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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"Lisa's nice and all, she's just overly cheerful sometimes, and she has a way of reeling you in and giving you very little chance for escape. You could very well end up on another, more thorough and official tour from her if you're not careful. It's like she lives to give those things. Best thing to do is just ask for the forms, fill them out, leave 'em on her desk and walk away before she can ask any more questions," she said, brushing some stray strands of hair out of her face and behind her ear. She'd taken out her ribbons and her bow, so her hair was no longer in its pigtails and it was stubbornly trying to settle in her face, where she did not want it to be. When Bacchus ducked back under the water again after her own set of questions, she waited patiently for him to bob back to the surface once more. When he didn't resurface after a moment she brought herself up onto her hands and leaned out over the pool a little in order to look down into the water. She could see him down there just fine, she was just wondering why he hadn't come back up again. She didn't figure there was any need to worry about the kid drowning. There'd been no air bubbles escaping in any kind of alarming number, and she knew his mutation allowed him to extend various parts of his anatomy. When he did at last surface, she let her wight fall back onto her stomach again, resting her chin on her arms as they were folded in front of her once more, listening to the explanation that was given to her.
"That's a shame," she replied, mainly in response to his first comment. "A good answer, but a shame. I'm tired of thing staying as they are. I want some change to come around. The humans had their turn as superiors, it's our turn now. I mean sure, maybe there's a few humans out there that aren't half bad, but for the most part they need to smarten up and get out of our way. I've been pushed around enough, and yet I get in trouble when I push back. If they would just learn to stay out of my way, they'd be saving a lot of lives. Like you said, we're the next step in the evolutionary chain. The humans need to step down and let evolution run its course." She gave a little huff as she fell into a pause. The kid certainly had a good sense of determination and dedication going for him, but his lack of drive for change could get in the way. That's not to say they couldn't be buffed and polished up a bit, but one who bridled against the change the Order was going for wouldn't be much use to the group's ultimate goal. "What about if someone tried to change the order of things? Tried tipping the scales? Would you go along with the change, too? Or would you fight for the way things are now? The way I see it, the humans are trying to stomp us down in today's world. But what if we started to fight back? Would you fight with the mutants to gain the respect we deserve? Or would you rather find some kind of comfort zone and wait for it to all blow over?"
I’m just a well-adjusted gal who likes to leave a serious amount of mayhem in her wake.
Posted by Giant's Bane on Nov 2, 2008 13:43:20 GMT -6
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"A good answer, but a shame. I'm tired of thing staying as they are. I want some change to come around. The humans had their turn as superiors, it's our turn now. I mean sure, maybe there's a few humans out there that aren't half bad, but for the most part they need to smarten up and get out of our way. I've been pushed around enough, and yet I get in trouble when I push back. If they would just learn to stay out of my way, they'd be saving a lot of lives. Like you said, we're the next step in the evolutionary chain. The humans need to step down and let evolution run its course."
Bacchus just floated on his back as Isabel spoke when she pause Bacchus just chimed in still floating on his back looking at the ceiling, “I never said things should stay the way they are now, the worlds changing slowly but sure enough, I think it should just be nudged a bit in the right direction.” He turned over on his stomach and let his face sit under water as his ears were floating an inch above the water. What about if someone tried to change the order of things? Tried tipping the scales? Would you go along with the change, too? Or would you fight for the way things are now? The way I see it, the humans are trying to stomp us down in today's world. But what if we started to fight back? Would you fight with the mutants to gain the respect we deserve? Or would you rather find some kind of comfort zone and wait for it to all blow over?"
Bacchus looked at Isabel for a second after lifting his head and then he swam over to the side and pushed him self out of the water exposing his muscular body. He walked to where Isabel was and sat down next to her, “Yeah I think deep down I would go for change, change is good. I’m sure you already know I don’t have a problem cutting down things in my way.” He grinned at her and got up and walked towards the diving board. He got up there and started to jump up and down on the board and looked over Isabel’s way, “So what’s with all the questions?” he started to go high and higher using his mutation to make himself heavier and then lighter and finally he jumped. Using his mutation he again did a few twirls and then 3 summersaults and landed in the water with a small splash.
Lazily Isabel rolled onto her back as Bacchus heaved himself up out of the water and came to take a seat next to her, listening to what he had to say concerning her last couple of questions. Those answers were a little more satisfactory than his first batch had been. At least the young man wasn't opposed to pushing people out off to the side in order to make way for some change. That's what the Order was about, after all. They fought for change that would benefit the mutants living in this intolerable world, and if a few people had to be crushed in the process, either tho make room or to create an example, then so be it. That seemed to be the way of the world in the current times. Crush or be crushed, and Isabel had no intention of letting others drag her down into unimportance. "Well you certainly do know how to make a spectacle of yourself," she commented as he got back up again and proceeded to dive back into the pool. Easily she rolled back onto her stomach only to quickly shift to her side with a small intake of breath, looking down to see the front of her bathing suit soaked in water. Stupid boy leaving puddles where he sat. It was amazing how fast the water cooled once it had been set on the floor. With a sigh she heaved herself up into a sitting position, crossing her legs and resting her chin in her palm as the elbow balanced against her knee. "Showoff!" she called as Bacchus resurfaced, thinking on how to phrase an answer to his last question. She certainly couldn't come right out and tell him directly about the Order. That would only land her in trouble. But she could certainly get a general idea out. "I'm just trying to get a feel for your character," she said at length, keeping an eye on her guest as he moved about in the water. "There's a small group of other mutants living in the Sanctuary that are looking for a little change as well. Like I said earlier, some of them have a similar mindset to my own, and have little problem with moving others aside to make room for themselves and others," she continued, hoping she was picking her words carefully enough. "I lend my services to this group of people whenever they need a little help, and they may like to meet you at some point. Or at least the one who organizes our little outings might. We're always looking for a few more people to help us give things a nudge in the right direction. Think you might be interested?"
I’m just a well-adjusted gal who likes to leave a serious amount of mayhem in her wake.
Posted by Giant's Bane on Nov 2, 2008 14:53:42 GMT -6
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I'm just trying to get a feel for your character,
Bacchus just laughed, “look you want a feel, it’ll only happen on a date so let me know when you want a feel.” He grinned as he swam to the edge of the pool closest to Isabel as he listened to what else she had to say.
"There's a small group of other mutants living in the Sanctuary that are looking for a little change as well. Like I said earlier, some of them have a similar mindset to my own, and have little problem with moving others aside to make room for themselves and others,"
Bacchus’s ears tweaked a little picking up every word from her mouth. ‘She defiantly seemed to be thinking about this for a while, maybe she wants me to join them?’ Bacchus looked at her with a straight face and listed to what she had to say.
"I lend my services to this group of people whenever they need a little help, and they may like to meet you at some point. Or at least the one who organizes our little outings might. We're always looking for a few more people to help us give things a nudge in the right direction. Think you might be interested?"
Bacchus looked at her for a second and thought about it. Could he spare the time to help them? Would there be a profit? Bacchus just smiled and nodded to Isabel, “Sure but mind you I don’t nudge I shove. So I don’t thing you’ll need anyone else.” He gave her a confident smile and then kicked off the wall and dove backwards under water and sank to the bottom and swam the length of the pool for a bit.
Isabel just glared at Bacchus when he made his little comment in response to her own offered explanation. "Oh, I'll give you a feel alright," she grumbled, her free hand curling into a fist in her lap. The boy was utterly impossible and nothing but trouble. She'd put him in his place eventually, especially if he decided that he liked it in the Order. She would be his superior after all, since she'd been in the organization for so long. He'd have to listen to her at some point. She did let her glare melt away with his next set of words, confirming that he'd be interested in at least meeting with these people she'd mentioned. She even gave a bit of a smile at he accomplishment. She never had been too professional when recruiting people, but she did sometimes manage to reel a few mutants in. "Well, our definition of nudge is a little less than gentle," she commented in reply to him saying he shoved. "You've already seen my method of nudging, so I'm sure you've got some kind of picture." As the boy submerged again and proceeded to propel himself around underwater, she thought a bit more on what she could add to her proposal to seal the deal a little tighter. Thus far she knew it was money that had motivated him to come to the States, and the Sanctuary was in no short supply of that. He was worried for the safety of his friends, but the Order was mainly focusing on New York and then the rest of the continent, at least at first. They'd be secure for a little while. Besides, Isabel took care of her friends as well as she could, and she knew the others were close enough to do the same. "If you're still looking for money, there always does seem to be a bank getting in our way somewhere," she commented, expecting that he'd be able to hear her even while at the bottom of the pool. "And with your mutation, you're like a demolition crew all on your own. It's no fault of ours if some of the landscape gets torn up while we work. And we look out for each other well. However, the thing we prize most from our members is loyalty. We don't care for wishy-washy types that'll turn around and take off at a moments notice. We need people that are truly dedicated to our cause and that we can really trust. If not, we're not interested."
I’m just a well-adjusted gal who likes to leave a serious amount of mayhem in her wake.
Posted by Giant's Bane on Nov 2, 2008 16:26:30 GMT -6
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"If you're still looking for money, there always does seem to be a bank getting in our way somewhere,"
Bacchus smiled as he was maneuvering around from side to side of the pool. She defiantly knew how to appease to him, at least as of now. He usually wasn’t greedy at all in fact Bacchus hates money, he would prefer to live in the wilderness but his friends lives were on the line and Bacchus is as loyal as they come so he wasn’t going to turn down an offer like this.
"And with your mutation, you're like a demolition crew all on your own. It's no fault of ours if some of the landscape gets torn up while we work. And we look out for each other well. However, the thing we prize most from our members is loyalty. We don't care for wishy-washy types that'll turn around and take off at a moments notice. We need people that are truly dedicated to our cause and that we can really trust. If not, we're not interested."
After hearing this Bacchus sank down to the bottom of the pool and activated his mutation and jumped clear out of the 12 foot section of the pool and landed on the ground near Isabel, “Woof woof, I am hear in America so my friends can live, don’t think you could get more loyal than that right?” Bacchus looked at Isabel and smiled, “So would I be answering to you? Or someone else?”
"Gah!" Quickly Isabel scrambled to get out of Bacchus' way as he shot out of the water and made his landing not far from where she had seated herself. In the process she had, of course, been soaked yet again by the water that had been moved out of the way and flung into the air by the young man's body. Exasperatedly she brushed her wet hair out of her face again and climbed to her feet, looking like she'd just crawled out of the pool herself, glaring at her guest yet again as she dripped. Stupid boy, always showing off in one way or another. "You're loyal to your friends, yes, but we need you to be loyal to us first and foremost," she replied, trying to make the point as clear as she could. It was not enough to have loyalty in general, they needed dedication to the group itself. They couldn't have people traipsing in and out at their leisure. There had been at least one that had defected in the past, and they had let the individual go, but they didn't care to make it a regular occurrence. "Though it may not sound like it, we are currently underground and we like to keep our anonymity. We don't need anyone leaking information out into the public, accidentally or otherwise. We won't always be hidden, but for now that's what we prefer." It was all a matter of time now, really. Syn could plan her big reveal at any time she chose, but Isabel could wait for a while yet, just so long as she was still allowed to have her own fun. "Well, I am a senior member of this little group, but there is at least one higher in rank than I am," she replied to the youth's next question. "Her name is Syn, she's very well known around here. Pretty, but deadly as well. You don't want to get on her bad side. And as for me," she continued, stepping a little closer to the young man. "Unfortunately for you, I'll be holding your leash as well. And I will find a way to keep you on good behavior." And with that she reached out and gave the boy a shove, attempting to push his big dumb self back into the pool.
I’m just a well-adjusted gal who likes to leave a serious amount of mayhem in her wake.
Posted by Giant's Bane on Nov 2, 2008 17:19:18 GMT -6
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"You're loyal to your friends, yes, but we need you to be loyal to us first and foremost,"
Bacchus just nodded in agreement, of course while he was in the states he knew he needed a place to stay and it was free! Plus if Isabel wasn’t lying, there would be money and lots of it, that’s all he wanted. He didn’t need to stay anything; he already said he would so why was she still going on about joining.
"Though it may not sound like it, we are currently underground and we like to keep our anonymity. We don't need anyone leaking information out into the public, accidentally or otherwise. We won't always be hidden, but for now that's what we prefer."
Bacchus again just nodded but this time spoke, “Don’t want to draw unnecessary attention to your selves is that it? Considered my big mouth sealed.” He put his hand on his mouth to prove his point. He knew how to keep secrets, like my dad likes to drink and hit me or my dad spent all my lunch money on booze. Yeah Bacchus knew how to keep secrets. "Well, I am a senior member of this little group, but there is at least one higher in rank than I am," "Her name is Syn, she's very well known around here. Pretty, but deadly as well. You don't want to get on her bad side. And as for me," "Unfortunately for you, I'll be holding your leash as well. And I will find a way to keep you on good behavior."
“Pretty but deadly huh? Sounds to me like a good combination.” Bacchus grinned as he wiped a water drop from the tip of his nose. Bacchus smiled again when she made another dog comment, “Woof.” He then laughed and said, “You want to keep me on good behavior? Your gonna have to follow me around a lot, hell I might even get in to trouble so you’d have to give me some attention.” Bacchus added a wink and then felt her hand on his chest in an attempt to push him in the water.
Instead of standing still Bacchus only grabbed her arm and pulled her in closer to him in a hug making sure to be gentle as possible. With in a second and with a small movement of his feet Bacchus was in the air falling back into the pool with Isabel in his arms.
Okay. So Isabel's little stunt backfired right in her face. She didn't like big dumb troublemakers making her plans backfire on her, even though she knew she probably should have seen it coming. Especially after his little comment about causing trouble just so he'd get attention from her. He was just squeezing himself into the role of a dog more and more, wasn't he? Even after he said he'd rather not be considered as one. Though her goading leash comment didn't really help the situation. Why was it always the troublesome strays she seemed to let follow her home? First the kid she'd met on her illegal underage drinking escapade, who had by now disappeared, and now a previously naked young man who seemed to be looking for trouble as much as he was working to create it. The minute she felt his fingers closing around her arm, she knew she'd made yet another mistake. Immediately she tried to amend it, leaning back away from the young man and trying to escape his grasp, but as she suspected he proved to be stronger than she was physically, not to mention larger overall. Irritably she pressed both hands against his chest and tried pushing his body away from her own, even as she felt his arms wrapping around her, only causing her body to stiffen. And then she was being moved, with more ease than she liked, and she was being dragged with him into the pool, managing to take a breath before she was submerged. Oh, he was in so much trouble. The moment she regained a bit of her wits after hitting the water, she quickly pushed against the young man again, hoping for release. She couldn't hold her breath nearly as long as he could, and she was eager to put a little distance between him and herself at the moment. The minute she felt she was able she propelled herself to the surface, sputtering and flailing a bit as she moved to grab the side of the pool. Normally she was a fairly good swimming, but that little surprise of Bacchus' had caught her off guard. Heaving herself up out of the water to sit at the edge of the pool, half of the lower portion of her legs still hanging in the water, she simply glared down at where the young man was. "You idiot!" she yelled, kicking at the water with one leg as if it would do her and good. She probably looked like a drowned rat. And he was in trouble.
I’m just a well-adjusted gal who likes to leave a serious amount of mayhem in her wake.
Posted by Giant's Bane on Nov 2, 2008 18:32:38 GMT -6
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Bacchus hit the water and sank letting go of Isabel immediately, he had a feeling she wouldn’t be a fan of that move but in all fairness she did start it. Now at the bottom Bacchus stood looking up with his eyes squinted a little to try and fight the chlorine. He needed up closing his eyes and listened to Isabel kicking the water as she sat on the side, he also heard him call her a name although it was somewhat muffled behind the water splashing on the surface of the pool.
A few minutes passed by as Bacchus didn’t move and from what he could tell neither did Isabel, ‘she can probably wait longer than I can’ thought Bacchus as he started to walk to the edge of the pool. He started to swim and put his hands on the side of the pool almost waiting for something to happen. As a precaution Bacchus made his skin thicker so if she did try stabbing him it would only be a shallow cut. Bacchus ended up kicking up and sliding up and then turning to a sitting position next to Isabel, “Come on you can’t be mad, you were trying to push me in.” he smiled and then swirled his feet in the water a little. In a teasing tone he added, “Thought you said you were a good swimmer?”
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It wasn't much of a surprise that the kid didn't follow after her quickly. At least he has some sense of self preservation, though she wasn't going to let him slink away just yet. He did have to come up for air eventually, no matter the size of his lungs. She could already tell she had her work cut out for her if she was going to be the one trying to keep this kid out of any major trouble. She'd only known him a little less than a day and he was already planning to figure out ways to have her need to tag along after him and make sure he behaved. Trouble. Nothing but trouble. She nearly bopped him on the head when he finally did decide to come up to the surface of the water. He'd come up right next to her, after all. He was practically asking for it. But she behaved for the moment as he pulled himself up next to her and took a seat. "I can be mad if I want to," she sulked in reply, stubbornly glaring down at the water and not looking at him. "And you were so asking for it! Saying things like you do, you're lucky I haven't hit you sooner," she continued, emphasizing her point by giving him a punch in the arm. She knew it was less than likely that it would actually hurt him, but she wasn't quite angry enough to want to do any kind of real damage to the kid, so even a less than effective little punch was good enough at the moment. "And I swim perfectly fine, thank you very much. But I swim much better when I haven't been dragged into the pool without any warning," she shot back, this time turning to look at him as she spoke, once again brushing at the wet strands of hair that fell in her face with the movement. "You are nothing but a big dumb troublemaker," she accused before childishly sticking her tongue out at him. She was a brat after all.
I’m just a well-adjusted gal who likes to leave a serious amount of mayhem in her wake.
Posted by Giant's Bane on Nov 2, 2008 19:47:32 GMT -6
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"I can be mad if I want to," "And you were so asking for it! Saying things like you do, you're lucky I haven't hit you sooner,"
Bacchus just smiled as he hit her, it didn’t hurt but he guessed it did the damage it needed to because she didn’t seem to mad at him. After all she was in a bathing suit, other wise he most likely wouldn’t have done it.
"And I swim perfectly fine, thank you very much. But I swim much better when I haven't been dragged into the pool without any warning,"
Bacchus kicked up some water about and then looked to Isabel then back at the water, “Well I guess we will have to test that sometime soon then won’t we?” Bacchus lifted one foot out of the water and brought it up in a resting position under his arm, which supported his head. He let out a sigh and then kicked some water again with his foot not saying anything almost having a thinking look on his face. His thought process was dropped the second Isabel spoke again.
"You are nothing but a big dumb troublemaker,"
He let out a laugh as she called him dumb, ‘she even sticks the tongue out ha cute’ thought Bacchus as he looked at her. Bacchus dove back in to the water and popped back up on the other side of Isabel this time to say ”May be big and dumb and maybe even a bit of a trouble maker but your still here right? I am pegging you as the type of girl who loves trouble.” Bacchus kicked of from the wall and started to float on his back.
Isabel opened her mouth to protest his last statement, but couldn't quite make any words come out. Irritably she closed her mouth again and looked away from Bacchus with a small 'humph'. She didn't care to admit it, but he had a point. She had stuck around regardless of the boy's comments and behavior even after crashing the little gathering of police. She hadn't been caught up in the initial crossfire, but had gone out of her way to get involved in the whole mess. It seemed she was always getting herself into some rough scrape or another, some more serious than the rest. It was like she was a trouble magnet, though she didn't exactly go to any lengths to change it. "It's not my fault trouble just seems to find me," she commented after a moment, deciding that it would be a satisfactory enough reply to his little character analysis. There was of course more to her than just trouble, but it was a good word to describe her in the least. For a moment she simply watched as Bacchus again kicked off from the wall and moved further away from where she sat before proceeding to return to his floating. The boy was infuriating, but at the same time she was growing comfortable enough around him that she felt no need to storm off or act as rashly as before when he pushed his luck with his odd personality quirks. She'd get more used to him over time, she was sure, but for now she just had to be tolerant enough not to really blow up at him for something stupid. Casually she pushed away from the side of the pool and slowly slipped her body back into the water, assuming that Bacchus would have no trouble hearing her, but paying no real mind to the fact anyways. He had said he wanted to test her claim to being a decent swimmer, had he not? So she could not be truly blamed for any trouble that sprouted from proving it. "Only a bit of a troublemaker?" she questioned as she propelled herself a little closer to his floating body. "Oh please. That is the understatement of the year. You radiate trouble, my friend. And if I am the kind of girl that love that kind of thing, then you're in for more trouble that you could have hoped for," she continued before lifting her arms out of the water, placing her hands on his stomach and pushing down hard, thinking to shove him underwater once more.
I’m just a well-adjusted gal who likes to leave a serious amount of mayhem in her wake.
Posted by Giant's Bane on Nov 2, 2008 22:19:30 GMT -6
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"It's not my fault trouble just seems to find me,"
Bacchus just let out a small snort as he was floating, ‘really?’ thought Bacchus as he started at the ceiling, ’seems to me you go looking for it, how else could you explain our little meeting? You could have just as easily walked away.’ These were the thoughts running through his head but as of now he wasn’t sure how she would have reacted to these comments. Even by Bacchus’s standards he was getting a little too confident in this situation and whenever one’s to confident stupid decisions are made.
Bacchus heard Isabel slip into the water and begin to swim closer to him but he didn’t really care. He was to preoccupied with feeling the ripples of water bounce up and down his chest as he floated along the pool with not a car in the world.
"Only a bit of a troublemaker?" "Oh please. That is the understatement of the year. You radiate trouble, my friend. And if I am the kind of girl that love that kind of thing, then you're in for more trouble that you could have hoped for,"
Bacchus could here her get closer to him as he lifted his head out of the water a little bit to see where she was and to his surprise she was inches from him with her hands raised then on his stomach. Bacchus felt her hands on his stomach as it contracted and tensed up out of reaction. Bacchus didn’t fight the push but let it happen. He went under and then slowly rose to the top with his head popping out if the water. Bacchus laughed and smiled, “Oh, I think I can handle your kind of trouble, your looking for trouble, trouble doesn’t find you, hence you finding me.” He floated closer to Isabel, “You should watch out for me, from what you just said you love trouble, and well…” Bacchus shrugged and then smiled, “Call me Mr. trouble not troublemaker.”
Smoothly Isabel moved a small distance away from Bacchus as he submerged underwater before resurfacing only a moment later. She'd half expected him to sink all the way to the bottom and stay there again. Though apparently he had his own retaliatory statements to get out. "You have only a vague idea of what kind of trouble I am," she replied coolly, trying not to be baited by his statements. "And it's not like I expected to find some kid running around naked when I heard the police sirens. I was curious about what was going on, just like everyone else there was. Besides, cops do nothing but get in our way when we're out working. And I don't want to make my friends' work harder for them. So I kill a few people every now and again. No big deal. It's almost expected of me now. I am widely known as one of the main cop killers in this city, after all." She wasn't exactly lying in her excuses. She was known as a cop killing mutant loose in the city, and she had been curious about all the commotion from earlier. But she didn't just kill people to make the Order's life easier. There was a sort of twisted enjoyment in all of it. The humans had to be dealt with anyways. Cops were just her favored play things. Besides, she had a personal vendetta against once particular officer than had put her through her murder trial, and a part of her hoped that the more officers she killed, the more likely it would be that the hothead would show up on her doorstep one day looking for a little payback. She'd taken a piece of his lung and given him a limp, but sooner or later she'd get more than that from him. But in the mean time, she'd continue to enjoy her time with the rest of the police force.
Again she pushed perhaps a half a stroke away from the young man as he floated closer to her, trying to at least keep out of his reach. He had pulled her into the pool after she shoved him the first time. She wouldn't put it past him to retaliate in some way once again for her second little attack against him. "Ooh, I'm real scared, 'Mister Trouble'," she said in reply to his warning, coupling her sarcastic tone with a roll of her eyes. "And I didn't admit to anything. I said' if' I was that kind of girl. There was an 'if' in my statement. You're just not listening very well," she protested. In truth it did seem that she liked to cause problems in most situations, or she at least wound up in troublesome places, though she never really made any effort to prevent such things from happening. At any rate, it was more fun than sitting around the Sanctuary every day and doing nothing. "And I'm sure I can handle you just fine. You're not the worst kid I've come up against so far, and eventually I'll figure out what makes you tick. Besides, I'm your superior now, so you're supposed to listen to me," she commented, sticking her chin up in the air just a little as a smugger tone entered her voice. "Me, on the other hand. I am a serious handful. You think you can handle me? In your dreams, pal," she continued, still playing the part of one superior to another in some way. "I'm out of your league when it comes to trouble," she concluded, emphasizing her point by giving a little splash in his direction
I’m just a well-adjusted gal who likes to leave a serious amount of mayhem in her wake.