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.
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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.
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Koga set in a chair in a dimly lit room in front of one of the most addicting pieces of technology with his headphones on, today he was listening to some Flaming hot lips and he was stoked to be programming a simple but epic program, the music in his ears was inspiring his fingers and of course he used one of Sam's programs as a model, if nothing else it would keep it interesting to have the possible randomness that could occur. The scene was Time square. The event was to defend the general public from evil robots. Pink Evil robots. It was a good situation and it if it went according to plan, would work out great for one; reeling in one of people he wanted to join the X men with him and two; really showing off what they could do, there would be plenty of robots to bash Saph, as for himself and Shin well, after the Lego fiasco he was pretty sure they could handle whatever they needed to.
He was currently programming in several different versions of the pink robots, varying in skill and agility and speed. This would take some creativity to defeat, but it was worth the effort. He set it up so that another robot would appear every two minutes, and would continue to do so until there was no more robots, there would be four robots initially, so things could easily get out of hand, but it was training, that's what they were here for. Or what they would hopefully show up for.
He had taped a hand drawn picture of a pink Robot to Saph's Door and Shin's Door, under it is said "I challenge you to a danger room." in parenthesis under Saph's it said "find: Shinbo T first." under Shin's it said "Find Saphirus first"
Koga typed in the last command and the speakers in the Dangeroom started blaring Flaming lips in a seven minute loop, it was of course the ballad of Yoshimi battles pink robots one and two.
Koga walked down to the danger room entrance and waited for the pair to show up....whenever they did.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Feb 26, 2010 12:40:34 GMT -6
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The morning light poured in from the gaps in the blinds, dividing the carpet of Shin's room into rectangular slats of gold. The room was still dim, save for the slats. The floor was covered with books on math, history, and science. Shin had been up late studying the night before. Shin hadn't been able to sleep, and he didn't know why. He figured it might have been related to stress preparing for college, but gave it no second thought. The important thing was that he was studying, and preparing for classes before they even began.
A hand shot from the pile of blankets in a clenched fist, like the undead limb of a zombie fresh from the grave. A mournful yawn perforated the air. Shin rolled out of bed, and stalked to the mini fridge. He kicked a squeaky badger toy out of the way as he went. It bounced off the wall with a 'fwee~!'
Thor's ears perked. He looked up.
Shin bent down to grab a bottle of orange juice from the fridge. He glanced back towards Thor as he sipped the essence of sunlight. "Easy, boy. I'll get you your breakfast in a minute. Just let me get my own..." He grabbed a breakfast bar off the top of the mini-fridge, snagged the box of pop tarts, and sat down in a chair to eat. Lately, he'd been eating less healthfully. He wondered if that was a side effect of his new power, or if it was just the related baggage that came with late nights, and grumbly mornings. A few minutes later, the orange juice bottle clattered against the side of the rubbish bin. Dry dog food rattled into a bowl. Shin dumped a glass of water into Thor's water dish, and ran a hand over the dog's neck. Thor dug in.
Good boy.
Shin walked over to the closet, and got dressed. He slipped a black long-sleeved shirt on over a white undershirt, and pulled on a pair of dark blue jeans. Last, came white socks and blue and white sneakers.
When Thor was finished with his breakfast, it was time to go. Shin slipped the leash on the Siberian husky, and walked it to the door. They stepped into the hall. The door clicked shut behind him. Shin paused to stretch. A hand struck out over his head. Another hand dangled behind. A long yaaaaaaawn. Shin's dangling hand brushed up against something papery on the other side of his door. His eyes lit up.
"Oh?" Shin turned to rip it off the door. The picture of a pink robot flopped over in his hand. He straightened it against the wall with a pressed hand, and tilted his head. "Pink... robots?" And a challenge? Uh. Who was Saphirus? Ah, well. He had no idea who this 'Saphirus' was, but that was okay. A challenge was a challenge. Shin's grip tightened on Thor's leash. Whoever this Saphirus was, he could find them walking around the mansion. A short trip to Shin's office later, and the Asian had set up the backup plan. His hand hit the mansion-wide intercom systems.
"Would a Saphirus please report to the front of the Mansion within the next twenty minutes? A Tetsuya Shinbo is looking for him. Thanks." The intercom died.
Shin looked down at Thor. "Well then," He smirked. "Now that that's taken care of, let's get you your walk..." Shin led his doggy out of the office, and towards the mansion's front.
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Saphirus had been sleeping when the mansion's intercom system kicked in. His hand rocketed out to smack his alarm clock out of instinct, accidentally sending all of the stored energy from a rather fitful sleep into it. Pieces of alarm clock slammed into the wall, some sticking, some crumpling to the ground, and he cursed lowly as he pushed himself up to a sitting position, and rubbed his eyes slowly... He took a glance around his room... Chris was already gone, for some reason... Classes? The older mutant took a deep breath as he lay back, taking his time waking up.
He hadn't been sleeping well as of late, but at least he wasn't seeing things as much anymore... As the thought passed through his mind, his wall reached out to him, giving him what looked to be the middle finger... strange... It was just his imagination, though, he was sure. He shook his head, and the image disappeared. Shin's voice still lingered in his ears.. What was he talking about, again? Something about him being needed outside? He wondered what for... Had he done something wrong? He threw off his sheets, and climbed out of bed, tossing them back on afterward. Saph reminded himself who Shin was as he got ready... The Asian kid who had been when Andrea when he had met her, right? He seemed nice enough at the time.
After a quick shower, he got dressed in worn blue jeans, a black shirt, and his usual, rather beat up long jacket. As he was in a hurry, he rushed out of his room, slamming the door behind him. He didn't even notice the items attached to it. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes as he walked out the front door. A sudden wave of dizziness bashed into him, and caused him to plop onto his side on the mansions front lawn... He lay there as the world spun around him, and sighed... This was as good of a place to wait for Shin as any, right?
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Feb 27, 2010 21:15:52 GMT -6
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Walk tiems it can be now, yes.
A good 7 minutes of walk time was claimed by Thor. The husky walked around, did what dogs do, found another spot, and another. Eventually, he was satisfied. He'd done his job, and done his duty. Shin and Thor trotted back towards the front doors of the mansion under the banner, 'Mission Accomplished'.
It seemed Saphirus hadn't found him, whoever that guy was... or so Shin thought as he approached the doors. Then, Thor bounded forward to sniff the body. Shin tilted his head. The body. Yes. The body. There was a body splayed out in the front lawn, for all the world to see.
"Um. Need help, buddy?" Shin tugged Thor back to his side. All doggy sniffing ceased.
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The body stayed relatively still as the dog sniffed it... Saph found that if he stood perfectly still the dizzy spells went away the quickest. He perked up a bit as he heard the voice call out to him. Pushing himself up to a sitting position Saph turned slowly, letting the last of the dizziness disappear before he moved with any speed.
He looked up to Shin, and smiled widely, reaching up to wipe some morning moisture from his face. "Oy. You're Shin, right? You look kinda like him." Then again, he had only met the guy once, and it was a while back... He was pretty sure, though... Saph wasn't usually the type to forget a face. "So what's the deal? Why'd you call me out here? M'i in trouble?" He looked about slowly for Streak, having the sudden thought that it could be an ambush. Why Streak would ambush him is a whole different story, though. Once he was sure the coast was clear, he reached out a hand in a silent request for help up. Saph looked down to the dog for a second as it stared at him. He blinked, and simply waited for Shin to assist him.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Feb 27, 2010 22:48:20 GMT -6
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>>"Oy. You're Shin, right? You look kinda like him."
Um.
>>"So what's the deal? Why'd you call me out here? M'i in trouble?"
Oh, so he was Saphirus! Right. "Oh, that. No idea. Someone left a note on my door today to find you. More, a challege, really. So, uh... you have been challenged?"
He bent down to help Saphirus up. "What that challenge entails, I have no idea... the note had a giant pink robot on it, though..."
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"Note?" Saph took Shin's hand, and pulled himself to a shakey standing position, nodding to him briefly in thanks. "I didn't get no note..." He paused... Giant pink robots? A challenge?
...a challenge....
"Ah, well I didn't have anything planned today, anyways. So what's the deal, then? Who... Challenges us? And... Where?" He looked around slowly. Didn't look like there were any robots lingering around at the moment... Much less any pink ones.
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>>"Note?" "I didn't get no note..."
How strange. Shin had gotten one. They guy he had been sent to find hadn't? Who could have set out to initiate a challenge like that without doubling their odds? It was so... odd. Shin looked down at the grass in thought. Who could it be...?
>>"Ah, well I didn't have anything planned today, anyways. So what's the deal, then? Who... Challenges us? And... Where?"
Who could it... hrm. Shin looked up to Saphirus. "No idea about 'who'. But as for 'where'. The Danger Room." He tugged Thor's leash, and started towards the door. "I've got to go drop Thor off in my room before we head off to whatever the mystery poster has in store for us... you coming?" He looked back towards Saphirus, then continued onto his room.
"Danger room, huh? I've been thinking about checkin it out one of these days anyways. Who knows, this might be fun, eh?" He had managed to steady himself, finally. The shaggy looking mutant yawned loudly, stretching his arms out into the air as Shin started to walked off.
"Thor, huh? Strange name for a dog, ain't it?" he said as Shin mentioned dropping the pet off. He followed the young man to his room to drop the dog off... On the way he made some attempts at small talk, more trying to seem friendly than anything else. "So, eh... How long've you lived here, Shin?"
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Feb 28, 2010 14:16:38 GMT -6
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>>"Danger room, huh? I've been thinking about checkin it out one of these days anyways. Who knows, this might be fun, eh?"
"Hopefully," Shin commented. "It'll probably be some form of training. Those are usually pretty cool." Murderous Lego men, notwithstanding. Though actually... heh.
>>"Thor, huh? Strange name for a dog, ain't it?"
He glanced back as they started walking. "I didn't name him. Sam did. I might have named him something weird, like Joji. Or Spot." Shin turned back towards the things in front of him with quiet laugh.
>>"So, eh... How long've you lived here, Shin?"
Saphirus asked him, as Shin led Thor and Saphirus up the stairs. "A little over a year," Shin replied. "Time has flown." Yet, so much had happened. At the top of the staircase, he turned and led them down the hall to his room. Shin unlocked the door, and asked for a second. Then, he pulled Thor into the room, and got him settled in. A minute later, Shin popped out.
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Training? Saph had been looking for a chance to really let loose with his powers... Random dizzy spells and seeing things had stopped him from going out to fight crime, so he had basically become stagnant, aside from his morning hobbles and the like.... He had missed today, but he had a feeling what ever they were about to do was going to be a pretty good work out.
Saph silently nodded at the statement about the dog's name, silently wondering who the heck Sam was. Shin disappeared into his room for a minute, and Saph decided to use the spare time to pull out his crow bar and whack himself a few times. He figured it wouldn't hurt to store up some energy while he waited. The crowbar wiggled a little in his hand, but he knew it was just his eyes playing tricks on him; he ignored it.
He was placing the weapon back into his jacket by the time Shin exited again. "Me? I've been here and there... Actually kinda been goin out and doin some hero-ing in my spare time... It's a good bit of fun, I'll tell you... Pays off pretty well, too. Me and that one guy... eh... Yeah, Koga, got a good bit of dough for stopping a bank robbery... Well, I guess I did... He just asked for a scholarship, or something..." Saph stepped aside, so that he wasn't in Shin's way. He didn't know exactly where the danger room was; he had an idea, but had never actually gone there, so he didn't want to get lost. It would be best if the younger man lead the way.
"Lead the way, pal. I suppose I really gotta hand it to the kid. I never thought ahead like that when I was his age... But oh well, right? I'm gettin too old to get smart anyways... Maybe I should just be happy that there are still good kids around who wont screw up like I did..." He shut up... What the hell was he bothering Shin with these thoughts for? It was probably kind of creepy, some old guy that he didn't know going on about how he had failed at life.
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>>"Me? I've been here and there... Actually kinda been goin out and doin some hero-ing in my spare time... It's a good bit of fun, I'll tell you... Pays off pretty well, too. Me and that one guy... eh... Yeah, Koga, got a good bit of dough for stopping a bank robbery... Well, I guess I did... He just asked for a scholarship, or something..."
Shin paused. "Vigilantism, huh?" He didn't know where he stood on that right now. On the one hand, he'd been one. On the other, danger danger, gotta keep em out of it, right? Shin shifted uncomfortably as he locked the door behind him with a 'click'. "Hope you two are being 'safe'." Wearing protection? Body armor, or something? Yeah. It wouldn't do for one of them to get hurt.
They were getting rewarded for it, too? Weird. The last time he'd done something truly helpful, all it had gotten him was a bleeding lizard boy. Now, that lizardboy was getting scholarships... Shin made a note to talk to Koga about that later.
>>"Lead the way, pal. I suppose I really gotta hand it to the kid. I never thought ahead like that when I was his age... But oh well, right? I'm gettin too old to get smart anyways... Maybe I should just be happy that there are still good kids around who wont screw up like I did..."
"Leading..." Shin replied. He slipped down the hallway, to the Danger Room on the first floor. As they drew nearer, the music grew progressively louder. Shin glanced back at Saphirus with a weak smile. "What do you do, anyways? It'll be good to know, when we're fighting laser deathbots..."
He paused as Koga came into view by the entrance. "Aha. One truth prevails. The culprit is you." He swung a finger to point at Koga dramatically, then tilted his head with a smirk. "Yo."
"Safe? You shoulda seen it, man! The kid was awesome. Here I was all tied to a chair, lookin at life flashin, and then this naked boy drops from the ceiling and crushes the boss's spine! I tell you, I'de be dead if it weren't for that crazy kid! Don't tell 'im i said that, though. His head'd get all fat." It was clear from the way Saph spoke that he seemed to hold a bit of pride on the subject of the bank robbery thwarting. He spoke happily about it, totally unaware that he might be getting the lizard boy in trouble.
"Lazer death bots? Sound's... Eh... I don't even know how that sounds..." Saph rounded the last corner with Shin, listing to the music with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, I guess that it wouldn't hurt to let you know what I can do, tho-" Koga came into view.
"Aha. One truth prevails. The culprit is you."
"Speak of the devil...." Saph grinned a bit, and reached in to pull out his crow bar. This 'challenge' had just gotten a good bit more epic than it had previously been. Anything that was made to stand against Saph and Koga alone would be formidable. Shin, what ever his powers were, definitely wouldn't hurt the situation, especially considering the fact that Koga considered him worth being included in a challenge beside them.
"Looks like you're just gonna have to learn about my powers from example, Shinbo..." He could do the same for the X-man, he was sure. he was rather observant. He was also impatient to get started, now. He had always wanted to beat up a robot.
A smirk rose to the youth’s lips. He was much more akin to the cat that ate the canary at the moment then he typically was but hey. It was early and inspiration had hit him, and hard at that.
~~"Yo."
“Mornin!”
**"Speak of the devil...."
Koga’s skin became a bright red except for the skin that formed a trio of black triangles, two above his devilish lips pointing out ward and one below them pointing down.
**"Looks like you're just gonna have to learn about my powers from example, Shinbo..."
“ I take it you saw my challenge, I was bored and woke up waaaaaay to early and then I sssstarted lissstening to Flaming lipsss.” His had gestured to the music blaring from the danger room behind him. “and while there are rules againssst not going in under sssixteen alone, I haven’t ssseen anything sssaying I couldn’t program anything out here. All that Assside, Yossshimi trainsss to sssave a city from pink robotsss, ssshe takesss her vitaminsss, I think we would do well to follow her training program ssso we can dessstroy them asss well.”
He then held up a hand to Saph. " and before you asssk about all the bandagesss, apparently I am mutating more, at thisss point they are more in the cassse there is any more blood." he smirked again. and waved them in to the danger room.
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>>"Safe? You shoulda seen it, man! The kid was awesome. Here I was all tied to a chair, lookin at life flashin, and then this naked boy drops from the ceiling and crushes the boss's spine! I tell you, I'de be dead if it weren't for that crazy kid! Don't tell 'im i said that, though. His head'd get all fat."
"Uh... huh." There was so much wrong with that string of statements, Shin didn't know where to begin.
For one thing, Koga wasn't fat. Not even his head. For another, naked... Shin somehow thought Fausto was the only teenager in the mansions with a propensity towards unneeded nudity.
Shin made yet another note to talk to Koga about it later... but for now, he led the rest of the way, and referenced anime. The pointed finger tilted to work with its brothers and form an imaginary gun. Shin pulled the trigger. An imaginary bullet pierced straight through the Devil's heart.
He was so dead.
Challenging them, up too early, sneaking into the Danger Room without supervision.... and apparently, it was all inspired by some band and an awesome hero who 'takesss her vitaminsss' and fights pink robots.
Pink robots. So, the scrawling on the paper was correct? Shin was game. Koga was still dead, though. He was like that guy Kenshiro elbowed, who was gone before he'd even landed his first attack. He just didn't know it, yet.
Shin looked to Saphirus, smirk still present. "I guess I'll have to see those powers in action, then. And Koga." Shin's voice dropped dangerously on the lizard boy's name as he followed him through the doorway, into the room. Shin tilted his head, and locked eyes. "We'll talk about your vigilantism after this training session is done." Cue electric sparks, crackling. For a second, he just looked Koga in the eye. Then, Shin stepped forward and broke eye contact, stretching his arms behind his head. "So, what'd you set up for us, anyways?" He spun to look around the room.