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?
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Posted by Silver Streak on May 25, 2008 15:05:34 GMT -6
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Streak listened to what they were saying about the medicine and was glad to hear about it. That explained a lot of why he felt a little sluggish and a little disorieneted throughout most of his time here. Only recently had he been a little lighter on his feet and more energetic. Cause they stopped drugging him and now he was ready to fight.
Streak looked at the cat girl when she spoke up and volunteered to help also. Once the mutants started to gather around he began his lesson. "Ok, the first thing you need to learn is how to block and how to get someone off of you. 'Cause if you can't do that your going to be in big trouble when they gang up on y'all.
So lets say ya have a guard grab you around the neck and tries to hold you or knock you out. What ya wanna do is grab his elbow and pull down. Then you'll want to get him off; so what you do next is you bend yourself in half and pull your shoulder where their bicep is towards your opposite knee. Do this very fast and let go of their arm at the same time. That will get them off you." He demonstrated with one of the mutants and threw him across the room. He demonstrated a few more times then moved on to a different blocking technique and many other techniques that will keep the guards off of them while they fight more guards.
"Now if a guard attacks you punches at you, the easiest thing y'all can do is grab their arm and around their stomach. Make sure you have a good center of gravity because if you don't they'll knock you over and then you're done for. Once you have their arm and waist area roll your hips around in a circle and up to lift them off the ground. Then rotate around and let him go so that he goes flying. These defenses are best if you throw the guard you have into another guard 'cause then you're taking 'two birds out with one stone' so to speak. " He demonstrated this move so that they could see what it looked like.
Then Streak said. "Alright now pair up and practice on each other and I'll come around and make sure y'all are doin' it right. "
Sara’s attention was drawn way from the lesson with silver to the girl who was just waking up. For some reason before Sara hadn’t noted the chains. Maybe it was because they had been such a common sight for Sara in the last few weeks. Not to mention this life. Sara had already weaved her way past the lesson when Raina had asked. For some reason crowds, even in small rooms, made everything slow down. Not that they could help it.
“That tap is Ayesac.” she announced on her way, tapping her nose to indicate one clue as to how she knew. “And yeah. I can get her out.” Sara told Raina and Onyx as the feline knelt down to examin the lock, then extended long hooked claws. “If it wasn’t for these things I’d of either starved long ago or I’d be locked up all of the time on the outside too.”
There was about ten seconds of Sara fiddling with the first lock before it clicked open. Then another five for each of the rest. “Here” Sara offered the girl a hand up. Well, a paw shaped hand.
Her attention was divided though with Streak’s side of the lesson. What he was teaching was fine and dandy if someone was strong enough, but there were children in the camps as well. People of all strengths.
. "Geez… wish you’d asked earlier. Far as I know, your old school’s flat-out in ruins… I don’t think it still has a second floor. Not to mention it’s been looted for weeks. I’ll look around, but… well, no promises. Is there a plan B? Who made the glasses for you in the first place?."
Neena thought for a moment. "A heavy black blindfold, the kind that goes over the top of your head, or a ski mask, a hair tie, a double-width drinking straw, and a spear." She smiled, totally serious. While she really didn't expect any looters to be interested in the little box, her list would cover the basics that it contained.
"I don’t plan to be around much, after.…but I’ll drop you a line if I can."
Neena shrugged. "You know where I work, you know where to find me. Just don't try and take me by surprise. It doesn't work, trust me."
Neena turned back to the group. She leaned easily against the the door, just watching. Her eyesight was perfect in the darkness; even without her active vision mutation she could see as clearly as if it were daylight. After the months without protection, the gloom was a relief. First thing she'd need after getting out would be an eye appointment. Well, after the ice cream binge.....
She listened idly to Silver's lessons, and paid passing attention to the demonstrations. He seemed to know what he what talking about. Personally, she wasn't planning on getting close enough to wrestle with anyone. Her specialty was sabotage and long range combat.
“Hey Silver, do you know about pressure points?” Sara asked. Neena snickered.
"Officially? No. But I do know that if you hit someone behind the kneecap, in the collarbone, in the ears, or in the groin, they won't like you very much once they recover. If you stick around that long to find out, that is."
Posted by rainewater on May 25, 2008 19:45:54 GMT -6
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Raina smiled at Sara "thanks!" she always had such a weird bond with Sara even though they'd only met here and there. Sara was with her when her mutation went awol. And she coudln't help think that she knew her from somewhere before. Maybe even before her mutation kicked in? She wasn't sure.
She turned her attention back to Onyx. "Ok, the chains are off. Listen up kid. We'll be breaking out of here soon but for right now all of these mutants are practicing with each other to be better prepared. It looks a little scary but you couldn't have hoped for a better place to get tossed. The guards wont touch you here. I think you should sit here and watch us for a bit. Then decide whether or not you want to patricipate. " She gave the kid a pat on the head.
ooc: sorry guys had to mod this post, should;nt disrupt the storyline, oh and Raina I'm in this til the end. ic: As Acer waited on the reply for the request he made of Raina, he listened in on Streak's class. Soon he forgot all about wanting to control his powers, " all iin due time I supose," he said to himself but still he knew he was strong enough to fight the gaurds as he was so he thought it better to work up a good deffense. he paired off with two other mutants in the cell, both way bigger than the kid was. They practiced the moves that streak tught him, but he knew that, yes the gaurds are more than likely grab from behind but he also knew that fights were unpredictble.
"Officially? No. But I do know that if you hit someone behind the kneecap, in the collarbone, in the ears, or in the groin, they won't like you very much once they recover. If you stick around that long to find out, that is." He heard off in the distant dark, " yeah youre write he thought to himself, and as his other two sparing partners ready for another go at their dills, Acer slumped to a knee only to quickly rise and meet one of the mutants in his groin, and as he fell the other came in hard and fast. Acer could'nt see him well but heard him easy, he felt a puch soaring thrugh the air, with his keen senses hightened due to the loss of his vision, Acer remimbering what Streak tought them about punhes just a few moments ago, Acer quickly took a good fighting stance, then in a blink of an eye he grabed his attackers arm and waist, rolled his hips and let the mutant go flying. Acer did'nt have time to celibrate though, the first mutant had already rcovered and was attacking Acer from the back, he could ounce again hear his attacker's attack even though Acer was not yet touched he had a good Idea what his opponet was aiming for. Acer then retalliated with a visious blind swipe ment to throw the mutant off gaurd but resulted in a display of his adalesent power sendind his attacker to the ground hard, after what seemed like an aternity he was finally freed of the braclet's power. " you're not supposed to use you're power's in here kid" he heard from the croud, but it did'nt matter, Acer knew he had'nt used his powers, did he?
Posted by Silver Streak on May 25, 2008 22:12:56 GMT -6
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Streak was critiquing other mutants practicing when he heard Sara yell “Hey Silver, do you know about pressure points?” He turned to face her and said "Ya, good thinking." Streak gathered the mutants up and started instructing them on how to apply very common and effective pressure points.
"There are many pressure points on the body; however not all of them work on each person. some people have what are called dead spots which means that they just don't have the nerves there to effectively pull off the pressure point in that spot. One of the more effective spots is called the brachial stun. It's the spot on the neck. If you hit the person there they will go down 'cause if you do it shuts off the connection between the brain and your body."
Streak went on teaching the mutants about the various pressure points that would be very effective along with different combinations of moves that they all, especially the younger mutants could use to run away from the guards. After a while Streak started to teach them different punches and kicks that would help them during a fight against more than one guard.
"For instance if there are two guards surrounding you, you kick one then kick the other. Use a front kick to hit the first guard," Streak demonstrated the kick, "then a side kick to hit the second guard. Continue hitting with various punches, blocks and kicks to the same guards in a pattern going from the first guard to the second." Streak taught as many pressure points and showing different ways to apply them as he could think of. He was running out of things to teach them and hoped Sara was coming back to help him teach and he hoped she had some idea of what else might be useful to some of the younger mutants.
Posted by reddragon on May 26, 2008 0:11:43 GMT -6
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Ayesac walked towards Doug, as he was in the hallway, night stick in his left hand.. draconic eyes watching them.. "I released another guard of his duties.. " he looked at doug, smelling the scents around.. and on the other guard(doug).. he has a few things in his head about this stuff.. worried about the cameras that are normally in he cells..
Posted by seraphim on May 26, 2008 10:07:18 GMT -6
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Nathan sat quietly, relaxing with his back against the wall. He only listened with to Streak with only half a mind since he knew most of what he was talking about. When Sara brought up pressure points he leaned forward slightly listening more closely.
Due to his size he didn't think he would have a problem with a few guards at a time but since when did guards ever fight fairly? The pressure points that Sara thought of could be useful if he was swarmed by too many guards. When Streak was done instructing over pressure points he leaned back again. He didn't want to participate in any of the demonstrations since he was afraid of hurting any of his new companions. While he didn't have super strength, he was still the strongest kid on his high school football team.
He heard Riana discover yet another mutant locked inside this cell. This one had been restrained using chains. It seemed odd to Nathan since none of his companions had been restrained similarly. But the girl then mentioned her ability to levitate. Understanding now, Nathan then nodded his head in the darkness.
He then became aware of a rythmic tapping noise. He decided someone was dragging something across the cell doors. And the noise was getting closer. No one had mentioned anything more about any others coming to see them. Wondering who else could possibly be down here, Nathan tensed his body. He was ready to move quickly from his sitting postion at a moment's notice and initiate an altercation if it came to that.
"Officially? No. But I do know that if you hit someone behind the kneecap, in the collarbone, in the ears, or in the groin, they won't like you very much once they recover. If you stick around that long to find out, that is."
Sara shrugged at Neena’s comment. “That pretty much works too.”
Sara took the next few minutes to walk around the groups of sparing mutants when Streak was with others, and assist with his techniques. She was pretty sure that he covered most of what she could think of. All that really was left was her own spin on creativity and fighting dirty. She waited for a moment that seemed was alright to butt in, checking Silver’s expression to see if it was alright.
“There is no doubt in my mind that guards will be armed as well.” She began. “If you can’t take an armed guard down by surprise, or if you find yourself cornered with a gun pointed at you, the best advise that I can give you is to act like you’re giving up right away. You put your hands in the air like this.” She demonstraighted by holding her hands up level with her chin. The palms were open. “You wait till a guard gets close and then you disarm them. With your hands held like this it’s easier to make a circular motion with your arm, bring your hand down over the top of the guard’s wrist, and push their weapon down and to the side, in one motion. Step into them so that their weapon is past your body. Don’t let go of their wrist.” She then demonstrated how quick it was to hold the gun as it was pushed down and to the side, to be twisted free, or if that didn’t’ work, how fast her elbow of her other arm could slide up a guards shoulder and into their pressure point on their neck or in their face. “This also works for if someone is reaching for you as they would normally not expect you to step into them.”
From there Sara moved into hooking the back of an opponents leg with your ankle to keep them off balance then knocking them back with a strike to the solar plexus. Most of Sara’s techniques were based off of keeping her opponents either off balance or breathing hard in addition to Silver’s teachings. Her favorite comment she gave was about if you wanted to grab an opponent by the hair and he had no hair, grab their ear. Ayesac taught her that one.
Onyx smiled as a Lioness girl made her way over to help out Onyx, she had never seen a Mutant so; how do you say it, Mutated. The only three she knew weren't physically mutated they just had abilities. Onyx too was that way, it was weird seeing a fully transformed Mutant. She grinned though helplessly after Sara finnished her job and accepted her paw to get herself up. ''Thanks,'' she muttered.
Then the girl that had found her started explainning what they were doing and calling her a kid. ''Okay hold up.'' she muttered, ''I'm not exactly a kid, and for your information I can do a heck of a lot so I don't need to 'sit and watch'. I want to be in the action, who cares if i'm new or not.'' she said gravely, making a good impression of the girl when it came to the sit and watch part.
Then she sent a glare at her, ''By the way, Levitation isn't all I can do.'' she said in a rather threatening whisper and se walked away, and into the rowd of practicing Mutants. ''Anyway, I'll watch for a while, just to see what you guys are up too but i'm definatly joinning in.'' she said, 'Or if you want to asign me something to do.'' she said, when it came to action she wasn't one to fool around, never.
Neena sensed the tension in one of the larger guys. Listening, she heard the slight tapping outside.
"Take it easy, m'friend," she told him calmly, remembering what Sara had mentioned a moment ago. "That's just another friend. We're safe, for the time being."
Taking a deep breath, she sat herself on the ground, cross-legged, and folded her arms behind her head, breathing deeply and rhythmically. She remained quiet and listened, until she had something helpful or useful to add.
She held in a chuckle at the new girl's offense to being called 'kid', and her determination to help. She didn't say anything aloud, however. The girl would get her chance. They all would. Though, to be honest, Neena didn't share the same thirst for revenge that it seemed most of the others did.
There were a few specific guards she intended on taking 'corrective' measures against, the majority of them sex offenders and sadists. But as for the majority of the guards? They were simply stupid humans, and eventually stupidity came back to bite you. They'd get theirs eventually; she personally didn't feel the need to be the disciplinary. If she had her way, there would be very little bloodshed in this little skirmish. Just break in, get everyone out, and get out. Besides, she wasn't a fighter. She was a thief. Her mutation wasn't dangerous to humanity.
Glancing at the redhead glowering in the corner, she doubted many other shared her ideals, and that this operation would be clean cut.
Oh well. She wasn't everyone's babysitter. Once the prisoners were gone, and her version of justice administered, the rest didn't matter to her. She was going home to take a nap.
"oops," Acer said groglly getting to his feet, after his blunder with his braclet. He knew he did'nt have time pity himself, whatever was coming was coming fast, he knew he had to be ready for whatever might come his way. He quicky joined his two sparing buddies, just sparing, praticecing for the real thing. Acer was able to get a glimps of a ceane, of the overgrown furball helping up a rude snot nosed kid. She retorted being called a kid, and her attiued frustrated Acer a bit, but something about her, the way she move made him stare at her in the darkness. He apparently stared too long at this girl for he was soon knocked to the floor in one breathtaking move. As he lay on the floor, he felt the riging vibrations of the other guys sparing. He knew as he lay there that he was in for hell in the upoming time of his stay in the dark room.
Posted by Silver Streak on May 26, 2008 17:46:57 GMT -6
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Everyone seemed to be progressing very quickly. He was sparring a little with a group of mutants, and had just gotten thrown across the room. He hit the wall and once he was on the floor he noticed a vibration that seemed to be different from him hitting the wall.
He stood up and got all the fighters attention. "Alright guys, and gals, I think everyone has made very significant progress in the techniques. Go a head and continue practicing and we'll give the guards one hell of a time when we get out of here." Streak finished. He took his leave of the big sparring groups and wandered over to where Raina was to rest a little and watch from a distance at everyones progress and to see what they would throw in themselves during the fights.
Posted by rainewater on May 27, 2008 6:01:10 GMT -6
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Raina crossed her arms and rolled her eyes at the kid. She hadn't "told" her to do anything, meerly filled her in on what choices she could make. "Let me make myself perfectly clear" she said said using the girls same tone of voice. "You can do whatever you want- but this is a team effort and if your attitude compromises that team effort - causes the one weak spot in the chain- you could be stuck here longer than you'd like." now, Raina wouldn't actually leave someone behind but her patience with these newer inmates was growing thin. She knew it was just the head strongness reaction of being thrown into the place that the older inmates had had beat out of them- but it always caused trouble.
"So you do what you want." she retorted heading back to the main group a little angry that she even tried to help the girl in the first place.
Standing outside the cell, Sonya/Doug splits her attention between observing the combat training through the one-way glass and waiting for the approaching rat-tat-tat to resolve itself into an identity. It doesn’t take long – in a few moments Ayesac turns the corner and Sonya/Doug nods a greeting.
She hesitates briefly, unsure whether to signal the inmates to hold back while Ayesac is here. She hasn’t interacted much with the draconian guard since their first meeting a while back, and isn’t entirely sure whose side the guy is on.
Still, as far as she knows he hasn’t treated any of the inmates badly; in fact she’s heard a lot of griping about him from the worst of the guards, which is a point in his favor from her perspective. So she decides to give him the benefit of the doubt and see what he does. Worst case, she can claim to have thought they were just beating each other up and not cared.
> "I released another guard of his duties…"
Sonya/Doug blinks, not quite sure how to interpret that. Finally she settles for "Yeah… me too." Indicating the cell with a thumb over Doug’s shoulder, she adds "Cameras broke down in there, they need somebody out here to keep an eye on the inmates. They got ‘em packed pretty tight in there, but no sweaty mutant orgies yet." He doesn’t actually smile, but the edge in Doug’s voice makes it clear that she’s being ironic.
"Haven’t seen you around much… name’s Ayesac, right?" Of course, it’s no surprise that they haven’t run into each other… the mutant guards tend to have their own assignments. Besides which, with the steady reduction in guard manpower, the opportunities for guards to socialize have been fewer and further between.