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.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 27, 2010 14:51:21 GMT -6
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Once Jorge was healed, Gemma could turn to the worse task of the two: she had to go find this Andrew kid and talk to him about how he'd just killed a man the night before. Talk about an awkward conversation.
Since she hadn't met the guy before, Gemma looked up his file first, trying to find out as much as she could about him, and be prepared. Next, she checked wich room belonged to him, and set out, armed only with her experience and training in basic psychology and common sense, to try to talk to him. This could all go realtively well, or horribly wrong.
She found the room in the boys' wing; she knocked on the door.
"Andrew?" she called "It's Gemma Taylor. Do you mind if I come in?"
She didn't need to add she was the guidance counselor. He either knew it already, or he didn't need to know.
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 27, 2010 15:14:49 GMT -6
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He was utterly exhausted. Andrew hadn't slept much the night before. When he had slept it hadn't been very restful. As such he was totally exhausted the following day and behaved more like a zombie than the person he actually was. Time was slippery as a result. Andrew wasn't entirely sure how long he'd been in his room when he heard the knock and the voice. Where had he heard that name before? It took his tired brain the walk from his bed to the door to remember who Gemma Taylor was. Jorge's girlfriend and one of Andrew's co-workers at the mansion.
Somehow she must have found out about that. Andrew silently wished painful and ironic death on Jorge if he'd told her. As much as he didn't want to answer he was already standing at the door. He turned the knob and gave the door a tug to allow admittance to the tall black woman on the other side. His room was tidy and there was pretty much nothing in it except what had come with the room. Andrew raked a hand through his untidy hair. He hadn't felt like doing anything about it this morning.
"Come on in. I was wondering when I'd get to meet you."
Andrew smiled at her, his face looking worn from the lack of sleep.
"Andrew Leroy, as I'm sure you know. I work as Sam's assistant and boxing trainee of Jorge."
There was one chair in the room and Andrew motioned to it.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 27, 2010 15:44:31 GMT -6
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>>"Come on in. I was wondering when I'd get to meet you. Andrew Leroy, as I'm sure you know. I work as Sam's assistant and boxing trainee of Jorge. Please, sit down if you like."
"Nice to meet you, Andrew" Gemma smiled back, and shook his hand, before she walked to the chair to sit. "I've heard about you from Jorge."
She watched him, her dark eyes examining his face and the way he moved. He looked exhausted. She could imagine he didn't get much sleep the night before. It was the same experrion she'd seen on Jorge's face.
"He told me what happened." she said, looking at Andrew. There was no need to dance around the issue, she could tell Andrew knew why she was there. The only question was if he would accept her help, or at least would be willing to talk.
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 27, 2010 22:42:28 GMT -6
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The pleasantries were over with quickly. A nice to meet you and a hand shake concluded them. Gemma watched him for a moment or two before she said anything. She was blunt. She simply said that Jorge had told her what happened. Andrew visibly grimaced. The next time he and the old man were boxing Andrew might have to hit a little harder than usual.
"Did he?"
Andrew didn't want to talk about it. He didn't want to talk about why he'd spent most of last night avoiding nightmares. He didn't know Gemma. Yet, even if it had been someone he knew quite well he wouldn't want to tell them. Andrew was determined to keep it to himself.
"I did what I had to do. That's all. I wasn't about to let Jorge die."
His voice was as smooth and calm as he could make it while lacking in sleep. Andrew was not fine with what he had done but he was determined not to let Gemma see that. There was every possibility that this could send him to prison. He didn't want to worry his new friends and acquaintances with what might happen. People could be fickle though. Andrew didn't want to lose what little regard he might have gained.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 28, 2010 1:58:10 GMT -6
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>>"Did he? I did what I had to do. That's all. I wasn't about to let Jorge die."
"And I am very grateful for that." she nodded with a smile "You did the right thing, Andrew." she looked at him "That doesn't make it easier though, does it."
She couldn't relate to that; she'd never killed a man before. But she'd shot one, and she was pretty sure she'd do it again, either for self-defense or for protecting someone who was important to her.
"I am not going to force you to talk about it." she added; she wanted him to know she was not here to interrogate him, or force her help on him just because it was her job. It he had friends he'd rather talk to, that was fine by her. He just needed to talk. And she needed to make sure he did.
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 28, 2010 2:38:11 GMT -6
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The right thing. Was it? Andrew still wasn't sure. He didn't regret it. But was it the right thing? Did he make the correct decision in the heat of the moment? Once again he was back to the thought patterns of the previous night. When he wasn't sleeping badly, that was what had run through his head. He forced his gaze back to Gemma's face from where ever it had wandered.
"No, it doesn't."
He agreed with that at least. And she seemed to realize that he wasn't really willing to talk about it. She did say she wouldn't force him to talk. Andrew moved out of the doorway and into the room. If he was going to chat with her then it would be rude to keep standing in the doorway like that. As he headed to his bed to sit on it something curious happened. Andrew stopped and looked at Gemma with inquisitiveness as he realized the full effect of what had happened.
Of late it had begun to be difficult to talk and think about Sveta. He had to concentrate a little to recall her, like the birthday of a friend that you haven't known long. Andrew thought this was because his promise to her had stood for much longer than any of his other promises had. Standing there, near Gemma, it was as though his mind was clear again. He could think about her as freely as he liked. He could even think about betraying the promise he'd made and telling Gemma.
It was a strange sensation. Andrew pulled off his glove and looked at the tattoo. It was still there. Even tired as he was it didn't take much longer than it usually would to make the connection between Gemma's presence and his mutation's sudden lack of effect.
"You stop mutations somehow."
He said it as a statement of fact. Then he realized it was entirely off topic.
"Sorry, I know that's off topic but it's a weird feeling."
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 29, 2010 6:24:23 GMT -6
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>>"You stop mutations somehow. Sorry, I know that's off topic but it's a weird feeling."
"I do." Gemma nodded with a small smile "It's not a mutation, but it's something very similar."
She could see he was not trying to distract her; he was honesty surprised. She wondered what it felt like for him, stepping into her aura. She knew it was different for every mutant - some of them didn't even notice.
"And you make promises that you can't break. I read your file." she nodded "That's not exactly designed for combat. So, you are taking boxing lesson from Jorge? Is Sam training you as well?"
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 29, 2010 11:03:40 GMT -6
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Gemma informed him of his mutation. Andrew almost smirked. That was hardly the half of it, putting it in such simple terms. Not to mention there was the fact that he could break his promises if he had to and had the mental strength to do it.
"They aren't unbreakable. I can break them, it's just very difficult."
Another statement of the obvious passed Gemma's lips. His mutation wasn't suited to combat. Based on recent events the boxing was warranted. He'd managed to fend someone off at least.
"Yeah, I'm training with Jorge. Sam, no."
He didn't have much to do with Sam except for while he was working. Not through lack of interest on his part. Merely that Sam always seemed busy and Andrew just didn't have any luck catching him when he wasn't. Maybe that was for the best though. Andrew could have some time to build up some minor skill in the area. That way if Sam ever did decide to train him he'd have something to work with. If what he'd seen in the Danger Room the day Kate arrived was anything to go by then Andrew would need all the time he could get so as to not look like a complete fool.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 29, 2010 15:07:18 GMT -6
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>>"They aren't unbreakable. I can break them, it's just very difficult."
Gemma nodded, acknowledging the correction. She did read the file, but she preferred to learn the details from the person himself, rather than from the notes; it was easier to remember it that way, and easier to understand.
>>"Yeah, I'm training with Jorge. Sam, no."
"I'm sure you will be, if you stick around long enough" she smiled a little bit "He likes working with people, especially the ones he chose himself." she looked at him "How did you end up in the school? I think you were here before me, but not by much."
She was making conversation to make him more comfortable, but also, she was curious. The more he found out about him the easier it would get to deal with the issue at hand.
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 29, 2010 17:41:19 GMT -6
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Would he end up training with Sam? Andrew wasn't entirely sure of that. Not like his mutation was good for much of anything. Why would Sam want to train someone like that? Still, despite his skepticism, Andrew did hope it happened one day. That would put him one step closer to being an X-Man, he hoped.
"Well if that is the case then I should probably work a little harder with Jorge. Wouldn't want to disappoint."
Gemma asked him how he got here. Andrew smirked a little, the expression marred by the tiredness and dour tone it took on.
"Would you like the short version or the long version? The short version being that I ran into Kealey Quinn, the empathic librarian here, and she dragged me here. The long version is a little more complicated."
Not to mention quite a bit longer. It wasn't as though he'd come to the mansion immediately after being offered the job. It had taken time, Kealey, and a problem to make that happen.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 30, 2010 1:09:18 GMT -6
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>>"Well if that is the case then I should probably work a little harder with Jorge. Wouldn't want to disappoint."
"I'm sure you wouldn't." she smiled. Andrew seemed like a good kid, she knew for a fact he was brave, and he was also a hard worker.
>>"Would you like the short version or the long version? The short version being that I ran into Kealey Quinn, the empathic librarian here, and she dragged me here. The long version is a little more complicated."
Gemma smiled "I'll be interested to hear it, sooner or later." She'd have to meet thisKealey girl too sometime. She was part of the staff, and she hadn't met her yet; she needed to make that happen. "I'm glad you ended up here though. It's a good place to be." she sat back "So, you are a college student?"
She didn't really want it to turn into an interrogation; she just asked things she was curious about, and let him answer them as much as he wanted. No pressure.
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 30, 2010 1:36:27 GMT -6
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Honestly he was glad he'd ended up here too. Andrew felt like he didn't have to worry quite so much here. At least until now. Now he was worried about those people that he'd befriended here thinking less of him for something he couldn't change and wouldn't even if he had the chance. Next was a question about him being a college student too which Andrew nodded.
"Yeah, two years on scholarship at NYU."
That was what had given him the excuse to come to New York anyway. Now that he was here Andrew wasn't entirely sure what he'd do. He'd already skipped out on the fall/winter semester because he couldn't decide on a major. Taking the liberal arts program had only gotten him two years after all. Those were problems that he wasn't about to talk about until asked. Not because they were important but because frankly they were boring.
Andrew was happy enough to answer these sorts of questions. With luck she'd get buried in polite conversation like this and forget about why she came. It seemed perfectly logical to Andrew in his exhausted state of mind.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 30, 2010 1:46:55 GMT -6
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>>"Yeah, two years on scholarship at NYU."
"That's really something" Gemma smiled; it was always good to hear Mansion residents had a place 'out there' too, something normal to go with all the weird mutant stuff they lived in the middle of. Going to college was not easy for mutants, especially those who were struggling with their powers; but if it worked out, it was a great thing to experience. "Do you have a major yet?"
She decided to tell him some of all that, since he looked like he needed to hear something good. "I think it is a great thing that you have that opportunity. Not many of our students do, for one reason or another."
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 30, 2010 2:06:34 GMT -6
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Ahh the question of major. She'd brought it up for him.
"Not really no. Nothing really seems right. I got through two years on the liberal arts program. Now that that's done I'm at a loss. I've taken the semester off to think about it."
Gemma's comment about him going to college being a good thing caught him off guard. He understood it once she explained.
"I'm lucky I guess. I can hide as long as I don't go flaunting the tattoos or marks, whatever you want to call them. Not every mutant has that choice."
Andrew remembered Amber, the dinosaur shifter he'd met in the park. Her mutation didn't give her much of a choice in hiding. It made sure she stood out as different when she wasn't shifted and also made sure there was almost no way she could hide when she did shift. A mutation like that was worse in some ways than what he had to deal with.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 30, 2010 2:16:02 GMT -6
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>>"Not really no. Nothing really seems right. I got through two years on the liberal arts program. Now that that's done I'm at a loss. I've taken the semester off to think about it."
Gemma nodded again. "Let me know if you want some help with that. That is also part of my job description." she smirked "And I have two kids of my own in college. I know a thing or two."
>>"I'm lucky I guess. I can hide as long as I don't go flaunting the tattoos or marks, whatever you want to call them. Not every mutant has that choice."
She nodded once again. "Not showing off the marks seems like a small price to pay for that" she agreed, glancing at his arms "How often do you use your ability?..." she had been wondering about that for a while now. It seemed like an interesting mutation, and one that Andrew had some control over. She just wanted to know to what extent it was active in shaping his decisions.