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 Luke Jacobs on Oct 23, 2008 9:13:54 GMT -6
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For a moment Luke hesitated but then, apparently accepting the invitation the blind man picked up his food and drink and slide out of the booth. Once again he allowed the sonar to pulse gently, gritting his teeth as he did hsi best to focus it only about two feet out from his body, just long enough to take a seat at the other booth. Once again turning it off completely he could still feel the headache building but knew that he had at least another good twenty to thirty minutes before it became completely unbearable.
"Thanks for the invite... eating with company is always better than eating alone." He said as graciously as he could manage before popping another piece of sushi in his mouth. "Plate had eight pieces when it came.. I'm eating my fifth piece now so there should be three more left." Luke thought to himself, completely relying on his memory since he was currently forcing himself to be completely blind. "This is getting old fast."
“Security business? Sounds cool.” The other woman that was sitting across the booth from him offered, apparently having taken the time to read his business card. If Luke's buzzing mind remember correctly her name was Sara.
"Family business." Luke replied quietly as he reached out, carefully swinging his hand in a small arc until it came in contact with his glass. Gripping the vessel firmly he lifted it up and took a sip of water, sitting it back down in a practice motion as he began to be a little more sure about where things were placed on the table. "My uncle is in charge of day to day operations but I do a little with it."
"So, you guys are, you know, like me?" Duke spoke up, sounding rather unsure of himself.
“No Duke. I’m not like you. I’m furry, I have big ears, a big nose, and a tail. My teeth are bigger too, but you get the idea. So what is it that makes you like us?”
"So that's why the waitstaff was nervous... she looks like a cat." Luke thought to himself as he made the connection between Sara's statement and what he had sensed earlier from the other people in the restaurant, "No chance of blending in... poor girl."
"And I suffer from chronic headaches." Luke spoke up in a rather dry tone, turning his head so that it was facing the approximate place where Duke was sitting, "Or at least I have for the past week or so. You?"
This was going to be a strange situation but Luke had one of the members at his table pegged. Obviously Sara had a mutation that made her look like a cat and probably gave her increased senses, strength, and agility. He still had no idea what Raina could do and obviously Duke was a wild card. "How do I keep meeting people like this?" He silently pondered as he waited to see what information Raina and Duke would offer.
Posted by rainewater on Oct 23, 2008 15:40:24 GMT -6
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Raina nearly spit out her drink when Sarah made her comment. "pffft!!! I guess that's about as different as you can get!" she laughed. "You don't have to worry about your ability around me Luke." she said with a smile. "I can sense it but it doesn't bother me, my gift is somewhat similiar though a little cold." she giggled. "That and a little fishy. I bet your ability would be amplified underwater and not hurt anyone either- have you ever considered a water therapy? " she didnt know that his ability was sonar, just that he sent out a signal that He tried to hold in so it woudn't hurt anyone. Generally wave lengths changed underwater and things were disperced differently.
Posted by spellkid on Oct 23, 2008 16:39:28 GMT -6
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“No Duke. I’m not like you. I’m furry, I have big ears, a big nose, and a tail. My teeth are bigger too, but you get the idea. So what is it that makes you like us?”
The feline character named Sara said this to Duke even when it was obvious that these were fact. Duke shrugged the comment off though as it had been a while since he had heard people talk so leniently to him. He sipped his water and sucked in his cheeks as he gazed at her, noticing how different from him she was.
"And I suffer from chronic headaches."
Luke disclosed this with the group, and it seemed as if he was comfortable with doing so. Headaches... that had to suck. Duke thought to himself how much pain he would have if he had chronic headaches like Luke did. Oh, that would be very bad, especially with the curse, or gift or whatever Duke possessed.
Raina then began to speak about her ability but kinda beat around the bushes while doing so. With all the references to water on her side of the conversation and what had happened on the harbour, it was all coming together in his mind. If everyone in this group had something to offer, she would have something to do with water, or something of the sort.
"I guess I am KINDA like you guys, cept I'm a LITTLE different in a way..." Duke tried to elaborate in his talk about his ability, trying to not get anyone confused. "You guys know those fire breathing dragons and stuff in legend? It's kinda like that without all the fire."
Duke moved his eyes around the crowd thinking that he should probably pipe down now. He didn't like talking about himself to much and all this excitement was beginning to make him lose his cool. He once again took another deep breath and relaxed himself. He looked at the card that Raina had handed him and then back at Raina.
Sara continued eating her sushi, while she listened. Taking the time to enjoy the her food, and the talk. She nearly always either ate alone or in silence. “Well Draconic mutations aren’t unheard of.” Sara replied to Duke. She sipped her tea, to help clear her taste buds, before examining the next sushi sample on her little tray. Raina would know exactly who Sara was talking about. They were just talking about Sara’s other half, Ayesac Campbell
Posted by Luke Jacobs on Oct 24, 2008 5:01:02 GMT -6
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"I guess I am KINDA like you guys, cept I'm a LITTLE different in a way... You guys know those fire breathing dragons and stuff in legend? It's kinda like that without all the fire."
“Well Draconic mutations aren’t unheard of.”
Inwardly Luke felt a tinge of fear and surprise but he carefully kept it in check as he continued to eat his sushi. "Two more left." He thought to himself rather idly before reaching out and grabbing his glass of tea again. He himself had never had any type of encounter with... draconic mutations but if Sara said they weren't unheard of he was going to have to accept her statement. It wasn't like he was really experienced with other mutants anyway.
"Can you control when you turn into the non-fire breathing variety or does it just kind of happen?" Luke asked curiously, his mind racing with exactly what the answer could mean. If this guy couldn't control his gift the blind man would need to map out exit strategies... pronto. "Fighting a dragon is a little beyond my skill set." He thought to himself before adding on quick statement to answer Raina's earlier question.
"Oh... and no Raina, I hadn't ever considered any type of water therapy. Um... what do you mean by water therapy?"
Not only was Luke's head hurting from the building headache but it was even beginning to ache from the amount of information that was being thrown his way. Not only was he meeting more and more mutants that could either sense, were annoyed by, or could be hurt by his ability but he was also hearing about mutants and mutations he had never even dreamed of. Without really thinking about it Luke went ahead and grabbed out another two Tylenol, washing them down with a quick swallow of water as he waited tos ee what else would be said about different types of therapy and different types of mutation.
Posted by rainewater on Oct 24, 2008 9:01:37 GMT -6
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"Well Luke, If you have time you really should visit our school. We've got in indoor pool and I could show you easily enough. You might find it very relaxing. You'd have to tell me a little more about your power though.'Raina still hadnt figured out that Luke's power enabled him to see- so him seeing her mutation and possibly being freaked outhadn't really occured to her. It would be nice to spend time with someone who couldn't see how much of a freak she really was.
She listened to Duke's comment about draconic powers. "sounds like Ayesac" she thought to herself. "Well, we get all kinds at our school." she said to him out loud. "You may feel pretty weird out here but you'd be one of the bunch in there. We've got everything to furry felines and canines to telepaths and flyers. Anything you can imagine!"
Duke was surprised to hear that there were other dragon-like mutants like him. He now wanted to meet them, get to know them, people with skills and gifts and curses like. He began wondering about who these people were like at the place the girl Raina stated were like. If they did have everyone from felines to canines and telepaths to flyers then he was interested.
"Can you control when you turn into the non-fire breathing variety or does it just kind of happen?"
Duke turned to Luke and spoke.
"It just kinda happens, but I can control it kinda." Duke noticed that Luke had been taking pills throughout their conversation and wondered when he would run out. "I'm guessing it'd be like your pill kinda control-ish."
Duke took another sip of water and listened to Raina speak to Luke about water therapy and the pool and such. Once again, it was interesting, but was it just a place for mutants to 'hang out' and live ordinary lives with other mutants, or was it an actual school where they teach you junk. Duke shrugged the thought from his head, he was too old for school anyways.
"Can you control when you turn into the non-fire breathing variety or does it just kind of happen?"
"It just kinda happens, but I can control it kinda."
Sara raised an eye brow, and her head tilted. “Do you know what triggers the change?” Duke was definitely different from Ayesac is he could change. Let alone If he lost control.
Control. Sara for the first time in her life, was surrounded by individuals who didn’t have the choice of having perfect control. Luke, though he was holding his ability back, had the painful reminder that it was still there. Raina was forced to turn part fish when she got wet, and it seemed Duke’s ability took over as well. It was odd. But something in that knowledge, made Sara’s shoulders drop, as they relaxed even more.
"sounds like Ayesac"
The name brought Sara out of her inner thoughts and she nodded. “Except Ayesac is stuck, like me.”
"Well, we get all kinds at our school. You may feel pretty weird out here but you'd be one of the bunch in there. We've got everything to furry felines and canines to telepaths and flyers. Anything you can imagine!"
Sara leaned back in her seat. “Even another interesting Ice manipulator,” Sara added to Raina’s list. Sara wondered if she was the only one who had a chance to look inside Sam’s wallet and see all the fake IDs. “And the Furry feline she’s talking about isn’t even me.” Not that Sara hadn’t had the choice.
Posted by Luke Jacobs on Oct 26, 2008 7:08:26 GMT -6
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"Well Luke, If you have time you really should visit our school. We've got in indoor pool and I could show you easily enough. You might find it very relaxing. You'd have to tell me a little more about your power though." Raina had said before turning her attention back to Duke and addressing him.
"It just kinda happens, but I can control it kinda. I'm guessing it'd be like your pill kinda control-ish." Duke said in reply just as Luke had grabbed his glass of water and begun to take a ship. Suddenly coughing the blind man put down the glass and did his best to clear his airway from the sudden laugh or chuckle that had been hidden by his drinking. Luke could control his gift rather well, thank you very much, but it was moving towards the edge of his time limit for having it completely turned off.
"Sorry about that... went down the wrong tube." Luke appologized after his breathing was back to normal. From the sound of it Sara knew most of the people Raina was talking about but she chose note to stay at the mansion. "I guess she's somewhat of a loner." He thought to himself before turning his attention back to Raina.
"My power... honestly the best way to describe it is a sonar. It allows me to 'see', although not with the clarity that normal vision provide unless I'm extremely close to something and even then only in certain situations. For example I can't tell any different between facial features unless I'm within two or three feet of someone and no matter how close I get to a painting or television all it seems to be is a flat panel. The sound for my sonar is below the range of normal human hearing so unless someone has enhanced hearing they don't even know I'm doing anything." For now Luke would leave out the nervousness that was asociated with these particular sound waves... after all there was no reason to give out to much information in this first meeting.
Posted by rainewater on Oct 26, 2008 10:25:52 GMT -6
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Raina looked at him shocked. "You can't see paintings?" that news seemed to upset her. Raina was a very artistic person and the thought of not being able to see startled her. "But you are sonar based? That's what I was thinking. It's so cool! So you're technically blind but when you use your powers it's like a bat or a dolphin" she thought about it for a moment. "no wonder you get such bad headaches. " she added. "Trying to keep all those waves inside. It's like me, if I don't sing enough my throat gets icy."she laughed and sang a little note making Luke's glass of water swirl in the air a moment and freeze in the shape of a flower ice cube. She giggled.
Posted by spellkid on Oct 26, 2008 17:45:16 GMT -6
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Duke had listened on the conversation for a while and was now beginning to see what kind of people these were. They were friendly people who obviously had much to offer but one thing Duke worried about was his ability. If he were to stay at the school and participate in whatever they did, he would hate to lose control of his power and wreak havoc.
Luke and Raina spoke to one another as Duke took another sip of water. Duke suddenly got the feeling that maybe this isn't what he wanted to do. Of course he would most likely check the place out, but otherwise might not stay long.
"Yeah... Hey guys, I'm gonna go." Duke looked at the other characters nearby. "I'm uh... gonna think about some stuff."
Duke rose from his seat and headed towards the exit. As he did so, he looked back at the others one last time as to not mean any hostility towards their courtesy.
Sara ate in silence for a moment, as she listened to Luke and Raina talk about the difficulties they had with their mutations. The thought about not being able to see a painting struck Sara oddly. “I don’t think I could stand, not being able to see a painting. I’ve always done art of some kind.”
She popped another piece of sushi in her mouth. Enjoying the flavor while she listened to Raina and watched the ice form. A small smirk came across her lips. Most of the time in the camps, Raina hadn’t been able to speak. There were only three days Sara had heard the girls voice. The day of the fire, the day her mutation went fishy the first time, and when they were breaking out. “At least you two don’t have to worry about shedding, or catching your fingernails on fabric. I’ve never been able to wear a knit sweater for a lengthy period of time.”
Posted by Luke Jacobs on Oct 27, 2008 14:35:09 GMT -6
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As Duke made his exit and slipped away, Luke waved after him. "Nice to meet you Duke!" Luke called out just loud enough for the other man to hear before he dissapear out into the street.
“I don’t think I could stand, not being able to see a painting. I’ve always done art of some kind. At least you two don’t have to worry about shedding, or catching your fingernails on fabric. I’ve never been able to wear a knit sweater for a lengthy period of time.” Sara spoke up, obviously pointing out her own difficulties compared to Luke and Raina's.
"I can't say I've ever been big on knit sweaters so that's wouldn't be a great loss for me." Luke replied with a slight chuckle as he turned his head to face towards the feline, "And nice ice cube Raina... see up this close I can make out facial features so I can see sculptures and that kind of art work but I can't see anything that's completely flat. Occasionally people use paintings that have some type of texture but without color entering into the equation it's hard to see the images and patterns that are supposed to stand out."
This was deffinately strange... the thing that Luke couldn't really appreciate and had never thought much about was one of the things these two ladies enjoyed the most. "How in the world am I supposed to relate to them when they enjoy things that require true sight?" The blind man wondered as he reached down and grabbed up another piece of sushi. "One left."
Posted by rainewater on Oct 27, 2008 17:58:38 GMT -6
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raina laughed at Sarah. "Well, at least you don;t smell fishy! I'm surprised you don't try to take a bit eout of me sometimes"
It was nice to joke and carry on like this, like they'd been friends forever, like there had never been hard times, like there never would be hard times.
"It's been really great you guys, Sarah it's been forever, and Luke I hope I see you again... but I've got some responsabities to take care of back at the school so I better make like Duke and get going." she stood up and bobbed her head a little. "Don't be strangers! Either of you." she threatened.
For the heck of it, Sara let her grin widen to flash the elegant, long, pointy, feline, teeth. "Pu-lease. I'm a master at controling my temptations. Lucky for you." Sara reached down to take another piece of sushi, from her sampler plate, and realized then that they were gone. hmmm. Probably should have paid attention to that. She settled for drinking her hot tea.
"And nice ice cube Raina... see up this close I can make out facial features so I can see sculptures and that kind of art work but I can't see anything that's completely flat. Occasionally people use paintings that have some type of texture but without color entering into the equation it's hard to see the images and patterns that are supposed to stand out."
"If I had that ability of yours, I'd probably become a Van Gogh, fan real quick." Sara replied with a shrug. She was still currious about this Jacobs and Jacobs security company, but she didn't really know how to bring the subject up and not sounds strange. Sara wasn't a home owner, so taking it from that angle would work. Plus 'Oh gee. I'm a small time thief who sometimes gets hired by big paying dudes I don't know the names of so I want to know about how your security works.' didn't seem to be a way of asking that would get the desired results either.
Sara waved as Raina left. "I'll try not to be a stranger." Really try.
With Raina gone, that left her alone with Luke, and her hot tea... and empty sushi plate... The talk had been nice. "Allow me to get the bill." She waved at the waitress at desk, who was choosing to ignore her.