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 fivetomidnight on Aug 5, 2009 1:51:39 GMT -6
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Indira winced at the bright summer sun as she stepped out from under the awning. The coffee shop had been more dimly lit than she'd thought. She dug into her bag and pulled out a pair of sunglasses, then set to wander down the street, her daisy-patterned yellow sundress waving around her calves.
All big cities are the same; all big cities are completely different. Vancouver was a big city, for Canada; but compared to New York City it was practically a backwater. There were so many people here! Indira let herself give in to the urge to be a tourist; it was part of why she'd come to New York, after all. She let herself be carried along in the flow of people, peering into shops, snapping photos of famous statues or stunning architecture, and just generally having a good time.
There'll be time enough later on to ask around discreetly about Xavier's School, she thought to herself as she waited for the crosswalk light to change.
Posted by starscream on Aug 5, 2009 3:01:48 GMT -6
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Shana was in a hurry, so of course that meant their had to be a half million people on the streets. Shana did her best to avoid crowds if she could, they still made her terribly nervous.. Groaning as she stopped at a crosswalk looking around at various people who were also gathered at the crosswalk, most of them made Shana a bit nervous, but their were a few cute woman in the crowd to. She did her best to keep her glances discreet, by glancing down at the papers she had with her. The school had requested her medicle records and it had taken time to make them all.
Shana never even realized when a womans shopping bag suddenly lifted up into the air and hovered in the air about six, to ten feet above her head. The woman jumped a few times to try and grab it failing each time. The Blue haired girl finale realized what was happening. She focussed on the beg hard, and for a moment the crowd faded back into the darkness as the bag floated down to it's owner. The Woman wa sin a huff now, screaming about Mutants and how it had to of been some mutant gnagster or some thing. Shana swore several times under her breath, her power had acted on it's own again. "Least it's not a wagon" she said to herself, as she pushed a bit through the crowd, though she tried to be polite, she wanted out of the situation and out of the crowd full of people. She was glad her mutation left no visual displays.
Posted by fivetomidnight on Aug 5, 2009 11:37:32 GMT -6
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The commotion made Indira look around. A well-dressed woman was screeching at her shopping bag, which was floating about six feet over her head and well out of her reach. After about thirty seconds, the bag slowly and carefully descended back into the woman's hands. She didn't stop her tirade, blaming it on mutant gangsters and generally getting her blood pressure up.
A blue-haired girl pushed through the crowd and stood, fidgeting, next to Indira as she waited for the signal. "'Least it wasn't a wagon," she muttered.
Indira smiled a bit and turned to the girl. "If it'd been mutant gangsters, there'd've been more explosions, don't you think? It's more likely to be some kid playing silly buggers."
Posted by starscream on Aug 5, 2009 13:10:28 GMT -6
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"Yes, i have seen the same thing at playgrounds" she said truthfully though not admitting to being the cause of it. She had to keep better concentration to keep attention away from her. Luckily no one seemed to point at her as the cause so she was happy, but the woman who her powers ha dplayed with really had not seen the humor in the act, not did she seem open to the idea it was just an acident. Running a hand through her hair, she realized the signal seemed to be taking forever to change. Evident as a few beeping horns interupter the tirade the woman was having.
"People need to learn to calm down and realize that some times things are just acidents and not someone trying to be mean" she said To the woman. It was true, people seemed to always assume a mutant was trying to hurt them, could they not see it may have just been in acident. She was unsure what else to say to the woman, she ahd never been the most social of people. People realy did need to learn pationce with one another. A few police cars rollec up, with traffic control gear on, it seemed the dingal was broken. "My names's shana and yours?" she said looking over at the lady.
Posted by fivetomidnight on Aug 5, 2009 14:15:25 GMT -6
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"Yes, I have seen the same thing at playgrounds... People need to learn to calm down and realize that sometimes, things are just accidents and not someone trying to be mean." The girl ran a hand through her hair. She looked like she was on her way somewhere, and eager to get there. "My name's Shana. And yours?"
"Indira. It's nice to meet you, Shana." She noticed the traffic cops setting up in the intersection and sighed. "I suppose even the big cities have breakdowns, don't they." She hesitated. Indira didn't want to attract too much attention by asking around about 'so, where do all the mutants hang out, eh?', but Shana seemed to be tolerant, at least. Maybe it was worth the risk? She lowered her voice a little bit anyway. "Um, you look like you're in a hurry, so I'm sorry to impose, but I'm sort of doing the tourist thing today, and I've got no idea where to go next. Are there any landmarks you'd suggest I see? Interesting places to visit? Like, a friend of mine mentioned that Xavier's School is in a historic building, and they have tours - do you know if they're open to the public?"
Indira mentally crossed her fingers. Here's hoping, at any rate. I'm still not even sure what I'll do when I get there.
Posted by starscream on Aug 5, 2009 15:33:10 GMT -6
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Indira, it was a pretty name for an equally beautiful woman. A name she ahd never heard before wither, looking around the cops seemed to be letting cars go by. "Yea they do" she responded quitely, it was true most acidents these days were still normal. Although she had not seen mutants doing damage, she knew it happoned and seemingly frequently, as her freind audrey had been attacked for simply being in the wrong place.
She asked about landmarks which was normal enopugh, though most tourists had maps. Then again she had arrived here mapless as well. Still most people knew the landmarks they wanted to see. She shrugged letting it go, then she mentioned the mansion as a landmark she wanted to see. She giggeld a bit at the woman asking her if they were open. "I Actually live thare, ever since i came in from isreal" she admitted, knowing this likely labeled her as a mutant. Their were worse things people could learn about her however. "Im heading thare now if you like, from thare im sure one of the residents could help you locate any monuments, i tend to avoid large crowds whenever i can" she said as they got the signal to walk. "it's not much of a touist destination as it is a school" she went on, almost sure the woman likely knew that much. "A good number of people live thare and visit from the city though, Mostly Mutants." she said going on.
Posted by fivetomidnight on Aug 5, 2009 16:02:41 GMT -6
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Indira was surprised at her luck - Shana was even on her way there right now! Although, that did get her to wondering if the hair colour was a dye job, or... Stop that! she thought to herself. Don't be so rude.
"Oh! Well, then, if it's all right with you, I'll tag along. Thank you, Shana." Indira gathered her thoughts as they crossed the street. "My friend - the one that told me about the School? He finished his last two years of high school there, a few years back. He really enjoyed it there, even though he was so far away from his family, because for the first time he wasn't being bullied every day for being bright orange and scaly."
She grimaced at the memories. Indira wondered where Jiang was now. The last letter she'd found in her collection had said he was in London, but the date on it was a few months old. She hoped her parents would forward on any letters he sent.
"Do any non-mutants live there? Or attend the school?"
Posted by starscream on Aug 5, 2009 16:33:29 GMT -6
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"I see, i have only been thare a few weeks myself, but i enjoy company in small groups. Many enjoy the school becuse their with others of their kind and can learn to keep their powers from causing trouble or unwnated attention. I was in the same boat as your frien, with bullying until i came here" she said which was true she had been made fun of both in school and in brief time in the milltary. "I would have arrived to late to meet your freind though" she said wondering what he was like. Everyone was so diffrent and thats what made people intresting, but it was also the cource of conflict.
"A few but their kind of rare, to be honest i have not seen one yet" she said realzieing her own words pretty much stated she was a mutant, as they turned the courner she kept speaking. "It is a good school, i think, i came after i already graduated from highschool but Most Like myself went thare for help in controlling their powers so Mutants are far more frequent." she said then laughed a bit. "The day i turned 13 my hair, starting getting more and more blue until it reached this shade" she said feeling more comfertable with the woman for some reason. Normally she would have had many red flags in her head up about so carelessly giving out the information she was mutant. She wnated to ask if the woman was a mutant but was unsure if that was rude. "Like you saw back thare when i lose to much concentration, things tend to float" she said figuring the girl likely had already put two and two together.
Posted by fivetomidnight on Aug 6, 2009 0:50:29 GMT -6
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Indira's hand flew to her mouth when Shana admitted that she'd been the one responsible for the woman's floating bag, albeit unintentionally. "Oh! Oh, you must think me terribly rude. I'm sorry," she apologised. After a few moments of embarassed silence, she continued talking.
"I, um... Actually, I'm sort of looking for a job right now, and I think I'd like to work within the mutant community- Is that the right term, or is there another word that's preferred? Instead of 'mutant', I mean, it's a rather derogatory term... Anyway, do you know if the School might be hiring? Or if they know somewhere that's hiring? 'Cause having special powers doesn't stop kids from having problems reading or learning English. And it couldn't hurt some of these kids to practice interacting with people outside the School, right? Especially after, uh, some of the events of the last few years..." She trailed off awkwardly, her mind having caught up with her words.
Indira felt like she'd just made a horrible faux pas, referencing the Mutant Registration Law. By all accounts, it had been a time filled with atrocities, and how does one talk about such a thing? Especially one so recent. She was Canadian, and as far as she knew she hadn't been directly affected by it; but even so, there was still a part of her that wasn't ever going to be comfortable south of the 49th parallel simply because, having happened once, it could easily happen again.
Posted by starscream on Aug 6, 2009 3:04:51 GMT -6
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"No it's fine, as for a job i have no idea, i have not even met the teachers thare, well the self defence guy who let me in. Calm down though, Mutant, human it's all the same to me really, but i dont think most dislike the name, it seems more a symbol of pride" she said and then she mentioned the ACT. Aura had seen a lot on it but had been out of the country. "I lived is Israel up until a month ago or so i can't such moch on it other then what i saw from the AP" she said basicly saying she knew only what was said on the news for it.
"It can never hurt for people, Mutant or human to sit down and figure out how things can be done better and how to interact peacefully. The ACT and Mutants who strike back are just symptoms of the real issue, Fear. " She replied not really experiencing the ACT herself. "And an education id the best way to start that, to foster in understanding." she said actually quite impressed with this woman. Shana may have skimped a bit on the books but she knew they were good people. "We are not far from the mansion" she said as they walked further down the road.
She wished she could tell the woman if the mansion was hiring but she had no idea. It kind of made her sad to realize she had met none of the teaching staff herself. True she did not need academic help, but they were still bundels of knowledge. Then she recalled why, becuse she spent so much time in her room. She was better now then she had been however but she was still try get braver as things went on.
Posted by fivetomidnight on Aug 7, 2009 23:06:43 GMT -6
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Shana seemed like a nice young woman. Indira was enjoying their conversation. She did feel a little bad for misleading Shana as she was, but she just wasn't comfortable yet (again) with the fact that she was a mutant. She knew that she'd gotten used to it before, but in effect she'd only been a mutant for a few weeks. Indira could still pass for human, for now; the world didn't need to know otherwise - especially here. And it'll be amusing to see if they'd even look twice at me for a job if they think I'm not a mutant.
"So... D'you mind if I ask if you have any plans to go on to college or university? Or work? Or are you just sort of on vacation too?"
The dense streets of buildings were giving way to trees and actual green space. It seemed like quite the nice area; Indira wondered how close they were to the mansion by now. A thought occurred to her, and she turned to Shana with another question.
"Does the mansion get many crazy protesters trying to block the gates and such?"
Posted by starscream on Aug 7, 2009 23:43:26 GMT -6
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"I...have other things that need to finished first, but maybe some day. Actually im living here now, Things were a bit rough back home for me, so me and my mother decided it was best if i lived at the mansion and learned to control my powers. It's sort of like starting life anew" she said enjoying their conversation as well. SHe regretted not being totally honest with her, but she could not, not after what happened back home, she knew how things could turn out.
"They have not in the month i have lived thare, to be honest i'm more afraid of some of the mutants i have heard about. A few days after i arrived a girl was brought in with her stomach sliced open, simply because she tried to protect a human shop keeper and just a few weeks ago, one of my good freinds took a drill like weapon to the back." she said looking down a bit as she mentioned the incidents. "I think Teachers are a good way to prevent such behavior" she said, it was sad to he that anyone would fight at all much less to kill.
"We should be close" she said as a large mansion could be seen in the distance already. The mansion looked to be quite today, that was the funny thing one day. "So do you like dogs, the mansion has a good number of them, large ones, One of the guys who helps run the place owned them i guess. Anyway He will likely be the one you want to talk to" she said unsure if the woman even knew his name, she had no idea how jobs worked here.
Posted by fivetomidnight on Aug 8, 2009 0:25:10 GMT -6
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Indira's stomach churned at the thought of mutants fighting mutants. Is that what's in store for us? An unending fight against every comer, turning against ourselves when there's no one else left? Shana had continued talking; Indira wrenched her mind back to what she was saying.
"So, do you like dogs? The mansion has a good number of them, large ones. One of the guys who helps run the place owned them, I guess. Anyway. He will likely be the one you want to talk to."
"Um, yeah, I like dogs, I guess. They make me nervous sometimes - especially the big heavy ones that jump up on you to say hello, I always get bruises when that happens. And I guess if you know who I ought to talk to, to start with at least, then I'd appreciate it if you could show me where their office is..." She trailed off, still thinking about what Shana had said about the injuries.
"Do... attacks like that happen... often around here? Mutants attacking humans, I mean. And the other way around."
Posted by starscream on Aug 8, 2009 23:54:43 GMT -6
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"Im not sure, i have only been in the country a short time, i have only seen one human act poorly to me" she said honestly. Shana had not seen the other incidents, only heard of them but the human had wanted to attack her or so she thought. "I try and stay away from groups of people so, im afraid i don't know much else" she went on as they approached the gates to the mansion. Other then the one time Shana knew it had happoned before, after all the registration act had proven that much one would think.
Shana pressed the Communication button and spoke into it. "hello, I have brought somone with teaching inquirys" she mentioned, unsure how bringing people into the mansion worked. She feared getting in trouble for simply bringing a stranger inside. Shana played with a lock of hair as she waited for a response. The Mansion seemed quite today and she was hoping someone was manning the gate, or she might have to take a risk she would rather not. The woman seemed nice enough to her, but one never knew, she guessed, people could be fickle or could hide themselfs well, their true selfs she meant."Really though, this place is great, no one makes fun of me or even cares im diffrent" she said though she was not convinced of that herself, not her real secret anyway.