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.
>>"You get turned into a kitten. What kind of kitten are you, and what do you do while kitten-y?"
So, Jiri was giving her some slack from all the police questions. Gotta give brownie points to the guy for that. Even if it was a cat question. Because, the Internet. They are all up in arms one moment for social justice, and then 'oh hey look, a kitten!'
"Thaaat actually might... or might not... have happened before" she admitted with a chuckle "And I assure you all I make an adorable kitten. White, if I remember correctly. With spots. As for what I did... um, not much, other than being covered in drool by the mother cat who carried me around."
Thank you Calley.
>>"What do you have to do to join the X-Men?"
"It's a long process" Maya explained "You have to be confident in controlling your powers, you have to do a ton of training, and a couple of tests scenarios. Then you become a trainee where you can only go out on the field under the supervision of a senior member. There are age limits too."
And that should be enough public knowledge. On to the next...
>>"Are you the Mirror-Mirror that Maxine Ralls liked to poke at? Do you and the redheaded reporter have a 'relationship'?"
... oh for **** sake.
"No, she is not my girlfriend" Maya answered, making sure she pronounced all the words very clearly "She caught me on camera a couple of times when I was on missions, and she seemed to think my powers were interesting."
Anything could happen in this interview, from here on out. Absolutely anything. And the only thing that the internet would remember?
Maya Morris had been a kitten.
A new surge of questions hit the chat: who did it & does he/she work on commission??? can they do just cat ears there's a con coming up & my parents dog found my nekomimi i HATE dogs Did you have kitten instincts or where you still a human but with adorable kitten wrapping? WHY did you change back??? pics or it didn't happen (plzzzzzz pics)
Jiri didn't read those questions, for all their sakes, or else this would turn into a three hour talk on cats. Or, to be specific, lesbian mirror-walking kittens.
The X-Men answer was legit. Everything sounded reasonable. And there was no way Jiri would pass, when line item No. 1 was 'control your powers.' Not that he wanted to join. That clown escapade hadn't been cool, in retrospect, and he wasn't a little proud that his power had ended up being useful. At all.
There was a lot of hesitance in her answer about the reporter. A lot of facial expression, and a lot of emphasis on her words, too. Sooooo... ex-girlfriend, then? That's what "dramatic pause... acquaintance" was a code word for, right? Sure. "Do you consider yourself a super hero?"
"What's the craziest mission you've ever been on?"
"Respond to allegations that you, quote, 'Ruined Sleeping Beauty forever,' end quote."
For such an obscure question to be getting so many votes... Jiri would need to google that one later. He was clearly missing something.
"Uh..." Maya blinked. What kind of a question was that? "... No. Not really, no. That's... what? No."
Very coherent, the mirrorwalker was.
>>"What's the craziest mission you've ever been on?"
"Er..."
Craziest mission, craziest mission, craziest mission that's totally common knowledge.
"Remember that office building that came to life downtown a while ago? We all had to go in and fight tables and filing cabinets and live wires and sh*t. That was... pretty surreal. Also, fairly hard to do with a bow and arrows. We had a good team though, we managed to get everyone out before it was over."
>>"Respond to allegations that you, quote, 'Ruined Sleeping Beauty forever,' end quote."
"What the..."
Oh. OH.
No no no no no. How did the Internet even know about that? Come on, that was ONE TIME!
"Uh... I am not sure what they mean by that. I don't go around kissing unconscious women. That's sexual assault, you people. Geez."
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She didn't consider herself a super hero? Then what was the point of dressing up in a team costume and going out to fight crazies with her super powers? That was just... what. Maya even acted like the question was stupid, but it totallywasn't. Jiri completely understood where the internet was coming from on this one, and it was a tragedy that Maya was so jaded in her old age that she didn't even seem to get the question.
...Also, buildings coming to life and trying to attack people were apparently a thing. He must have missed that news bulletin. It was a good thing he didn't really sleep anymore, because now he had yet another paranoia to add to his list. Going deeper into the mutant world was like going down Alice's rabbit hole: things just kept getting stranger and stranger, and just when you felt big, something was going to make you feel small again, and there wasn't even a caterpillar around to offer him a toke.
When it came to the Sleeping Beauty question, the internet again raged at her obvious cop out. This time, they had video proof to back it up. The clips were wobbly and low res, obviously recorded off cellphones in a dark movie theater (and not the same cell phone, either), but the figures were eminently recognizable. The red headed reporter. With Gawain in some scenes, and Maya in others. They were all... Disney-ified, and drawn in cartoon style, but it was hard to miss the resemblance.
...He was going to have to watch all of these once the chat was over.
For now, he simply hit play on the most upvoted one, and turned his laptop around so Maya could see the screen.
A redhead in black and silver dress, with ridiculous butterfly wings, was standing just outside of the castle. She was panting a little, like she'd just had a daring escape.
"So we've sworn, beaten up old ladies, gender-bended... What's that leave? A steamy sex scene? Damn. Should have thought of that before midnight."
The cartoon Maya, with iradescent dragonfly wings, grinned wickedly. Animation colleges could give whole lectures series on the emotion in the curve of her eyebrow.
"If you ask me," Maya replied, "the only thing that kicks up the rating more than a steamy sex scene... is a steamy lesbian sex scene."
The clip ended. Jiri turned the laptop back around, and arched his own eyebrow. He hoped it had a fraction of the mischief to it that the cartoon Maya's expression had held.
"The internet would like you to comment," he said simply.
After viewing that scene, Jiri had no doubts that Maya and the reporter were ex's. And any kissing that had been done in Sleeping Beauty was of the consensual variety.
He'd be nice, and change the topic after she answered that one.
"How did you parents react when they learned you were a mutant?"
"What's the weirdest use you've found for your power?"
Maya resisted the urge to bury her face in her hands again when Jiri played the video clip. Didn't people know cameras in the theater were illegal? What was the world coming to?...
>>"The internet would like you to comment."
"Well I don't know what you want me to say" Maya shrugged "That is obviously a cartoon. Probably someone's idea of a really bad prank... Did I mention that being on the X team makes you a target? Maxine made me a lot of publicity, no wonder someone thought it was hilarious to... what's the term? Ship us?"
Goddamn millenials. Maya gave a deadpan face to the camera.
"I hope Disney gets them for copyright infringement. Sleeping Beauty is a classic."
>>"How did you parents react when they learned you were a mutant?"
Maya blinked at the sudden topic change. Gift horse, courtesy of Jiri. She wondered if it was a trick question. ... Or course it was a trick question.
"Honestly, nothing. I never knew my dad, and my mother disappeared before I turned thirteen. She was a mutant though, so I guess she would have been okay with it."
>>"What's the weirdest use you've found for your power?"
Ruining Sleeping Beauty forever?
"Eh..." Maya blinked "I once used another mutant's very shiny skin like a mirror to teleport. That was... kinda freaky."
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The X-Woman's obvious discomfort as the clip played was, in a word, hilarious. Maybe Jiri was a bad person. But maybe Maya was the bad person, for obviously lying about the whole thing.
>> "I hope Disney gets them for copyright infringement. Sleeping Beauty is a classic."
Her lies were, in another word, alsohilarious. Once the camera was off, he needed to ask her about this. Maybe she'd be cool enough to level with him. And if not... he was sure someone around the Mansion knew what was up. Maybe even Leo.Though Leo's theories on mutant powers always needed to be taken with a grain of salt. He was the one who'd come up with the whole 'Gawain and Maya aren't twins they're (dun dun DUN) the same person!' conspiracy in the first place.
...He really needed to stop asking any parent-related questions in these interviews. People always asked, but he was starting to suspect they asked because they knew the answer wouldn't be great. The general rule seemed to be 'accepting parents,' 'no one dies in your backstory,' pick one. Jiri had thought he was pretty normal before coming here. At the Mansion, he'd come to appreciate that there was human normal, and there was mutant normal.
All right. They'd been going for awhile, so time to bring in some of the more serious stuff again. So far it didn't look like she was going to punch him for any thing, so that was awesome.
"Do you think that mutants are an evolution of humanity, or just an aberrant mutation?"
"Do you believe humans and mutants can co-exist?"
"What would you do if the government tried another mutant registration? Would you still work with authorities and help them register people, ie do the legal thing, or would you help humans, ie work against the law?"
>>"Do you think that mutants are an evolution of humanity, or just an aberrant mutation?"
Maya's eyebrows ran up. Jiri either stopped filtering the crazy, or he wanted to see her try to answer that question. Probably with the use of less expletives than what she was thinking of right now.
"Uh... neither?" she shook her head "Geez, people. Those are not the only two options. Look up 'genetic diversity' and get back to me."
Seriously. Someone needed to revise the curriculum.
>>"Do you believe humans and mutants can co-exist?"
Oh, that was an easy one.
"Yes." Maya nodded "Absolutely. Otherwise I wouldn't be on the X-team, would I?"
She would probably be in the Order. Like Aura.
>>"What would you do if the government tried another mutant registration? Would you still work with authorities and help them register people, ie do the legal thing, or would you help humans, ie work against the law?"
"Now that's a good question" Maya pointed out, glancing at Jiri. She might actually forgive him for all the b***t he'd picked from the pile earlier "And I've got no answer for ya. Not officially, anyway, because both would get me... and the team... in trouble. But those are questions people should be asking. Together with asking why so many people protested against the registration. What the main problems are with the idea. What the givernment's intentions were. And how a compromise could be made to keep everyone safe. AND free."
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Half of the internet was annoyed with her short-snappy-almost-cop-out answers, the other half was trying to bait her into more lesbian innuendo. And that was without counting the Disney clips still flooding the chat channels, and the random stupid internet questions like, 'what's your favorite sandwich?'
From where Jiri sat, it was looking like time to wrap this up, while he could still pretend he was picking the top voted questions to read.
Also, she had Glanced at him after that last question, and he couldn't quite read that Glance. Capital G, italicized, clearly meant to convey some meaning, but he was so used to seeing disapproval from the Morris twins that his mind was blanking on what this new look could mean. Possibly... murderous rage? No, too dramatic. Probably just detention, if he didn't let her go free soon.
So.
"Okay, Internet. Let's be honest: you are starting to not make sense, and no, I am not reading that. God people." Seriously. Things like these top questions were what got him hit in the head with laptops. "Thank you for sitting through this insanity, Maya. If you need help getting back at your brother for bailing, it would be my pleasure."
"Are there any last words of wisdom you want to leave your adoring viewers with?"
>>"Okay, Internet. Let's be honest: you are starting to not make sense, and no, I am not reading that. God people. Thank you for sitting through this insanity, Maya. If you need help getting back at your brother for bailing, it would be my pleasure. Are there any last words of wisdom you want to leave your adoring viewers with?"
Thank God it was over. Maya didn't absolutely hate all of it... but it was an effort, and Jiri had definitely kept her on her toes. Hopefully none of this would re-surface as some anti-mutant supercut of ambiguous things they all said. Because that was exactly what the Internet tended to do with free material.
"My brother says hi" she smirked at the final question "I'm sure you'll get a hold of him eventually."
That was that. They would, Maya did not doubt it. She should make bets with someone (probably Eve and Sam) on how long it would take before the Brats figured out Maya and Gawain were the same person. It was a game she had not played in a long time, but the Internet was starting to make it fun again.
Once they were off the air, Maya pushed her chair back and stood.
"Well then" she said to Jiri "Good luck with the rest of the interviews. Try not to get anyone killed. Oh, and also... Fan mail duty starting next week. I'll see you at the office. Or Gawain will."