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 Andrew Leroy on Oct 30, 2010 2:31:08 GMT -6
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Andrew had to wonder why a woman with two grown children of her own would come to a school to be a councilor. Did she just like mothering people? Shaking off those thoughts he nodded.
"Ok."
When she asked how often he used his mutation Andrew hesitated at first. Why would she want to know that? However Gemma worked at the mansion so she was likely safe to talk to. He pulled off his glove and held up his left arm to show her the single band that adorned it.
"I try not to use it too often. I avoid saying the words when I can. Though I will admit to having used it to motivate myself to study for classes and get papers written before." Andrew grinned sheepishly, "Right now it's just the one promise and I try to keep the number of them as low as possible."
He didn't like making promises. The feeling of having his moods, thoughts, even his moral compass change to suit a particular promise was weird. It happened almost immediately and just got stronger as time went on. Having a break from that due to Gemma's ability was heaven.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 30, 2010 9:56:12 GMT -6
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>>"I try not to use it too often. I avoid saying the words when I can. Though I will admit to having used it to motivate myself to study for classes and get papers written before. Right now it's just the one promise and I try to keep the number of them as low as possible."
"Sounds like you found some good ways to use it after all" Gemma smiled a bit as he admitted he used promises to make himself study "That's good. I generally tell this to everyone, and I really mean it: feel free to come find me if you would like to use my ability. Some mutants find it useful to have their powers nulled every now and then, when they can't deal with them." she added; it sounded funny, said like that, but she was serious about the offer.
With that taken care of, she looked at Andrew once again.
"So how do you like living here?" she asked in a conversational tone "Place takes some getting used to..." she added with a smirk.
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 30, 2010 10:20:11 GMT -6
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Andrew looked at Gemma. She was nice and beautiful, there was no doubting the latter of the two. No wonder Jorge had ended up dating her. Her offer of using her ability struck him as something he might actually consider should a promise get too bad.
"I'll consider that."
He was entirely sincere. Her offer meant being entirely himself for a time when he got too deep in a promise's effects.
"It's better than my apartment was. The place wasn't bad but my roommates were about as normal as you could get. It's nice to have someplace where I don't have to hide, even if I can."
Andrew chuckled at the second part of her statement.
"Yeah, I keep having to remind myself that pretty much anyone I meet here is going to be a mutant. When you're used to hiding it from the world it gets a little odd when an acceptable conversation option is, 'So what's your mutation?'."
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 30, 2010 13:33:19 GMT -6
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>>"Yeah, I keep having to remind myself that pretty much anyone I meet here is going to be a mutant. When you're used to hiding it from the world it gets a little odd when an acceptable conversation option is, 'So what's your mutation?'."
"I know" Gemma grinned at the boy "It's either that, or 'hey, my powers aren't working anymore! What happened?'" she chuckled "Never a dull moment around here, huh."
She looked at Andrew. She'd managed to find out he was easy to talk to, and quite fun; he was new to all this, and maybe needed time to find his place and make new friends he is willing to trust. But he talked, and that was all that mattered for now.
"People get in trouble all the time." she added, as an afterthought "And not just the kids."
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 30, 2010 14:04:49 GMT -6
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He grinned at that. Andrew could just imagine how the mutants around here reacted to being nullified. Sure some of them probably liked having the option to not have to deal with their power for a time. Others were a little too attached to their powers and probably didn't like it at all.
"Not really. I'm sure you've got plenty to deal with at least."
Gemma's second statement was something Andrew could definitely vouch for. He'd managed to get himself into a couple of scrapes. Not to mention the fact that being a mutant seemed to attract trouble whether you wanted it or not.
"Something about being a mutant attracts trouble I think."
She was well suited to her job. They were chatting easily and Andrew didn't feel pressured to reveal anything that he didn't want to. That was a good thing by Andrew. There were things he didn't want to talk about and the shooting was one of them.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 30, 2010 15:06:27 GMT -6
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>>"Something about being a mutant attracts trouble I think."
"It's being different what attracts trouble." Gemma smirked "I am the polar opposite of mutant, and I can't say my life has been boring either." she added "I have a nice practice speech about power and responsibility and all that, but I don't think you need it."
Folding her arms, she sat back, and looked at Andrew.
"Did Jorge tell you I shot someone on our second date?" she asked, arching an eyebrow "It was self defense, but that was the first time I've ever shot a gun. I think he's still beating himself up over that. It was... not the best of our dates."
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 30, 2010 15:28:55 GMT -6
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Gemma had a point. Even if he wasn't a mutant Andrew wondered if he wouldn't attract trouble anyway.
"Funny, because to me it just sounds like another type of mutation. Designed to work against other mutations but a mutation none the less. Not much difference in the end."
He smiled a little at her thinking that he didn't need the power and responsibility speech. At least she seemed to think him capable of dealing with that part of being a mutant. Gemma then told him that she'd ended up shooting someone on their second date. If Jorge had mentioned that to him he didn't remember it and he said as much.
"I don't think so. If he did I don't remember it."
Andrew listened to her speak about her own experience shooting someone. He frown a little and grabbed onto the topic of Jorge instead, not liking how close this was coming to his shooting.
"First time I met Jorge it was as a hostage. He saved me from becoming sidewalk art. He nearly got his back broken for the effort. The man just doesn't seem to have much luck of the good variety."
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 30, 2010 15:36:09 GMT -6
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>>"First time I met Jorge it was as a hostage. He saved me from becoming sidewalk art. He nearly got his back broken for the effort. The man just doesn't seem to have much luck of the good variety."
Gemma arched her eyebrow again, this time in genuine surprise.
"Well, looks like that's another issue he didn't talk about" she said with a tiny frown "He got into the habit of not telling me when he's injured. And trust me, he's injured a lot, and looks like I don't even know half of it."
She sighed, rubbing her forehead, before turning back to Andrew.
"He's the kind of guy who risks his life on a daily basis to save others. Sometimes, especially with mutant criminals, it comes back to bite him in the... well." she smirked "And then, people like you and me get caught in the crossfire." she said, looking Andrew in the eye. He knew what she was talking about.
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 30, 2010 15:56:41 GMT -6
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"I don't think he got too badly hurt that day. The others at the scene managed to stop Mittens before he could actually hit our good detective."
Still, that had been a rather harrowing experience. Andrew certainly didn't want to relive it. Hence the training. Gemma talked about how Jorge risked his life on a daily basis and how it backfired on him sometimes. She followed that with a very specific point about people like her and Andrew getting caught in the crossfire. Andrew knew well enough what she was talking about but he wasn't going to budge.
"Yeah, but we stick around 'cus he's worth the trouble."
It wasn't what she wanted to hear. Andrew knew that too. The fact of the matter being that he just wasn't going to tell her what she wanted to hear. Not from that little amount of pressure. He'd undergone worse from his parents and friends shortly after he'd figured out his mutation and had removed himself from them. All of that translated to a look in his eyes when he met Gemma's gaze that said, 'I won't be talking about it.'
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 31, 2010 0:54:04 GMT -6
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>>"I don't think he got too badly hurt that day. The others at the scene managed to stop Mittens before he could actually hit our good detective."
Gemma blinked in surprise. The pieces of the puzzle finally fell into place. Jorge had menioned he was with someone else when Mittens first showed up... she just didn't make the connectin between his story and Andrew's. "Mittens?..." she shook her head in surprise "Well, he's not going to show up for some time now." she told him "He's the one I shot."
>>"Yeah, but we stick around 'cus he's worth the trouble."
"Absolutely." Gemma agreed with a smile; if someone, Jorge was definitely worth the trouble. "Apparently, he thinks the same about both of us. Right now, he's doing his best to help you with what happened yesterday."
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 31, 2010 1:06:02 GMT -6
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She shot Mittens. Gemma had shot the man that had held Andrew's head in one of his massive fists and threatened to pop it like a pimple. Andrew couldn't stop the vicious grin that appeared on his face even if he wanted to.
"Good."
Andrew had enough sense to keep the rest of what he wanted to say in his head. That is, that it was a shame she hadn't managed to kill the man when she shot him. Gemma informed him that Jorge was doing what he could to help him out. Andrew hadn't doubted that he'd come through on that promise. Jorge wasn't the type to break promises.
"He said he'd do as much. Jorge is just that kind of guy."
He smiled nevertheless. It was nice to hear that the detective was keeping his word even if Andrew hadn't doubted it. No matter how much he liked a person there was almost always at least some doubt that they would do as they said. Humans couldn't be trusted to be entirely predictable. In fact, he would say that there wasn't a human in the world that hadn't broken a promise at some point in their life.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 31, 2010 1:13:57 GMT -6
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>>"Good."
Gemma smirked. Now they were getting somewhere. He was not too ashamed of himself to admit shooting people could be a... well. Useful? In some cases?
>>"He said he'd do as much. Jorge is just that kind of guy."
"He is." she admitted, adding further praise to the long list of awesome that was her, um, boyfriend, but it was time to talk about the boy instead.
"I grew up in a neighborhood where shootings happened at least once a week." she told him "I learned how to get away from danger, and how to do it quickly and without drawing attention. Later on, I also learned to use a gun, because I wanted to be able to defend my family." she added "And I learned that sometimes, there is just nothing you can do about it." she looked Andrew in the eye once again "You didn't mean to kill him, did you."
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 31, 2010 1:30:30 GMT -6
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"I grew up without ever really seeing a gun besides one time on my grandfather's farm."
Andrew could safely admit that much. Gemma had pointed out that she'd grown up around violence like that. Apparently she knew how to use a gun too. Somehow that wasn't all that shocking. Not that she seemed the sort of person that would. It was simply that it didn't seem out of character, based on what little he'd managed to glean from this conversation. Gemma said that sometimes a person didn't have a choice.
It was after that that she asked a point blank question about what had happened. It was paired with a look in the eyes that was probably meant to make him more willing to talk. He remembered this sort of feeling from talking to his friends and parents when they asked what was wrong. They inevitably took it the wrong way when he didn't say anything. Yet he didn't want to lie either. Hence why he had stayed silent then and he stayed silent now.
Gemma could be disappointed if she liked. Andrew simply wasn't going to talk about this. His mutation was one thing. When he was talking about it with other mutants he felt fine. Well, maybe not fine but less nervous at least. This was something that he would be judged for no matter whether the person was human or mutant. This had nothing to do with genetic status and everything to do with a choice he'd made. He didn't regret it but he wasn't sure whether or not it was a mistake. All rambling aside, he just didn't want to talk for fear of censure.
Posted by Gemma Taylor on Oct 31, 2010 1:53:52 GMT -6
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Gemma looked at Andrew, and he looked back at her, and he didn't say a word. Wrapped in stubborn silence, everything about him spelled 'I am not going to talk about it'. He looked exhausted, and a bit annoyed. She could deal with things like that.
"I am not going to force you to talk about it" she said calmly "I don't think you should. I think you should get some sleep, and eat, and then talk to Jorge about what he's been doing with the paperwork. If you have friends you trust, talk to them. I'm only the second best option to that." she admitted "I just came in to see how you were doing, in case you needed something." she said, standing up and walking over to him "I am not saying what you are going through is easy, because I knw it's pretty damn hard, and I can promise you it will get worse before it gets better. Just wanted to make sure if you need help, you'd know where to find it." she smiled a bit "School full of mutants. People look out for each other."
Posted by Andrew Leroy on Oct 31, 2010 2:11:31 GMT -6
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Andrew stayed seated while Gemma responded to his silence. She went over what she thought he should do. It all sounded like a good idea except for the bit about talking to his friends about it. That was the last thing he intended to do. Gemma ended up with a reassuring statement about the people at the school looking after each other.
"I'll try to sleep. I meant to talk to Jorge sometime soon anyway."
Andrew paused as though was going to continue talking. He was torn between staying silent about anything else and brashly telling Gemma point blank that he wasn't going to talk to anyone about it. The brash course of action won out.
"I'm not going to talk about it though. To anyone. They don't need to know."
He looked at Gemma with what would probably be best categorized as foolish defiance. Some part of him knew that what she was saying would be for the best. He ignored it in favor of stubborn determination. To do what other than avoid talking about shooting a man he wasn't sure.