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 Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 8:40:57 GMT -6
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
Back out on the street and holding hands again, Lee admitted that he had a point about the movies and he had to nod his head, additional commentary to offer besides a succinct, ”Yep.”
As they walked, Tarin had to think for a minute when Lee asked him what the most interesting thing he’d ended up finding out from a spirit had been. ”Did you know that the first Ferris wheel ever made was made for the World’s Fair in Chicago in the late 1800s? And it was huge, they could put like 60 people on each of the cars.”
”That whole World’s Fair was an absolute marvel of engineering and all sorts of things. They built the grounds on what essentially amounted to a swamp on Lake Michigan…but they managed and the Mayor and the planners all insisted that all of the buildings were white. They called it the White City. It was a huge deal because they beat out New York as the fair site.” There had also been an absolutely prolific serial killer operating out of the city at the time and he had used the fair as a backdrop to find victims as well as a fire, worker deaths, and the assassination of the mayor. Tarin left those part of the story out though, the rest was way more charming.
”There was a spirit who had been an exhibitor at the fair, he liked to talk about it because at the time even just going to the World’s Fair was something to brag about…let alone as an exhibitor. There’s tons of books on the subject.” .
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 9:57:42 GMT -6
Mutant God
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As Tarin started speaking, and telling her about a World’s Fair that had been in Chicago, Lee looked over and up at Tarin as they walked down the street. And the more that he said, the more fascinated her expression. The only indication that she was paying any attention at all to anything besides what Tarin was saying was when she stepped closer to him as they walked when she stepped closer to Tarin as she felt someone getting close to her on the other side.
”I can’t even imagine a ferris wheel that large,” Lee replied. ”AND they built it on a marsh? That is really very neat. I would have never guessed anything like that would have been able to be done back then.”
But if that was just one thing that Tarin had looked into, the most interesting thing that he had thought of off the top of his head, there had to be other tidbits and stories. ”I think you might have to tell me about more of these rabbit holes you’ve gone down.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 10:54:10 GMT -6
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Jules
I can’t even imagine a ferris wheel that large AND they built it on a marsh? That is really very neat. I would have never guessed anything like that would have been able to be done back then.”
”Yeah, I guess all of the infrastructure they had to put in led to the development of the whole south side of the city or something…I can’t remember how they managed to deal with the swamp issues though. All of the lights on the Ferris wheel were Edison bulbs too…it was really cool..
Lee seemed legitimately interested as they walked, and it made it easier to share the little bits of silly info, and she wanted to hear more?
”Be careful what you ask for…” he said, ”I spent all my free time one summer looking into steam powered cars and why we ended up with internal combustion engines instead.” He’d been about 17 and the library had been one of the acceptable places to visit.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 11:51:32 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Sept 19, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -6
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This fair that Tarin had read about, that had had a ferris wheel that could seat 60[/b] people per car, had made it possible to build a whole part of the city? Though, Lee supposed it made sense; it would take a whole lot of ground support to be able to hold a ferris wheel that large, especially over a swamp.
”Well, if you ever start going on about something too boring, I’ll just fall asleep like with baseball,” Lee teased, nudging his shoulder with hers.
”But seriously, if it was something that caught your attention enough to spend a day in the library, it's probably at least a bit interesting.
“Also, that's something I was never really able to do.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 12:09:08 GMT -6
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
”I don’t think you’ve fallen asleep a single time…” Tarin said, grinning as Lee nudged him. ”I think the merits of steam power would really give you a run for your money though…” It had been interesting to him at the time, as had the fact that the owner of the patent for the vehicular steam engine had been owned by the same Stanley who had owned the hotel that inspired the Shining. One thing had led to another there and Tarin had spent the fall reading through everything Steven King had written.
Lee spoke again and Tarin looked over and down at her, they were getting closer to the movie theater ”What weren’t you able to do?”.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 12:58:12 GMT -6
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”Who knows, the next game may be the time,” Lee said. It kind of sucked that her teasing about sleeping during baseball wasn’t working so well anymore because she hadn’t yet. Hadn’t even come close, to be honest. ”Especially since we can curl up together now when we watch. Being bored and comfortable may just put me out.”
But when Tarin questioned what she hadn’t been able to do, she looked at him a little confused. Lee thought that she had been clear. ”I was never really able to just go sit in a library like that for hours. Or really anywhere conducive to reading anything that required a lot of focus. It was hard enough to read and study for my GED before I left Toronto the first time.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 13:37:22 GMT -6
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
”I guess we’ll have to see.” Tarin said. There were absolutely worse things he could picture.
Tarin asked Lee what she hadn’t been able to do and she explained. It made sense now that she spelled it out, ”Ugh, that test…” Tarin said, ”I don’t know how different things were over on my side, or in your different country…but man that thing was tedious. I don’t blame you for struggling to study for it. Does all the energy make it hard to focus?” he hoped she didn’t mind him asking.
”If I had to bet, I would put every penny on the idea that the entire GED program on both sides of the rift has been sustained by mutants for at least the last couple of decades.” Another reason that places like the Mansion were so hard to pass over.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 14:11:00 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Sept 19, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -6
Raine
”Oh, it was definitely tedious over here, too,” Lee confirmed. ”My only saving grace for it was that the room was full the day I did my test. I’m not sure how I would have managed to get through the whole thing otherwise.”
When Tarin asked that question about her powers, about whether a lot of energy made it hard to focus, Lee wasn’t sure what to say at first. How much to say. Tarin was getting a pretty good grasp of how her powers worked now. But how much detail should she go into about how things used to be.
At least Tarin had continued speaking, commenting on how he felt the whole GED system was held up by mutants who had been unable to finish school traditionally. It…was quite possible, Lee mused.
”No, I can still focus when I’ve got a lot of energy,” she told him. ”It can just feel like I’m going to bounce off the walls or something, especially if I’m not moving or doing something.
“But if I don’t have enough energy, even if I can manage to concentrate, things don’t always stay in my brain,” Lee continued, her voice a little quieter. ”Touching, any kind of contact, was not a normal thing for me for a good…ten years after leaving my parents. And managing my energy level was a series of important calculations daily.
“ I couldn’t fall asleep with even close to the amount of energy I can now, but I still had to have enough energy come morning to get out around people so I could wake up. Balancing having enough energy to get through the day, as well as that night, but not too much energy. And the best places for me to get energy generally weren’t great to study in.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 15:04:38 GMT -6
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
It turned out that the problem Lee had was the opposite of what Tarin had assumed. It hadn’t been too much energy, it had been too little.
Tarin had seen Lee when she didn’t have enough energy, when it was a struggle for her to function in the morning. He even regularly helped her out in that department.
Imagining her going around like that all the time…
”My God that must have been hard.” he said, giving her hand a squeeze. Lee had persisted though and managed to do it all on her own.
Good job didn’t seem like the right thing to say, but again Tarin was impressed by Lee’s tenacity in overwhelming situations.
”I’d guess I was a bit older than you were too…I didn’t get into any classes until after…all that.” he said, carefully skirting around things they simply weren’t going to talk about.
”It was just too tough to find real jobs otherwise.”
There really wasn’t much else to say about that though and as they walked he shook his head, ”I’m just glad things are easier now.” he said, looking down at Lee. It still made him sad to think about her sitting up alone, but somehow it was…better than her being unable to function.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 15:49:28 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Sept 19, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee just gave a bit of a shrug at Tarin’s comment that her years in Toronto until she’d been in New York for a while had been hard. ”It was all I knew from some point after my powers started but before we realized I was a mutant. There didn’t seem to be any way around it, only to live with it. And, when I actually had a place, to make sure I never went home too early.”
Tarin hadn’t started toward his GED until after…those people were gone. The mutants who she was simultaneously glad they had saved Tarin when he’d first gotten to New York, but who if they were still alive and she somehow ever ran across them she would beat to a pulp for what they did to him. ”You probably were. But it still took me almost 3 years, with everything working against me at the time…”
Boy had the conversation taken a bit of a depressing turn, Lee realized. But at least they were walking up to the theatre. That would give a distraction and chance to change topics.
Only as they stepped up to the ticket window did Lee let go of Tarin’s hand so she could grab her purse to pay for the movie tickets.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 16:10:31 GMT -6
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3,000
9
Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
The logistics of sorting out a new power were never easy, it seemed. But Tarin couldn’t help but think that Lee had had it particularly rough. It really hadn’t been fair that she’d been made to feel like she needed to leave home and it had been even less fair that she’d had so much trouble finding places to stay after she’d had to make that choice.
Lee said it had taken 3 years to finish with everything working against her and Tarin just shook his head, ”With all of that, Its impressive that you finished at all.” he said and left it at that.
They were approaching the theater now and Lee made like she was going to pay for the tickets, ”No, I got it..” Tarin said, sneaking his way in so he could get the tickets, ”First date and all…”
The transaction completed and there they were, heading into the theater lobby.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 16:30:58 GMT -6
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And Tarin was faster with getting his card out to pay. He had paid for dinner and now the movie tickets. ”Yes, it is our first date,” Lee agreed, though her eyes were narrowed slightly as she looked up at him. ”A mutually agreed and planned first date. Or, if anything, I asked you out.”
He had paid, but there were still snacks. Quickly grabbing her card out, Lee closed her purse. ”Yes, about that popcorn,” she said even as she started walking toward the refreshments.
Once she got to the counter, Lee ordered drinks for the two of them, a large popcorn with extra butter, and made sure to remember the chocolate candies Tarin had mentioned he liked dumping in his popcorn. And even before she had everything ordered, Lee was handing her card over, then turned to look at Tarin. ”Did I miss anything?”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 20:30:43 GMT -6
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Jules
Oops.
Tarin was the picture of contrition after he got the tickets. For their planned date. That Lee had probably actually asked him on. He even waited until Lee walked away to roll his eyes just the slightest bit before he followed after her to the concession stand.
Lee ordered the popcorn and the candy and then turned to ask him if there was anything else and Tarin grinned, ”Nope.” he said simply and then they were off to their theater.
Theaters now were a far cry from the ones Tarin remembered as a kid. It was one of those things that had changed in a seeming blink of an eye. Now there were fancy seats, and arm rests that you could lift up to make things more cozy.
There was still a few minutes before the previews though so once they were seated, Tarin looked over at Lee and smile, ”I seem to remember saying, quite recently, that when we could, I’d like to take you to a movie, and you agreed” he said casually, reaching for some of that popcorn.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 21:04:10 GMT -6
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Tarin
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Sept 19, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -6
Raine
As they were making their way from the concession stand into the theatre, Lee realized that maybe she was a little more harsh and far less teasing than she had intended.
Frowning slightly to herself as she walked up the aisle and they chose seats, Lee looked over when Tarin started speaking. ”I think you did,” Lee said a little sheepishly, her head dropping a bit. Seeing that Tarin was reaching for the popcorn, she held it out closer to him, between them.
”I didn’t mean it to come across that way,” Lee continued as she looked up at Tarin with a small smile. ”It’s just, you had already paid for dinner and the movie tickets…”
Taking a breath, Lee smiled at Tarin a little wider as she held up the package of candy covered chocolatey goodness. ”So what, you just dump these on top and that’s it?”