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.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 17:49:23 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,823
5
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Raine
Just like that, the waitress was there to take their plates and offer dessert, which not only was Tarin alright with sharing, but he was giving her the choice of what they got.
Taking a look over the dessert menu, Lee ordered the zabaglione, and even before the waitress had walked away, Lee was looking over at Tarin once more. Asking what kind of desserts she liked. ”Cheesecake is always a good choice,” she replied almost immediately.
”Though, to be honest we don’t do dessert at home all that often,” she continued after a couple moments of thought. ”If we do, most of the time we’ll go for a walk after dinner and grab some ice cream or something. Brownies, especially warmed up with a scoop of vanilla are good, too, but if I have brownies at home I tend to eat them more as a snack than dessert.
“But yeah, favourite would have to be a strawberry cheesecake with chocolate either swirled in or drizzled on top. What about you?”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 18:44:08 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
2,996
9
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:27 GMT -6
Jules
To be honest, Tarin had absolutely no idea what it was that Lee had ordered. She’d managed to find something on the menu that he’d not only never had, but had never heard of before and it would have been rude to pull out his phone and look so he figured he’d just wait and see because dessert was dessert and bound to be good.
The words of Tarin’s question were barely out of his mouth when Lee was already answering. Cheesecake.
Lee mentioned some other desserts, mostly ice cream and brownies and Tarin had to agree that they were both good choices. But his favorite?
”Ice cream and blueberry pie.” he said, ”Since I was a kid.” . There was just something about it. ”Otherwise, I love ice cream.” .
That said, Tarin had to smile a little, ”I hope you don’t mind the 20 questions…”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 19:11:18 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,823
5
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Raine
Lee nodded when Tarin told her that his favourite dessert was blueberry pie with ice cream. Simple but tasty. And if it had been his favourite since he was a kid, probably comforting as well.
Lee shook her head with a smile at Tarin’s question. ”No, I don’t mind,” Lee replied. ”This is the kind of thing that people do on first dates, isn’t it? Plus, some of the questions, and answers, have been interesting.”
For another couple of moments, Lee looked across at Tarin. Then smiled a little wider. ”What did you want to be when you grew up?”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 19:54:38 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
2,996
9
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:27 GMT -6
Jules
Was this the kind of thing that people did on first dates?
Tarin had been on first dates and he couldn’t remember ever being on one where he had shared nearly as much information. Hell, he’d had whole relationships where he hadn’t shared this much about himself.
But if Lee was okay with it…he just smiled.
Then Lee asked what he had wanted to be when he grew up.
Vague memories struggled to surface and for the first time in a long time Tarin didn’t push them away. Didn’t shut down and didn’t really want to walk away to try and deflect from talking about things that might have hurt a little. Tarin was full, he was happy, and Lee’s smile was so bright.
”Believe it or not…” [/i] he said slowly and thoughtfully, ”I spent a vast majority of my childhood outside…absolutely feral by today’s standards, I’m sure.”
Tarin took a deep breath, ”We rode 4-wheelers and go-carts, and pretty much anything else that moved and I was absolutely convinced that I was going to be a racecar driver when I grew up.” he smiled at the memory, ”I think I had astronaut as a backup though…”
Beyond that, was poking a dark place in Tarin’s mind that he just couldn’t go. Not yet, ”What about you?”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 20:12:48 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,823
5
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Raine
Lee nodded as she listened. Remembering the ranch in Texas, the pictures she had seen of the Brooks brothers from this world as children, hearing the stories…She could definitely believe that Tarin would have been considered feral. Especially compared to Kevin.
Then he went on to actually tell her what he had wanted to be when he grew up, and she laughed softly, happily. ”I bet you were. How often did you beat your brothers when you raced?” she asked, assuming racing had been a common occurrence. They were brothers, after all.
When he turned the question around on her, Lee thought for a moment. ”A few different things,” she admitted. ”When I was little, I wanted to be a ballerina. But I was not a graceful child.” Lee laughed a bit a again, shaking her head at what she could remember from when she was that young.
”I was bad. I gave up on that by the time I was 7 or 8. From then, I kept alternating between wanting to be an actress and a singer. I wanted to be an actress more, but every. Single. Time. I had a music recital or competition, the stage fright I got would put me off wanting to be an actress. For a month or two.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 20:38:45 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
2,996
9
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:27 GMT -6
Jules
”Almost never…” Tarin said with a little laugh, ”But I never gave up…” until he had.
Lee told her story then, and Tarin couldn’t help but imagine a little tiny Lee in a little ballerina outfit. The image was so cute.
Then Lee explained that later she’d wanted to be a singer or an actress…but she’d had stage fright. ”Well you grew out of that! he said, remembering that both Lee and Rachel had mentioned Lee doing open mic nights in the past.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 20:59:15 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,823
5
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Raine
”Almost never is still sometimes,” Lee pointed out.
Then Tarin poitned out that she had grown out of her stage fright based on ow she had done at the open mic at the bar as the waitress came back to the table with their dessert. Which looked like it had mixed berries in it.
”I didn’t grow out of it,” Lee told Tarin as she picked up a spoon. ”I stopped caring what people thought. Well, most people.” Dipping her spoon in, Lee took a bite of the custard dessert.
”I had figured that if people weren’t going to like me when they found out I was a mutant, or what my powers were, why should I care what they thought about me to start with? And after a while, when I did start caring more, being in front of people like that was easier because I had done it before and knew I could again.”
”So why don’t you do it now?”
Lee just blinked at Tarin for a few moments. ”Do it now?” she asked back. Then she shook her head slightly. ”Far more attention than I want now. Plus, I’m no good at writing songs.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 21:16:29 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
2,996
9
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:27 GMT -6
Jules
Lee pointed out that almost was still sometimes and Tarin had to shake his head. ”The times I won I was reckless as hell. Man, we got in so much trouble once that I didn’t know if we’d ever get to get the cars out again.”
The dessert was dropped off and it looked like some kind of custard with berries. Nice.
Lee explained that she hadn’t grown out of the stage fright, she’d just stopped caring what people thought and Tarin looked at her a bit puzzled. Wasn’t that what growing out of something was? As someone who had zero talent at any kind of performance art, he wasn’t 100% sure but it felt right.
Lee didn’t seem entirely open to his suggestion that she try to sing or act now and as she looked at him and did that slow blink thing that people tended to do when you said something wild he just looked back.
Finally, Lee spoke and Tarin smiled, ”Okay.” he said. ”But I bet you’re better than you think.” and left it at that.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 21:40:43 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,823
5
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Raine
He had been reckless the times he had won against his brothers. Well, based on similar stories that she had heard, that wasn’t overly surprising, but Tarin didn’t seem to think it was great in terms of how he had won the races. ”That time sounds like quite a story,” Lee said softly.
And again, Tarin was thinking that she was better, and more, than she believed. ”Ok, I can generally compose pretty well,” Lee allowed with a bit of a shrug. ”But lyrics…It’s not just that I don’t think they’re good enough. I have so much trouble with them that I can’t even get enough bad lyrics down to finish a song. And over the years, I realized that it was the music, and the music alone, that I loved.
“Plus,” Lee continued, her voice dropping. ”There are things in my past I would really like to not become public knowledge if someone were to go digging for info because I become even locally well known.”
Things like what happened in Florida. And Columbia. And Romania. And while there was no obvious public link between her and those things, Lee knew that there were people in the world who would and could do the digging to make the links.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 20, 2024 21:54:23 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
2,996
9
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:27 GMT -6
Jules
Tarin didn’t say anything when Lee ceded the point just the tiniest bit. He wasn’t smug or anything, just happy that Lee knew that she was good at the skill. For some reason that was important.
So was Lee’s reasoning, she explained that she didn’t want people looking into her and Tarin nodded, “I can totally understand that.” he said, then thought for a minute.
”But you should play more if you love to play.”
Hmmmm. What else was there to ask or say? Tarin checked his watch again and now it was probably time for them to start thinking about heading towards the movie theater.
”If you see the waitress flag her down so we can get the check, it’s about time to head to the movie.”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 20, 2024 22:45:45 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,823
5
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Raine
Tarin was right, she really should be playing more than she had been recently. Though, there had been a lot going on and a lot of changes in her life recently.
”You can always remind me if I haven’t been playing enough,” she told him. It’s not like they spent their evenings in the same living room where both her guitar and keyboard were kept or anything. Then she decided to tease a bit. ”We don’t have to watch baseball every night, you know.”
But Tarin pointed out they should probably be heading over to the theatre soon, and Lee nodded before taking another bite of what was left of the dessert.
”What about you? Any hobbies other than baseball?” Lee asked, then glanced past Tarin and raised her hand a bit to get the waitress’ attention a few tables down.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 4:53:58 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
2,996
9
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:27 GMT -6
Jules
Tarin nodded when Lee said he could always point out when she wasn’t playing enough and then laughed, ”I guess I can sacrifice for the arts.
Hobbies besides baseball? Tarin thought about it as Lee flagged the waitress down and he asked for the check. Off she went and Tarin shrugged, ”Nothing really exciting or special. I like to read when I have time…you know about the running and the working out…”
What else did he do? Honestly, not a lot. That’s was how he’d gotten into the whole mess Lee had found him…he’d been bored out of his mind and lonely as hell.
The waitress saved him from trying to make himself sound more interesting and Tarin snagged the check folio, put his card in there, and handed it back before she could walk off again.
”I guess I’m kind of boring? I’m discovering a new love of romantic comedies?”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 5:43:16 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,823
5
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Raine
Lee laughed with Tarin when he said that he guessed that he could sacrifice for the arts. ”Well good. Sports isn't the only thing that's important,” she teased.
But apparently other than what she had already seen, Tarin admitted that he didn't have a whole lot. Lee nodded as he took the cheque and slipped his card in to pay before she could even reach for her purse.
It really did make sense that he didn't have a lot of hobbies; he'd spent so much of his life simply trying to survive, and had been since he was only 14.
”I haven't once thought that you're boring,” Lee let him know with an encouraging smile. ’What do you like to read? And why the new appreciation for romcoms?’
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 7:36:19 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
2,996
9
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:27 GMT -6
Jules
Lee was being nice, and Tarin appreciated it. The reality was, he had been kind of boring. For a long time it had been by design, then old habits had died hard.
What did he like to read? ”Pretty much anything.” he said, ”I spent a lot of time in the libraries when I was younger. I’d hear things from spirits and if it sparked my interest I’d go and read about it. I like fiction too, mostly spy thriller type stuff. For a while after I came over here I was digging into what was different and figuring all of that out.”
As for the movies, ”It’s amazing how much more interesting things can be with the right company.” He said as the waitress dropped the check back off to be signed. ”Sometimes they seem kind of silly when you’re watching them alone, but if you’re watching them with someone, it’s a whole new deal.” .
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 8:07:50 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,823
5
Sept 18, 2024 18:54:17 GMT -6
Raine
He would read just about anything, and had read up on stuff that spirits had mentioned that sounded interesting? That…was interesting. But before she could ask anything about that, the waitress was dropping of the receipt for Tarin to sign and he was answering her question about romcoms.
Standing when Tarin asked if she was ready to go, Lee waited until they were outside before speaking. ”I guess you’re right,” she said thoughtfully as she took his hand once they were back out on the sidewalk. ”They do hit a bit differently when you’re with someone. Especially if you never thought that would happen…”
But Lee was still curious about how Tarin had said he used to spend a lot of time in the library after hearing things from spirits. ”What’s the most interesting thing you read about because of a spirit?”