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 Cold Steel on Feb 19, 2010 22:21:39 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
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“I didn’t mean to do it!” said a panicked voice in Sam’s direction as he was now on the ground chasing after the football player who dropped Evan like a sack of potatoes, ”Listen! Stop,” Sam jumped to the side of a flailing swing that the boy seemed to upset in Sam’s direction to try and slow him. ”running!” A tire swing caught him in the side and forced Sam to fall to the side into a roll, ”Your not making this easy…” Sam muttered to himself as he quickly got up and started to run with a limp due to a well placed Charlie Horse.
Sam knew by now Sebastian was well on his way to fixing up the kid right, all he had to do was be there by the time the kid came around other wise the panic of the teams would have made approaching him difficult. Turning around the corner of a concession stand near the baseball fields Sam spotted the kid with his helmet dry heaving with tears streaked down his face.
Sam slowly approached the kid who looked like he was a sophomore or a rather large freshman, with light purple glowing hands… ”You’re a mutant….” Sam said with a sigh knowing that this wouldn’t look good for the kid when people found out maybe deciding that he did tackle of death on purpose. “I’m not! I’m not a mut…” the kid looked down to his glowing hands and started to panic even more, “Oh god, of god!” Sam blinked as he seemed to be getting more and more worked up till the point he started to puke.
Anxiety attack Sam guessed as the kid caught his breath and wiped his face, “My life is over! My Mom is gonna kill me!” Taking a step forward and raising his hands to the boy Sam gave off a warm smile to let the kid know Sam meant him no harm. ”Now I don’t think that is the case, and your life is far from over, if anything it has just begun.” Sam’s hands covered in a bright blue ice as the grass below him started to frost. ”Your not alone, there are tons of kids like you, now what is your name?” Sam asked curiously as the kid before him looked awestruck by the freezing grass.
Posted by Sebastian on Feb 19, 2010 23:29:19 GMT -6
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May 18, 2013 11:53:12 GMT -6
A woman's hysterical voice rang out, silencing the coach's protest, “Let me through! Let me see my son!” Not even football players dared stand between the tall, frizzy haired woman and her child; natural instinct warned them it would be a very bad idea. She rushed to the boy's side unimpeded and grasped his hand. Her wild look became temporarily softened as she gazed at his face, then hardened again as she glanced at the coaches.
“What's wrong with him? What's been done to help him,” she demanded. The coaches opened their mouths like a pair of fish, but they didn't know what to say to appease her. One stammered, “Well, he's received a ...”
“I can heal him,” Sebastian interrupted. “Just let me through.”
“I'm afraid that's...” The mustached man again moved to step between the unicorn man and the invalid, but the mother put a hand on his shoulder and stopped him short.
“You let him through,” the command sounded was reminiscent of a wolf's snarl. “Anything that will help.”
Sebastian bowed his head to the coach as he glided past, hand outstretched to place it on the quarterback's forehead. A worried wrinkle on his forehead smoothed itself as he felt the familiar tingle of burning cold rush down his arm and through his fingertips. Thank gods, he wasn't too late.
Posted by Cold Steel on Feb 23, 2010 15:44:14 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
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“C-C-Conn-er” the kid said as he wiped his eyes after throwing his helmet on the ground letting bounce once then twice before backing up against the wall and slowly falling to the ground. ”Conner then, listen here, your life is taking an interesting turn one that will force you to live a different life, and however it doesn’t have to be bad in fact it could be better than the one you live now.” Crouching to the ground but still remaining a few feet away from the boy who still seemed pretty upset.
“You don’t understand, my Mom she already has it rough working two jobs taking care of four kids… the last thing she needs is a freak for a son!” Shaking his head slightly Sam stood up and cleared his throat, ”Well, what will you do then? Runaway? Kill yourself?” he paused and waited for the words to sink in, ”Both are the easy way out and will make things only harder for your mother, and your siblings. You the oldest?” Conner nodded and stopped shaking when he thought of his family, “Yeah, Dad walked out on us, I kinda take care of my brothers and sister.”
”Two brothers and a sister?” Sam asked as he stood up and pulled his wallet from his back pocket and walked closer to Conner and handed him a picture of him and his little brother form when they were both kids and before he was taken by T.A.T.M.A.H. ”I’m an older brother as well, here…” Sam reluctantly handed it over to Conner who took it slowly from Sam’s firm grip. He always hated letting that picture out of his possession even if it was for a couple of minutes.
Yes he had Dom back in his life but the picture got him through some of the roughest moments of his life and it had sentimental meanings more than anything else. ”Funny story,” Sam continued as he walked over and picked up the helmet and set it at Conner’s feet, ”We were separated when we were kids and sure enough he found me, both of us are doing fine now, and happy.”
“And your parents?” asked Conner as he smiled at the picture and handed back to it’s rightful owner, ”Mom and Dad weren’t around much for us…” Sam lied as he leaned up against the wall and looked up to the darkened sky. ”But we are getting off topic a little bit here, what I’m trying to say is regardless if you’re a mutant or not your still you, your family still needs you. Your brothers and sister need their older brother and your mom needs you.”
Reaching down and taking his picture and placing it in his wallet Sam bent over and placed his wallet in his back pocket then handed Conner his helmet, ”Now, the main reason we were here was because of the kid you tackled into the ground, turns out he is a mutant as well and we are actually trying to help him set up a scholarship, offering the money for our school or another…” Sam smiled and pushed off the wall and took a step back turning to face Conner, ”You ever hear of the Sister school for mutants in upstate New York?”
Conner nodded his head and placed his helmet at his side making sure to treat it better than he had done before. ”Well it’s a good school and we do what we can to help families of mutants who need it. So if you want…” Sam reached down a helping hand to Conner who took his hand and instantly Sam felt weak. Going to his knees he pulled his hand away and shook his right hand, which was now numb. ”Forgot about that…” Sam said reaching into his coat pocket and pulled out his driving gloves, ”Try these….”
Conner slid the gloves on his hands and then poked Sam in the shoulder and nothing happened the leather driving gloves concealed the purple glove. Conner frowned slightly and offered a hand up, which Sam took happily. “What about the kid I killed?” Sam ran a hand through his hair and then waved Conner back to the field, ”What you think I came alone for this game? Supposed to be one of the best games of the year and it so happens my friend is a healer of sorts, Evan will be fine and I don’t think anyone will be upset with you when we explain what happened. Oh and I was serious about offering help, in fact I’d like to speak to your mother and you soon if it’s alright with you.”
Conner started to tear again as he placed his helmet on his head, “Yeah….” Sam could tell Conner really had no intention to hurt anyone it was all a misunderstanding and he would be sure to make it known.
Posted by Sebastian on Mar 4, 2010 15:04:22 GMT -6
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Under the watchful eyes of the boy's mother, Sebastian finished healing the quarterback. The coach glared at him throughout, but Sebastian ignored him. If healing the boy wasn't going to change his mind, nothing Sebastian could say to him would do any better.
He did, however, turn to the boy's mother, “Your son will be fine, don't worry.”
The woman nodded with glistening eyes and hugged her son's head to her chest. She gasped as her son miraculously groaned as she moved him.
“Mom?”
Another young voice spoke out from the edge of the crowd, “He's alright? Thank God.” The defense man from the opposite team stood there with his helmet in his gloved hands. “I'm really sorry about what happened.”
Sebastian walked through the crowd back to where Sam stood. “He's alright,” the unicorn man nodded to confirm what had happened while the two had been away chatting.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 8, 2010 23:12:18 GMT -6
X-Men
Team Leader of the X-Men Teacher of Self-Defense
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There was a momentary silence before people started to give dirty looks to Conner and the gloves on his hands he didn’t know how but he got the feeling that people started to fear him immediately. Placing a hand on Conner’s shoulder he smiled to the large kid and then looked back to Sebastian and gave him a smile and a wink before turning to Evan. ”Good work Sebastian, Evan you alright?” the boy known as Evan blinked and nodded his head as he looked down to his mother and blinked again, “What happened?”
”An accident,” Sam said quickly as he padded Conner on the back, ”An accident I’d like to discuss with you and Conner here along with your parents…” all eyes were on him for a moment before Evan shook his head slightly, “We have a game to play…”
Sam smirked slightly in Evan’s direction as his mother had begun to protest but fell silent when Evan pushed himself up along with his mother, “I feel fine, a little light headed but this is a big game sides, there are scouts out there mom…” reluctantly she let go of her no longer injured son and nodded her head, she knew Evan would have played regardless if he just got knocked out cold foot ball was his life after all.
It was close to a half hour till the coaches and players managed tog et everyone off of the field and the game to get started again, for safety reasons they invited Sebastian to sit on the team’s bench and by extension Sam. Sitting next to Evan’s mother he started to strike up a conversation with her as the game started to resume, ”Evan’s quite the player!”
Within the hour the game ended with a close call with the score but Evan’s superior skill granted them the win. Not long after the game Sam and Sebastian talked to both the kids and the parents about the situation they were in and the offered scholarship for Evan and the offer to help out with the bills for Conner’s family. After some discussion both parents and kids were happy to agree to the terms a few times a week both Evan and Conner were to come to the mansion and get help controlling their mutation and if need be Sam offered to drive out personally to help should they need it.
During the summer Evan would start classes early so he could tryout for some local collage teams and Conner would stay at the mansion during the summer something he seemed quite excited about describing it something like a summer camp. Poor boy had no idea what Sam had in store for him.