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 24, 2024 22:44:22 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Seeing the way that Tarin was just staring at her after she asked what ‘something’ they could find, Lee couldn’t help but smile slightly. With her bottom lip still between her teeth. Lee wondered if Tarin had started a game that he wasn't able to win. Well, they’d both win with this game, but Lee was really starting to believe that Tarin was the one that would crack first.
And then he was turning his attention back to the TV. And paying quite a bit of attention to it as he was very quickly flipping through options of what they could watch.
Lee’s eyes moved back and forth between Tarin and the TV. Until he asked a question. Then she looked fully at Tarin, a smile on her face. ”Oh, a few things have,” she said softly before looking back at the TV. ”I’ve heard that Archville has a new season out. Though, I’m not sure how…enticing you were wanting your afternoon to be.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 24, 2024 23:11:26 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
3,051
9
Sept 28, 2024 6:43:50 GMT -6
Jules
Mindlessly flipping through the channels, and as long as Tarin didn’t spend too long looking over at Lee he thought he still had a chance.
Who was he kidding? He hadn’t stood a chance since the second Lee sat down next to him on the bed. It all hinged on how long he was going to draw this out before he finally threw in the towel.
Somehow, he didn’t mind losing this little game they were playing, not one tiny bit.
Lee said a few things had caught her eye and Tarin couldn’t help but let his eyes slide back over to her as he stopped flipping through the videos. She mentioned a show, and across the very short distance between them he said ”What’s that about?” and turned back to start typing in the search bar.
”Though you’re right…the afternoon is already plenty enticing.” What would she say next?
Posted by Lee Smith on May 24, 2024 23:28:21 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Not only did Tarin stop flipping through things on the TV, but he turned to look at her again. ”Archville?” Lee questioned, turning slightly so that she was more directly facing Tarin, though still the same very short distance from him. ”It’s a historical romantic drama set in a fictional London. All about finding love despite the expectation that your marriage should be of benefit to your family.
“Some scenes, though,” Lee continued, her head dropping ever so slightly so she was looking up at Tarin through her lashes. ”Can be very attention grabbing.”
”Though you’re right…the afternoon is already plenty enticing.”
”Is it?” Lee asked, her voice back to the very innocent but curious tone. ”How so?”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 24, 2024 23:44:43 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
3,051
9
Sept 28, 2024 6:43:50 GMT -6
Jules
Ahhh, Tarin had heard of that show. In fact, it had created quite a bit of buzz for its steamier scenes. The internet loved it. So did a lot of women, and probably more men than wanted to admit it.
They weren’t going to watch that though.
Nope. They probably weren’t going to watch much of anything because as soon as Lee had turned that little bit more and started looking up at him with those eyes, Tarin had known he’d well and truly lost.
How so? Tarin wasn’t going to answer that.
Turning his own body ever so slightly so they were facing each other more fully, Tarin reached up and gently tipped up Lee’s face so she’d stop looking at him through her lashes and kissed her so she couldn’t bite her lip anymore.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 24, 2024 23:53:36 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
She may have been looking up through her lashes, but Lee could still see it. She could see the look in Tarin’s eyes as looked back at her. As he turned toward her. Even before she had felt his fingers on her chin, Lee was smiling wider.
But then he was tipping her face up toward his, leaning in to kiss her. Lee only waited long enough for his lips to just barely touch hers but once they did, she leaned into him, returning the kiss.
”You win…”
”I think…” Lee whispered as her hand reached up to Tarin’s cheek. ”I think we both won…” then she leaned in to kiss Tarin again as her hand slipped around to the back of his head, fingers slipping into his hair.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 25, 2024 8:55:20 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
3,051
9
Sept 28, 2024 6:43:50 GMT -6
Jules
As Lee’s hand moved into his hair, Tarin shivered just a little bit, leaning into the touch. There really weren’t any losers today, were there? At least not in this room.
Lee leaned in for another kiss and when she did, Tarin slid his hand from under her chin, fingers trailing along her jawline and down her neck and shoulder and arm so he could wrap his arms around her waist and pull her even closer. There was no need for extra space now. No, Tarin wanted Lee closer, he almost always wanted her closer.
Lee’s hair was up, but Tarin loosed one of his arms to move his hand to her ponytail and pull it free, he wanted his hands in her hair, holding her even closer.
That accomplished, Tarin deepened the kiss, heart already racing in his chest like it did every time they were like this. All games aside, things were still new, and new relationships always had a sense of urgency, but this was different. This was overwhelming sometimes, terrifying others, but mostly just consuming. When they were alone like this, just the two of them, Tarin needed Lee and he could only hope she felt a fraction of the same.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 25, 2024 9:20:16 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Lee shivered as she felt Tarin’s fingers moving along her neck and shoulder as they kissed, and her own hand tightened in his hair. And as he wrapped his arm around her pulling her closer, tighter, and Lee leaned into Tarin.
And then Tarin was pulling her hair down from the ponytail before his hands were in her hair. Lee moaned softly as Tarin deepened the kiss, and her free arm wrapped around behind him.
She had been prepared to carry on the ‘game’, right up until the next client got there if neither of them had cracked, but now, now that they had started kissing, Lee wasn’t sure she could stop. She certainly didn’t want to.
Letting go of his hair, Lee let both hands drop down to Tarin’s waist, pulling at the hem of his shirt, pulling it up to remove it. A couple minutes earlier, Lee had been prepared to spend the next two hours watching TV, but now he wasn’t close enough despite the fact that there was only a few layers of clothing between them.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 25, 2024 10:52:01 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
3,051
9
Sept 28, 2024 6:43:50 GMT -6
Jules
As Lee pulled his shirt over his head, Tarin broke the kiss just long enough to help her accomplish that task before diving back in for more. Now that his hands were free of Lee’s hair Tarin let them roam as they would, up and under her shirt, pushing it up as they went to eventually pull it over her head. Then his hands were back in Lee’s hair, pulling her head to the side as he kissed down her neck and shoulder before working his way back to her lips and letting his hands resume their roaming.
Conveniently they were already sitting on a bed, and Tarin let his hand move to Lee’s stomach, slowly trailing up and gently pushing her backwards, so that she was laying down and he was looking down at her, which he did for a long moment before leaning back down for another kiss and a whole lot more.
Fade out
Fade in
It was immensely tempting to text and cancel the last two appointments of the day and stay exactly where he was, but Tarin knew that was bad business and that there was a whole weekend stretching out before them with no work.
Still though, laying here, with Lee snuggled against him after everything that had happened that day was almost too much to resist.
Was it always going to be like that with them? Things moving so quickly it was almost like they had a life of their own?
Trailing his fingers up and down Lee’s arm, he dropped a kiss on top of her head and couldn’t help but laugh softly, ”Have I mentioned how glad I am I texted you today?” he said, and who cares if he was still a bit breathless?
Posted by Lee Smith on May 25, 2024 11:11:59 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
The first time that they had been together, the night of the open mic at the bar, had been intense and powerful, surprising and amazing. Not every time had been that much, But it wasn’t the only time. Today was just as incredible as that first time, though in some ways better as they knew each other better.
Laying there, her head on Tarin’s shoulder afterwards, Lee’s eyes were only partially open as she shivered, feeling Tarin’s fingers trailing along her arm. And smiled when she heard Tarin’s question.
”You might have mentioned that,” Lee said, her voice also a little breathless. ”I’m very glad you did, too. Maybe you should have breaks like this in your schedule more often…”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 25, 2024 11:24:54 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
3,051
9
Sept 28, 2024 6:43:50 GMT -6
Jules
Lee suggested that more breaks like this in the schedule might be good and Tarin kind of had to agree, though…”If I did that, I’d probably have to start being here earlier.” business wasn’t overwhelmingly booming, but things were busy enough that a lot of breaks like this would mean schedule changes. New York was a weird place.
Still, ”I’ll definitely let you know when my schedule opens up though.”
It was more than what they were doing now though. That had been amazing and still was, but..
”Thanks for standing up for me earlier too…” Tarin said a bit awkwardly. It was strange how hard it was to talk about this considering everything else they’d just done. ”I don’t remember the last time someone did something like that for me…”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 25, 2024 12:14:15 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Lee frowned slightly. ”Mmm, that might not be great,” Lee agreed softly. ”It’s doable, but probably not great.”
But then he said he’d let her know any time that his schedule opened up. ”You better,” Lee said, poking him. ” Because I will not be impressed if I find out that night that you had a few hours free.”
”Thanks for standing up for me earlier too…”
Lee frowned slightly, confused. ”What do you mean?” she whispered. ”Robert’s just an ass who I clearly should have dealt with years ago.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 25, 2024 15:16:47 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
3,051
9
Sept 28, 2024 6:43:50 GMT -6
Jules
Note to self: Make sure to tell Lee if schedule opens up. After this afternoon that wasn’t going to be a problem, she’d be the first to know. Hopefully in the future they could skip all the drama beforehand though.
Tarin thanked Lee for standing up for him and she tried to pass it off as Robert getting what had been coming for him for a long time.
”Robert’s just an ass who I clearly should have dealt with years ago”
Tarin shook his head, ”Yeah, but he’s your brother. You’ve stuck up for me with him and Rachel too. I know it’s more about them not respecting you and your choices…but you’ve also gone toe to toe with them on my behalf a couple of times.”
He gave her a little squeeze, ”I’m not used to anyone doing that so I wanted to say thanks.”
Posted by Lee Smith on May 25, 2024 15:29:11 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Despite everything they had already been through and talked about in the past. Despite what had happened that day. Despite the fact that both of them were currently laying, snuggled together, in bed without any clothing. Lee blushed.
”Oh, well, you’re welcome?” Lee said, her voice quiet and a little self-conscious. ”Though, it does tend to happen more often when a person has friends and actually lets people care about them.”
As she finished speaking, Lee moved slightly to kiss Tarin’s neck, then snuggled against his shoulder some more. She didn’t mean it in a mean or condescending way at all, merely pointing out another reason it could be good to let people in.
”Still,” Lee continued. ”With everything he had probably said, I don’t know how you didn’t end up angry earlier.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on May 25, 2024 15:41:16 GMT -6
Mutant God
DodgerBlue
Straight
3,051
9
Sept 28, 2024 6:43:50 GMT -6
Jules
Tarin knew Lee wasn’t being mean, just honest, but her words struck a little bit of a chord. ”Usually any time I tried to do something like that, even just making friends, something bad would happen and it was just easier to…not.” he said.
”I don’t know if we just lacked people of your….tenacity….on the other side, of if I didn’t know where to find them.” he said, and it was true. Lee hadn’t really given Tarin much of a choice initially. She’d just told him what he was going to do and he’d been to shocked or broken down to do anything else.
Lee kissed his neck and it made Tarin squirm just a bit as she snuggled back down against him. He’d known this would come up sooner or later and somehow it was easier to talk like this.
”It was pretty bad.” Tarin admitted, he wasn’t going to lie to improve Robert’s image, that was for sure, ”He suggested that somehow all your mess from the sparring incident were just covering up other things…” That really had been the worst of it.
”But to answer your question…I don’t really get mad. It hardly ever helps things and the worst things people say and do tend to happen when they’re angry.” That was the easy explanation, anyway.
Posted by Lee Smith on May 25, 2024 16:05:42 GMT -6
Mutant God
mediumpurple
heterosexual
Tarin
3,880
5
Sept 28, 2024 9:57:22 GMT -6
Raine
Lee nodded as Tarin explained his difficulty when he’d tried doing things like making friends in the past. ”I can understand that,” Lee said softly. ”Not to the same extreme, but I know it can definitely be hard to make anything close to friends when you believe it’s better for people to not be close.”
But then when Tarin commented on her ‘tenacity’, Lee couldn’t stop her laugh. ”Yeah, I guess that’s one thing to call it,” she allowed. ”Though, most of that was just to get you through all of that.”
Lee was going to continue, but then Tarin was telling her the main, the worst thing that Robert had said. Her mouth dropped open slightly in shock as she lifted her head to look at Tarin. ”He didn’t! God damn it, Robert…”
Though, that didn’t make Tarin mad. Because he just…didn’t get mad. At this, Lee did raise up slightly from where she was laying so she could look down at him. ”You…just don’t get mad?” she questioned slowly. ”There are times when you should get mad, when you need to get mad.”
Lee took a deep breath, her eyes shifting to look, somewhat unfocused, at Tarin’s shoulder though she stayed propped up. ”Bottling everything up and burying it all is not good. It’s not healthy. Like you said, we all have a breaking point…I don’t want you to have to find where yours is…”