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 Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 24, 2011 23:50:04 GMT -6
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Hair, like dawn's shining. Smiles, brighter. Intoxicating. This poem was biased.
It was 3AM. Shin had been tossing and turning since 2:30. It had gotten so bad, with his mind wandering, he had decided to write a haiku. Maybe he'd copped out on that last line? Or maybe it was the best ever.
It was 3AM. He was a member of the Midnight crew. Was the city still bright outside? Maybe. Daylight was burning. Nightlight, also burning. Shin nudged Kealey. There was stuff to do.
Plus, she had hair like dawn's shining. It was already pretty bright in the room to start out. They could do daytime activities without the sun. Maybe if she just smiled?
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 25, 2011 0:06:14 GMT -6
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Kealey was not a member of the Midnight Crew, and she was not composing haiku’s while she slept. She was sleeping, not a deep heavy sleep…but a happy, comfortable doze. The kind of sleep someone slept when they weren’t utterly exhausted and completely secure and comfortable in their surroundings.
That was totally Kealey right now, and it had been for a while. Her breathing was even and she curled on her side, comfortably snoozing away the night. Until Shin nudged her.
She didn’t wake up grumpy, she didn’t scowl or burrow further into the blankets. Instead, at the sound of Shin’s voice and his request, she smiled. The smile quickly stretched into a yawn that stretched into a stretch, but regardless…blue eyes opened and blinked at the relative brightness of their room.
”Is it morning already?” Kealey asked, fists rubbing slightly bleary eyes as she smiled again. ”Hi.”
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 25, 2011 13:15:39 GMT -6
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There it was. Brighter than morning. Intoxicatingly contagious. Shin grinned.
"Hi." He said. "You could say that. It's actually..." A glance to the clock. Neon red digital numbers glowned in the dark. He read them off the clock's face. "Three-Fifteen. Early start. I don't think I can sleep. You know that thing with the exc----------ited? I'm bouncing." He bounced on up to rest his back against the bed's backboard, and sat looking at her cheerily. Hopefully, infectiously so. A tiny chuckle escaped him as he remembered something. "I made you a haiku."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 25, 2011 21:53:13 GMT -6
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Kealey grinned. Shin grinned. Kealey yawned. Shin….grinned. Kealey shifted slightly more onto her back and rubbed her eyes some more as she waited for Shin to answer her question. He did, and she couldn’t help but laugh a little bit. 3:15 in the morning. She’d had a feeling that would happen with all the sleeping Shin had done on the plane and train.
Slowly, the blond sat up, rubbing the back of her head and stifling a bit of a yawn. She was still sleepy, but Shin was excited. As with most things dealing with emotion, Kealey couldn’t help but be excited too. He was bouncing…so slowly…she was starting to bounce as she woke up.
Shin said he’d made her a haiku. A poem? Really? Up Kealey bounced, working her way up to snuggle into Shin. ”Really?” she said, ”Tell me?”
She paused, ”Also…what are we going to do at 3:15 in the morning?”
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 26, 2011 22:30:56 GMT -6
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"What won't we do?" Shin replied. So much potential. Why, they could turn on the television right now and watch what the japanese put on television at 3AM. Chances were, it would be anime. But! First things first, Shin had a girl to tell about a haiku.
"As for the haiku. 'Hair, like dawn's shining. / Smiles, brighter. Intoxicating. / This poem was biased.' That's the poem."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 26, 2011 23:00:41 GMT -6
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Kealey grinned and snuggled some more. If Shin said they were going to have fun…then they were going to have fun. Even if at the moment, Kealey couldn’t think of anything more fun than snuggling. Or maybe sleeping some more. Shin was excited though…and he was home’ish….and Kealey wasn’t going to ruin that. Not for a second. She was going to tag along and have a good time…she was in Japan…with Shin. And he was amazing.
He’d also made her a poem…a poem that Kealey didn’t have to wait long for. She was kind of surprised he gave it up so easily…but as she listened her smile grew into a grin. All that haiku…for her?
Kealey leaned up and kissed Shin on the cheek. ”It’s a really good haiku.” she said, her own cheeks tinged pink. ”Though right now…’hair like a rat’s nest’ would probably be more appropriate. I’ll have to work on something in return.” she said, moving a rueful hand to the tangle of curls. She’d definitely need to do some getting ready if they were leaving…in a minute.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 30, 2011 22:14:15 GMT -6
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A kiss. Epic win. Shin beamed, not as brightly (because that was impossible), but plenty bright. Kealey tried making herself out to be less. Rat's nest? She was still his light... and no! He wouldn't tell her that, because that was too corny, even for him. Instead, he nodded at the last thing she'd said.
"Yup. Though, don't worry about it too much. Being with you is enough."
Still corny! What was it about 3AM that brought that out? He had no idea, and wasn't gonna overthink it. Overthinking things was exactly the opposite of what he wanted to do, so... he left snuggling as snuggling for the moment, and didn't push hopping out of bed to go do things too hard. "Staying in might be nice, too." He said calmly. A hand snaked out for the television remote, hit power. It just so happened to spring on with a crazy cartoon sailor scout and her cat on the screen. "We can watch TV," Shin yawned lazily, letting his head flop to the side to rest against hers, as crazy-eyed anime girls spoke in frantic Japanese on-screen.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 30, 2011 22:23:33 GMT -6
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Shin was so happy! How could Kealey not be excited to do anything and everything he wanted to do? It would have been ridiculous and she definitely wasn’t going to try. Besides, he kept saying such nice things to her. It made Kealey smile more…man it was a smile fest. A crazy crazy smile fest, and they were going to do anything Shin wanted to do.
…Even if that was staying right where they were and watching TV. He didn’t push getting up and going out too hard, she didn’t either. Despite the excitement and happiness, Kealey was still waking up and as the TV came on and the cartoons started rolling, Kealey snuggled in to watch while her brain caught up with the frantic pace everything else had started to take on. There were girls on the TV, anime girls, and a cat. They were talking about something…what was it?
Then she realized they were speaking Japanese. With no subtitles. Sure she caught a word here and there…just like she had in the airport, train, and the lobby of the hotel…but there was no way she was even getting the general idea.
She chuckled after a few moments watching, ”You’re going to have to translate for me if we’re going to watch it. They forgot the subtitles!”
She thought for a moment, still snuggling and being snuggled, then asked, ”But really…what are we going to do at 3 am?”
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 30, 2011 22:40:50 GMT -6
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"I think there are arcades or something, open this late. And bars. And probably night clubs. Wouldn't know," Shin said, not breaking eye contact with the bluish glow of the television screen. A bad guy got dispatched by a short-skirted superhero. Kealey couldn't understand a word they said. Shin kept on talkin', as if he still hadn't noticed, even though she'd pointed it out. She could not speak of the Japanese. "I wouldn't know. I moved to the US before I was old enough to go out clubbing here. I never was much for the late night arcades."
More Japanese. Loads of it. Everything on screen got even more convoluted. And then, Tuxedo Mask appeared, holding a rose. Shin's interest hopped ever so slightly as recognition dawned.
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 30, 2011 23:05:26 GMT -6
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"A dance club?" Kealey said, interest peaking a little bit when Shin brought the idea up. The only time she’d ever been in anything close to that was the western dancing bar she’d gone to with Jacen. Dancing, with Shin in a bar in Japan…this had serious potential. Then again…so did the arcade.
”Ooo those thing sound fun. Super fun…all of them. Maybe we should do something like that.” she said.
Kealey asked for translation…and Shin did not translate. There were still things going on in the cartoon, things that Kealey couldn’t understand…and Shin wasn’t helping. Instead he was telling her how he’d moved to the US before he was old enough to do any clubbing. That was interesting.
”I’ve never done much clubbing in general…” she said simply, ”Went to a couple of places with Jacen…and that night with you and Aurum…but that’s about it.”
A figure in a black tuxedo showed up on the screen…and he had a rose. Kealey hmm’d. This was an interesting cartoon. Even if she couldn’t understand a word.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 31, 2011 17:00:11 GMT -6
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>>”Ooo those thing sound fun. Super fun…all of them. Maybe we should do something like that.”
"Mhm," If the bed weren't as warm and cozy, snug snug.
>>”I’ve never done much clubbing in general…” Kealey said. ”Went to a couple of places with Jacen…and that night with you and Aurum…but that’s about it.”
"Me either." Shin thought for a second. Tuxedo mask appeared on-screen. Hey. "Shame I don't have a black tuxedo." He hadn't told her who this was, had he? "... Like Tuxedo Mask." Shin added. "Kamen means mask, so..."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 31, 2011 17:38:08 GMT -6
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Neither of them had done much clubbing. What better place to learn than Japan? Then they could bring their skills back and wow New York. It would be great. This idea was really starting to grow on Kealey…except that suddenly Shin didn’t seem nearly as motivated to go anywhere or do anything. The blond snuggled against him didn’t mind either way, clubbing could always wait…whatever this TV show was…would only be on right now.
Kealey watched as the characters did their thing, and the guy in the Tuxedo did his. Shin expressed his wish for a black tuxedo and Kealey nodded her head a little bit. Shin would look excellent in a black tuxedo…nothing fancy…classic. Clean lines, a nicely fit jacket…yeah. Oh, the guy’s name was Tuxedo Mask. ”Tuxedo Mask?” she said, digesting both the name and what Shin had said about the Japanese word for Mask. She hadn’t known that one and filed it away for future reference.
”And I think you’d look great in a tux…any color.”
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 31, 2011 22:59:10 GMT -6
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Shin laughed. "I know, right? I've been so lazy lately, not practicing my powers. Ever since I teamed up with Gawain and fought all those Horrors with my Kouga-sword." Pause. Shin looked at her face. "Did I tell you about that? With all the horrors, and mirror, and swordplay and archery? It was pretty fun..."
"And yeah. Back on the topic of costumes." A finger rose to point at Sailor Moon. "I think you'd look good in that."
Posted by Kealey Shinbo on Jan 31, 2011 23:09:05 GMT -6
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Shin had fought Horrors? With Gawain? Where had this been? How had it come about? Obviously things had turned out okay, and Shin seemed simply pleased as punch to talk about the situation, so it couldn’t have been bad. Kealey was curious though and she shook her head when Shin asked if he’d told her about that time. She was about to say that no he hadn’t told her, when something on the TV made Shin point and make a comment.
A girl was on the screen now, and her costume was a conglomeration of red, white, blue, short skirt, and long boots. Shin commented that he thought she’d look good in it, and Kealey chuckled, ”Do you now?” she asked, a little amused and more than a little intrigued by the suggestion. ”It doesn’t look all that complicated. I could probably make that…maybe I’ll have to test your theory out.” Where she’d wear the costume once she’d made it, Kealey had no clue…but it would still be good practice.
Speaking of practice…”And you never did tell me about the practice session with Gawain, but I think you should. How did the sword work out?” He’d showed it to her once, that sword, and she’d seen it in action in Central Park. It was good to know he was practicing more, though…practice made perfect. Or at least in Shin’s case, more perfect.
Kealey glanced back at the TV, and hopped topics again. ”Who is this girl anyway?”
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Jan 31, 2011 23:46:15 GMT -6
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He'd been kidding, but oh man, if she actually wore something like that? Yeah. Shin would love her forever. Not... that he already didn't, of course. But, yeah. Girlfriends willing to cosplay were rare. Somehow, he always managed to attract them, though. Like some sort of costume magnet. ... That was an interesting mental image. He didn't stick too long on it! ... but he did smirk.
"Mhm," Shin 'hmm'd, smirkity smirking at his gal.
>>"And you never did tell me about the practice session with Gawain, but I think you should. How did the sword work out?"
The smirkity smirk dulled to a simple grin. "It worked great. Lots of shard flying and mirror-arrowing. Hard to explain exactly what happened, but... let's just say someone did an acrobatic pirouette off the handle."
Who was that girl?
"Sailor Moon," Shin replied. "Kasumi used to cosplay her." Yeah. "She's a magical princess of the moon."
Shin stopped. Realization hit him. He had not just brought up Kasumi in tandem with the Sailor Moon cosplaying, had he? Had he?
Bluh. Mental facepalm combo x2. He must've been tired.