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.
In any other given case, Sawyer would have definitely been proud of his and Meld's work tonight. If the gang hadn't been drunk for starters. As he stood over Candy Man however, he felt no such thing. Pride wasn't exactly something you could feel, knowing you'd done next to nothing to fight these bastards. They were just too easy. Untrained. That was saying something, considering all Sawyer had in combat training was a year's worth of martial arts, which had taken place many years ago, as well as seven years of boxing. So maybe his boxing was quite the training, he had learned a lot of footwork and had a nasty punch, but men, especially men from a gang, should be better than a sixteen year-old kid who'd taken up boxing as an extracurricular activity in High School.
That was when one of the two remaining opponents decided to kick it up a notch or two. Sawyer had to admit,.the scream was something was definitely made his stomach go queasy. It was also a little surprising, to say the least. The Mutant hadn't been part of the fight yet, and Sawyer had nearly forgotten about him until now. His head felt like splitting open with the strength of the voice. Cringing, Sawyer smacked his hands to his ears, falling to his knees. Finally they'd gotten one Mutant that may be a match for both Sawyer and his combatant partner. It seemed, and this time this was a bad thing, that the two had left the best for last.
They needed an actual game plan. Jumping around and throwing punches wouldn't help them, not enough to get these two men unconscious anyway. Sawyer watched as the rainbow-haired Mutant wrapped his hair around Meld's metal limb. Getting back on his feet, Sawyer tried to muster up the energy to start running again. At least then the screaming would be slightly blocked out by the rustling wind in his ears. Then, he would be able to perhaps knock the wind out of the screamer... Perhaps. Taking his eyes off of Meld and the Rainbow Hair man, Sawyer positioned himself so that he was facing Screamer here.
If Screamer was dumb enough not to move out of the way in the next five seconds, Sawyer's plan would have succeeded. He took off, his fist extended so that it would be the first thing that made contact with Screamer's abdomen. Five, four, three, two...Success! In a heartbeat, the noise stopped. Screamer went flying, hitting the dumpster with a hard and heavy 'snack' and falling to the ground. He stared at Sawyer with a hateful glare. Deciding Screamer would take a few minutes to get back on his feet, and then some more time to scream again, Sawyer sped to Meld's rescue. Rainbow Man seemed to have gotten a hold of both her arms.
Sawyer had an idea. Changing directions, the sixteen year-old Mutant ran toward the dumpster once more. Hadn't he seen a metal stick before jumping earlier? He wasn't entirely sure what it was exactly, only that it was long and hard. If used with enough strength, it could hurt. A lot. "Aha." he muttered. Grabbing the rusty, slim pipe, Sawyer returned to where one of the two opponents was, still holding on to Meld. With a He-doesn't-know-what's-coming smirk in Meld's direction, standing right behind Rainbow Man, he swung at his back, hitting his spine, the impact sending the Speedster to the ground.
Rainbow Man had gone with him, that was a good thing.
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Even having both arms trapped by the rainbow haired mutant didn't cause Meld to panic. She had been in worse situations before and gotten out alive. To panic was to admit defeat and she was far from ready to admit defeat, especially not after 2/3rds of their opponents were down for the count. She saw through her tail eye Speedster dispatch the screaming man leaving the two of them with only a single opponent. Unfortunately that single opponent still had his wired grips around Meld's wrists.
Just as Meld was preparing herself for a counterattack, Speedster hit him from behind with a metal bar, causing them both to tumble to the ground. Rainbow Man tried to pull himself to his feat but Meld finished the job that Speedster had started before he could gain his footing again, stomping down on his head with a clawed metal foot. Unfortunately she overdid it just a little, cutting the man's face with a clawed talon. However, the cut was minor and, aside from possibly leaving him a memorable scar, he would survive it.
Meld extended a hand to Speedster in an offer to help him to his feet. "You all right? You did good kid." She looked around and smirked at the carnage around them that the pair of them had caused. A moan could be heard coming from the walking hamster. Well, served him and all the rest of them right for trying to attack a pair of innocents, now didn't it?
Sawyer, still on the ground trying to gather his breath as well as muster enough strength, watched as Meld did her part of the job to take down Rainbow Man. It was quite impressive, to say the least. He could see, just by those moves that she was a skilled combatant. She'd definitely gone through some training at that Sanctuary of hers. The idea that she was on the bad side, the Villains, remained in his head, but he no longer cared really. They'd worked together tonight and although Sawyer knew next to nothing about her, and still had a long way to go before earning her trust, and vise versa, he felt as if it was possible. In due time, perhaps he could have gained an ally. They were a hell of a team, that was for sure.
Smirking slightly, the sixteen year-old took Meld's hand. "Thank you, you weren't so bad yourself." he said. "And I'm fine. Better than these guys anyway... The Scream over there is still conscious though, I don't think he'll be still for much longer. I can run, but I don't have super strength, unfortunately." he said, his breath back, as well as his strength. He was exhausted now, but nonetheless, he knew he'd be able to run back to his hotel without much of a hassle. His parents would kill him, sure, but that was a problem for later.
"We make a pretty good team though." he added, like her, watching the surroundings with the emotionless look he managed to wear so well. His blue eyes landed on the Scream Man. He appeared to have given up. He still was glaring at the duo, but it was evident he wouldn't be attacking anyone else for a little while. "We should get out of here." As he said the words, red and blue lights appeared in the distance, closely fallowed by sirens. Apparently someone had noticed the havoc and had decided to call the authorities. Having delt with them before, the ones in Seattle that is, he knew perfectly well that being here and without a scratch wasn't to their advantage.
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At the mention that the screamer was still conscious, Meld glanced his way confirming that while he was still conscious he wasn't in the best of shape. Besides, with all of his friends out cold she was fairly certain that he wasn't about to try anything stupid. Or rather, he wasn't about to try anything stupider than he all ready had. "I don't think we need to worry much about him," she assured Speedman with an amused smile. None of the mutants had been much of a challenge but it had still been a rather fun evening and she would have a rather interesting report for Lori in the morning.
"You've got some skills," Meld agreed with Speedman. She dug around in her pocket and pulled out a card, handing it to him. On the card was her name and number and also the offer to help mutants in need. She hadn't been helping out mutants around the city much since her memory loss, but she had still managed to find a few of the cards and make some extra copies. Just because she wasn't quite herself lately didn't mean that she was about to stop her cause. "If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to call."
Hearing the approaching sirens Meld took a quick look around, trying to spot the easiest method of escape. "Leaving the scene sounds like a fine plan," Meld agreed. "I trust you will have less issue leaving before they get here than I will. Hope to see you around sometime soon." With that she ran towards the nearest building, claws digging into the side of the building. Once atop the roof she gave one final wave to the speedy teenager down below and ran off, jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
He agreed with her, they definitely did not need to worry about him. Honestly, what harm could he really do now that he was all by himself? Sure, he could probably scream until his two opponents were left deaf, but chances are, even that wouldn't happen. With both Meld and Sawyer teamed up together, they'd managed to stop him before he had the chance to do any lasting damage. The six men had really gotten themselves in a heap of trouble tonight. They'd get quite the surprise waking up tomorrow. Hungover, possibly with a concussion and to top it all off, in the slammer. Very rewarding, don't you think?
He couldn't help but smirk at her compliment. He had skills. Maybe that was true. He wouldn't argue there, but he wasn't the best. "I've had practice. But thanks." he said offhandedly, fallowed by a shrug, with proved he really didn't care, and also that he didn't believe he was all that as some would put it back in his group of friends in Seattle. Smirking once more, he took her card and slipped it into his pocket. "Again, thanks. I'll keep you in mind the next time six drunken fools jump me." he half-joked.
Sawyer nodded. "It's New York," he said, "Everyone, especially us Mutants, stumble into one another at one point or another. I have no doubt we will see each other again." He spoke as-a-matter-of-factly. No emotion in his voice. He watched for a few seconds as she started running, nodding in reply to her final wave. When he was sure she would have no further problems, he turned around and started to walk - slowly - toward the Scream Man.
"You gave me one hell of a time. Probably the best first evening in New York a guy could wish for." And with that he shoved the drunk man aside so that he could jump on the dumpster and then on one of the building rooftops. A few minutes later the Speed Man would be arriving back at his Hotel. His parents would give him quite a lot of crap, but he wouldn't care. Tomorrow, chances were he'd be in some bad mood, but that didn't bother him either. He'd had a bit of fun tonight fighting alongside Meld. Suddenly New York didn't seem completely and utterly terrible anymore.