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 Welldrinker Cult
A shadowy group is gaining power, drawing in people who are curious, vulnerable, or malicious, and turning them into Mystics. They are recruiting people into their ranks to spread the influence of magic in the world, but for what end goal?
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.
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Shin's father ignored Kealey for a moment. His eyes were focused on Shin.
Cold.
This was what he'd been dreading, what he'd wanted to avoid.
His emotions were mixed. A hint of dread, a dash of remorse, a sprinkle of self loathing, love... there was no hate. There was concern.
Shin was his father's son. They both had the same nervous ticks, although Yosuke's were... manlier, if one had to fish for a word. He addressed his son seriously, but quietly. "Tetsuya. I am sorry."
Sorry. He was sorry. Sorry for what? He'd disowned him, kicked him out for being different. He'd never held it against his father, but that had hurt him. Shin hadn't liked it. It had been rough.
"Why." There was no question. It was a statement.
Yosuke scratched the back of his neck uncomfortably. Ugh. Always asking questions and making trouble, never taking a statement for what it was and dropping the subject. Such a girl. "I was scared. For you. For how this would reflect on our family. For what others would think of you here... our neighbors aren't the most accepting of people..." He sighed. "If word had gotten out that you were a mutant... it wouldn't have taken too long for them to connect the dots and draw the line back to us."
Severe and utter disbelief coursed through Shin's veins. "I don't understand..." He said. "Us? What reason... what reason did you cast out your only son? Dad."
"I reacted poorly." Yosuke said, quietly, as if he didn't want anyone else to hear it. "I'm not proud of my gift. It tore your mother and I apart."
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Kealey was actually relieved when Shin’s father ignored her presence…she wanted them to hash everything out first. They could deal with the outsider later. It was perfect…besides, she was too wrapped up in all the emotions in the room to deal with trying to make conversation or a good impression…at least for now.
Words were exchanged between the two men, quite a few words in Japanese that Kealey didn’t understand. She really didn’t need to though, the emotions painted a pretty clear picture…
Shin’s father was full of all sorts of interesting things like remorse and love over almost intense concern and Kealey had to wonder for a moment how such a serious man had produced a son like Shin, who was so full of light and happy feelings. This was serious business though, and Shin mirrored the feelings. Kealey watched even more closely.
Revelations were being made, and shock was rolling through Shin like a wave. Kealey couldn’t stay completely inactive any longer…not after the way he’d been there to support her through everything for so long. She squeezed his hand and moved forward a little. Maybe it was time to break the tension.
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Kealey squeezed his hand. Shin was off in another world. He didn't feel it. One question stood out in the forefront of his mind. "Your gift?" His voice was quiet, disbelieving. His father's... gift. What gift could he possibly have, aside from his preposterous knack for disowning direct descendants?!
"Yes." Yosuke avoided Shin's burning eyes.
"What. Gift. Dad?" Shin put a punch into every word. Yosuke felt every blow.
"Right now." He said weakly. "I could tell you the measurements of everything and everyone in this room from a glance... it's embarrassing..."
Shin blinked. He stared at his father. He was taken aback. "You. What?"
"For instance, your fiance. She would be 5’4” tall, approximately..." He rattled off Kealey's measurements.
Shin blinked again. His eyes snapped from his father to Kealey and back to dear old dad.
"So. You disowned me because."
"I was embarrassed... and if anyone found out about you, it would become apparent that your mother and I are..."
Shin swore uncharacteristically. The situation was indeed... that. "Attitudes aren't as bad as they once were, Dad. I wouldn't have made you look bad!"
"Like I said. I made a mistake." Yosuke Shinbo grew defensive. He meant every word. "I want to make amends... despite how difficult a task it is. Sasami and your mother never wanted us to drift apart. Please." He implored his son. "Sit down. Tell me. About your fiance."
Shin looked to Kealey, weakly. In English, he said. "He wants us to sit down and talk."
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Oh man. Shin was all sorts of worked up. Kealey didn’t think it had even registered when she squeezed his hand. It was a mildly disturbing, and she felt even more like an outsider for the moment. It was something not entirely unexpected. This was one of the things they’d talked about…that Kealey had assumed would happen. As happy as Shin was to be reconciling with his family, there were always going to be difficult conversations and explanations, they’d known that from the beginning. Kealey just hadn’t realized they were going to be so hard…and all in Japanese. Had she been anything other than an empath, the situation would have been impossible. As it was…wow.
Shin was going through all of the expected emotions, and Kealey wished she could do more to help. She knew she couldn’t though, knew this was something that Shin had to do on his own. He was embarrassed, and shocked, and…understanding but still…angry. His father’s eyes swung to Kealey, and she tilted her head at what she could only call the calculating emotions now swirling in the air. It was almost like when Shin…..Kealey’s eyes widened a bit as a probable piece of the puzzle came together.
More anger…but again, there was understanding there. He turned to her and Kealey gave Shin a reassuring smile as he told her that his father wanted them to sit down and talk.
”Then I think that’s what we should do.” she said, giving another squeeze to Shin’s hand, ”That’s what we came here to do.”
Pulling her eyes and hand away from Shin for a moment, Kealey turned to his Father, giving the same greeting she’d given to his mother. She smiled. Shin needed her to be something other than nervous right now, and she’d do her best.
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Another set of emotions hung in the hallway. Two eyes were peering from around the corner. Dark hair. Sasami's face. Things made a lot more sense now! She'd been spying. The atmosphere in the room had been heated, but it was calming down. Now seemed as good a time as any to break up any remaining tension with calming tea.
Sasami cleared her throat.
"The tea is ready," she announced in the language of her father.
Yosuke Shinbo turned to look at his daughter, then nodded briefly in acknowledgment. He turned back to 'Kealey' as Sasami vanished back down the hallway, and smiled politely. "A pleasure to meet you." He said, in Japanese. A moment later, he realized... maybe she didn't speak Japanese. "Do you speak Japanese?" He asked.
Shin gripped Kealey's hand reassuringly. He knew she could handle this... so far, she'd been handling it better than he had. He was still worked up. All sorts of emotions telling him to run, to make a stand, were still running on afterburners. She seemed so calm.
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Sasami returned just as Kealey finished introducing herself. At least that’s what Kealey assumed since she still couldn’t understand more than a couple of the Japanese words….but she was pretty sure that ‘tea’ was one of them.
Shin’s father looked back to her, and said something, then something else that had the intonation of a question as well as the puzzled emotions. Kealey hadn’t gotten any of it though, and she just kind of stared at him, blushing as a little ”Uhhhhh?” sound escaped her in response.
Shin was still worked up. Kealey could feel it, but there was something else there that made her feel like everything was going to be okay. She smiled at him, and hoped that he understood everything that was going on better than she did.
Posted by Tetsuya Shinbo on Mar 30, 2011 22:16:50 GMT -6
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That sound... that sound told him that obviously, the answer was a 'no'. She did not speak Japanese. This situation was obviously difficult for her. Luckily, his job required him to understand a bit of English. Yosuke tried smiling at his son's fiance when she asked about tea.
"Yes," he said in English. "Tea."
A wave of relief washed over Shin as his father tried a language Kealey actually knew. He wasn't sure when, where, or how much English his dad spoke, but any amount more than what he'd previously been speaking was a good start. The gesture was so important, in fact, that for a moment he forgot any of the awkwardness that had been there.
He recalled the awkwardness a second later. Shin decided to push it down. He smiled at Kealey. "Let's go to the kitchen."
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The gesture from Shin’s dad was so appreciated that Kealey had to resist the urge to move forward and hug the man. That was two people on her side besides Shin. Surely four against one would work with his mother. Not that the woman disliked her…Kelaey didn’t think that at all…but there just felt like there was so much riding on her every move when Shin’s mother was in the room. All the help was going to take the pressure off…she just knew it.
”Thank you…so much.” she said.
Kealey grinned at Shin’s dad, and then at Shin as some of the heart clenching awkwardness and anger disappeared. It came back a few moments later…but it wasn’t as intense, and Kealey nodded her head and smiled when Shin suggested that they made their way to the kitchen.
”Lead the way.” she said, simply holding Shin's hand now instead of clinging to it for dear life. They were all going to sit down and have tea now. It would be great.
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>>”Thank you…so much.”
The older man smiled and gave her the slightest of nods.
Kealey told his son to lead the way. Yosuke Shinbo followed the pair of them out the doorway, down the hall, and into the kitchen.
As they entered the kitchen, Fujiko turned. She aimed a chastising smile his way. "You finally joined us." She said.
Yosuke just shook his head at his wife with a humoring laugh. Although she had yelled at him to join them just mere minutes before, he knew she was only pretending to be upset about it. That was how she was. She teased and chided, but it was out of love. She gossiped. That was also love. She loved to gossip. He sat down at the table. "Please speak English, Fujiko." Yosuke said. He looked to he son and the blond. "For Tetsuya's fiance."
For the first time (by Yosuke's timeline), Tetsuya's face paled. Strange. It must have been a freak phenomenon. Certainly not something he had said.
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Into the kitchen they went, Kealey feeling much better about the situation than she had since arriving at Shin’s parents’ house. It was nice to relax, even if it was just a little, and as they progressed, Kealey smiled at each of them in turn. There was genuine affection between Shin’s parents, and understanding. It wasn’t a surprise when the blond thought about it…but for some reason she’d not expected the teasing. She was glad to be proven wrong.
Shin’s dad sat, switching to English, but calling her Shin’s fiancé again, and Kealey nearly laughed at the look on Shin’s face. She let go of his hand and took her seat, smiling and trying to figure out if it would be polite or impolite to correct them. Deciding to err on the side of caution and let Shin handle the situation, Kealey decided to try and be polite once more, ”Thank you again for the English…” she said smoothly, ”I tried to learn all I could before we came here, but I guess I didn’t pick very much up.”
Hopefully real conversation would begin from here…tea was a great social lubricant, so were finger-foods. Now that it seemed the initial awkwardness had passed, Kealey wanted to find out everything she could!
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Shin just stood there for a moment, blinking. Then, with a sigh, he staggered into his seat. Kealey hadn't commented on the fiance thing yet. She'd just... thanked his father for English. Shin took a deep calming breath, then addressed dear old dad.
"She is not my fiance." He said.
His mother shot him a disapproving look. "That is no thing to say when your fiance is present." She wagged a finger.
"But she's not..."
Fujiko poured Kealey some tea. "There, there." She said. "He is being silly. Obviously, you are his fiance. Why else would you be here?" She wasn't Japanese. It was an awful long ways to travel just so she could meet the family. No, in Fujiko's eyes this woman was definitely daughter-in-law material. If she'd been judgmental before, the talk with Sasami had opened her mind. "Yes," she smiled sweetly. "You are his fiance, and you are going to give us LOTS of grandchildren."
Sasami couldn't help but smirk at her mother's antics.
Shin couldn't help but feel faint.
Yosuke... was used to his wife. He did not feel one way or another about the whole thing.
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And it appeared that the fiancé thing was just not going to go away. Kealey watched, half fascinated, half mortified as Shin tried to explain how things really were. It didn’t matter, his mother had it in her head that Kealey was his fiancé, so that’s what Kealey was. ..even if she wasn’t.
Kealey was about to tell Shin that it didn’t matter…that they could just deal with it later, when his mother smiled and told her that she’d give them lots of grandchildren. If nothing else, Shin’s reaction made Kealey light-headed. She wasn’t reacting that way herself…no way. It was all Shin’s fault.
What were they doing again?
Kealey looked around at the people seated at the table. Everyone's feelings were written on their faces. Shin looked sick, Sasami thought the whole thing was funny, Shin's mom was...amused with herself, and his dad looked neutral. All those different and sometimes conflicting emotions had Kealey’s stomach rolling all over the place in her belly.
”I…uh…” Kealey said. How did you explain to your…not-fiancé’s parents that you were not his fiancé and that kids were something you’d never even talked about?
Kealey's eyes landed on the cup of tea that Shin's Mother had poured for her.
”Tea!” she exclaimed, looking to Shin’s sister for help with the rest of the situation. Obviously their word wasn’t enough. Kealey downed the tea in one shot...forgetting that it was hot and whimpering as it burned her tongue and throat. This was going to take intervention...her stomach rolled again. And things had been going so well!
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Fujiko's amusement vanished as the girl downed the tea. "... Tetsuya," she began slowly. "Is there something wrong with her...?" No sense of humor? No response other than to down (very hot) tea...? Yes, this girl was losing points on the popularity list rapidly.
"Mother," Sasami defended. That was blunt, even for her.
Yosuke cleared his throat.
No one was defending Kealey. This was so unfair. Sasami felt it, and so did Shin.
"She is sitting right there, and--"
"Be nice to my girlfriend," Shin cut Sasami off. He'd found his words. "She isn't my fiance. Yet. And you are all making things hard on her. She's an empath. She feels emotions, and... like Sasami said. She's sitting right there. Be nice. I love her."
"... Oh." Well, that dispelled all of Fujiko's complaints. If Tetsuya loved her, well then... she simply could not find any fault with the girl. "I am sorry." Fujiko said to Kealey with a defeated frown. "I did not know."
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Was there something wrong with her? Kealey couldn’t do anything but sit and stare at Shin’s mother as she asked the question. Her tongue still burned from the hot tea, and swallowing was painful too. Why wasn’t there any water at the table to help? Why wasn’t there anything anywhere to help? Yes…there was something wrong with her…all these emotions were what was wrong! Kealey cursed her abilities for a moment…normal people didn’t have to feel their boyfriend’s parents judging them. Why did she?
Sasami responded to her silent plea for help, and Kealey looked at the other woman gratefully across the table. Shin’s Mother was hating her more and more by the second, someone had to do something. And Sasami was. And then Shin was.
Kealey’s eyes went a little wide at Shin’s tone, moving from his mother to him as she watched him the entire time he spoke.
Suddenly…Kealey didn’t care what Shin’s mother thought. Not one tiny bit. All she cared about were the things he was saying and the feelings that were behind them.
Other emotions in the room? What other emotions in the room?
Finally it was out that she was an empath, and Kealey nodded her head in confirmation of what Shin said. Maybe it was a little rude to agree with him that everyone was making it hard on her…but they were. Especially his mother. The immediate contrition was appreciated though….a lot…and Kealey let out a sigh of relief as the older woman apologized.
” You can’t apologize for the way you feel.” the blond said graciously. ”I just hoped so much that you’d like me.” she continued quietly.
“You have an amazing son, and I love him too. Your opinions are very important to me.”
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"And he said 'yet'." Fujiko noted. "If he loves you, then I have no reason to judge. You have already won a place in the family." She took a deep breath, then smiled at the blond.
"Yes," Sasami agreed.
The response was resounding. Even Yosuke approved (though he was silent). Shin looked at his family thankfully. Then, he looked to his tea cup.