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.
"Well get em to let me go! Yer a nerd, right? How do goblins work this stuff out, huh? Can you barter for me?"
".... Do you remember what happened the last time I tried to barter?" She didn't elaborate, too busy watching what the horde of goblins was up to as they all started to gather in the little clearing. Her little spear bearer was still there, poking incessantly at her with its tiny spear.
"Damnit why can't they just speak american already?!"
She blinked and glanced at him. "...I... There isn't enough time for me to even get into how wrong that was."
All of the goblins were chattering among themselves, some off to the side while others started to drag big logs of wood in. They were building up a big fire. Almost all of them had spears or swords of some sort.... and some were a little larger and decked out in armor. Without her knight she was sorely out matched. But! She still had a few ideas. Hopefully her high persuasion would finally kick in and help her out!
Clearing her throat, she turned and smacked her staff into the ground a few times. "I want to meet the great shaman! Bring the great shaman out!" She wasn't fully aware that she was talking in another language, as goblin!speak sounded like regular English to her. Saph was the only one struggling with it. She raised her voice a little louder so it would carry over the chatter. "I CHALLENGE YOUR LEADER!"
A hush fell over the crowd then, and a few moments later a rustling could be heard from inside the tent. Suddenly the flap was thrown aside and out shuffled a haggard, milky eyed goblin. The Shaman moved slowly towards her with an obvious limp, lips pulled back in a silent snarl. "....You dare..?" The elder rasped, squinting one eye closed as she looked shelby up and down. "One as young as you dares to challenge ME?"
The artists blinked. She could feel a mini monologue coming on... "Me, the scourge of the Dark Forest! Me, the destroyer of-"
Shelby sighed. Yep, mini monologue initiated. She lifted her staff a little, weighing the wood in her hand. The Shaman whirled away from her to address the rowdy crowd. Shelby gripped her staff in both hands, turning slightly with her feet planted. She'd never really done something like this before, but, well.. first time for everything!
"Snarzei, the one who forced the Ent's to kneel before the great Goblin Ar-"
CRACK!
Shelby swung her staff like a Louisville Slugger and smacked the Shaman off her old wrinkly feet. Her health bar immediately dropped to zero. "Woah, that was easy."
A hush fell over the gathered Goblin crowd as they all processed what exactly had just happened. Shelby, uncertain if that had been the right idea, eyed them with caution for a moment. Then... cheering erupted from all around.
"NEW SHAMAN! NEW GREAT SHAMAN!" A few rushed in and lifted her off her feet, jostling her around in their excitement. Saph was temporarily forgotten by them, but not by her. "Um.. yes! New Great Shaman. Now, as my first task I need you to release my...erm... pet." She pointed her staff at Saph. "Pet is not food, okay?
A short while later Saph would find himself untied, and unfortunately surrounded by a handful of Goblins who were very curious about their new leader's human pet. They'd never even considered keeping one around before! Shelby on the other hand was being decked out with various other magical items. Some sort of feathered crown ended up on her head, which was apparently supposed to raise her magic stats... and a magic dagger was slung around her waist. Apparently it was poisoned.
She shuffled over to Saph, an adoring mob hot on her heels and scratched at the back of her head. "Well... now what?"
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Saph had no idea what was going on. Was she arguing for his freedom? The other goblin seemed angry, and she had to be in charge, because she was clearly the oldest. She looked like a dried grape and an old plastic bag had a love child. Even though he wasn't keen to their language he could tell when someone was about to monologue. He did fight villains all the time.
Shelby put a stop to it via stick to the face, and Saph nodded in approval of her tactics. "Best kinda persuasion right there."
He was cut down, and went about getting re-dressed. Oddly enough, goblins were walking up to him and petting his head for some reason. "Shelby, what did you tell them about me?" he gave her a strange look.
Soon, they were surrounded by a veritable army of goblins, and Shelby was wearing a sort of crown.
"Well... now what?"
"Um... We pick another direction to go? I think when we hit up all four of them, we fight a boss or something."
"Eheheh... um, about that..." One of them wandered over with a stick and offered it to him. "...I may have told them that you are my pet." She attempted to laugh it off while patting one of the smaller ones on the head. Coincidentally it was the same one who had been trying to poke holes in her the whole time.
"... buuuut, it looks like they are kinda devoted to me now that i've usurped the title from the last one." Behind her, the rest of them were busy squabbling among themselves as they hurried to pack up the tents. She pondered on where to go next. All they had left now was the water and the mines, considering that the village was now out of commission.
"i'd vote for the docks, and then when we finish there we can swing east and hit up the mines." She wanted to see what the water looked like, and what kind of creatures would populate the area. She hoped there were crabs. There were always some kind of murderous craps in games like these.
"I wonder what we'll run into next? So far we've found Kobolds, humans, and Goblins." She paused, thinking that over for a bit. "Actually, I wonder if this area is even finished. There are usually mini bosses scattered around in games like this, and that old Shaman was too weak to really count."
She wasn't aware that the entire time she'd been talking the trees around them had gradually started to creep in on them. The looming shadows edging in until they were virtually surrounded. She also wasn't aware that the old shaman she'd clobbered had indeed been telling the truth when she'd started to talk about how she'd beaten some Ent's into submission... or that said Ent's were aware that the Shaman was no longer a threat.
It really wasn't until her Goblin troops caught on and started screaming and running in circles that she caught on to something being amiss. "Hey, what's go-" A crooked, knobby wooden branch of a hand reached down from above and grabbed her, jerking her up into the air so fast she dropped her staff out of surprise.
"Saaaaaaph!!" She vanished into the darkness, her voice bouncing off the trees, as a large wooden face leaned down to stare at the Human among them. "Whaaaat business does a humaaan haaave with a bunch of raaabid Goblins?" A deep voice bellowed, and a set of knobby eyebrows creaked together.
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"Eheheh... um, about that...I may have told them that you are my pet." Saph's face got a little bit red at that. He batted the stick one of them was shoving in his face away, and grabbed his sword, growling at the little goblins, who scattered, saying something about him being feral in their strange guttural language.
"... buuuut, it looks like they are kinda devoted to me now that I've usurped the title from the last one." He smiled smugly, now free of his entourage. He observed the fighting force around them. Not bad in numbers. Not terribly strong individually, but they would be able to do some damage together. "Never bad to have an army around." He nodded.
"i'd vote for the docks, and then when we finish there we can swing east and hit up the mines."
"Works for me."
She inquired about the possibility of there being another boss fight coming up. Saph shrugged. "Dunno about that. Maybe the Shaman just wasn't ready." He grinned, turning to spot something out of the corner of his eye as she responded. She was cut off, grabbed, and screamed him name.
"SHELBY!" He lifted his sword, but was cut off by a large treefolk.
"Whaaaat business does a humaaan haaave with a bunch of raaabid Goblins?"
Saph growled out a response, taking things a little too seriously. "You let her go you son of a @#^@%! That's my girlfriend!" He was caught up in the moment a bit, maybe.
"You let her go you son of a @#^@%! That's my girlfriend!"
A few more wooden faces had leaned in to join the conversation. A few of them jerked back a little in a startled manner. A few gasped. "Aaaaa humaaaan aaaand aaaa Goblin caaaavorting!?"
All of the tree people gathered around started to whisper in hushed tones, lifting gnarled branches to shield their faces from him.
"Scaaaandalous!"
"Improper!"
"How do they even-?"
"Enough!" The oldest tree bellowed, putting a stop to the gossip. "I aaaam aaaafraaaid that we caaannot releaaase the Shaaamaaaan." He rumbled, leaning in a little closer to Saph. "These Goblins haaave been in our forest too long." The goblins around them shouted and jabbed at the air with their spears, hissing in their own language various curses and threats. "However..." The old tree started, "....The previous shaaaamaaaan set aaaaa very powerful aaaartifaaaact deep within the forest to the south.... It keeps us from returning to our true home..."
All of the other trees murmured in agreement. "If you go and destroy thaaaat aaaartifaaact, aaaallowing us to return home, we will releaaase the Goblin witch and let your paaarty freely leaaave our forest." The wise old tree stared down at him over a giant knotted nose, creaking as he lifted a hand slightly.
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Saph's expression went blank as the Treants acted revolted at his apparent admission of an abominable act. The lead Ent leaned in and offered a bit of a trade. He held his blank expression a few moments longer, and then popped the handle of his sword against his hip, causing it to burst into flames.
"Sounds @#$^&in boring!" He then spun with all of his might, and cleaved right through both of the tree's legs, causing it to collapse an burst into flames at the same time. The goblins were suddenly stirred into an uproar. Torches and axes were grabbed, and a mighty battle ensued.
Before long, Saph had made his way to where Shelby was being held, leaving a now smoky, burning haze in his path.
"SHELBY! WHERE ARE YA? We gotta get the hell outa here before this whole woods burns down!"
The remaining goblins followed him, calling for their Shaman as well.
Whelp, there went the Ents. Shelby watched from her perch in morbid fascination as flames erupted from below, and the trees started screaming. From above, it was kinda mesmerizing.
"SHELBY! WHERE ARE YA? We gotta get the hell outa here before this whole woods burns down!"
She snapped out of her daze and looked down. "I'm up here! They left me hanging on a branch!" If he looked up and squinted he'd probably be able to see her. "I can't get down! I'm stuck!" The jerk of a tree that stuck her up on the thick end of a broken branch and left her hanging from the length of fabric that usually covered her butt. She was busy keeping the front of it in place so she wasn't wantonly flashing everything below her undergarments.
She wriggled slightly to try and reach back for the branch for the dozenth time, and a loud tearing sound caused to freeze. Her skirt was going to ri--
She dropped as the cloth gave way, plummeting past a few branches that she wasn't able to reach out and grab. "AHHHHH!!!"
Her Goblins quickly gathered to try and form a landing pad under her, but the direction she was falling was carrying her towards Saph himself.
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Saph heard her reply in the woods, and looked up, freezing in place. A hand covered his mouth as he struggled to contain his laughter for a moment. He failed, pointing an laughing at her rather precarious predicament.
His sword faded into his inventory.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone, snapping a quick picture, and putting it back. The goblins around him scattered for a moment at the flash, but recovered, trying to grab her as she fell.
Saph was indeed the one to get the job done, reaching out and letting her drop into his open arms.
"You know you're adorable, right?" He pinched her cheek a bit, and leaned in to give her a quick kiss, which made a goblin in the back of the crowd wretch.
"Heh heh... We ought to get heading out then, right?"
Her face was red and she grumbled at him as he set her down. It took a moment, but she managed to loop the front half of her skirt through her legs and tucked it into the back. She may have looked like she was wearing a diaper, but at least her cheeks weren't showing! "Less talking, more running!" She snatched her staff up off the ground and turned to flee.
A bit later they were outside the forest, headed for the docks. Behind them lay a wasteland of smoke and flame. Her little Goblin army was trotting along behind Saph, in awe of his mighty destructive power. Shelby chuckled from beside him, entertained greatly by their commentary.
"They think you are some kind of vengeful fire god."
She wasn't so entertained in what she'd been given to change into by one of the other Goblin women. There were certainly a few things that the simulation could change, but the size difference between herself and the other females was not one of them. The clothing barely fit! Some sort of I'll fitted tank top sat on her like a tiny sports bra, and the skirt she'd been given was more or less a mini. She'd wrapped the reminder of her other skirt around her hips like a sarong.
Their little group would soon crest a hill, and there before them would sit a little nook of a bay, nestled in the crook of a cliff. A lighthouse at atop it, and beyond was a vast ocean.
A tiny fishing village sat just before the dock, and there were a vast number of ships tethered in the port.
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He cackled as they made their escape, pointing and laughing at her diaper again. "Ohhh hoho! It keeps gettin better!"
He settled down as they started on the path to their next destination.
"They think you are some kind of vengeful fire god." Shelby said of the goblin tribe.
"Maybe I am. Lookin good, by the way." He gave a cocky smile, tapping his sword against his shoulder as they came to a viewpoint to watch the docks come into view.
Saphirus stared down at the view... The ocean was beautiful. It wasn't the greyish stretch they often saw from New York. It was a vibrant blue, and the landscape of the bay reached around it, grasping a brilliant sapphire.
"Heh... We gonna burn this place down too?" He looked to the small army behind them. "Think we should leave them here? Maybe make a signal for them to come in if they're needed?"
"Heh... We gonna burn this place down too? Think we should leave them here? Maybe make a signal for them to come in if they're needed?"
"I'll try to keep my inner arsonist contained for now." With a chuckle, she lifted a hand to shield her eyes and took in the sights. "I think leaving them behind would probably be for the best, even if they weren't a small army. I mean, remember how that duke reacted to me? I should have set him on fire."
She turned to face her minions, "Set up camp here for now. Fire God and I will head down to the town on our own." She gestured to a general area off to her left. "If we need your assistance, we will signal...with, um.. a fire bolt to the sky of some sort."
The Goblins chattered excitedly, before they all moved off to set up a temporary camp. Shelby turned back to the view and sighed. "Alright, they're staying here! We can signal them with a magic bolt or something, like a flare." She started to head down the hill toward the village. "....Maybe I can get some decent freaking clothing in this town."
One short walk later they were in the middle of the small town, and Shelby was perusing the clothing wares at a small outside shop. There were an assortment of items, but ultimately she decided on a plain white dress that was easy for her to move in, and a hip belt. It was plain, yes, but functional. She gave a little twirl and sent her staff away to her inventory. "Muuuch better."
The town itself was rather boring, with relatively little for trade. Fish, more fish, some baubles and necessities, and an abnormal amount of crab for some reason. As it turned out, though, there was one thing unique about the village.
They were currently at war with a fleet of pirates who were trying to take over the port. Further toward the docks there was a barrier set up, and both sides were tensely watching the other. The pirates had set up a tight line of frightening looking fellows; eye patches, lost teeth, and scars. The opposite side was full of various villagers who were armed to the teeth with spears, pitchforks, ladles, and large wooden spoons.
"Alright, they're staying here! We can signal them with a magic bolt or something, like a flare. ....Maybe I can get some decent freaking clothing in this town."
Saph made a sideways motion with his head, shugging a bit. "Oh, I dunno. I don't mind what you're wearin now." Unless someone else looked, then he'd deck them... My glob, he'd become Silver Streak, hadn't he? He banished the thought, heading down to the village after her.
It was a common fishing village. 40% fish, 20% market, 40% bar and tavern.
While Shelby was getting boring clothes, Saph was set outside a local bar, arm on a barrel, a line of people before him looking to defeat him in an arm wrestle. He'd set up a sign, one gold to challenge him, win fifty gold if you managed to beat him in one minute.
Needless to say, everyone was losing. It didn't hurt that he was using his right hand.
When it came time to head to the docks he was 50 gold richer. They approached the line on conflict, and a balding man turned to look at them, waving about a ladle. "You must be the imperial negotiators! Come here!" Saph looked to Shelby. It was clearly a quest line, considering they looked nothing like investigators.
"Uh... yeh, that's us."
The man explained the conflict, and that they were to visit the pirates leader to find out their terms, talk to the village Mayor, and find out his terms, and then have them meet to negotiate. Saph looked to Shelby again. "You eh... think you can manage that? I mean, you've got a better persuasion than me... Keep rollin low, though."
"You must be the imperial negotiators! Come here!"
Unlike Saph, Shelby nodded. Of course they were the investigators! That's how games like this worked. "In the flesh." The man proceeded to explain the situation, and how they would be going about solving the issue.
"You eh... think you can manage that? I mean, you've got a better persuasion than me... Keep rollin low, though."
"Oh, ye of little faith." She summoned her staff back out of her inventory, agreed to the quest and headed for the line. Yes, the last few persuasion attempts she'd made hadn't done very well, but that just meant her chances of success were higher now. She'd already used up her back luck! She approached the pirate line, easily dwarfed in size by the men around her. "We are here to discuss negotiation terms with your captain!" One large pirate stared down his nose at her with his one good eye, scratching at a huge scraggly black beard in thought. "Yer 'ere for da Cap'n huh?" She nodded one, peering back at him evenly. Was this the first task? Getting past the grouchy crew?
The pirates eye left her and landed on Saph next. A light blush settled on his cheeks and suddenly he was twirling the black strands of his beard around one finger bashfully. "Well, would'na want ta stop such a good lookin' fellar like yer'self... so follow me and i'll git'cha straight up ta the Cap'n's chambers straight away."
Shelby nearly fell over laughing, but managed to keep it together. As they passed she could hear a few of the other pirates scoffing and muttering about 'always with the paladins' and 'Anyone in armor, I swear!'
Soon there were escorted in a very finely decorated cabin, and the woman before them lounged with her finely dressed feet up on the table in before her. "So... you two are the investigators, yeh?" She seemed thoroughly unimpressed by the both of them. Shelby didn't catch it right at first though, since her attention was currently fixated on the woman's massive chest. How was her shirt even holding all of that in? She could practically hear the buttons screaming!
"...Uh.. yessum." Blinking, she shook herself and cleared her throat. "Yes! We are indeed the negotiators!" The pirate captain frowned, eyes lazily drooped and propped her head up on one hand. "They got a low budget or somethin'? I was expectin' better from the imperial palace." Adopting a frown of her own, Shelby reached out and grabbed he edge of the table. With a jerk she pulled it out from under the woman's feet. With a roar the pirate jumped up and leaned over the table at her. "What do ya think ya are do-"
Shelby slammed her hand down on the wooden table, silencing her with a shout of her own. "Shut up!" To her credit, the pirate look ed taken aback by the outburst of the small goblin woman in front of her. "As the acting captain of the pirate groups currently trespassing here on imperial waters, I should remind you that is in your best interest to keep your temper in check!"
She straightened then, smoothing her dress out and tapping her staff on the wooden floor. "You might think you have all the chips in your basket seeing as you have a better equipped force against the villagers, but it would be wise to remember that we are the face of the imperial army." .... that was a bold lie, but she went with it anyway. "Regardless of what you think we may look like, it is entirely up to the two of us to resolve this situation and we are fully capable of making sure it resolves." The pirate had fallen silent at the point, glancing from Shelby to Saph and back again as the short green one spoke.
"You will give us a small list of demands to negotiate with. We will then go get a small list from the mayor of this village as well. From there we will find a suitable middle ground and establish a peace treaty." She attempted to draw herself up a little taller, straightening her back and peering over the rim of her glasses at the woman. "If we don't like your terms, you forfeit the right to this negotiation attempt. You will leave, or I will rip out your skull and beat you to death with it while my partner decimates your pathetic crew."
She finished with a smile, a beat of tense silence fell on them right then.
Saph was more than willing to let her take the lead on this one; let her put her charm to good use.
"Well, would'na want ta stop such a good lookin' fellar like yer'self... so follow me and i'll git'cha straight up ta the Cap'n's chambers straight away."
The X-Man paused for a second, and then looked behind himself, turning back and placing a finger on his chest, as if he was pointing to himself, with a questioning expression. It cleared itself up really quickly, and he ginned, crossing his arms and looking at Shelby with a clearly boastful expression.
This expression deflated, though, when they met the captain, and she was a lot less welcoming. Great, she was a hard ass... how were they going to make this work? Saph puzzled with the answer as Shelby stepped up to the plate.
Damn. Saph's eyes widened more and more as she went on, finishing it up with a threat to beat someone to death with their own skull... Was that even physically possible? Silence fell over all for a moment. The captain's expression mirrored his own for a second. What would she decide?
Moments later they were walking back out of pirate territory, a small list of demands in hand.
"So.... Holy @#$^... That was... Woah."
One down, one to go. Then they could negotiate the final bargain!
Shelby was quite proud of herself, even though most of her speech had been hastily thrown together and unneeded. Technically all she had really needed to do was make a simple demand and if luck was on her side it would have worked... but, well... that had felt good!
She grinned at Saph, walking beside him with a bounce in her step. "That threat was from one of my favorite web shows." With the paper clutched in one had, she headed toward the next objective. This was going to be easy!
A while later she stepped back out of the mayors office, another list of demands in her hand, and beamed happily. The mayor had been a hard ass too, as it were, so she'd had to default back to scary!Goblin witch mode to get him to comply. As it turned out he wasn't terribly well versed when it came to human anatomy, and when she had calmly explained what she could do to him if he made her job any harder, the man had buckled under the pressure. Again, not really needed... but sooooo satisfying!
They just needed to meet for negotiations and then they would be done!
"Alright, now... where are we supposed to meet up for the negotiations?" She glanced at Saph, as she couldn't remember where exactly they had been directed to go.