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.
Shana’s form of telekinesis was quite unique. He’d not met someone before who couldn’t grip organic matter with their mind. The small weight limit wasn’t too surprising. Hunter had an idea for a little training game, but first he needed to teach Shana to clear her mind without closing her eyes.
“Here’s what we’re going to do,” he said, “Go back to your state of mind that you had when we were doing the exercise.” He slowly began to guide her back to the highly focused state she’d been in with the cube exercise. Once she was there he continued, “Now I want you to press your palms together and project the focus between your hands.” This way he should anchor the state to that action. Then Shana should be able to achieve this state at will simply by pressing her palms together and with a little concentration. She wouldn’t need his help.
Posted by starscream on Jun 8, 2010 21:38:31 GMT -6
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She was starting to feel good in hunters presence, despite the little mishap their was no way he could know that she could not latch onto organic objects. It was something that had always confused her but that she had never really questioned figuring it was likely normal. She was starting to realize the value of this training as she would be able to have less acidents and as such draw less attention to herself.
She rubbed her head a bit more but soon she was able to relax as hunter guided her back to her new found state of mind. Once in it she put her palms together and tried the action Hunter was telling her to do. it was not the most easy of things but Hunter had her confident she could do this. Something about him inspired confidence in him.
Hunter watched at waited until he felt that Shana had gotten the focused state anchored to her hands. When he was confident she had he gave her a smile and nod of praise before elegantly rising to his feet and extending her a hand. “Come on,” he said, “We’re moving to the training room for the final exercise.”
He guided her through to the training room and motioned for her to sit as she had before. Going to one of the cabinets in the wall he came back with ten ping pong balls. Nine were white, one was black. Carefully he set them in a line about three feet in front of Shana. He then stood roughly ten feet beyond that.
“Here’s the exercise,” he said with a smile, “What I want you to do is press your palms together like before to regain your focused state. Then I want you to pick up only the black ping pong ball and hover it at your eye level.” This would be a tricky challenge for an unpractised telekinetic as it would take little force to move the other ping pong balls around the black one but with her newly acquired state of focus Hunter was sure Shana could do this.
Posted by starscream on Jun 15, 2010 13:52:25 GMT -6
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Reluctantly leaving the new state of bliss she had learned to go into with a little effort, she blinked looking around the room. "All right" she said standing up, taking a moment to get to her feet which were a bit unsteady from lack of use over the past.....how long had it been? She had no idea, but she was not really concerned if she had been gone a half hour, or days, she could stay here, forever for all she cared.
Move only the one ping pong ball without the others? She was sure she could do this as long as she focussed and kept her concentration up. Putting her palm's together as instructed she attempted to get back to the focussed state without closing her eyes and looking at the ball's.
She focussed on just the black ball and slowly raised it into the air, keeping eye contact with it the entire time, it was not hard to pick up the one object with concentration. She got it to eye level with little issue but the ball moved up and down a bit as she did, she saw a few of the white balls twicth as well, as she paid attention to them the black ball dropped a foot befor she was able to regain ehr concentration and keep it focussed again.
The anchoring seemed to be working as Shana reacquired her state of great focus and lifted the black ball. There was a little wobble as she noticed the white balls but she soon recovered and she had the black ball floating at her eye level.
“Very good,” Hunter praised, “Now for the true challenge. Try and hit me with the black ping pong ball.” He gave her a reassuring grin. While he knew that he was very skilled and could probably avoid it with ease as she was just starting out he wouldn’t go flat out. He felt she might prefer a light hearted game like this to the more serious sessions of the Danger Room.
Hunter had actually had a Danger Room session at the mansion. Back then he’d been pretending to be a wealthy human benefactor who simply wanted to help. As part of the tour he’d gotten to have a Danger Room session. Of course he’d had to hold back least they suspect he was more than human but it had been fun none the less. However their sessions were geared towards combat. This was just a little game with no strings attached.
Posted by starscream on Jun 22, 2010 18:24:16 GMT -6
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She was unsure about hitting the man with the ball, she had never tried anything like that before. Still She could cut steak with a knife with her mind, so was this much different then simply moving the ball to the target. She had a feeling it would not be so easy however, but it could not hurt to try she decided, having grown comfortable with this man.
"I'll try" she said as she kept the ball afloat and considered how to best try and hit the man, she decided to first try the direct method and simply pushed the ball out directly at chest level, as Shan figured that would be the hardest to dodge. She was hoping to his him right in the middile of his chest.
She recalled her brief danger room experience, it had not been that bad, though she easily felt outmatched by the others with their powers and that had effected her over all confidence in the entire idea. She liked hunter a lot, and seemed to like him the more he tried to help her. She was already considering moving herself from the mansion , to some ware closer, but she would wait on that, right now she had something much more important to try.
The ball was heading right for his centre of mass. Clever girl. It was also coming pretty fast. Hunter sidestepped left and had to fling up his right arm to make it past the ball without it touching him. That was close. Going flat out he might have managed to dodge by a few more inches rather than the inch he’d managed and with his powers she wouldn’t have even been close. But this exercise was for Shana and not him.
“You nearly ended the game before it began,” he said with a smile. Shana’s aim was good and her speed wasn’t bad. Now they’d see how easily she could change direction. If her telekinetic agility was poor then she’d struggle to hit him. If it was good he might get a good work out.
Posted by starscream on Jun 30, 2010 3:08:38 GMT -6
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"Always aim for the middle right?" she asked as she managed to stop the ball, then began to move it again. CHnageing direction with the ball suddenly was not easy still, maybe she could do this another way, she thought to herself. How, was the tough question her however as she kept the ball moving side to side as she watched Hunter.
Suddenly, the ball shot down for the floor, or more accurately Hunter's right foot. Shana had a plan USeing the floor to help change direction maybe she could hit him, after he dodged the first shot. She had never tried this before so she was not even sure she could perform this. Still she hoped the plan would work out and could only wait to see.
“Centre of mass,” Hunter replied with a grin as she brought the ball to a halt. Manouvering could use some work but they’d get to that. Thrusting something fast in a direction simply required power. Weaving it gracefully through the air required much more control over precisely where you applied the power.
Suddenly the ball darted towards his right foot. He neatly hopped backwards to dodge but could see what Shana was trying. She was going to try and bounce the ball off the floor and use the rebound to change direction faster. Very clever.