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.
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Vague?
”Well…if I’m going to try to talk to people, I’m probably stuck with Western Europe, or I’m going to need a translator who isn’t superstitious.” Tarin said, ”But if it’s no holds bar…the Mediterranean does sound amazing. Is it Greece where there’s those islands where all the buildings are white?”
As Tarin spoke, the food arrived and as he waited for Lee’s response to the question he went ahead and dug in. The sauce was good. It was tangy and not overly sweet, with just the slightest bit of red pepper kick on the back end. The noodles were good too, not the best he’d ever had…but good.
Lee chose that time to answer and Tarin listened as he continued to eat, nodding as Lee said she’d like to see Australia. Tarin didn’t know a lot about the country but knew that because of its geographical isolation it was pretty special in a lot of ways.
That was only if she was traveling on her own though. If she had company, then it was a cabin in Northern England or Scotland. ”One of those places with cliffs and moors and lochs and nobody else around for miles?’ Tarin said.
His question this time was easy and he didn’t have to think long, ”How is it?” he said, nodding to Lee’s plate.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 7:26:11 GMT -6
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Western Europe so he could understand any spirits he could find. Right, that was a good point, she realized and nodded. They'd had gems Slate had given them so they could understand and speak the language while in Romania.
But then Tarin was asking if Greece had all the islands with white buildings. ”Maybe?” Lee said after a couple moments. ''Athens does, so maybe there's islands there that do too.”
Once she'd finished her answer about where she'd like to go, Lee continued to eat. ”Not necessarily moors and cliffs,” Lee replied. Then continued with a smile. ''But definitely with no one around for miles. That would be nice.” Really, that was the important her, that was what would make that trip so special: being able to spend time so alone.
At that point, the table lapsed back into silence as they ate. The next question Tarin asked her was if the food was good. Lee nodded as she finished the bite she was working on before answering.
”It is,” Lee confirmed. ” They were definitely right about this place.”
As her mind pondered what to ask or talk about next, Lee's eyes dropped to her plate. There was something she'd been wondering for days now, since she had spoken with Shin. But she didn't really have anyone else she could ask.
''What do you think about the X-Men and the mansion?” Lee finally asked, her voice quiet. ”Do you think I'm crazy for planning to send Kevin there for high school?”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 8:29:34 GMT -6
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It made sense, Tarin supposed, that someone who had an almost complete reliance on the presence of other people would simply want to be able to get away from other people. It was also so loud in the city all the time. It was easy to forget it and kind of push it to the back of your mind, but the noises were always there. Yeah, a cabin in the middle of nowhere did have its merits.
Lee liked her food too. Maybe they’d have to come back sometime. Tarin was still musing about that, and trying to decide if it would be ridiculous to order dessert if they were just going to get candy and snacks at the movie when Lee asked another question.
A real question. A question that had the potential to actually matter. A question that involved a decision that Lee was trying to make about her son.
The silence was stretching too long as he sat there, and Tarin knew for a fact that he’d have found a reason to get up and walk off for a minute if they’d been anywhere but the middle of a busy restaurant.
What did he think of the X-Men?
”I think it’s absolutely wild that they exist on the level that they exist here..” he said, ”They seem to be everywhere…”
As for the Mansion, that was an even more difficult question for him to answer and he sat down his fork in favor of worrying the napkin in his lap as he tried to think and put those chaotic thoughts into words.
”I don’t know enough about the school to say anything…but I’ve heard they directly recruit from the students there and that….” He took a deep breath, looking down at the table, ”That makes me wonder what they’re doing during that recruitment process…how they convince kids to join the cause…”
The whole concept of a boarding school ran by a paramilitary organization honestly kind of gave Tarin a bit of the ick, but he knew he was negatively biased.
”Lee, if you’re even considering sending Kevin there, the place must be a million times better than the picture I’ve got in my head because I cannot imagine you’d do anything other than what’s best for that kid.” . Somehow this was easier to talk about than the Mansion itself…weird.
”What made you think you might want him to go there?”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 9:05:00 GMT -6
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Tarin was quiet for a while after she had asked her questions. That was fine, it was a big question, and probably something that Tarin had never thought she would ask him. At least not about the idea of sending Kevin there. Asking about the mansion or the X-Men maybe, but not her plans on her son’s schooling
When he finally did answer, Lee nodded. ”Everywhere yet not really doing much,” Lee murmured disparagingly.
As Tarin continued to speak, Lee just listened to him, wanting to get his opinion before her own could effect what he actually said to her. And, though for much different reasons, Tarin’s view of the X-Men in general, as a whole, seemed to be similar to her own.
Then Tarin asked his own question, a very relevant question. Though one that she hadn’t actually thought through consciously before. Finally, Lee gave a slight shrug. ”He was born at the mansion, so I think we just always kind of assumed that he would end up going there,” Lee said as she looked across the table at Tarin.
”Plus, depending on what his powers end up being, they’ve got training facilities that would be so much easier and better equipped to teach Kevin to use them properly than I could hope to on my own.”
Lee frowned slightly as she tried to explain the rest of her misgivings about the idea without making it seem like it was a horrible idea. ”And I mean, they do. Recruit from the students, that is. But their cause on paper is good. They just look at things on such a small scale that they don’t actually change anything. Though it might help if they actually thought before rushing into situations once in a while.” That last was said with a roll of her eyes.
”But at least Sam’s promised me that he won’t try to recruit Kevin. Somehow I doubt Sam would actually dissuade him, but at least he’s not going to encourage Kevin to join…”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 9:49:04 GMT -6
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Lee mentioned that Kevin had been born at the Mansion and Tarin couldn’t help but look surprised. When he thought about it, Tarin could remember Lee talking about the Mansion off and on over the last few weeks, but none of it had really clicked
Lee talked through her reasoning and her thoughts on the matter and Tarin nodded, listening as she explained her misgivings and her concerns with the X-Men. Her very detailed and apparently well informed misgivings and concerns about the X-Men.
”Thinking definitely does not seem to be their strong suit. Tarin commented.
”But at least Sam’s promised me that he won’t try to recruit Kevin. Somehow I doubt Sam would actually dissuade him, but at least he’s not going to encourage Kevin to join…”
At this. At the familiarity Lee was using about someone in a position to recruit Kevin to the X-Men cause, Tarin gaped a bit.
”Wait, wait, wait…are you telling me that you’re X-Men adjacent too?” he said shaking his head. ”No wonder you want to get away to a cabin in the middle of nowhere.”
Taking a deep breath and digesting all of that, Tarin said, ”Look, I absolutely understand your mixed feelings, probably more than you can imagine, but…” He added, pausing for a moment, ”What I would have given for a place like that to figure myself out, figure what I could do…be safe” Tarin knew that Lee knew what he was talking about, ”It’s almost too good to pass up.”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 10:29:18 GMT -6
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Tarin looked legitimately surprised when she mentioned where Kevin had been born. Though, Lee realized that it would be surprising to someone who didn’t know about the Doc there, and the medical facilities they had available there. But she couldn’t help but laugh a bit when Tarin agreed that thinking wasn’t the X-Men’s strong suit. If even Tarin had noticed that, it must be more obvious than Lee had thought.
”Wait, wait, wait…are you telling me that you’re X-Men adjacent too?”
Lee blinked at Tarin. ”X-Men adjacent?” she asked, confused by what exactly he meant by this. ”Yes, I know, and am friends with a few of them. And I have spent time at the mansion in the past when the need arose. But I’ve also spent more than 15 years refusing to join because, well, what we’ve already discussed about them.”
When Tarin continued, sharing his thoughts on the mansion for a young mutant, what it would have been and meant for him if something like that had been available in his world…
”Thank you, Tarin,” Lee said with a smile. ”I think I was just worrying and second guessing my decision after I talked to Shin last week.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 11:10:06 GMT -6
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The more he heard, the more incredulous the look on Tarin’s face got. Lee seemed confused by the terminology that he’d used, but the more she spoke the more appropriate it was.
She’d been refusing to join the X-Men for fifteen years.
Refusing. To join. The X-Men. Who wanted her to join them in their crime fighting escapades and adventures. It wasn’t the wildest thing that Lee had told him, but still.
Lee was thanking him now for his stunning insight into whether or not the person who had been associated with, recruited by, and well known to the X-Men should be wary of said organization in relation to her son and his attendance at their school.
Tarin couldn’t help it, he burst out laughing.
”I swear to God if you ever argue with me again when I say you’re extraordinary, I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m glad I could help though.” he said, rubbing his eyes with his thumb and forefinger and trying to pull himself together.
”You’re also going to have to clue me in on who all these people are. I’m guessing they’re X-Men though because of course you hang out with X-Men.”
It was enough to shake a man’s confidence…just a little.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 11:38:27 GMT -6
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Lee thanked Tarin for his input, for his opinion about the mansion and her decision to send Kevin there, and he laughed.
He laughed.
Loud enough and suddenly enough that there were people at nearby tables looking their way.
And then Tarin spoke, and it…His words did nothing to clear up her confusion about why he was laughing. What did anything she had said have to do with Tarin thinking that she was extraordinary?
”Of course,” Lee said, her voice kind of thoughtful as she was still wondering why he thought this made her more extraordinary than he already had. ”I could introduce you to them at some point too, if you wanted. Sam creates ice. It’s pretty big and obvious, so they often report about that when they’re doing things in the city. Shin….”
Lee paused as she thought about how to describe him in terms of who he was with the X-Men. ”Shin can…he can create objects out of things he calls ‘shards’. Including armour. And can somehow fly on some sort of platform he makes? Don’t ask me how that works though, because I have no idea, and honestly I don’t think I’d understand it any better if I asked him to explain it to me.”
Lee shook her head, both at how Shin explained things - or rather, how he didn’t really explain things while explaining - as well as in confusion about Tarin’s last comment. ”But why is it so surprising that I’m friends with a few of the X-Men? They’re just people. Like us.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 12:21:07 GMT -6
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In the grand scheme of things, it probably made sense that Lee was confused and when Tarin noticed that he’d drawn the attention of some of the people around them he probably flushed a little bit with embarrassment.
Lee explained who Sam was, and Tarin had absolutely seen news coverage of the X-man and his ice powers. Lee’s other friend, Tarin couldn’t say he’d seen much about, but his power sounded…cool if somewhat intangible.
Lee was still confused and Tarin sighed a bit, ”I’m sorry Lee, I didn’t mean to laugh like that.” he said a little awkwardly and very contritely.
”It’s hard to explain, but these things that are just..normal to you are kind of hard for me to wrap my head around...” Well, that was awkward too and he cringed a little.
”Sorry?” he said again, ”I think I’d like to meet them.” .
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 12:44:13 GMT -6
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Lee supposed that made sense. Except for during the Registration Act, people in this world were always able to openly identify as mutants. And even during the Act, if you had voluntarily registered (and didn’t have a ‘dangerous’ mutation), you were allowed to go about your life. With a bracelet on, but still able to be a mutant in the world.
Where Tarin had grown up and lived until 6 years ago, that hadn’t been the case. So maybe it was that hard for him to comprehend that her knowing some of the X-Men like this was simply her having a few friends. The few friends she seemed to have…but still friends.
Setting her fork down on her plate, Lee reached her hand across the table for Tarin’s. ”You don’t need to apologize. I had only really met a handful of other mutants before getting to New York. So I guess when the majority of the ones I met here have wanted to, as you say, ‘save the world’ in one way or another,” Lee shrugged slightly. ”After knowing them for a decade or two, I guess I really don’t realize how surprising it might be to others.”
Lee paused and took a sip of her beer before smiling. ”But yes, if you’d like to meet them, we can definitely do that. I had been planning on taking Kevin over to the mansion in the next month or so, at least show him around a bit before he’s there for school and training and everything. You want to come along?”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 13:25:06 GMT -6
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”There were people like that on the other side too…” Tarin said, the X-Men had even existed, in a much different capacity. There had also been places where people had been much more open about who they were and what they could do even with the threat of SUPER around. ”I just didn’t know any of them.” He hadn’t found one of those other groups, he’d ended up where he’d ended up.
It made sense when Lee explained it that way that they’d all kind of managed to find each other in New York and that they were just friends. Part of her life.
Lee mentioned that she was planning to take Kevin to the Mansion to tour it before he eventually started school there, and then she asked if Tarin would like to go along. ”Really?” he asked, ”If you don't mind, and don’t think Kevin would, I think that would be really cool.”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 13:36:55 GMT -6
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Apparently, there actually had been people in his world open about their powers like the X-Men? That…was very hard to believe based on everything else that Tarin had previously told her.
But then Tarin was questioning her offer of him coming along to the mansion when she took Kevin. ”I would enjoy you coming along,” Lee told Tarin with a smile. ””And honestly, Kevin will probably find something or someone more interesting than his mother within 30 minutes of getting there, and then I’d be on my own if you don’t come with us.”
It was true. Kevin would either run across some of the other students and want to go hang out, or Sam would convince him to check out the Danger Room and the rest of the tour would have zero interest for Kevin.
”I haven’t actually been there in years, but I should be able to give you a pretty good tour.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 15:09:34 GMT -6
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”Let me know when and where.” Tarin said, smiling at what Lee said about Kevin, ”I can imagine the things that will interesting and important to him will be different from the things that are interesting and important to you.” He added, still excited to be invited and included.
Lee figured she’d be able to give a decent tour even though she hadn’t been there in years. It was still impressive to Tarin that she knew the place well enough to give a tour at all. He kept his opinion on that to himself this time though and simply said, ”I’m sure you’ll be an excellent tour guide.”
That said, Tarin picked up his fork and dug back into his food and drink for a few minutes of what he hoped was comfortable silence.
Checking his watch, Tarin noted they were still good on time and looked back at Lee, ”Think we should get dessert?” he said, taking the easy way out on a question.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 15:22:15 GMT -6
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Lee sighed, but still smiled across the table at Tarin. ”You’re probably right about that,” she agreed. Even in the gym, Kevin had a different idea of what was important for him to learn and work on than Lee did.
When Tarin commented on her being an excellent tour guide, Lee laughed slightly. ”Now, is that because you’re confident in my memory, or is it just because it’s spending time with me?” Lee asked, with a teasing smile.
Then Tarin went back to eating, and Lee looked down at her plate. And realized that she still had a lot more food left than she had thought. They had been talking quite a lot. So she went back to enjoying her dinner until Tarin asked another question. But at least this one was immediately relevant.
Lee thought for a moment. ”Maybe share dessert?” Lee suggested. ”That way we still get to have dessert here, but aren’t in danger of being too full for popcorn at the movie.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 17:06:13 GMT -6
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”Probably a little of both.” Tarin admitted when Lee asked about his confidence in her tour guide skills. Any excuse to spend some time together was always good.
As for dessert, Lee suggested they share something, ”I think that’s a great plan. Your choice, I’m not picky.” he said.
As if on cue, the waitress arrived to ask if they were done and if they wanted that dessert. Tarin relinquished his plate with thanks and looked at Lee expectantly.
Once the choice had been made and the waitress had left, Tarin turned his attention back to Lee, ”Speaking of which…what kind of desserts do you like?”