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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Posted by ssj5nappa on Sept 2, 2010 6:12:46 GMT -6
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Opening the door Michael had a look around. It looked a lot like his old room here at the institute although that had been given to a new student. Bed, wardrobe, chest of draws, desk and chair. Simple but functional. You were expected to make it your own as many did by adorning the walls with posters of this and that.
Walking over to the bed, leaving the door wide open, he set his bag down on it and opened it. The first thing he pulled out was a small metal case. Placing it on the desk he opened it and pulled out his prize possession. A high end digital camera. He’d brought that with him on his travels to document his journey. Carefully setting it down he took a small black box out of the case and set it beside it.
Opening the box he ran his fingers over all the memory cards full of photos he’d taken. Now he was settled he was planning on getting many of these printed off. He’d adorn his walls with unique photos rather than generic posters. That’s how he would make this room his room. He was back in New York, back at the Institute and was here to stay.
It had been a long time since Emerald had walked down the hallways near the room of the institute. She hadn't been inside all that much lately, mainly out running around, going to central park, roaming the grounds, really anything to stay inside. For some reason though, today felt different, like she didn't really mind the closed walls of the institute, like she was supposed to be in there for some reason. The wolf girl really wasn't looking for anything in particular, just wandering aimlessly, trying to keep her mind cleared of any thoughts, giving herself a chance to relax. Everyone seemed to be on her case lately so relaxing may have been a good way to go about her day.
This was when a familiar scent entered her nose, causing the werewolf to stop in her tracks. Thoughts of the camps entered her mind and thoughts of shared moments between someone special entered her mind as well. Deep down, Emerald didn't think she would ever catch that scent again and she wondered if this was just her mind reminding her of her loneliness. Problem was, the scent seemed too strong to be a trick of the mind.
Following the scent, the she-wolf was led to a room, typically reserved for newer students and that was when she finally found the owner of the scent. Once again her thoughts went back to the camps and even during a time before that of him, spending time with her, talking to her as if she was a normal person instead of the monster she thought she was at the time. He kept her safe, he managed to divert the guards attention from her somewhat.
"Michael?" She asked,walking into the room her, her tail wagging back and forth rapidly. Her face broke into a huge smile recognizing every measly detail of the man who was unpacking. "Oh my god it is you,"
Walking into the room, something came over Emerald and whether or not it was instincts she would never know, but before she was able to stop herself, she wrapped those scarred arms around him in a hug.
"I missed you..." She told him, hugging him tightly, as if afraid he was going to go away at any moment. Wolves had always been known to be very affectionate and when it came to someone that Emerald cared about this much, she was no exception.
Posted by ssj5nappa on Sept 2, 2010 13:18:50 GMT -6
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Michael heard footsteps in the hall but paid them no heed. Instead he had inserted one of the cards into the camera and was flicking through some photos. It wasn’t until he heard his name called by a familiar voice that he snapped his head up. “Emerald?” he asked setting the camera back down on the desk and rising to his feet.
The wolf girl he’d thought of so often during his travels stepped into his room. Flashes of their time together, both in the camp and beforehand, came to him as he remembered all the times they’d shared both good and bad. He met her half way as she went to hug him. He wrapped his arms around her and squeezed her tightly.
“I missed you to,” he told her as he held her close. That had been his biggest regret about leaving, leaving Em. They both needed time to get their heads straight after the camps. While they both understood that this meant time apart he didn’t think either of them really knew then what that really meant. It had been two years since he’d seen her. He’d started to think he might never see her again. After all he’d spent two years wondering the world. Who knows how long Em might have taken. But here they both were, back at the institute and back in each other’s arms.
Emerald couldn't count the number of times she had thought about Michael in their time away from one another. She had gone through a great deal of hardships during her journey but somehow the possibility of see Michael again was a bright spot in her life. Even though the two had promised to meet again, Emerald started having her doubts when she came back to the institute and he was not there to greet her. After a year went by, the wolf girl figured that he may not come back. This wasn't saying she didn't hope though and finally after going through so much hell in the past few months she finally was given relieve.
Emerald hugged Michael for a while, not letting go of him for anything...that is untill she realized there may have been one tiny question she needed answerered. She eventually broke the embrace, staring at Michael for a moment before promptly punching him in the shoulder. Emerald drew her arm back and then looked at him with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Where the hell were you?!" Emerald growled at him, looking at him with a glare. But there was something behind that glare though, perhaps a little bit of hurt. Her gaze softened, not wanting to be too mad at him, because she was'nt just maybe a little confused. "You were gone a lot longer than I was. A lot of stuff around here has changed Michael," Emerald self consciously rubbed her hands over her battle scarred arms. "I was worried about you. I was really worried about you." Being worried about someone wasn't something Emerald usually admitted, but how quite her voice got and how she looked at him, her eyes filled with worry and care confirmed what she was saying.
Posted by ssj5nappa on Sept 2, 2010 16:44:46 GMT -6
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When they finally broke their embrace Michael was expecting them to talk. He wasn’t expecting Emerald to punch him. Staring at first the spot where she’d hit him and then back at her his expression was one of confusion. It didn’t hurt, and Emerald would know that punching him wouldn’t, but it was only when she started talking did everything make sense.
“I’m sorry,” he said, truly meaning it, “The camps messed me up more than I realised.” It was a hard thing from him to admit but it was the truth and Emerald deserved that much at least. “I travelled, helping out with charities around the world while I sorting things out. It took longer than expected, longer than I would have liked. But I’m back now and I have no intention of going anywhere.”
He could tell that she’d had a hell of a time while he’d been away. But he wouldn’t pry, if she wanted to tell him she would. He would understand if she was mad at him but hoped she realised that he wasn’t staying away out of choice. He needed to sort himself out before he could come back. now it was sorted he was back.
He's not leaving...He's not leaving! YES! He's back to stay Emerald thought happily, her tail begining to wag. She couldn't hide that happiness that he was here to stay now and wasn't planning on leaving. That gave the wolf girl more incentive to stay herself and not go anywhere, just because she finally had someone special to come home too.
"I'm glad that your'e back and I mean that." Emerald told him, once again hugging him. This time though it was just because she wanted him to hold her again, she felt like she belonged in those arms and nothing else felt better. She inhaled his scent deeply, trying to memorize every bit of it, not wanting to ever forget his scent. "I had to tie up a few loose ends...but I'm back where I belong now."
Posted by ssj5nappa on Sept 2, 2010 23:37:13 GMT -6
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A small smile crept across Michael’s face as he saw Emerald’s tail begin to wag. He was worried for a moment that she would have felt abandoned by him and taken a long time to forgive him if she forgave him at all. Apparently though it was anger born out of concern for someone you care about and went as soon as it came.
He happily hugged her back saying, “I’m glad to be back.” While he had the feeling that whatever Emerald had been doing was a little more complicated, not to mention stressful, than simply tying up some loose ends he didn’t feel he had the right to pry. If she wanted to tell him she would. He had always given her that space and that wasn’t going to change.
Everything that happeed in the past few months seemed so far away as she hugged Michael tightly, that tail of hers still wagging. Both young people cared deeply about one another but they had decided not to act upon thier feelings in order to straighten out both of their heads. In Michael's case it was to help people around the US by doing charity work and in Emerald's case it was to wander a round for a while, doing vigilantee acts without expectation of payment. The other things she did during that time she would tell him about later, when they got back to the way things were.
Emerald looked up at him from his secure grasp, blue eyes filled with a inquiring gaze. "So, does this mean we get to pick up where we left off?" Emerald asked, though her voice was a little shy, rather uncharacteristic of the wolf girl. She had always been a bit shy about things involving relationship and such. A light pink blush tinged her cheeks as she looked up at him, her mind thinking about what that could mean.
Posted by ssj5nappa on Sept 3, 2010 14:41:48 GMT -6
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Could they just pick things up from where they had left them? They had both been through so much together and a lot of those feelings were still there. But they had also been apart for almost two years. A lot can, and had, change in that time.
“Well,” Michael said as he stroked some loose strands of Emerald’s hair back behind her ear, “How about we take a step or two back and go from there?” He hoped she understood what he meant. Much as he had missed her he didn’t want to ruin this by rushing things. They’d both become different people while they had been apart. He certainly had. While he used to be very trusting he had become much more guarded. He’d also grown up a lot and was much more responsible than he had been. It would be best to take things a little slowly and get to know the people that they were now.
The tucking of that unrully strand of hair behind her beind her ear made the blush on the wolf girls face deepen. Once he said the thing about taking two steps back, a sigh of relief actually escaped her lips. In truth, while she was glad that he was home and really wanted to spend time with him, she didn't know the person he had become in two years. Nor did he know the person she had become or wether or not he would like what she had become. A little bit of worry crossed her face, wondering if he wouldnt like this new warrior that she was as opposed to how she was when she had her water powers. Maybe she would be too wolfish for him now, most girls dont growl when you irritate them after all.
"Yeah, I understand that, both of us have changed a lot and I really don't wanna rush things," Emerald nodded a little in understanding. There was a pause between the two young people, the silence almost being awkward before Emerald finally spoke. "I...Lost my water powers and now I'm sorta more wolfish than I was before. I've been sorta worried about that lately." Emerald looked downward embarrassed about it. "And I was worried that if I ever saw you again...you wouldn't like me being more wolfish" She told him honestly her voice filled with worry and sadness.
Posted by ssj5nappa on Sept 3, 2010 19:42:01 GMT -6
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Michael breathed an internal sigh of relief as Emerald agreed that taking things slow was for the best. The news about her water powers got a raised eyebrow from the invincible man however. There was clearly a story there but rather than ask he kept quiet and listened to the rest of what she had to say.
“Your mutation never bothered me before,” he told her, “I see no reason it should now. Providing you don’t start peeing on trees I think we’ll be ok.” He offered her a smile to show that he meant it. Her mutation was a part of her. It was something he liked about her rather than something he tried to ignore.
Once again there was a pause but this time it was because the werewolf was far too dumbfounded, not knowing exactly what to say. Her tail started to wag again at that smile and a probably the biggest smile she had ever smiled showed itself on her face. He doesn't care! He really doesn't care! I dont have to try to hold myself back too much around him! Emerald thought with so much joy she felt like she would explode.
Emerald hugged him again burrying her face in his chest, her happiness and joy was clear. "Thank you...you have no idea how much I needed to hear that. Iv'e been having a hell of a time lately and all of this is just freaking making my year right now." Emerald told him, looking up at him. Emerald broke the hug after a while, that tail of hers still wagging and that smile still on her face. "I guess you wanna finish unpacking, I suppose I would sorta be a distraction. So I guess I could leave if ya want me too. Guys need thinking space after they saw someone they cared about after so long. " Emerald offered taking a few steps toward the door lingering just in case.
Posted by ssj5nappa on Sept 4, 2010 4:47:59 GMT -6
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Michael just remained silent and still while Emerald processed what he had just told her. He took the tackle hug to be a good thing and was fairly certain that without his ability his ribs would be hurting from how tight she was squeezing him. Michael simply smiled back as she thanked him for speaking his mind. She really had been having a rough time of it if that simple sentence elicited this level of reaction.
When she finally broke the hug and started heading for the door Michael glanced at his one bag. All it contained was clothes and his wash kit now that he had taken out the camera. “Just let me finish unpacking,” he said keeping a straight face, “Then I’ll come find you ok.” Picking up the bag he quickly walked over to the wardrobe and chucked it inside. “Alright,” he said, his face splitting into a broad grin, “Now that I’m unpacked how about we go for a walk and you can bring me up to speed on what has changed here at the Institute since I left.”
Emerald grinned widely and turned to Michael, that grin still on her face. She knew he was going to do something like that, at least that much had not yet changed about him. He was always the cheerful sort of guy that could put a smile on anyones face. It was something that Emerald had always liked about him because even when she was in a foul mood, he would sometimes cheer her up. Even during the camps Michael had been a source of happiness for her, even in that grave of a situation.
"Good then, where would you like me to start? With the new headmaster or maybe the new students?" Emerald asked him, excited at the fact they were going out for a walk. Maybe it was just excitement due to the fact Michael was back, or maybe it was the fact that she really wanted to just go for a walk. Whatever it was,Emerald eagerilly waited for him to start walking so she would walk beside him and talk, just like they used to.
Posted by ssj5nappa on Sept 4, 2010 8:48:40 GMT -6
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Michael smiled at Emerald as they stepped out the door and closed it behind him. “Let’s start with the staff,” he suggested as he headed for the stairs. He’d suggested a walk because he wanted to see how the grounds had changed and he knew that Emerald liked being outside, especially on a nice day like this.
The reason that he’d asked about the new staff was the fact that he was no longer a student. While he was still interested in the students here he needed to know the new staff. He’d spoken to Tricity a little but had gone before they had properly arranged a new Head for the Institute. So who was at the helm now?