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.
Site adaptation by Sen, Lix, and Tempest. <3
As if we didn't already look like scene girls. (Skye)
Posted by Emily Graves on Dec 27, 2019 3:39:19 GMT -6
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Both Emily's social and anti-social drinking were mostly bad habits taking the shape of coping mechanisms. It was easier to ignore your headache and other people that were in particular bothering you if you were a little tipsy. Or... A lot tipsy, or blackout drunk. Nobody was perfect. "You are excused." She shot back sarcastically.
As Emily sat down, wobbling a little bit before settling into a cross legged position she looked straight down at her controller, purple locks spilling all over her vision, taking a breath and getting back into the mindset of gaming. "Sure you do." She smiled, looking up at the game and trying to remember what they were doing before. "And I never get plastered." She blatantly lied. "I'm impressed you pronounce it correctly." She teased.
Orange was good. Joy was good. "Of course, I'm always good." Emily was definitely the pinnacle of stability. Yup.
Posted by Skye Sinclaire on Dec 27, 2019 10:40:37 GMT -6
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"I better be," was all she said in reply as she just sat there, but then she stood up and made herself another drink using the rest of her cola. One more couldn't hurt, right?
"Somehow I'm finding it hard to believe that," she said, taking a sip of her drink as she sat back down and re-situated herself on her pillow. "As much as I like to believe that, I'm pretty sure you're not always good," she said sincerely, shooting Emily a sincere look. "But for those times you aren't...that's what I'm here for."
With that, Skye resumed the game "Okay, I'm taking lead. Stay behind my shields, I'll debuff him and you just wail on the overgrown jello cube from a distance, got it?" She took yet another sip of her drink; that wasn't gonna be a bad idea, not in the slightest.
Posted by Emily Graves on Dec 27, 2019 11:08:17 GMT -6
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Emily eyed Skye making herself another drink. She smiled gently. "You'd better not hurl, sparkly lightweight" She teased, leaning back and watching the other girl with an inverted point of view. Emily leaned forwards and took another gulp of her own drink. The buzz really did help sometimes, it made everything more fuzzy and that was a good thing. Usually it was more of a measure to stave off empathy headaches, this was more to calm her own nerves.
"I don't know what you could possibly mean by that." She replied, staring at Skye as she took a large sip of her drink, there wasn't all that much left of it. "Well I'm typically well behaved" she lied "So I suppose you are the bad influence driving me to drink?~" deflection was the best tactic for dealing with discomfort.
She did appreciate Skye's words, but she wasn't going to acknowledge them out loud. "Alright then. Hope you know what you're doing..." She murmured. Emily's character required a little more finesse than she was used to, and her reactions were definitely a little more sluggish than they can be. She kept glancing out of the corner of her eye at Skye, for no particular reason.
Posted by Skye Sinclaire on Dec 27, 2019 11:46:25 GMT -6
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"Hurl? Probably not. Passing out on your floor? That's a definite maybe," she admitted as she took another gulp of her drink. It'd been quite some time since she'd actually drank, and now she was just drowning all the bad feelings that were left over.
She gave an almost-obnoxious laugh that was definitely because of the alcohol seeping in. "Okay, that I can buy," she said brightly. "I can be somewhat of a bad influence, not arguing with that." Topping this off was a devilish grin.
"Yeah. Now, I'm using pretty much all my Mana on the shields and de-buffs so I won't be able to do any damage. That's all up to you," she said, taking charge.
As they played, Skye, too was plagued with a slower reaction time, but they were still holding it together pretty well. Every now and then, she'd also steal a side-glance or two at Emily for some reason. Once, their gazes met, and her hair briefly turned purple before flicking back orange and she tried her damnedest to keep her view on the screen.
Posted by Emily Graves on Dec 27, 2019 12:04:46 GMT -6
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She snorted. "I'd probably let you take the bed, and just sit here. I don't sleep most nights anyway." She admitted. Passing out was fine, as long as it wasn't the concerning kind. She made a mental note to keep an eye on how much Skye had to drink while she finished her own drink and went back to the game, enjoying the feel of Skye warming back up to normal.
She smiled a little at Skye. "Yes. I'm glad we agree, this is good. This is all your fault." she teased.
Emily was maintaining her safe distance from Skye out of game and doing her best to follow the other gamer's instructions as the two of them played, she was getting things done it was just less effective than before. It was probably partially the lingering awkwardness, partially the alcohol.
The surge of embarrassment made Emily twitch in her seat a little. She'd not even caught the hair colour, just the intent. Actually she'd not noticed any other person's emotions almost the entire time they'd been in the room. Emily wondered if this area was desolate, or if she was just lost in their own little world...
Posted by Skye Sinclaire on Dec 27, 2019 13:51:17 GMT -6
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"I don't wanna put you out or anything," Skye said sincerely. "Seriously, if I pass out just push me into a corner and toss a blanket over me, mkay?" She gave a shrug, turning her attention to the game again.
"That's why you hang around me, then? You need an easy scapegoat?" she teased even more as they got more into the game.
The boss went down easy, and they got some pretty swell loot from the experience. As the awkwardness set in, Skye shook it off, focusing intently on the screen as her hair stayed that happy glow of orange. She swore she could still feel eyes on her, but she wasn't going to think into that. Nope. There were no feelings. Just friends and alcohol, and anything extra was probably just the alcohol talking. Speaking of, she downed the rest of her drink, and decided that for all intents and purposes...that was enough of that.
Posted by Emily Graves on Dec 27, 2019 14:07:48 GMT -6
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"Shush you." She murmured while they were concentrating. "You're much more delicate than me, anyway~" That was absolutely not true, Emily was just barely what could be considered a healthy body shape and ratio. She'd totally forgotten she tossed a blanket over Skye the first night they'd hung out, Skye had fallen asleep while Emily was drawing and she'd covered her with a blanket gently because she didn't want the moron to catch a cold or anything.
"Definitely. You're a very easy scapegoat, it helps that I'm the reputable trustworthy sort and you're a multi-coloured rebel." She shot back with a flicker of amusement. She chuckled. "It also helps that you're adorable, your emotions make me feel..." How did they make her feel. "They're kind of invigorating, I definitely feel more aware around you."
She gasped and turned to Skye with a wide smirk. "I've worked it out! You're a walking coffee!" she joked before going back to the game. The boss went down like a total loser, it was super satisfying.
Posted by Skye Sinclaire on Dec 27, 2019 18:59:54 GMT -6
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"Honey, I just *seem* delicate," she said, biting her lip with determination. Really, what with her X-training, plus dealing with everything she'd had to deal with lately, there wasn't much room for delicate. Not that she was going to go into all that detail with Emily, especially with the weird vibes she thought the other woman was putting off. Though she wasn't really sure if that was actually the case, or if she was just being paranoid.
"I'm delicate, I'm adorable, and yet I'm the perfect scapegoat," she said mockingly. "I'll have you know I can hold my own, I am damn cute, and I can get into trouble just fine on my own without taking the blame for yours~" she said in an almost sing-song voice.
"You only say that because you wish I'd wake up up every morning~" she teased, her cheeks turning red-hot at the comment, even though she meant it all in jest. Eh, if worst came to worst she'd just blame the booze. That always worked.
Posted by Emily Graves on Dec 28, 2019 7:25:38 GMT -6
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"Sure you do." She smiled, teasing more. Skye really just made it much to easy to tease her for things. Emily was pretty sure even if she wasn't cheating with her power she'd manage to turn the other girl beet red given enough time. That was an amusing thought. Skye had a pretty cute blush. It was also amusing to see her her change into that particular shade.
"I wouldn't go that far. Maybe not perfect." She chimed, smirking more. "Adequate scapegoat maybe~" She teased more, laughing a little at the next response. "Sure you can~" The sure was drawn out by a few more syllables. "Though I am sure you can get into trouble without me just fine, you're definitely the trouble maker of us." She said, ironically while reaching for the alcohol and pouring herself another drink.
Was that...? Emily began to wonder a little about all the embarrassment that radiated from Skye when they'd been hanging out. She'd definitely felt affection from the other girl. But it was hard to differentiate affection from romantic intentions. She was definitely blushing though.
If that was the case how did Emily feel about that? She hoped Skye wouldn't get too awkward with them hanging out, she was really enjoying a friend and hoped if her friend was developing pesky feelings they wouldn't be a problem.
Keep things super platonic. "Well I'm probably up before you anyway. I'm awake a good 20 hours a day anyway." Maybe that was why she was so prickly.? Probably.
Posted by Skye Sinclaire on Dec 28, 2019 10:18:19 GMT -6
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"Exactly," she said, keeping her face as straight as she could, but sadly, that facade quickly cracked proving that absolutely nothing about Skye was 'straight.' But! The teasing was good because it distracted from this confusing and embarrassing stuff.
"Like I said. I make my share of trouble, so you should take credit for what little bit you do; I'm pulling this duo, obviously, when it comes to the mischief department~" Skye gave Emily a very determined glance followed by a smirk and a wink.
Skye had resolved to thinking the awkward moments were just the alcohol and emotional breakdown stuff earlier. But she was sure Emily had been sneaking glances at her while they were playing, but ignoring the fact that for Skye to have noticed she would have had to had been stealing glances herself. Ugh...it was so freaking weird. Besides, she was in no way ready for something else like that, right? Right. And furthermore, she was 'on break.' That was different than being single, right? Of course.
"So what the hell do you need a human coffee for?" she quipped, turning her attention back to the game.
Posted by Emily Graves on Dec 28, 2019 11:35:42 GMT -6
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Emily giggled when Skye tried to keep her face straight and failed absolutely. "You know you can try and keep a straight face with me all you like, but I know what's behind your smile~" Whoa. Okay, that came out far more flirtatious than intended. Hopefully Skye with her confused feelings wouldn't misinterpretation that.
"I will take credit for being a f*** awesome friend, and plying my weird friend with alcohol~" She teased back. "As long as you don't tell my boss." She looked up thoughtfully for a moment. "I wonder what she'd think of us hanging out... Actually, she'd probably be happy that I'm actually socialising more." She admitted with another giggle.
Damn, the alcohol was making it harder to hold off those nefarious giggles. Emily bit her lip to stop more escaping. Nope, now they just sounded like snorts. Maybe that was better.
They downed the boss as Skye asked the question Emily turned to her with a raised eyebrow. "What do you think I need you for?" The question had actually had innocent intent, truly.
Posted by Skye Sinclaire on Dec 28, 2019 11:44:13 GMT -6
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She blushed at the comment, her hair briefly turning pink from all the warm fuzzy feelings that flirtatious line was instilling in her. Part of her embraced it, but the other half was more than a little uncomfortable.
"That one, I'll give you," she said with a laugh. "Honestly, she'd probably be happy that I'm coming out of my shell again," she said sincerely. "I think everyone's sort of missed the old me. And...you're sort of bringing that back out," Skye admitted.
Then, her face got more somber at Emily's last question. "I don't know. Honestly, at this point....I feel like I need you more than you need me," she admitted, looking at the ground. "I mean, I know I'm fun to be around, and you enjoy my company...and to be honest I enjoy yours too. But I don't know that you need me."
Posted by Emily Graves on Dec 28, 2019 12:02:44 GMT -6
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Okay. Okay okay okay. Okayyyy. Skye was definitely feeling some romance. That wasn't what Emily had intended. Right? No it definitely wasn't. Right...? The discomfort she felt in Skye rocked her like a slap. Emily suddenly felt very twisted and uncomfortable herself. Even if it was all unintentional Emily didn't want Skye to feel unhappy or uncomfortable, she sucked in a little through her teeth in reaction.
"All I want." She forced the words to come out of her mouth. Her brain would obey dammit! "Is for you to feel like yourself, and be happy. If the old you is the shape that it takes, so be it." She soothed honestly. Ugh, why did that feel so weird to say. Maybe it wasn't all she wanted? She didn't know what she wanted. She should really get back to dealing with how she dealt with Kendra and start repressing the crap out of things.
And then Skye spoke again. ****. "Hey, no. You're wrong about that." She shot back quickly. "Firstly, you don't need me at all. You're strong, determined and gorgeous. You're really good at video games, stylish and funny. You'd be fine on your own." Emily briefly thought about reaching over and wrapping her fingers around Skye's and then was immediately thankful that Skye wasn't a mind reader or an empath herself.
She forced herself to think platonically and still blushed because of the words that spilled out of her mouth at Skye. "Since meeting you I've done something I was terrified to do, actually several things. And I've made a second friend (I think), what possibly could make you think us hanging out hasn't been good for both of us." She leaned towards Skye, romantic tension off her mind entirely for a moment regardless of implications of body language.
"And none of this leaves this room. If you tell people I said any of this I deny it super hard, got it?" She replied with a grin, awfully close to Skye.
Skye nodded, deciding to focus on her breathing. Yeah. Breathe. Focus on the game. She closed her eyes a moment, but that damned pink wouldn't go away.
"You found me when I was on my own," Skye corrected. "And if you recall....I most definitely was not fine," she said, her voice growing slightly shaky with....nerves? The hell? "You're right. I guess in that sense it's a two way street. I just can't help but feel like I've been more needy," she admitted.
"Who am I gonna tell? Honestly." She looked at Emily with a deadpan expression and HOSHIT she was super close. Her hair was now an embarrassed shade of purple as her eyes drifted to Emily's face. Her smile. Her lips...dangerously close.
Nope. Uh-uh. Not gonna happen. No way. She breathed, closing her eyes again, hoping that maybe when she opened them again she'd be a safer distance back.
Nope.
She kept her eyes glued to the screen, trying not to focus on her....rather attractive....really close friend being right there while Skye herself was dealing with whatever this emotional bullshit was. Uuuuugh.
"So maybe this has been healthy for both of us," she finally said, trying to stave off the awkwardness. "You're right, I'm an idiot sometimes." There we go. Deflecting it with self deprecating humor. Perfect.
Posted by Emily Graves on Dec 28, 2019 19:32:48 GMT -6
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Even if Emily wasn't an empath she'd probably have worked out what was going on. Firstly there was Skye's irregular breathing, which was pretty obvious to her and seemed to be the most audible thing in the room even over the game audio. Second there was the pink light that was bathing the room. Pink was affection right? Of course it was... The funny thing was Sky seemed super nervous but her colour and predominant emotion were affection... Romantic affection.
What did that mean? Ugh, this whole day had been so confusing. Emily liked Skye sure, but romance was not something she was after, and Skye had made it pretty clear she wasn't either. Emily felt more than a little sick at the thought. She'd not really considered or felt serious romance since Kendra, everything else had been curiosity and testing.
Then Skye responded by describing her view of their relation-Friendship. Their friendship. And Emily felt her stomach doing another little flip. There was the purple again too. Emily suddenly realised how close she was and abruptly freaked the fuck out, falling backwards a little before ending up lying down on her back on the floor. This alcohol was probably contributing. This was fine. She could just lie here until morning and then wake up from this nightmare.
"Yeah. Healthy." She muttered in response from her place on the floor. Crap crap crap crap. What was she going to do?
"You are an idiot, I agree." She murmured without any conviction.