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 Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 19, 2009 13:14:25 GMT -6
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Shin shot Aura a faint smile at the compliment. Even in the midst of all this chaos, there was time for that sort of thing. He turned as Alex pulled up, motioning for the others to move Ghost to the car. Gripping the handle of the door to the back seat, Shin opened it up. He glanced at the space available and frowned.
“How many are we, again? We might not be able to fit…” He looked over his shoulder as Hymn ran towards them. That was one more.
OOC: Sorry, hopefully Megan posts soon. If we need to, I can take my post down and wait for her to keep "post order" in place.
(Sorry if this post isn't up to much I wasn't entirely sure what else I could have added, in all honesty But its a post none the less lol)
Megan glanced swiftly at the two cars before turning back to the job at hand. Applying a decent amount of pressure to the girls wounds, or rather the ones the Asian woman could reach, between her and Aura. It was simple mathematics, two cars equalled around eight or so seats if they were being practical and there were about six people or there about. “As long as people don't mind sharing seats or having Miss. Wounded laid across you then we have more than enough seats with these two cars.” She judged the seating situation once again and added, “Its mutant tetris, it'll be fun. Now get going!”
She hadn't been listening about where they were planning to take her. It mattered not to Megan as long as they hurried up and got her somewhere with a doctor or a nurse, or at least some kind of semi-professional medic quickly, before the poor victim of a girl bled out completely. The pink-haired one didn't know if she would or not but the strips of fabric Aura had used as make shift bandages where practically soaked through at this point, red.
Taking one end of Ghost she motioned for Aura to grab her feet, and proceeded to slide the three of them safely into the back seat of the car. She nodded the young Asian man, the one who has created the triangular barrier at the shop front, in thanks for him holding the door open for them. Megan had never really been a medic in any of her life's but she had lived for long enough to know what one should have done in this situation. Hell, she had been in the second world war, front line, she had managed then, nearly no one had died on her watch, if she could have helped it, and now wasn't going to be any different. The girls wounds weren't anything majorly life threatening, or rather, wouldn't be if they managed to stop the bleeding and got the wounds cleaned up. If anything the girl was more likely to get an infection at this stage, if her powers permitted such things to happen.
It had started off as fun, a release of pent up frustrations for Megan, and undoubtedly some of the others, but it had ended badly. She just wished who ever ended up driving got them to this place they were talking about when Megan hadn't been paying attention, and quickly.
Posted by Sebastian on Jan 23, 2009 0:16:24 GMT -6
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Inside the building a girl was floating near the window and a man lay on the floor. A eerie hymn floated through the air around the unicorn as he bent to touch the prone figure. He shuddered, though the music was not directed at him; he was too late to save the man who had been sliced by a strange blade from hip to shoulder. He was examining the wound when some unfortunate soul received a fatal kiss on the forehead. Even if he had seen it, he wouldn't have known what she had done to him.
The other occupants of the store were disappearing out a back door. The floating girl descended and followed them as well, with Sebastian on her heels. With more bullets heading through the window and delirious shouts coming from the street, it was hardly safe to do anything else. Sebastian frowned when he noticed a trail of blood drops leading the way. That was not a good sign.
From outside, he could hear a woman's voice suggesting a plan, >>>"Let's head to Sanctuary, it's not to far from here! And they have medical facility's that will Cater to mutants"
Actually, the Sanctuary's medical facility was right behind them. He had to hurry or they would leave before he could stop them. The unicorn man pushed past the hovering girl and the chubby book store employee who was retreating in front of her; now was not a time to be polite. Judging from that red droplet trail, it would not be good for the group to drive off hoping to find a healer at the Sanctuary.
Outside, a pink haired woman was sliding into a car holding the ashen form of a thin woman. The woman's feet were supported by a brunette who was getting in after them. There was no way that the entire group was going to fit in one car.
>>>“Its mutant tetris, it'll be fun. Now get going!”
He made it, they hadn't left yet!
Sebastian sprinted over and tossed his keys to the young Asian boy who had been holding open the door for the duo carrying the injured girl. In the same moment, he pulled back the brunette, probably a little rougher than he normally would handle things, but the situation was desperate.
“You, take my car. It's the white Buick parked on the other side of the street. I need to ride with the injured girl. I'm a healer and she might not make it to Sanctuary otherwise. And I'm very sorry,”
The unicorn waved his hand impatiently to indicate the location of his own vehicle as he inserted himself into the backseat or the strange car. Including the driver, there were now four in this car with three in the back. That left the Asian, the brunette, the floating girl, and the chubby shop employee to ride either shotgun or in his Buick.
It would be up to them to hurry now. Sebastian's job was healing. The pink haired girl was doing a decent job of applying pressure, but the snow haired girl already seemed to have lost a lot of blood. The entire right side of her button up shirt was soaked crimson, and it was difficult to tell where all the blood was coming from. Easy to see were the various incisions on her arms from broken glass, some still sparkling with slivers of glass, but those small cuts weren't enough to cause such a large amount of blood loss.
He needed to get his hands as close to the actual wounds as possible in order for the healing to work the quickest. started to unfasten the small buttons, but both the buttons and his fingers were too slippery to manage it and in the end he ended up tearing most of the small round fasteners off. Two bullet wounds greeted him, on her shoulder and abdomen. He put one hand on each. Instantly and automatically he felt the familiar ice cold tingling burn down his entire arms as the energy rushed through his hands into her body.
Her heart was pounding, flapping almost in its pursuit of driving her life's nectar through her veins. "Thirsty." Her throat was so dry from the heaving of breath and fish-out-of-water-like swallowing of air. Ghost's skin was waxy and cold. Time was not her friend, and one voice among the crowd knew it. Her hyper focus continued, making Ghost open her eyes wider in a fruitless attempt to reclaim her peripheral vision. Light brown eyes rolled around wildly from one detail to another. Faces, garbage, doors, cars.
But there were so many people! Where had they all come from? Had more mutants showed up after she went down? People were raising voices, everyone seemed just a little frightened and wide eyed. "It's going to be okay." Her smile made her eyes close in a long blink. She wasn't sure who she was consoling, but really someone had to make sure everyone was alright.
Ghost blinked up at the cloth covered ceiling of a sedan. She didn't remember laying down and so of course she started to sit up which of course made her very aware that she hurt... a lot. Ghost grit her teeth as someone with the air of authority slid in to sit behind her. Male fingers were plucking at her blood slick blouse. "W-wait." but it was too late. Buttons went flying.
And then he touched them, the burning hot centers of everything that was agony. That earned Sebastian a shout of pain that went something like "GRAAAH!" and eyes squeezed shut. Ghost wasn't sure what she was death gripping, but it probably wouldn't look the same after this experience. Augh, why couldn't she have remained detached and not so hurty?
Aura was pulled back, and without thought her Blade had rematerialized in a flurry on pink energy, but she saw who it was before she began her swing. He mentioned he was a healer and that ghost might not make it to Sanctuary, Aura knew the wounds were bad, and with a bit of a growl, a bit of late protest about being pulled back. She kept her Gaze on Sabstion for what seemed like a long time to her, but finely she broke contact with him. "Thank you" She said quickly before running to the indicated the car, she glanced back a few times, her eyes sweeping the area for Humans who may have gotten brave, but none had made it through yet, what was taking them so long was weird and she considered maybe she was just still to excited.
Those bullets had bounced off her aura, and to Aura that made this her fault. If ghost died, she would make the humans pay, if she had to murder every man, woman and child she came across remotely connected to this rally. She had to obtain more power and more control over her ability, so things like this could not happen again. In Frustration, She punched the parking meter on the street, her aura sliced through the face and many of the small gears within it, but not emerge from the back. SHe hopped in the back of the Car, she had no idea what she could do to help from a car, but she figured she would have more flexibility.
It never dawned on Aura that they had very nearly got ghost killed by almost leaving without Sabastion, she knew he was a healer but not basicly the medicle staff itself. Aura was used to people who could heal though, and even more sue to taking orders from such people. She considered cutting down a tree branch, but again, anyone who chased them, prolbely was not going to be using swords or the like.
Posted by brainstorm on Jan 23, 2009 12:14:58 GMT -6
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Alex watched the byplay as the people were guided to his car. There were far too many people to fit, but it appeares that they had a car already, though they were abandoning it now, so perhaps not. Alex jumped when a man he had never seen before jumped into the car and began removing Ghost's shirt, but when he began to heal the wounds, Alex relaxed somewhat. Alex leaned out the window and gestured towards the other shop worker, who was standing by the car, looking rather lost.
"Hey, your riding shotgun, get in. And shut the passenger door on your way." Alex's powers were still surging, shooting small bolts of lightning, which didn't look like it calmed the man much, but he complied.
"Alright." Alex pulled away from the shop and turned back towards the street, away from the now torn up bookstore. The police were starting to come through the back, Alex really hoped that the others made it. Alex pulled out and away, heading towards the building with the golden doors he remembered from his meeting at the gas station.
OOC/ Okay, so as I understand it, Megan, Ghost, Sebastian, Benny the Clerk, and Alex are in this car. That leaves Tetsuyo, Rena, and Cailyn to take Sebastian's car. Please tell me if I am wrong.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 24, 2009 17:44:54 GMT -6
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Blood pounded in his ears as the stress of the whole situation began to weigh on him. He bit his lip at the sirens in the distance, and curled his toes within his shoes. Ghost wasn’t looking good, and… and the pink-haired girl was talking about video games!? Great. Just fabulous. Then Sebastian came, and he thanked whatever big guy up in the sky was looking down at them. The keys flew through the air to land in Shin’s cupped hands with a jingle.
He held up the ring of keys, examining it nervously. “Umm….”
“You, take my car. It's the white Buick parked on the other side of the street. I need to ride with the injured girl. I'm a healer and she might not make it to Sanctuary otherwise. And I'm very sorry,” Sebastian said.
“Right,” Shin’s legs moved him before thoughts could connect in his brain, sliding him into the front of the car after Aura, who’d hopped in the back. Frantic eyes spun back to watch the car the healer had moved to. He saw the unicorn-man dive into the back seat to do whatever it was he could to help… and it hadn’t even dawned on him until that moment the man was a unicorn-man, either.
“Whoa…” That was so messed up. Rummaging through the key-ring, he searched for the one to the car—It clicked into place moments later. His arm slung around the back of his seat as he put the car in reverse, backing up a few feet, then jerking to a stop. Shin’s eyes snapped back to Aura.
“Is there anyone else we’re supposed to take with us!?” He exclaimed. “And where…?” He stared at the clutch; He’d never driven clutch before. “What the hell is that thing…?”
Oh well. He’d figure that out when it was screaming at him. The back door clicked open and Cailyn got in. Shin glanced up at her through the rear view mirror. Was that all of them?
“You’d better be good at giving directions,” He craned a smile back at Rena, bracing his arm against the back of the seat. "Speaking of which... best get a name while we're at it."