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 Jul 30, 2024 23:59:56 GMT -6
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Lee smiled happily as she looked up at Tarin. As he said that he loved her too. Though she had known that for a while before he had actually said the words, it still made her heart flutter a little when she heard him say it.
And he was thanking her for a great night. Lee shook her head slightly as she wrapped her arms around Tarin’s neck. ”I’m not the only one who made tonight so incredible,” she said softly. ”I hope the night isn’t completely over, though.” That said, Lee tightened her arms around Tarin’s neck as she stretched up for another kiss.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on Jul 31, 2024 7:47:54 GMT -6
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Lee reached her arms up around Tarin’s neck, which was pretty much his favorite thing, and his arms almost automatically made their way around her waist to pull her close.
”It's going to get pretty tiring for me to carry all of this ego around if you’re not careful…” he said softly.
And Lee hoped that the night still wasn’t over? Well, Tarin thought vaguely as he met Lee halfway for that kiss, it was pretty early still.
”Who said anything about it being over?” Tarin said a while later.
”I distinctly remember issuing an invitation very recently.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jul 31, 2024 8:29:38 GMT -6
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When the kiss finally ended, Lee was a little confused for a moment. She had definitely forgotten what she had said before the kiss, and it took a little bit for her brain to make sense of what Tarin was saying.
But then a playful sparkle came to her eyes as she smiled up at Tarin. ”But I thought your girlfriend was here,” she joked. ”Guess we better be quiet, hadn’t we?”
Giving Tarin one more kiss, Lee pulled back and grabbed Tarin’s hand before walking out of the kitchen.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on Jul 31, 2024 9:12:44 GMT -6
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God, that look of confusion on Lee’s face was gratifying. Tarin had been half joking before when he’d spoken about ego a short while ago, but maybe he’d been on to something.
Lee caught up though and Tarin knew he was in for it as soon as she got that look in her eye.
Lee spoke and Tarin laughed, then kissed Lee back. This banter was just plain fun and it did things to him to see Lee this relaxed and carefree.
Lee was the one to pull away this time and Tarin let himself be pulled from the kitchen and through the apartment, still musing over what she had said.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jul 31, 2024 9:34:47 GMT -6
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When Lee mentioned that they would need to be quiet and Tarin mentioned that they might get in trouble, Lee couldn’t help it. Her pace quickened as she walked through the hallway towards Tarin’s room, smiling over her shoulder at him, her bottom lip between her teeth. That kind of comment was definitely making her even more eager.
Finally (not really, but it felt like it had taken much longer than it should have), they reached Tarin’s room. Halfway to the bed, Lee turned, a hand reaching up behind Tarin’s head, her fingers slipping into his hair as she pulled him down for a kiss.
This had been, and was continuing to be a great night.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on Jul 31, 2024 10:51:09 GMT -6
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Was Lee walking faster? Yes, yes it definitely seemed like she was. The smile she shot over her shoulder and the way she was biting her lip confirmed it and Tarin was grinning like a fool again as they finally crossed the threshold into his room.
Most of the way to the bed Lee stopped and turned and it was the absolute best kind of Deja vu as her hand made its way up into Tarin’s hair as his arms wrapped back around Lee to pull her close.
This was absolutely the kind of normal Tarin could get used to.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jul 31, 2024 11:25:34 GMT -6
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Later that night, Lee slipped out of bed and quietly made her way out of Tarin’s bedroom. She had laid there snuggled up with him until he fell asleep, but Lee was not going to be able to sleep that night without getting rid of some energy.
It didn’t take Lee long to throw on some workout clothes and then she was heading down and out of the building, turning her siphoning back on as she went. She was starting to get used to not siphoning when she was around Tarin in order to try and avoid this exact situation, but there was no way she was going to be going running at night without it.
And that’s exactly what she did, running her normal path when she was on her own around the park.
A few hours and a few laps later, Lee made her way back home, and after a quick shower, she was crawling back into bed with Tarin. Lee wasn’t going to have a full night’s sleep, she never did when she needed to run. Not that that mattered all that much to her. But by getting just a couple hours sleep here, she would still be able to wake up with Tarin.
Which was a perfect way to end the night, Lee thought as she started drifting off. The night had not gone anything like she had planned, but to be honest, Lee wouldn’t have changed a thing.
Posted by Tarin Brooks on Jul 31, 2024 12:10:23 GMT -6
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When Tarin slept that night…he slept. It was one of those sleeps where everything just kind of feels right in the world and you’re not sure when you stopped being awake.
Tarin slept, but he didn’t really dream, and he didn’t notice when Lee got up to take her run, or when she got home, or when the shower turned on and off. Tarin didn’t even notice when Lee climbed back into the bed.
It was that kind of sleep, and that kind of sleep is a bit disorienting to wake from.
The first thing Tarin noticed as he slowly blinked his eyes open was that Lee was there. She’d mentioned several times that she was going to have to run, so she must have done so and returned.
The second thing Tarin noticed was that Lee was snuggled right up against him and at some point in the night he had draped an arm over her and kind of had his head on her shoulder. His other arm was numb because Lee was laying on it and Tarin realized that the pins and needles were probably what had woke him around the same time he realized that it was pretty bright outside and no alarm had gone off. It made Tarin smile because while they’d slept together lots of times by now, they usually maintained at least a little space while they slept.
Tightening that arm that was around Lee a bit Tarin nuzzled into Lee’s neck a bit before speaking softly into her ear, which was conveniently close, ”I hate to do this, but I think maybe we overslept.” Not that it really mattered for Tarin, his day was pretty chill, especially if he waited until later to run. Lee was generally pretty strict about her sleeping schedule though.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jul 31, 2024 13:22:13 GMT -6
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It really hadn’t taken all that long for Lee to fall asleep once she was in bed after her run.She had turned her siphoning off while she and Tarin had been talking about that at the shop. And it had been a couple of months now that she’d been sleeping with him, so it was getting easier to fall asleep with a bit more energy.
What Lee didn’t realize was that as she slept, she had snuggled up against Tarin. So she was a little confused in her sleepy state when she heard and felt his voice against her ear. ”Hmm?” she groaned softly, though his words were filtering through faster than normal in the morning.
Then Lee realized that she was feeling siphoning, he was holding her. A smile crossed her face as she realized that would be why she was more awake this morning.
”Did we sleep in?” she asked, still sounding sleepy but more awake than she normally would have been. ”What time is it?”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on Jul 31, 2024 15:01:14 GMT -6
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Lee was responsive pretty much immediately which was more than a little bit novel in their general experience. Tarin assumed it had to do with their relative proximity, but still had to smile. This was definitely a nice way to wake up compared to the blaring of Lee’s alarm…even if that was a small price to pay for cohabitation of the bed.
Had they slept in? ”Either that or it’s way earlier than I thought it was and I shouldn’t have woke you.” Tarin said in response to the first question Lee asked.
As for the second, ”I have no idea what time it is, my arm is trapped and I can’t reach my phone…” he said, glancing over Lee’s shoulder to where it was sitting benignly on the night stand. A thought occurred to Tarin and a thoughtful frown crossed his features, ”Didn’t you set your alarm?”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jul 31, 2024 15:21:16 GMT -6
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Tarin didn’t know what time it was, but couldn’t check because his arm was trapped. Lee’s brain was still moving slowly, but she was only confused about how those two things were connected for a couple moments.
”Did we wake up like this?” Lee asked, a smile slowly forming on her face as she spoke. Only then did Lee move, shifting around in the bed so that she was no longer laying on his arm, but also so she could look at him easier.
”Didn’t you set your alarm?”
Lee had just gotten comfortable again when she heard Tarin speak, and she simply shook her head at first. ”You were really tired last night,” she explained rather than giving an outright answer. ”Or at least you seemed to fall asleep a lot faster than normal. And by the time I came back to bed, well, I was pretty positive that you wouldn’t still be sleeping 8 hours after that.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on Jul 31, 2024 16:01:43 GMT -6
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”We definitely woke up like this.” Tarin said, shifting just slightly as Lee moved so he could pull his arm out from under Lee, opening and closing his hand to start working through the pins and needles.
When Lee was done shifting around, they were face to face and Tarin couldn’t do anything but sigh a contented sigh and smile a contented smile as Lee pointed out that he’d been really tired the night before. That…was accurate, and not at all surprising considering the previous day’s activities. He’d slept great though, and wondered how much of that had to do with the fact that Lee had come back and apparently snuggled right in.
As to whether or not Lee had set her alarm, she didn’t outright answer, but she did explain that she hadn’t thought that he would sleep another 8 hours beyond the time she’d come to bed. Hadn’t Lee just said at the bar that she never slept without an alarm, that it could actually be dangerous for her to do so?
Tarin didn’t say anything though, didn’t push for more info, he just smiled and nodded his head, ”Makes sense.” he said simply.
”Run went well then, I guess.” Tarin asked, since he hadn’t managed to do so the night before.
Posted by Lee Smith on Jul 31, 2024 16:27:05 GMT -6
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The smile on Lee’s face widened when Tarin confirmed that yes, they had indeed woke up cuddled together. She definitely was getting more accustomed to siphoning more as she slept. ”Because I definitely did not fall asleep like that,” she told Tarin. ”Though maybe I will be able to soon.”
When she explained without saying whether she had set her alarm or not, Lee thought that Tarin looked a little confused. But he didn’t say anything about that, just that it made sense that she didn’t think that he’d sleep more than 12 hours.
”And it’s not like you would have let me sleep all day,” Lee went on to explain despite the fact that Tarin hadn’t asked. ”But with how tired you were, I thought it would be good if you didn’t have to be woken up by my alarm since we didn’t have to be up at a specific time today.”
As she finished speaking, Lee wondered if Tarin would catch on and understand, if he would realize that she had trusted him to wake her up rather than relying on her alarm.
”Yeah, the run was good. I pushed a little harder to finish the third lap, but that let me fall asleep faster.”
Posted by Tarin Brooks on Jul 31, 2024 17:27:19 GMT -6
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Lee hadn’t fallen asleep that way, but they’d woken up that way. Tarin was definitely happy about it and as Lee’s smile widened, his did too. Maybe soon they’d be able to fall asleep this way too? That was excellent news.
Lee kept talking and Tarin nodded his head again, ”No more than eight hours…” he said, remembering what Lee had said the other night and gratified that she’d been willing to introduce that subtle but important variable so that he could get a bit more sleep. ”Thank you for trusting me enough to wake you.” he said, remembering the time he’d neglected to do so and how difficult it had made things for Lee.
The run had been good, and Lee had pushed harder on the third lap. It was finally starting to not be shocking that she did multiple laps of the whole park and Tarin smiled. ”I didn’t have a clue you’d left or came back, so I’m glad everything went okay.” he said with a laugh, ”I guess I really was a little worn out.”
Posted by Lee Smith on Jul 31, 2024 18:21:16 GMT -6
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Lee nodded slightly when Tarin brought up that she never set her alarm for any more than 8 hours. It wasn’t such a hard and fast rule when she was able to sleep in the same bed as someone, especially if there was contact while she slept, but it was good and easiest to just stick with that.
Then Tarin was thanking her for trusting him like she had. Lee leaned in and gave him a kiss before pulling back with a smile. ”You have done a good job helping me wake up in the mornings,” she said. ”It’s such a habit to set my alarm every single night, so I really didn’t think about it. But if I had,” Lee smiled at Tarin again. Happily. ”I would have trusted you to wake me for a while now…”