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 Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
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.
Raphael nodded some, listening to Cecelia answer his question. Sicily? Wow that was quite a ways away. He had not realized that people from all over the world came here for training and education.
He then listened to her hum, and for a moment his worries of his own failings and of Victoria’s condition. His eyes drifted up from the rippling water and to her, the hypnotic feel certainly drawing him in as well. “That’s really…. Beautiful.” He murmured quietly, not wanting to break her hum even slightly.
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Cecelia smiled and continued to hum, seeing how relaxed he was. She didn't want to completely hypnotize him but when she shook his hand, she could feel some tension in his body. She wanted to help him relax, despite having just met him. She made her hum a little louder and gave the notes more detailed, going up a few pitches and then giving the melody a lullaby-like quality.
Raphael smiled; a genuine smile; not something forced, or faked. He listened to her hum, and moved to sit on the ground right by the fountain and right beside her. He closed his eyes and lolled his head back to rest against the warm stone. He merely drank in the sound she emitted for some indefinable time, though it felt as though hours had passed to him.
He drew breath slowly and just relaxed for that time. After which he drew a particularly deep breath and let it out equally slow, asking quietly, almost dreamily, “Where did you learn to hum like that? Are you a musician?”
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Cecelia slowed down her song and finished it with a soft note. She moved to lay on her stomahc on the fountain edge. She looked down at him, her feet wiggling in the air. "That was a lullaby my momma used to sing to my siblinds and I. I'm not very good with instruments but my voice is a gift. It's what my X-gene is based on. I can hypnotize people with my voice or make them relax at least, as well as screech like a harpie but I doubt you want to hear that. I use my voice mostly for relaxing and serene things. You seemed to like it." Cecelia noticed his relaxed form and his dreamy eyes.
Raphael gave a soft sigh, and smiled up at her, his previous worries still worlds away. “It’s a wonderful gift Cecelia… I’m certain that it has a lot of useful applications… A lot more than mine.” He said, smiling still up at her. “And it’s such a good thing that you use it for such peaceful means.” He stretched some, coming out of the hypnotized state slowly. “And, I did enjoy it. So very much so, I think I needed that quite a lot. I feel refreshed, even though I’ve not slept for a few days now…” He shrugged some, and he certainly still seemed at ease, and he certainly still felt it. “Is singing and screeching yer only talents?”
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Cecelia smiled as he complimented her talents. She ran a hand through her hair and glanced back at the water. She ran a hand over the water's surface once then returned her attention to Raphael. She sighed. "Yes, that is my only mutant power. I believe I'm under the 'distraction' category. What are your powers?"
He glanced up at her as she asked her question. "One falls under the 'hurting people' category, another the 'healing me' category, and the third under the 'I can see you' category." He started, then looked back down, more because it was uncomfortable to look almost straight up than anything else. "I heal mighty quick. Cut me slightly and all you'll see is the blood, but no cut. I also am 'blessed'" he spat the word, almost harshly, "with bone blades that come out of my elbows. Those would be the 'hurt people' category. And, when I want, I can see the souls of others... or rather the life-auras of others. They're green."
"Your single one is much more useful." He said with a smile.
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"Wow, that's one interesting list. The 'seeing auras' sounds kinda cool." She kicked her feet back and forth in the air and twirled a strand of hair around her finger. "At least you can fight. I'm more of the 'stay back or I make your eardrums pop'."
"Its overrated... unless you can take on any and or all foes." He murmured, giving off a soft sigh. "Well... the fighting at least. I could likely teach you if you'd like. I know a couple different styles... Don't think I could teach you to see auras." He cast a smile upwards towards her, though it did not seem quite as sincere as before, his own personal failings beginning to return to him.
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"I'd appreciate the fighting lessons." She then moved from the fountain edge to sitting next to Raphael. She pulled her legs to her chest, hugging them close. She rested her chin on her knees and smiled at him. He didn't seem as happy as before so she knew her music was wearing off.
Raphael cast a glance over towards Cecelia as she shifted down next to him. "Have I upset you?" He asked, noting her posture. It was one he rarely saw adopted by someone who was still enjoying his presence, or really was in a good mood at all. He watched her closely, frowning for just a moment, then letting the moment pass. "When would you like to set up sessions?"
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She lifted her head from her knees and shook her head. "No, you didn't upset me." She figured it was because of her stance and so she let her legs stretch out in front of her. She put her hands on her lap and thought about the fighting sessions. "When are you available? I think maybe afternoons would be nice."
"I'm glad I haven't upset you. And I don't have any set plans as of now, so... afternoons would work perfectly well for me. Soon as possible?" He queried, watching her with a certain amount of curiosity creeping behind his green eyes.
"I know kick boxing... bare knucks boxing, an' traditional boxing. I don't think my other form would suit you much." He said with a nod, partially to himself and partially to her. Though a portion of him wondered if passing on the skills he had used to kill with was really all that good of an idea. 'Ah, to hell with it' he thought, watching Cecelia. 'She wants to learn, and its a nice way for you to keep busy.'
Posted by ceceliamontarou on Aug 12, 2006 20:55:31 GMT -6
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"Kick-boxing sounds nice. It's good for defence and a really nice work-out. I can kick butt and keep my waist slim." Cecelia said, looking at her waist. She put her hands on her hips then dropped them back onto her lap. She lifted her eyes to look at Raphael. "I can start tomorrow afternoon. Just tell me when and where to meet you."
Raphael finally gave her the 'once over' looking at her curves and other womanly features. "Would seem that whatever you are doing now is working just fine to keep your waist slim as is. And really, any type of martial arts is good for self defense." 'and offense' he thought to himself. It was the latter that he had more frequently put his skills to use. Best defense is a good offense.
"Say, oh... two o'clock in..." he wondered... "how old are you?"