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.
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Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 25, 2010 11:48:14 GMT -6
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It was now a half hour after he and Gawain discussed that their first training session was going to take place he of course was well over fifteen minutes late and showed no signs of quickening his pace when he entered the Danger Room. ”Oh hey, your still here!” Sam said making his own attempt to smart off to the boy who seemed egger to smart off before. When someone wasn’t trying to break into his room and steal things that he had purchased Sam was a pretty laid back guy that was up until training would start.
”Would have got hear sooner but when looking in your files I noticed something…” lifting up a copy of the information Sam waved them about then handed them to Gawain, ”Your like a school in summer… you got no class,” Sam smiled at his Fat Albert reference then continued, ”So I took the liberty to set you up for an easy schedule.” Easy by his definition didn’t mean always mean everybody else’s easy.
”Now we stretch!” Sam said plopping down to the ground and leaning forward stretching his legs. ”Tell me a little about yourself Gawain.” Sam said egger to know much about him it was a technique he came across when he was on the run a few years back. The more he knew about his students the more trust he could build with them and once they trusted him it was far easier to help them improve.
Gawain waited for Captain X at the Danger Room, leaning against the wall. He was late. Gawain was not surprised. This was probably another test to see if the prospective student would get bored and leave. He got bored. He didn't leave.
>>”Would have got hear sooner but when looking in your files I noticed something... Your like a school in summer… you got no class. So I took the liberty to set you up for an easy schedule.”
Easy schedule? Seriously? Gawain rolled his eyes as he skimmed the list handed to him. He wanted to know what else his file contained, but decided not to ask. No beer. Bruno. Frost. Training. School. His afternoon kept getting worse.
>>”Now we stretch!... Tell me a little about yourself Gawain.”
"I was homeschooled." he answered as he started to stretch (he was good at that. One doesn't go around pulling stunts on the streets without a decent warm-up). He made it a point to start with that - just because he had no official classes and school records, that didn't mean he was uneducated.
"Came to New York a few months ago. I grew up in Seattle." he added, not really sure what the captain was expecting him to say "Ya already know 'bout my powers..." he added, glancing at the file "so... um, what else do you wanna know?"
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 25, 2010 19:41:25 GMT -6
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Nodding his head when Gawain mentioned home school he smirked, well he was defiantly educated which was good will make schooling here easier. ”Powers aren’t what I am concerned about they are merely an extension of your self a tool if you will. Mine as you saw earlier is the creation and manipulation of ice.” that was about as technical as he was going when he mentioned his powers he didn’t feel the need to go in depth.
”I want to know who you are, dreams, fears, goals, likes and dislikes, and experiences…” shrugging his started, ”I for example thrive and live off of teaching young moldable minds the art of self defense and other aspects of the art, I dislike Nicholas Cage cause I think he is an awful actor.” changing positions Sam grabbed his arm, ”I have been studying the arts everyday since I was around six, my dreams… well my dream is to one day live in a world where mutants and humans don’t jump at each others throats.”
Skipping his fears Sam motioned towards Gawain to continue on the conversation, ”This is my way to understand why kind of mind I am teaching.” this was something he did with a few of his other students as well, his brother he got a little more personal with question wise but that was only because they were family.
>>”I want to know who you are, dreams, fears, goals, likes and dislikes, and experiences…”
Man did he talk a lot. Gawain smirked as he continued the excercises, and waited till the captain finished his speech. Whatever.
"I was born with my powers active, so I grew up on the mutant side of things" he shrugged "I've been takin' care of myself since I was thirteen. I did street performances, mostly dancin'. I like Medieval stuff, an' yeah, it's got somethin' to do with my name. I started doin' archery 'bout a month ago."
I sometimes turn into a girl.
"I dislike people tryin' to shoot me in the head."
Not all of them though.
He finished the last strecthing excercise and stood, grinning at the captain.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 26, 2010 11:24:04 GMT -6
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He blinked when Gawain asked for his name. Surely the boy couldn’t be serious he was Sam, rumors and facts spread through the mansion like wildfire, around him. He was running the X’s while the boss was away, taking care of a majority of the paperwork, teacher extraordinary and his least favorite reason for notoriety at the mansion, he was the mansion playboy. He sighed and leaned forward stretching his legs, you hit on a group of girls once manage to get their numbers then go out with all of them in a period of a week and your labeled a player.
Really the only reason he went through all of them so fast was because there wasn’t really a connection. Something he needed to keep seeing someone. Alex had the connection with him why she severed the bond between him he shrugged and looked up to Gawain, ”Sam Johnson, also go by Cold Steel but around the mansion just call me Sam, Alright?”
Up righting himself Sam placed his hands behind his back and examined Gawain with his lone eye sizing him up, mainly looking at his arms to see if he was a righty or a lefty. ”Powers from birth isn’t very common mutations usually don’t kick in till puberty, you and me it seems are exceptions then.” he didn’t have his right from birth but he defiantly got it a few years before he hit puberty.
”Archery?” Sam asked smiling as he took a step closer to Gawain, ”Compound bow or do you use the old school one?” if it was compound Sam had his the makings of Gawain’s first long term project.
>>”Sam Johnson, also go by Cold Steel but around the mansion just call me Sam, Alright?”
Cold Steel. Riiight. Gawain snorted, covering his mouth with the back of his hand. Did the captain really expect students to respect him with that codename? All right, so it was kinda cool. Still. It was a codename. And it was not like he needed one to skip the girl name / boy name problem, like... some people.
"Sam it is, then."
>>”Powers from birth isn’t very common mutations usually don’t kick in till puberty, you and me it seems are exceptions then.”
"Yeah, tell me about it." he smirked. It was a pretty safe bet to say he had at least nine months on any mutant in the school in that department.
>>”Archery? Compound bow or do you use the old school one?”
"Compound is old school." Gawain raised an eyebrow "An' I like it better than the longbow. It's got a few advantages." Which he didn't want to list right now, from fear of sounding like a history buff, what he was. "I... um, did some research."
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 26, 2010 12:31:09 GMT -6
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Sam smirked and shrugged he hadn’t used a bow since he was a kid, then again he didn’t really have a need for it, all T.A.T. really had him use it was to work on aim which once he had it down he upgraded to ice shards, it left less evidence after all once it his a target, melted in the blood and someone would assume the victim was stabbed or something.
”Research huh?” Sam asked wondering what kind of research that was, ”Guessing you’re a right handed shooter correct?” smiling and continuing on Sam added, ”Alright your first long term goal as my student, your going to be able to wield a sixty pound bow… with not only your right but your left as well…” Sam pointed to his fingers, ”It may seem impossible now but, with the training in my class, your going to be at a serious disadvantage if one arm is severely weaker than the other.”
Lifting his hand and forming a Katana of ice Sam grasped his hands around it and swung it with one hand cutting through the air giving a whistling sound. ”If one arm is stronger than the other you’ll start relying on it more and that only makes it worse,” handing the ice sword to the other hand Sam swung and produced a similar sound of air being cut. ”it’ll be hard but with the right training you’ll be able to do it.”
Lifting up the sword and tossing it behind him the ice shattered and smoked apart before it touched the ground, ”Now tell me Gawain, you said you were did some street performances and you were a mutant since birth, have you ever gotten into any fights?
>>”Guessing you’re a right handed shooter correct?”
Gawain nodded. Most of his activities and the stunts he did required the same use of both hands, but since he'd taken up archery, he could feel one side getting stronger than the other.
>>”Alright your first long term goal as my student, your going to be able to wield a sixty pound bow… with not only your right but your left as well…”
Gawain grinned. and nodded again. Now we're talkin'. Action, challenge, training. Bow. Arrows. School. ... It could have been worse.
>>"Now tell me Gawain, you said you were did some street performances and you were a mutant since birth, have you ever gotten into any fights?"
Have you been watching the news lately?...
Another grin. Another nod. Half a shrug. "Yeah, once or twice."
It was cleary an understatement. It sounded like one. On purpose. It was an euphemism for 'I kick ass on a regular basis'.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 27, 2010 17:58:28 GMT -6
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Gawain’s response pleased Sam, ”Good, then I won’t feel guilty about gauging your ability!” said Sam smiling his eyes closed as his head tilted to the side. What Sam was about to do was something he didn’t due often with his new oncoming students but with every new student comes a new way to teach and he had decided Gawain’s first lesson was in sparring.
The way Gawain said made it sound like he was gratifying his ego. Taking a step forward Sam kept smiling his breath focused as his stomach grew and shrank with each breath. One quick movement and Sam was upon Gawain, hand on his shoulder while his foot found its place behind the mirror jumpers leg, ”Calf to calf!” said Sam as he pulled his leg backward and pushed Gawain forward so he could trip him.
Once he executed the attack Sam took a few quick steps back and got into a fighting stance waiting to see how Gawain would respond. ”Show me what your capable of, everything you got!” smirking Sam nodded his head, ”I am the only teacher you can hit, make use of this opportunity!”
Well, ouch. Gawain's back hit the floor; he had enough experience to keep his head from banging against it too. The moment Sam stepped back he rolled back over his head and was on his feet again, gaining some distance in case the captain wanted to attack again right away.
>>Show me what your capable of, everything you got! I am the only teacher you can hit, make use of this opportunity!”
Gawain never wanted to hit teachers. He never had any. But right now, it sounded like a tempting idea. Nothing reflected well enough in the Danger Room. So much about using powers to his advantage. He looked at Sam, sizing him up, for a long moment.
Sir Gawain had never actually been trained to fight; he just kind of picked up the essentials on the streets. He also liked fighting more as Maya - most people (except for some psychos) pulled punches on a girl even if they didn't realize it. Hey. When you are alone out there, you use whatever advantage you've got.
When he finally moved, he moved swiftly, and with the instincts of the trickster rather than the knight. He threw a couple of punches at Sam, letting him block them and mostly moving out of the way, not even bothering to hit him for real; then he ducked, spinning around to get behing his back (making sure to do it on his blind side) and used the momentum to hit him between neck and shoulder with is elbow, this time for real.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 28, 2010 12:43:28 GMT -6
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Sam smirked looking over his left hand and past his right; Gawain’s initial reaction to distance himself from Sam was a good idea. Sam could also tell that Gawain was devising a plan from the way the boy was looking at him. His chest started to shake as he tried hard not to laugh. Distance was good for the time being but unless Gawain was going to run it would only stall the attack was soon on it’s way. If he wanted to Sam could have attacked long range with his mutation but now wasn’t the time for that Sam wanted to see what Gawain was capable of before he struck.
The distance between them quickly closed as Gawain charged throwing some punches about. The punches although quick lacked focus, which made Sam think that there, were something behind his attacks. Letting one hit his ribs to gauge power Sam smirked as the fist struck one. The rest of the attacks were either guided out of the way or blocked. Sam smirked as Gawain ducked out of sight and instinctively the backside of his head started to freeze over trailing down the neck and hitting the shoulders.
Sam smirked as the blow hit the ice; Sam lurched forward and used the downward momentum to fall forward. Kicking a leg up Sam aimed one of his heels at Gawain’s ribs hoping the boy would block it or get out of the way. It was a good plan Sam thought to get to his blind side, which was obviously his biggest visible weakness. However Sam had experience with faster opponents, which was why his mutation activated the way it did. The elbow Gawain threw was defiantly a good strike but the ice took most of the blow.
”Good!” Sam said as he rolled into a summersault and then back to his feet pivoting his front foot backward to get into a fighting stance once again. ”Exploiting a weakness is an excellent strategy, and had I not been ready for it, you might have pulled something off, however if you plan on getting to your partners backside make sure you put focus into your strikes… otherwise they will catch on.” when Sam referred to partners he was referring to anyone who actually had any experience fighting, which Sam had.
Taking a step forward Sam threw a hook to the body and then followed it up with a front kick hoping to connect his foot to Gawain’s thigh throwing him off balance.
So. Sam either had a very strong and hard (not to mention cold) backbone, or he was using his powers in the fight. So very fair. Gawain saw the kick just in time. Why did everyone go for the ribs? Did he miss something? He managed to dodge the kick by dropping to the ground, one hand touching the floor for a brief second, and then he was back up again, staring Sam down with a smirk on his lips.
>>”Good! Exploiting a weakness is an excellent strategy, and had I not been ready for it, you might have pulled something off, however if you plan on getting to your partners backside make sure you put focus into your strikes… otherwise they will catch on.”
Gosh, did he always talk that much in a fight? Was it some kind of a requirement? In the few (or more) fights Gawain had been in since Mom left, nobody talked this much. Of course, none of those was training. It was all real life. One could expect teachers to be more chatty about th... Sonofa...
He managed to block the punch while moving aside; unfortunately that brought him right in the way of the kick. He fell, he rolled, he aimed a kick from down there at Sam, and got back to his feet the best he could.
Well, at least he wasn't self defense teacher for nothing.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 29, 2010 13:31:07 GMT -6
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Sidestepping the kick Sam grinned and then waited till Gawain got back to his feet, no sense in kicking a man while he was down, even if his class was to simulate real life situations nevertheless Sam still waited. ”Not bad, Not bad at all!” Sam said quickly closing the distance between him and Gawain again.
Gawain was showing real promise as a student, getting a tad over excited Sam decided to kick it up a notch or two to see if Gawain was on par with Koga, cause if he was a lot of possibilities would open up in the realm of sparring and team work with his students.
Within seconds of being on his feet Sam threw another punch aimed at the midsection and then an elbow to the head. Nether had enough force behind them they were both meant to stun as opposed to damage. The elbow in particular was a dangerous strike to throw but from what he had seen so far he had little doubt in his mind that Gawain would dodge the attack.
Well well. Even Mr. Self-Defense Teacher was getting into the excitement of the fight. That, or he was really good at pretending that he was not just doing it to test Gawain's instincts.
The punch went in, straight to the ribs that's gonna leave a mark and knocked the air out of his lungs. Gawain could see the elbow rise a moment before it came straight at his head. No friggin' way.
Gawain ducked, and it barely registered in his mind that if he didn't manage to duck, that blow would definitely send him on the floor for a while. Instincts took over, and this time they were not the instincts from training, they were the ones from the street. Gawain came up right after the Sam's elbow missed his head, stepped half a step closer, and brought up his knee. He checked the movement just in time for damage control; that meant the kick came in higher than it was designed on the streets, and with less force. Because kneeling the teacher between the legs in the first 10 minutes of class would have been a bad omen.
"Whoops." the knight grinned, stepping back from the fight. He wonderd if Sam did this whole drill with all of his students. For a moment, the idea of Twyla getting hit like that flashed through his mind. He didn't like it.
Posted by Cold Steel on Mar 30, 2010 8:12:07 GMT -6
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The punch landed the elbow not so much, which was good for Sam for the most part. Sam would have preferred Gawain to get out the way of the punch without taking a hit but then again this was just skill test of the teen to see what he was capable of, and from the duck he performed just in time seemed to be he was capable of quite a bit.
The next strike from Gawain took him by surprise, really by surprise. In fact if Sam wasn’t wearing a cup he would have been very sore about the situation, it seemed that this strike wasn’t too uncommon for Gawain to execute. This told him that Gawain was familiar with the whole, ‘Getting out of their alive’ thought process. A quick jolt of pain erupted from the area he had hit on Sam’s pelvic area, sure it was a little higher than expected and he was wearing a cup but still.
Lurching forward out of reaction Sam nodded his head and smirked, ”Good!” Sam said as he gasped for air and then up righted himself, ”Try avoiding strikes like that next time while we are in a session. Might not be wearing a cup next time…”
Fighting stance resumed Sam charged his target deciding to end this part of the session, he had seen what he could do and already thought of a few things he could help him work on. Taking a few steps forward and activating his mutation the ground under their feet froze over with a thin layer of ice just enough to be considered slippery. Readying a punch to the stomach Sam struck hoping he could make contact and in turn throw the boy off balance.