorted, sipping her own coffee and meeting Ashton smirk, for smirk. He wasn't going to bait her like that and get nothing in response, but he should have known by now that her threats in response to his use of her nickname were idle at worst.
Not wanting to keep dispatch waiting any longer, Quin responded quickly and succinctly to the radio call, then put the handset back into its cradle under the dash. Leaning back in her seat, she looked out the window again, eyes finding Mars.
"But, if you really want me to show you a few things, we'd just need a starry night and a place away from the city lights."
Posted by Ashton Drake on Sept 7, 2013 16:35:46 GMT -6
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"Noted." He chuckled, following her gaze.
~*~
His ears rang from the blast. It hadn't been an explosion. It hadn't been an eruption. No flash of heat or light had accompanied the blast, but it had rocked him all the same. Her too, he figured, because he was swearing... and he didn't swear like that often.
The black and white checker print shirt stood out against the starry night. Where they were, the city lights were low enough not to blot it all out. As he laughed, his horn-shaped mouth blew in and out, like the horn ducks from Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Central Park had probably been quiet, before that guy'd gone and started disrupting the peace. Freaking mood murderer. Some couples had complained. Why he was roaming Central Park, interrupting romantic make-out sessions while dressed like he was ready to referee a soccer match, they still hadn't found out. But it was annoying, whatever it was.
Posted by Quincy Archer on Sept 8, 2013 18:16:37 GMT -6
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This guy was really starting to tick Quinn off. He was interrupting the stargazing that all of these couples were trying to do on this beautiful New York Night. It wasn't every night that the stars were so easily seen in the city, and it annoyed the redhead that this guy was so bound and determined to ruin things.
"STOP." she shouted, probably louder than necessary because her ears were ringing so badly that she could hardly hear herself. There were couples having the same issue too and hands were on ears all over the place. Quin was the only one running, she was also the one who suddenly had lego-colored ear plugs made out of plastic that was only soft when her powers were working on it. There'd be no more ringing ears...and she was fast, faster than the mutant.
Once she was in arm's reach, Quin reached out, snagging the guy by the shoulder of his ugly shirt.
Posted by Ashton Drake on Sept 8, 2013 18:25:32 GMT -6
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Honkman wailed, but it didn't do him any good against hard metal and plastic. Hanging back, Ashton watched his partner make the arrest. Evading arrest, disturbing the peace, he didn't have to hear her saying them to know what words her lips were forming. Finally, Honkman calmed down, resigned to his fate. He was no monster, no crazy creature with super strength whose idea of a good time was flaying cops. Just a socially awkward adult who'd wanted to impress people... and maybe swoop some woman off her feet. Not sweep. Swoop. His exact words. Maybe.
Ashton rolled his eyes. He'd broken the gap between them once the man had calmed down. "Nice work," He said, in the same tone he always did. "You handle him. I'll bring the squad car around."
She gave him a nod, and they moved as a team. When he was in back and they were in the front, he glanced her way, turned the key in the ignition, and said "Great night. Maybe we should swing by after we're done with him, to see if anyone wants to make any statements." 'Any statements', he said in a tone suggesting he really meant something entirely different.
Posted by Quincy Archer on Sept 8, 2013 19:14:05 GMT -6
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The rest was really very straightforward, Quin thought as she wrapped her own special brand of riot cuffs around the other mutant's wrists and he stopped struggling. It was one of those times that Quin was imagining herself saying something completely different than the words of the Miranda rights as trussed up the perp and got him ready for transport.
By the time she was done, Ashton was there to help her haul him up and get him to the car. It was just the same as things had always been...and one of Quin's favorite things about the agreement they'd come to. Nothing was really different...just better. As was evidenced when Ashton made his suggestion.
Quin smiled sideways at him as they drove and nodded her head, "Got to be thorough."
Posted by Ashton Drake on Sept 8, 2013 19:56:01 GMT -6
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Thorough. Ashton returned the smile (with the hint of a smirk). "Yep." Thorough, indeed.
The trip back to the station didn't take long. They passed off the horny guy, gave someone the 'heads up' about him, wrote up a short report, then clocked out for the night. Ashton clocked out five minutes before Quin, and went out to the garage. She came out a short while later. "Give you a ride home?" He asked conversationally.
Posted by Quincy Archer on Sept 8, 2013 20:50:41 GMT -6
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The voice in the garage startled Quin as she made her way down and out of the precinct. There was nothing weird about a partner with a car giving a partner without a car a ride home. Quin knew it was true, but she still felt guilty about leaving work for a date with her partner. That's why they went through the cloak and dagger. Remembering that the situation was temporary until she got her shield made her feel better about the whole thing, though, and she smiled at Ashton.
"Sure, If you don't mind." she said with a smile, stuffing her hands into her pockets casually and heading towards the car, shoulder just brushing his as she walked.
Posted by Ashton Drake on Sept 8, 2013 21:06:44 GMT -6
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The doors clicked and clacked as they opened and shut. Keys jangled. The car smelled faintly of cinnamon and vanilla. The engine started. Wheels pulled away. Ashton shot her a smile as he navigated them out of the precinct's parking garage, and turned down the street in the way the route to her house normally would have been. After a few blocks, he changed their direction, aiming them towards Central Park.
"Soooo," He made a big show of drawing the word out with an effeminately-joking sway. "How was your day?"
Posted by Quincy Archer on Sept 8, 2013 21:31:15 GMT -6
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"You would know," Quin responded aptly, "You were there." The further away from the building they got, the easier it was to relax...to act like everything was normal.
Quin shrugged out of her jacket as they drove and tossed it into the back seat. They were heading towards Central Park, and they obviously weren't going to stop to change.
"You know, I'd imagined the star gazing to include hiking boots and possibly a camp fire."
Posted by Ashton Drake on Sept 8, 2013 21:36:46 GMT -6
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"Maybe some other time." His lips curved at the notion, a small chuckle flavoring his voice. "We'd have to go up into the mountains, probably out of state. Make s'mores and go camping. That'd be fun." As it was, he had a feeling someone would object to them starting a fire in Central Park. "I've been on a camping trip or two in my day." He noted, glancing her way, confidant look on his face. "It wouldn't be my first rodeo."
"Never been to a rodeo," he added as a second thought, and a joke. "You go hiking and camping a lot with your parents, Quin?"
They made a turn, then stopped at a light at the end of the block.