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 21, 2024 21:32:57 GMT -6
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Raine
Lee was relieved that Tarin wasn’t upset or anything about what had happened with the snacks. But then he was so excited about this concoction of his that he actually grabbed the package and ripped it open immediately. Even his explanation was a little more excited than normal, and Lee couldn’t help but laugh.
”All about ratio?” she questioned, an eyebrow raised. ”As though this was all measured out and everything?”
But then Tarin was saying he could just eat them separately if she thought she wasn’t going to like them mixed. ”Nuh uh,” she said, shaking her head. ”I’m pretty sure you promised me my own popcorn if I don’t like it. So dump them in.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 21:46:13 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
”It’s science…” Tarin said almost seriously.
Then Lee was pointing out that he’d promised her popcorn if she didn’t like the candy/popcorn combination and so he dumped the first third of the bag of candies in the popcorn, had Lee shake them down, then repeated the process with the other two thirds of the bag until there were no more candies in the bag and you could see some on the top of the popcorn. ”See?”
Reaching out, Tarin grabbed a handful, candy and all and ate it, giving Lee a thumbs up when it was gone, ”Perfection.”
Now the moment of truth. Tarin wasn’t sure why, but he wanted Lee to like combo.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 22:16:05 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Lee tried to nod seriously when Tarin informed her that this was all science. She wasn’t very successful, though, considering she laughed.
But she still followed his directions as he poured the candy into the popcorn tub. It was quite a production, Lee couldn’t help but think, as she watched Tarin, and as she shook the popcorn when needed. But he still had a smile on her face the entire time.
”I see that it’s in there,” Lee said slowly, an eyebrow raised as Tarin reached in for some of the mixture and popped his handful in his mouth.
And then gave her a thumbs up.
Shaking her head with a laugh, Lee reached into the tub to try it herself. Her face turning serious as she put the popcorn/candy concoction in her mouth and chewed slowly.
”It’s definitely different,” Lee eventually said. But she couldn’t hold her smile back much longer. ”Alright, it is good.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 21, 2024 22:29:56 GMT -6
Mutant God
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3,000
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
Success!
Tarin couldn’t help but grin when Lee said the popcorn/candy combination was good. Tarin had been confident that it was a pretty universal combo, but one could never be too sure.
That settled, Tarin was just about to say something else when the lights started to dim and the chatter all around them in the theater slowed as the previews started.
Slipping his arm around Lee’s shoulders and arranging the popcorn between them for easy reach, Tarin settled in to watch the movie.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 21, 2024 23:18:53 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Sept 19, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -6
Raine
It had looked like Tarin was about to say something else when the lights dimmed and the previews started. Lee just continued to look at Tarin for a couple of moments. The previews were only just starting, it wasn’t as though you had to be instantly quiet; he could have said what he was about to.
Unless the thing with previews was another similarity.
’No, that doesn’t matter one way or another,’ Lee told herself as she also turned to face the movie screen properly. Then smiled as she felt Tarin’s arm around her shoulders. This was already better than the last movie they had watched, when they were still having to keep their distance and follow the ground rules she had put in place.
Leaning into Tarin, Lee got comfortable as she grabbed more popcorn from the tub. She hadn’t heard much about the movie, but Lee was interested in how they had decided to have this biopic portray another iconic singer.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 22, 2024 5:35:41 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
3,000
9
Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
The previews started and Tarin only paid half attention to them because Lee was looking up at him in the dark and that was far more interesting than previews he’d see 100 times over the next weeks and months.
When she looked away he started paying attention again and made a mental note of a few movies that might be fun to see when they came out.
Previews weren’t what they were there for though.
The movie was a biopic about a singer and as the opening credits started, Tarin took more popcorn and couldn’t help but think about the absolutely wild turn of events his own life had taken.
If someone had told him six weeks ago that today he’d be here, at a movie, after a dinner date with Lee he would have said they were absolutely crazy.
But here he was. Sure there was everything else that had happened too, but he wasn’t thinking about any of that. No, Tarin was just thinking about how lucky he really was and desperately hoping he didn't find a way to screw it all up.
The movie was starting in earnest now, so he pulled his thoughts to the screen and just watched as the singer lived their childhood on the screen.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 22, 2024 6:27:08 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Sept 19, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -6
Raine
As the movie really got started, Lee rested her head against Tarin's shoulder as she watched the screen, taking a bite of popcorn every so often.
Maybe it was because of Tarin's comment earlier in the evening about her pursuing singing seriously now, but Lee frowned at the screen when the pressures on the singer became large and she turned to alcohol. Like Lee needed additional external pressure in her life, even less so pressure that was accompanied by media scrutiny.
No, Lee decided as she looked up at Tarin for a moment with a small smile, life was pretty damn good as it was. Yes, there were going to be questions and scrutiny on her, her and Tarin, now that their relationship was out in the open. And yes there were going to be problems and issues for them to sort through. But that was something they could work themselves, she thought as she turned her head back to the movie.
No, decided. Even if there weren't her reasons to avoid public scrutiny, Lee had no reason to go after that childhood dream. Because Lee was pretty sure she had another one sitting here beside her that she was far more grateful for.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 22, 2024 8:54:14 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
The movie did a good job of illustrating the kind of pressures that fame and attention bring to a person and the problems that those things can cause.
The singer struggled pretty terribly with managing the expectations of her label and who she wanted to be, as well as personal relationships and drugs and alchohol. As he watched, Tarin couldn’t help but be eternally glad that those were he’d never gone down. Doing odd jobs around New York he’d seen his share of people who had made those choices and it had always just made him sad.
Besides, he’d never known how any of those things would affect his powers and if anything Tarin had known that he always needed to keep himself in check.
Tarin felt Lee’s head move against his shoulder and looked down to find her looking up at him and smiled despite the somber tilt of the movie. It was really kind of hard to be sad though.
The singer was amazing at what she did, and produced hit after hit. Personally though, she was a mess, and things just didn’t seem to get a whole lot better. She’d take a step or two forward and then several steps back. She’d sort something out in her personal life and her professional life would get hard. Everything just seemed to work against the poor woman and she just never seemed to be able to get her feet fully beneath her in life.
Some people just didn’t have the personal strength or the support to do it. Again, it made Tarin think about how damn lucky he was that Lee had been paying attention that night a few weeks ago. It was hard to think about still…incredibly hard…but it didn’t make panic surge up inside him anymore just to acknowledge that it had happened. To think about what would have happened if she hadn’t sought him out that night was another story and he hugged her just a little bit closer wondering how he could possibly ever make it up to her or make her understand just what it had meant.
These were wildly uncomfortable thoughts for Tarin to have and it was probably more than a little weird that he was thinking them now just because they were watching a kind of sad movie. The point still stood though.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 22, 2024 9:34:40 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Sept 19, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -6
Raine
As the movie continued, Lee frowned at the screen. She had still wanted to be a singer, a musician, when she was 14, when she was 15 before they realized she was a mutant. Even for a while after that. Even though she was nowhere near as good as the woman the movie was about. Not as good as the actress in the movie.
Lee’s mind wandered slightly as the movie played in front of her. What would have happened if she hadn’t been a mutant? Or if her powers had been different? Could she have become a singer? And if so, even if she hadn’t become nearly as popular and famous as the woman the movie was about, could her life had followed a similar path?
Lee knew that she hadn’t been nearly as confident, nearly as self-assured, mentally and even emotionally strong before she had come to New York. It was the events since first coming to the city, horrible though a lot of them had been, that had taught her and given her that strength.
Maybe it was a good thing that life rarely turned out how you hoped it would, Lee thought as she snuggled closer to Tarin in the theatre seats. Because even if she had still ended up in New York as a singer, nothing else would have been the same. And if her life hadn’t gone the way it had, the man sitting beside her wouldn’t be here today.
Though, Lee thought as she watched the singer mentally falling apart on the screen, if her life hadn’t gone the way it had, she may not have been here today, either.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 22, 2024 11:15:24 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
The movie did not have a happy ending, and it was worse that it was a biopic so that meant that it was true.
The woman walked up the stairs into her house and the credits started to roll.
How had so much time passed so quickly? Tarin wondered as the dimmed house lights came back on to announce to people that they could leave.
Blinking slightly at the lights, Tarin sat up more and reluctantly pulled his arm back. Despite the movie being done it was still almost silent and he couldn’t help but laugh a little wryly, ”Well, that was uplifting.” he said, ”Well done though.”
Him and Lee had done a good job on the popcorn, but there was definitely still some left, ”You want to keep any of this?” he said, feeling a bit awkward talking after all of the silence of the last couple hours.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 22, 2024 11:38:17 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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Lee knew how the movie would end, she knew what had happened to the woman in real life of course. But still, as the movie finished, Lee had a couple tears sitting in her eyes that she blinked away as the lights started to come up again.
Or maybe the tears had something to do with what she had been pondering about herself during the movie.
Feeling Tarin moving beside her, Lee straightened up and stretched a bit. ”The story normally isn't meant to be uplifting when someone dies that young,” Lee said softly as she looked over at Tarin.
But then Tarin was asking about the leftover popcorn and Lee shook her head. ” I'm good, unless you want to bring it,’ she told him before standing up. ”I guess it's time to head home and start trying to get my sister to leave, isn't it?”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 22, 2024 13:16:31 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
”The story normally isn't meant to be uplifting when someone dies that young,”
Lee had a point there. In this case it definitely seemed like the message had been awareness and understanding. Lee had also been way more upset by the movie than Tarin had, and it made him feel just a little bad that he’d immediately talking about popcorn. ”And that talented. he added a bit awkwardly to the commentary ”It’s sad that she didn’t have more support.”
Tarin didn’t want the popcorn either, and when Lee mentioned trying to get Rachel out of the apartment he cringed just a little, ”She probably has herself handcuffed to the radiator. he said, as they got up and started to make their way out of the theater, tossing the remaining popcorn as they went.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 22, 2024 13:29:31 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Sept 19, 2024 9:58:23 GMT -6
Raine
Lee nodded at Tarin’s additions to her thoughts on the movie. There really wasn’t much else to say. As they made their way out from between the rows of seats and started making their way out of the theatre, Lee grabbed Tarin’s hand.
Only to laugh when he mentioned a situation they may find when they got home. ”Honestly, I would not put it past her to try something like that,” Lee admitted as she glanced up at Tarin. ”Though, I really do not want to know why she would have handcuffs…”
Lee continued walking beside Tarin for a few moments in silence before chuckling and looking up at him again. ”Though if she did, maybe we can get her out of the apartment and show her how strong I can be at the same time.” She said softly.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 22, 2024 14:01:18 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Sept 19, 2024 9:59:46 GMT -6
Jules
”I honestly wouldn’t either…” Tarin said when Lee said she wouldn’t be surprised if Rachel was exactly that tenacious. At the rest, Tarin made a little bit of a face. He wouldn’t want to know either. ”Or why she would just randomly carry them around…” Well good, that probably meant there was one less scenario to worry about when they got home.
Lee said something else and though and Tarin looked down and over at her as they walked, brows raising slightly. ”Are you saying you could break a pair of handcuffs?” he asked. From personal experience he knew that Lee was strong, but he didn’t how strong
”So, what are you going to tell Rachel?” Tarin asked, ”And what’s our plan. I think we established that being organized is best where she’s concerned.” he said.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 22, 2024 14:32:11 GMT -6
Mutant God
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Tarin
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Raine
Lee blushed slightly as Tarin questioned her comment about breaking the hypothetical handcuffs keeping Rachel in the apartment. ”Well, Rupert’s an asshole,” she said with a bit of a shrug, her eyes dropping to the sidewalk in front of them. ”It wouldn’t surprise me if he had taken the key with him on purpose rather than just forgetting to leave it. I did have a lot more energy than I do now, though.”
”So, what are you going to tell Rachel?”
That was a good question. Lee took a deep breath as she thought. Even though she had decided the night of the open mic, the night that so much had happened and changed, that Rachel was not going to find out what actually happened that night, Lee still hadn’t come up with a story.
”Since this is our first date,” Lee said, her voice soft and slow as as she continued to think. ”We had to have happened recently, right?” As for what had happened recently, she had talked to Kevin about this on Sunday.
And Robert had happened.
”Robert,” Lee whispered. ”After he thought what he did because of my sparring bruises, he jumped to the conclusion we were sleeping together because even Kevin thought it obvious we liked each other.
“We weren’t, despite what Robert thought, but it got us talking on Saturday night, and we acknowledged that there is something here. Think Rachel would buy that story?”